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Peter McKenzie Brown
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Peter McKenzie Brown

Liberal Party founding member, Natal Midlands farmer and philanthropist. 

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David Wilcox Bopape
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

David Wilcox Bopape

Education activist, community leader and important Transvaal African National Congress (ANC) figure until his banning in...

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Pieter Willem Botha
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Pieter Willem Botha

Pieter Willem Botha commonly known as "PW" an

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Pieter Arnoldus Beyleveld
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Pieter Arnoldus Beyleveld

National organiser for the Labour Party, in 1952, President of the Congress of Democrats, President of the South African...

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Isaac Bokala
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Isaac Bokala

Teacher, member of the African National Congress (ANC) Youth League. Bokala was active in the 1952 Defiance Campaign, th...

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Willie Bester
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Willie Bester

Artist

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Jodi Bieber
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Feb 17, 2011

Jodi Bieber

Artist.

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Chief Bhambatha kaMancinza Zondi
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Feb 17, 2011

Chief Bhambatha kaMancinza Zondi

Chief of the AmaZondi Chieftaincy and leader of the Bhambatha Rebellion of 1906

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Christiaan Neethling Barnard
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Feb 17, 2011

Christiaan Neethling Barnard

Famous cardiac surgeon

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Adams Farid Ahmed
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Feb 17, 2011

Adams Farid Ahmed

Member of the SAIC and the SACP, 1956 Treason Trialist

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James Edward April
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Feb 17, 2011

James Edward April

Teacher, member of the South African Coloured People’s Congress and MK, ANC, Robben Island prisoner.

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Abraham Faure
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Feb 17, 2011

Abraham Faure

clergyman and Author

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Simon Petros (Peter) Matseke
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Simon Petros (Peter) Matseke

Driver for the Boer commandos during the South African War, court interpreter, member of the Pretoria Location Advisory ...

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Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather

Secretary of the Aryan Young Men's Progressive Association and the Hindu-Tamil Institute, served on the Durban Indian Ch...

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Basil Coetzee
Biography
Mar 28, 2013

Basil Coetzee

Musician, liberation struggle activist and volunteer.

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