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Feb 17, 2011

Phyllis Altman

Political activist and trade unionist (1950s)

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Jane Alexander
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Feb 17, 2011

Jane Alexander

Artist

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Feroza Adam
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Feb 17, 2011

Feroza Adam

Member of AZASO,FEDTRAW, UDF and ANC.

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Magdelene Malotane Adams
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Feb 17, 2011

Magdelene Malotane Adams

Magdelene Moloto was born in a Mission Station in Limpopo. She lived with her grandmother until she completed her primar...

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Margareth Baloi
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Feb 17, 2011

Margareth Baloi

Ma Baloi as she was fondly addressed, was born on 8 August 1936. She lived in the region of Dunn, in Ward fourteen. She ...

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Dawood Seedat
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Oct 06, 2011

Dawood Seedat

Founder member of the Liberal Study Group, elected secretary of the Communist Party of South Africa in Durban, member of...

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Zuleika Sarojini Christopher
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Sep 11, 2013

Zuleika Sarojini Christopher

Medical doctor, member of the NEUM, Chairperson of the Durban APDUSA branch, banned person, political prisoner and exile...

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Zanomzi Welcome Diniso
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Aug 22, 2019

Zanomzi Welcome Diniso

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Rebecca Ditsego
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Aug 22, 2019

Rebecca Ditsego

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Mary Moodley
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Mar 26, 2012

Mary Moodley

Member of the SACPO, ANC, SACTU, FAWU and FEDSAW, trade union organiser, banned person

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Abdul Khalek Mohamed Docrat
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Feb 17, 2011

Abdul Khalek Mohamed Docrat

Abdul Khalek Mohamed Docrat, AKM or “Doc” as he was popularly known, was one of the leading political activists in the N...

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Fanelekile Dodo
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Aug 22, 2019

Fanelekile Dodo

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Dr. Kesaveloo Goonaruthnum Naidoo (Dr Goonam)
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Feb 17, 2011

Dr. Kesaveloo Goonaruthnum Naidoo (Dr Goonam)

Medical doctor, Vice President of the Natal Indian Congress and a pioneer in women's resistance

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Jeanette Carlson
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Dec 14, 2020

Jeanette Carlson

preschool teacher, anti-apartheid activist, leader of the Black Sash, active member of Mothers (and Others) Against the ...

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Joseph Albert Mokoena
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Aug 29, 2011

Joseph Albert Mokoena

Mathematician, elected to the first executive committee of the ANC Youth League and later elected to the national execut...

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