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Audrey Coleman
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

Audrey Coleman

Anti Apartheid activist, member of Black Sash and the Detainees Parents Support Committee (DPSC).

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Julia Nicol
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Sep 02, 2019

Julia Nicol

Anti-apartheid activist, lobbied for the rights of LGBTQI+ people to be constitutionally recognized

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Kewpie
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

Kewpie

Hairdresser, drag queen, District Six cultural icon

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Aug 30, 2011

Henry Mutile Fazzie

Member of ANC, MK, PEBCO and the UDF

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Percy John "Jack" Hodgson
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Percy John "Jack" Hodgson

Political activist, Member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) .

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Dorothy Nomazotsho Zihlangu
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Dorothy Nomazotsho Zihlangu

Political prisoner, banned person, member of the ANC, ANCWL, FEDSAW, UWCO and SANSCO, Vice Chairperson of UWO and recipi...

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Ann Tobias
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Ann Tobias

A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA), banned by the apartheid government.

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Marion Monica Sparg
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Aug 22, 2019

Marion Monica Sparg

 Journalist, a member of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK)

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Jennifer Schreiner
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May 23, 2018

Jennifer Schreiner

Member of NUSAS, ANC, SACP and MK, secretary of the United Women's Organisation of the Western Cape (UWO).

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Diane Case
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Sep 28, 2016

Diane Case

Author, community worker and mother.

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Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd

Academic, South African Prime Minister, considered to be the primary architect of apartheid 

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Tracy Payne
Biography
Sep 06, 2016

Tracy Payne

South African painter and teacher.

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Maboyisana Booysen Cuba
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Maboyisana Booysen Cuba

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Righard Galela
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Righard Galela

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Jo Ractliffe
Biography
Aug 29, 2016

Jo Ractliffe

This biography was written by SAHO in collaboration with Artthrob MODUS OPERANDI Jo Ractliffe is a documentary pho...

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