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Ismail Vadi
Biography
Oct 15, 2011

Ismail Vadi

Teacher, lecturer, member of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) and the United Democratic Front (UDF), founder member o...

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Stephanie Urdang
Biography
Nov 03, 2020

Stephanie Urdang

Anti-apartheid activist, feminist, writer, journalist, co-founded Rwanda Gift for Life, 2018 winner of the Independent P...

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Hemant Kumar Waghmarae
Biography
Feb 02, 2012

Hemant Kumar Waghmarae

Teacher, political detainee, member of the BPC, Vice-President of Azapo, TASA, NEUSA, PTL and SADTU, School Support Mana...

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Mbuyiselo Stanley Vanqa
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Mbuyiselo Stanley Vanqa

Member of the African National Congress

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Mar 15, 2021

Cheryl Ellen Gillwald

Community worker, member of the African National Congress (ANC) Member of Parliament, Deputy Minister of Justice and Cor...

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King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu
Biography
Oct 31, 2011

King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu

King of the Zulus

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Ngugi wa Thiong’o
Biography
Apr 06, 2017

Ngugi wa Thiong’o

A Kenyan born academic, author and social activist 

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Sylvia Neame
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Feb 28, 2013

Sylvia Neame

Anti-apartheid activist, member of the Liberal Party (LP), the Congress of Democrats (COD), and the South African Commun...

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Lionel Forman
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Lionel Forman

journalist, author, barrister and member of the COD and SACP

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Jul 22, 2011

Ruth Alexander

member of Cape Women’s Enfranchisement League, friend of Olive Schreiner, politically opposed Jan Smuts government, lect...

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Patrick Baker Duncan
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Patrick Baker Duncan

Took part in the Defiance Campaign, national organiser of the Liberal Party and member of the PAC

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Lungelo Shadrack Dwaba
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Lungelo Shadrack Dwaba

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Ahmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Ahmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada

A veteran of the South African liberation struggle, Treason Trialist, long-serving political prisoner on Robben Island a...

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Lefifi Tladi
Biography
Dec 15, 2016

Lefifi Tladi

Poet, musician, painter, historian, teacher, philosopher

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Anna Johanna Dorothea De Villiers
Biography
Feb 22, 2021

Anna Johanna Dorothea De Villiers

Linguist, writer, and educator

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