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Enos Molapo Makhubedu
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Enos Molapo Makhubedu

Painter

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Samuel Makoanyane
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Samuel Makoanyane

Artist

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Chief Malebogo
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Chief Malebogo

Chief of Bahananwa people imprisoned for defending the independence of his chiefdoms against the Traansvaal Boers.

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Daniël Francois Malherbe
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Daniël Francois Malherbe

Novelist, poet, dramatist and scholar who helped establish Afrikaans as a cultural language in South Africa

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Rebecca Malope
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Rebecca Malope

South African Gospel music singer & talk show host

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Joseph Manana
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Joseph Manana

Artist

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Adeline Mangcu
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Adeline Mangcu

HIV positive mother and works as an AIDS educator.

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Bhekisani Manyoni
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Bhekisani Manyoni

Visual Artist

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Thabo Motene Marera
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Thabo Motene Marera

Film Director

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Maritz Barrymore
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Maritz Barrymore

Maritz Barrymore was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He trained as a painter from 1950-1953 at the ...

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John Beaver "J.B" Marks
Biography
Aug 07, 2019

John Beaver "J.B" Marks

 teacher, political activist,  trade unionist, banned person, political prisoner, exile, President of the Transvaal Bran...

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Helen Elizabeth Martins
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Helen Elizabeth Martins

Sculptor

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Frans “Ting Ting” Masango
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Frans “Ting Ting” Masango

MK soldier, one of the accused in the  "Delmas Four" case, news reader, news writer, member of the National Assembly.

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Isaiah MacDonald Maseko
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Isaiah MacDonald Maseko

Chairman of the Orlando Branch (ANC) during the 1952 Defiance Campaign, ANC national executive committee, President of t...

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Mizream Maseko
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Mizream Maseko

SA painter and Zion Christian Church Deacon

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