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Jonas Mosa Gwangwa
Biography
Apr 11, 2013

Jonas Mosa Gwangwa

Jazz Artist, Composer, Musical Director

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Advocate Israel “Isie” Aaron Maisels
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Feb 17, 2011

Advocate Israel “Isie” Aaron Maisels

Advocate of the Supreme Court of South Africa, volunteer in the South African Armed Forces, appointed King’s Counsel (KC...

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Magdaline ‘Maggie’ Resha
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Oct 01, 2011

Magdaline ‘Maggie’ Resha

Nurse, Member of the ANC and office-bearer, National Executive Committee member of the Federation of South African Women...

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Ricardo Rangel
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May 21, 2015

Ricardo Rangel

photographer, photojournalist

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Bishop Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Bishop Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu

Teacher, Principal, Bishop suffragan of the Diocese of the St Johns in the Transkei, President of the World Council of C...

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Bertha Solomon
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Feb 22, 2021

Bertha Solomon

South African lawyer, politician, author, one of the country's early advocates for women's rights, one of the first wome...

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Biddy Partridge
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Feb 17, 2011

Biddy Partridge

South African photographer, member of Afrapix collective, musician

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Cassim Saloojee
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Oct 03, 2011

Cassim Saloojee

Teacher and political activist, involved in the South African Indian Congress, Treasurer of the United Democratic Front,...

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Judge Albert Louis “Albie” Sachs
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Feb 17, 2011

Judge Albert Louis “Albie” Sachs

Member of the ANC, helped draft the ANC's Code of Conduct and statutes, member of the Constitutional Committee and Natio...

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Violet Weinberg
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Mar 01, 2013

Violet Weinberg

Trade unionist, member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the ANC (African National Congress), political pr...

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Joey Fourie
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Jul 09, 2020

Joey Fourie

Trade unionist, organised workers in the catering trade, first secretary of the Waitress Union, secretary of the Nationa...

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Isaac Bangani Tabata
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Oct 12, 2011

Isaac Bangani Tabata

Founder and leading theoretician of the Non-European Unity Movement

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Joyce Piliso-Seroke
Biography
Dec 13, 2016

Joyce Piliso-Seroke

National Secretary of the Young Women’s Christian Association, member and Vice President of the Executive Committee of t...

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David Goldblatt
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Feb 17, 2011

David Goldblatt

Documentary photographer

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Esther Barsel
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Feb 17, 2011

Esther Barsel

Political activist, worked with SACTU and a member of the Young Communist League (YCL) and the South African Communist P...

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