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Thambi Naransamy Naidoo
Biography
Sep 17, 2011

Thambi Naransamy Naidoo

Trade unionist, participated in the 1952 Defiance Campaign, Vice-President of the Transvaal Indian Congress, member of t...

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Jun 10, 2020

Winifred Seqwana

First African woman member of the Communist Party of South Africa in Langa, member of the African National Congress Wome...

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Elizabeth Mafekeng
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Feb 17, 2011

Elizabeth Mafekeng

Trade unionist, National Vice-President of the ANC Women's League and member of the National Executive Committe...

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Eve Hall
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Sep 30, 2020

Eve Hall

Anti-apartheid activist, COD and ANC member, journalist, launched the ANC women section’s first bulletin- Voice of Women...

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Coline Williams
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Nov 07, 2019

Coline Williams

Member of the African National Congress (ANC) armed wing uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) and the Ashley Kriel Detachment, Cape You...

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Mrs. N. Parenithama Pillay
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Aug 22, 2019

Mrs. N. Parenithama Pillay

Participated in the Indian miners’ strike of 1913, political prisoner. 

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Jul 09, 2020

Mary Margaret Ngalo

Women’s rights activist, anti-apartheid activist, member of the ANCYL, ANCWL, FEDSAW, and AAPSO, founding member of the ...

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Anne-Marie Wolpe
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Feb 22, 2018

Anne-Marie Wolpe

political activist, member of the South African Communist Party, lecturer, author, gender activist, played a key part i...

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Hannah Margaret Stanton
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Feb 07, 2018

Hannah Margaret Stanton

A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA) and the Black Sash, political prisoner, worked at Defence and Aid, ...

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Feb 17, 2016

Maggie Smith

journalist, news editor, political prisoner

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Oct 10, 2013

Dr. Oshadi Maphefo Jane Mangena

Nurse, lecturer, consultant in development studies, National President of the YWCA of South Africa, Regional Director of...

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Vesta Smith
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Sep 26, 2013

Vesta Smith

Member of the African National Congress, member of the Executive Committee of the Black People’s Convention, founding me...

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Dorothy Shanley
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Dorothy Shanley

Arrested and detained for political activities

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Helen Kies
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Aug 07, 2013

Helen Kies

Member of the NEUM and TLSA, Editor of the Educational Journal, teacher political activist, political detainee, member o...

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Shirley Gunn
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May 09, 2013

Shirley Gunn

Member of the ANC and MK, political detainee

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