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Nise Bulelwa Malange
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Feb 17, 2011

Nise Bulelwa Malange

Scriptwriter, theatre director, poet, cultural worker and activist, trade unionist, conductor of creative writing worksh...

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Graça Simbine Machel
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Graça Simbine Machel

Deputy Director of the Frelimo Secondary School in Tanzania, member of Frelimo's Central Committee and the Minister ...

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Jansie Lourens
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Feb 17, 2011

Jansie Lourens

ANC operative and charged with treason

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Lesley Lawson
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Feb 17, 2011

Lesley Lawson

Photographer and a member of Afrapix

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Constance Stuart Larrabee
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Feb 17, 2011

Constance Stuart Larrabee

Artist

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Susanna Helena Kok
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Feb 17, 2011

Susanna Helena Kok

Medical doctor and surgeon who pioneered techniques of diagnosing suspected leprosy, worked with leprosy patients in var...

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Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile

Teacher, member of SASO and the ANC, head of the Medu Arts Ensemble (Gaborone), Member of COSAW, Secretary General of th...

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Rissik Hiribai Desai
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Aug 22, 2019

Rissik Hiribai Desai

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Timothy Peter Jenkin
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Feb 17, 2011

Timothy Peter Jenkin

South African writer, former anti-apartheid activist and political prisoner. He is best known for his 1979 escape from P...

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Christina Jasson
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Feb 17, 2011

Christina Jasson

Trade unionist, SACTU member and 1956 Treason trialist

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Zubeida Jaffer
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Feb 17, 2011

Zubeida Jaffer

Journalist

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Patricia Horn
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Feb 17, 2011

Patricia Horn

Trade unionist and interntiona co-ordinator of StreetNet

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Barbara Anne Hogan
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Feb 17, 2011

Barbara Anne Hogan

Member of the ANC, Political prisoner, Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister. 

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Ellen Phyllis Hellman
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Feb 17, 2011

Ellen Phyllis Hellman

Social anthropologist, academic, member of the SAIRR and the Progressive Party

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Thelma Gutsche
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Feb 17, 2011

Thelma Gutsche

Artist, founding member of the Simon van der Stel Foundation and a trustee and life president of the Friends of the Joha...

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