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Mimi Coertse
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Mimi Coertse

Vocalist and South Africa's First Operatic prima donna

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Eudy Simelane
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

Eudy Simelane

LGBTQI+ activist, member of the South African national women’s soccer team (Banyana Banyana)

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Bongiwe (Bongi) Dhlomo-Mautloa
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Bongiwe (Bongi) Dhlomo-Mautloa

Artist (printmaker), art administrator and activist 

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Robert Gabriel Mugabe
Biography
Feb 20, 2017

Robert Gabriel Mugabe

Teacher, liberation leader, first president of Zimbabwe

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Petrus Linda Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo)
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Aug 22, 2019

Petrus Linda Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo)

Member of the ANC, MK, was killed in combat engaging South African Security Forces, recipient of the National Order for ...

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Abdul Samad Minty
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Aug 22, 2019

Abdul Samad Minty

Honorary Secretary of the British Anti Apartheid Movement, Deputy Director-General for Multilateral Affairs and Director...

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Abraham Barnett Secchoareng
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Aug 22, 2019

Abraham Barnett Secchoareng

Teacher, active in the Kimberley ANC

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Alan Keith Brooks
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Alan Keith Brooks

Member of the Liberal Party, African Resistance Movement, South African Communist Party, author and activist. 

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Alfred Nobel
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Alfred Nobel

Swedish chemist, engineer, industrialist and inventor of dynamite 

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Alfred Mangena
Biography
Aug 07, 2019

Alfred Mangena

Lawyer and Political leader.

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Allan Kirkland Soga
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Allan Kirkland Soga

Magistrate, labour bureau agent and a road inspector, journalist, founder and secretary of the Bantu Union, a Cape voter...

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Andries Raditsela
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Andries Raditsela

Activist, trade unionist, member of the Chemical Workers’ Industrial Union (CWIU) and Vice President of the FOSATU.

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Andries (General China) Chamile
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Andries (General China) Chamile

ANC member and 1956 Treason trialist

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Arthur Phetedi Thulare
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Arthur Phetedi Thulare

Member of the ANC and a banished person.

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Balelekeng Sam Masemola
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Balelekeng Sam Masemola

Member of the ANC. Active in anti-pass campaign

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