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Nokutela (nee Mdima) Dube
Biography
Oct 26, 2012

Nokutela (nee Mdima) Dube

Musician, founder member of the Daughters of Africa and wife of John Langalibalele Dube. 

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Ellen Lambert
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Sep 11, 2012

Ellen Lambert

Member of the African National Congress, the United Democratic Front (UDF), a Congress of the People volunteer and Anti-...

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Thenjiwe Mtintso
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Sep 11, 2012

Thenjiwe Mtintso

Journalist, trade unionist,  member of the  Black Consciousness Movement (BCM)  activist, member of the ANC and MK, Depu...

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Nokuthula Orela Simelane
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Aug 29, 2012

Nokuthula Orela Simelane

Member of the ANC and uMkhonto we Sizwe and Student activist.

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Nana Henrietta Moabi
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Aug 29, 2012

Nana Henrietta Moabi

Member of the PAC and Poqo, active in the BCM, President of the Black Domestic Workers’ Association and recipient of the...

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Sep 27, 2011

David Pratt

David Beresford Pratt was born on 1 October 1909 to Arthur and Georgina Pratt. The family immigrated from London in the ...

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Aug 28, 2012

Refiloe Jackie Phelile Sedibe

Member of the ANC and MK, Chief director of equal opportunities in the South African National Defence Force and Major Ge...

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Dora Taylor
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Aug 02, 2012

Dora Taylor

Member of the Lenin Club, Founder member of the Non European Unity Movement and Author.

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Mar 26, 2012

Mme Makwena Matlala

banished person

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Viola Hashe
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Mar 20, 2012

Viola Hashe

Labour activist, first women leader of SACWU and vice-president of SACTU

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Mar 19, 2012

Ruth Gosschalk

Political activist, Member of the Union of Jewish Women, regional secretary of the Federation of South African Women and...

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Mar 19, 2012

Dorothy Hazel Alexander

Teacher, member of Teachers League of South Africa, African Peoples Union of Southern Africa, political prisoner, banned...

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Sir Ernest Oppenheimer
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Feb 17, 2011

Sir Ernest Oppenheimer

Diamond, gold mining and financial entrepreneur, and founder of the Anglo-American Corporation of South Africa.

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Sir Sydney Kentridge
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Jun 20, 2012

Sir Sydney Kentridge

World War II soldier, Advocate, Queens Counsel, British Knighthood Recipient and Recipient of the South African Order of...

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Dr Nomava Eslinah Shangase
Biography
Mar 01, 2012

Dr Nomava Eslinah Shangase

Member of the ANC and MK and medical doctor

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