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Stephen Bantu Biko
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Stephen Bantu Biko

Member of the SRC at University of Natal (Non-European section), first president of SASO, Chair of SASO Publications, Bl...

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Blanche la Guma
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Mar 26, 2012

Blanche la Guma

Member of the Communist Party of South Africa, specialised midwife, politically active in the Federation of South Africa...

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Robert Sobukwe
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Feb 17, 2011

Robert Sobukwe

Teacher, lecturer, lawyer,  Fort Hare University SRC President, secretary of the ANC branch in Standerton, founding...

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David Joseph Webster
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Feb 17, 2011

David Joseph Webster

Academic, Anthropologist, activist in various organizations, most notably the Detainees Parent Support Committee.

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Rick Turner
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Feb 17, 2011

Rick Turner

Visionary academic who inspired a generation of young activists (student's movements) and helped galvanize the labour mo...

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Florence Mkhize
Biography
Aug 27, 2011

Florence Mkhize

Participated in the Defiance Campaign in 1952, which led to her being banned,  worked underground with the FEDSAW, ...

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Amina Desai
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Amina Desai

South Africa’s longest serving female Indian political prisoner

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Lilian Masediba Ngoyi
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Sep 22, 2011

Lilian Masediba Ngoyi

Politician and anti-apartheid activist, Treason Trialist and President of the African National Congress (ANC) Women's Le...

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Phila Portia Ndwandwe
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Feb 02, 2012

Phila Portia Ndwandwe

MK commander, murdered by South African Security Police members

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Rajes Pillay
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Dec 30, 2020

Rajes Pillay

exile, member of the Natal Indian Congress, African National Congress and uMkhonto weSizwe

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Jeanette Eleanor Kasrils
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Feb 17, 2011

Jeanette Eleanor Kasrils

ANC, Congress of Democrats, SACP and Umkhonto we Sizwe member, geologist

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Omar Badsha
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Feb 17, 2011

Omar Badsha

A self-taught, award winning artist and photographer. Badsha played an active role in the South African liberation strug...

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Phyllis Naidoo
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Phyllis Naidoo

Teacher, lawyer, university lecturer, author, member of the NEUM, NIC, SACP, ANC and MK, Recipient of the Order Of Luthu...

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