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Christiaan Rudolf De Wet
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Christiaan Rudolf De Wet

A great Boer general and rebel leader. His name is inextricably woven into the epic struggle of Afrikaners for independe...

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Johannes (Jan) de Klerk
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Johannes (Jan) de Klerk

teacher, member of the National Party and Minister of Education, Art & Science, Senator and Father of former Pres. F.W. ...

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Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey

Known as Koos de la Rey, a Boer general during the Second Boer War.

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Dawid (Dawie) Jacobus De Villiers
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Dawid (Dawie) Jacobus De Villiers

Member of the National Party, SA rugby captain, lecturer, reverend, ambassador to London and cabinet minister

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Anna Johanna Dorthea De Villiers
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Anna Johanna Dorthea De Villiers

Author, educator and first female principal of Huguenot University College

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Jameson Gilbert Coka
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Feb 17, 2011

Jameson Gilbert Coka

Journalist, trade unionist and member of the SACP and the ANC

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Dr. Wilson Zamindlela "Zami" Conco
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Feb 17, 2011

Dr. Wilson Zamindlela "Zami" Conco

Medical doctor, national treasurer of the ANC Youth League in 1950s, member of the ANC, 1956 Treason trialist.

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Ohm Collins Chabane
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Feb 17, 2011

Ohm Collins Chabane

Member of the African National Congress (ANC) underground, prisoner on Robben Island, previous MEC for Limpopo’s Economi...

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Norman Catherine
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Norman Catherine

South African artist, critic of the apartheid regime, educator and promoter of Black artists

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Rev. George Champion
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Feb 17, 2011

Rev. George Champion

Missionary

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Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson

Chief Justice of democratic South Africa, first President of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, President of the ...

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Ahmed Mahomed Cachalia
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Ahmed Mahomed Cachalia

Political Activist and political prisoner.

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Raymond Francis (Ray) Budd
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Raymond Francis (Ray) Budd

A trade unionist and a founder of TUCSA

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Julius Phumelele Busa
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Feb 17, 2011

Julius Phumelele Busa

Trade unionist and ANC member

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Sydney Brenner
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Feb 17, 2011

Sydney Brenner

Scientist and recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine

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