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Hester Elizabeth Cornelius
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Feb 17, 2011

Hester Elizabeth Cornelius

Trade Unionist, Garment Worker’s Union, Playright

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Martha Helena Cillie
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Feb 17, 2011

Martha Helena Cillie

Teacher and headmistress

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Hestrie Cloete
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Feb 17, 2011

Hestrie Cloete

Commonwealth and African High Jump Record Holder, recipient of the National order for excellence in sports

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Dorothy Ruth Boxall
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Feb 17, 2011

Dorothy Ruth Boxall

music lecturer,  founder of the Young Citizen’s Orchestra, served on executive council of the Johannesburg Music So...

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Elize Botha
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Feb 17, 2011

Elize Botha

author, literator, journalist, editor, academic, first woman to become Chancellor of the University of Stellenbosch

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Feb 17, 2011

Diana (Di) Bishop

Political Activist.

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Feb 17, 2011

Mama Beshenga

Political Activist and Trade unionist (1960's)

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M. N. Bhola
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Feb 17, 2011

M. N. Bhola

Political Activist and ANC member

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Sathima Bea Benjamin
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Feb 17, 2011

Sathima Bea Benjamin

Jazz singer

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Brigalia Bam
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Feb 17, 2011

Brigalia Bam

Head of Independent Electoral Commission

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Yetta Barenblatt
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Feb 17, 2011

Yetta Barenblatt

Trade Unionist, member of the East London Worker’s Civic League and Secretary of the Congress of Democrats (CoD) in 1954...

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Mabel Balfour
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Feb 17, 2011

Mabel Balfour

anti-apartheid activist, trade unionist, arrested, General Secretary of the African Food and Canning Workers Union, bann...

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Violet Margaret Livingstone Ballinger
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Feb 17, 2011

Violet Margaret Livingstone Ballinger

Violet Margaret Livingstone Ballinger was born on 11th of January 1894 in Scotland. She emigrated to South Africa with h...

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Feb 17, 2011

Siziwe Nosimo Balindlela

Politician, Premier of the Eastern Cape Province and former Minister of Sport and Art and Culture in the Eastern Cape Pr...

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Zainab Ebrahim Asvat
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Feb 17, 2011

Zainab Ebrahim Asvat

Political activist, TIC Member and medical doctor

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