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Lionel Forman
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Lionel Forman

journalist, author, barrister and member of the COD and SACP

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Ahmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Ahmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada

A veteran of the South African liberation struggle, Treason Trialist, long-serving political prisoner on Robben Island a...

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Lefifi Tladi
Biography
Dec 15, 2016

Lefifi Tladi

Poet, musician, painter, historian, teacher, philosopher

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Anna Johanna Dorothea De Villiers
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Feb 22, 2021

Anna Johanna Dorothea De Villiers

Linguist, writer, and educator

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Brian Percy Bunting
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Feb 17, 2011

Brian Percy Bunting

Journalist, Native Representative in the House of Assembly,Western Cape, chief editor of the Guardian, editor of the Afr...

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Sydney Kumalo
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Sydney Kumalo

Artist

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Hassan Howa
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Hassan Howa

Prominent activist in the struggle against racial segregation in competitive sports during apartheid

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Tiyo Soga
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Feb 17, 2011

Tiyo Soga

Writer

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Raymond (Ray) Chikapa Enock Phiri
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May 16, 2011

Raymond (Ray) Chikapa Enock Phiri

 Musician, awarded the Order of Ikhamanga in Silver for his excellent achievement in the field of music and his contribu...

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Enoch Mankayi Sontonga
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Enoch Mankayi Sontonga

Choirmaster, poet, preacher, composer and author of the first stanza of "Nkosi Sikelel ‘iAfrika," the anthem South Afric...

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James Steven Mzilikazi Khumalo
Biography
Jul 20, 2021

James Steven Mzilikazi Khumalo

Composer, linguist, teacher, professor, helped create the new South African national anthem, produced first opera by a B...

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Miriam Tlali
Biography
Mar 14, 2014

Miriam Tlali

Novelist, short-story writer and the first Black woman in South Africa to publish a novel.

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Fred Khumalo
Biography
Nov 04, 2019

Fred Khumalo

Author, columnist, journalist, recipient of the European Union Literary Award, Multilingualism Award, Humanities and Soc...

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Baldwin ‘Ben’ Sipho Ngubane
Biography
Aug 12, 2021

Baldwin ‘Ben’ Sipho Ngubane

Doctor, teacher, political activist, member of Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the African National Congress (ANC), reci...

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Dr. Walter Benson Rubusana
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Dr. Walter Benson Rubusana

Minister of the Congregational Church, President of the South African Native Convention, he led a deputation to London t...

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