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Zwelinzima Joseph Vavi
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Aug 22, 2019

Zwelinzima Joseph Vavi

Trade unionist and General Secretary of COSATU

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Stephen Joel Chifunyise
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Oct 08, 2019

Stephen Joel Chifunyise

playwright, artist, cultural activist, lobbyist for safeguarding cultural heritage and cultural development, life member...

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Sipho Bonaventura Malaza
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Aug 22, 2019

Sipho Bonaventura Malaza

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Mar 01, 2012

Manana Mgqweto

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Richard Msimang
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Richard Msimang

Attorney, Founder member of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC, later ANC), Vice-Chairman of the Provisio...

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Ruben Xulu
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Feb 17, 2011

Ruben Xulu

Artist

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Batandwa Ndondo
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Aug 22, 2019

Batandwa Ndondo

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Peter (Petrus) Nchabeleng
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Sep 21, 2011

Peter (Petrus) Nchabeleng

President of the Northern Transvaal region of the UDF, Robben Island prisoner. He died in detention 

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Mar 01, 2012

Xoliso Jacobs

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Mar 01, 2012

Simon Marule

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Mar 01, 2012

Benedict Mashoke

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Alfred Makaleng
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Aug 22, 2019

Alfred Makaleng

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Henry Burton
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Feb 17, 2011

Henry Burton

South African advocate and Cabinet Minister in the South African Government between 1910 and 1924, vice-president of the...

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Mar 02, 2012

Johannes Spogter

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David Patrick Russell
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Aug 22, 2019

David Patrick Russell

Born in the late 1930s, Bishop David Patrick Russell became involved in the struggle against apartheid from an early age...

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