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Madimetja Lawrence Phokanoka
Biography
Dec 19, 2012

Madimetja Lawrence Phokanoka

Political activist, member of the African Students Association, the South African Communist Party, African National Cong...

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Makholeka Matthews Meyiwa
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Aug 22, 2019

Makholeka Matthews Meyiwa

Makholeka Matthews Meyiwa played a prominent role in the struggle against Apartheid in the Mpumalanga province.  He was ...

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Greg Marinovich
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Feb 17, 2011

Greg Marinovich

Photographer

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Joel Mabi Lengisi
Biography
Aug 07, 2019

Joel Mabi Lengisi

ANCYL secretary, political prisoner, banned and banishedperson

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Jeremiah Rakoko Mabe
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Aug 22, 2019

Jeremiah Rakoko Mabe

Banished person

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Jacob Poo
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Aug 22, 2019

Jacob Poo

Joined the ANC and was active in campaigns and on the residents' Vigilance Committee in Moroka. ANC treasurer in Moroka.

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John Marinus Ferus
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Aug 07, 2019

John Marinus Ferus

John Marinus Ferus (Hennie Ferus), an uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) soldier, was born on 8 February 1940. He joined the South Af...

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Joseph Hugo Saliwa
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Aug 22, 2019

Joseph Hugo Saliwa

Banished person

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Julius Louis Saks
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Aug 22, 2019

Julius Louis Saks

Pharmacist and Honorary Life President of the South African Optometeric Association

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Leo Linda Sihlali
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Leo Linda Sihlali

Teacher, political activist, member of NEUM, Cape African Teachers Association (CATA) and founder member of APDUSA.

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Mar 01, 2012

Ah Yan

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Busisiwe Victoria Mhlongo
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May 27, 2011

Busisiwe Victoria Mhlongo

For her excellent contribution to music and putting South Africa on the international music map with her prolific musica...

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Adrian Leftwich
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Aug 07, 2019

Adrian Leftwich

Author, exile, President of NUSAS, member of the African Resistance Movement, Lecturer in Politics

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Samson Ratshilumela Mudzunga
Biography
Jun 19, 2015

Samson Ratshilumela Mudzunga

sculptor, drum-maker, performance artist

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Mar 01, 2012

James Lenkoe

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