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Ntongela Masilela
Biography
Jul 30, 2020

Ntongela Masilela

Scholar, author, literary historian

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Nontsizi (Cizama, Imbongikazi yakwaCizama) Mgqwetho
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Nontsizi (Cizama, Imbongikazi yakwaCizama) Mgqwetho

Xhosa poet

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Lauretta Ngcobo
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Lauretta Ngcobo

Feminist writer and activist

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Zamazulu Thembekile Nkosi
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Zamazulu Thembekile Nkosi

First Black matron for the Natal Provincial Administration

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Tu Nokwe
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Tu Nokwe

Musician

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Mary Agard Pocock
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Feb 17, 2011

Mary Agard Pocock

President of the Grahamstown branch of the South African Association of University Women

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Magdalena Gertruide Sauer
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Magdalena Gertruide Sauer

Architect

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Jean van der Poel
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Jean van der Poel

Historian and lecturer

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Manilal Gandhi
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Manilal Gandhi

Editor and political activist, member of the NIC and son of Mahatma Gandhi.

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Mewa Ramgobin
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Mewa Ramgobin

President of the Natal Indian Congress, Student leader active in NUSAS, President of the then ‘non-European’ SRC at Nata...

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Myron Peter
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Myron Peter

Anti-Apartheid activist, UDF activist, progressive media and cultural activist, documentary photographer, member of phot...

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Michael Kitso Dingake
Biography
May 03, 2011

Michael Kitso Dingake

Member of the ANC, SACP and MK, author and columnist

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Traci Mackie
Biography
Jul 03, 2020

Traci Mackie

Former journalist, exposed policeman involved in Steve Biko’s death, ANC member, recipient of the Government’s National ...

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Stella Nyanzi
Biography
Apr 30, 2020

Stella Nyanzi

Academic, writer, Research Fellow at Makerere Institute of Social Research, political activist, feminist, queer rights a...

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Tracy Payne
Biography
Sep 06, 2016

Tracy Payne

South African painter and teacher.

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