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Sadie Forman
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Mar 19, 2012

Sadie Forman

Anti-apartheid activist, women’s rights activist, member of the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL), banned

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Raymond (Ray) Chikapa Enock Phiri
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May 16, 2011

Raymond (Ray) Chikapa Enock Phiri

 Musician, awarded the Order of Ikhamanga in Silver for his excellent achievement in the field of music and his contribu...

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John Gavin Frankish
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

John Gavin Frankish

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Enoch Mankayi Sontonga
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Feb 17, 2011

Enoch Mankayi Sontonga

Choirmaster, poet, preacher, composer and author of the first stanza of "Nkosi Sikelel ‘iAfrika," the anthem South Afric...

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James Steven Mzilikazi Khumalo
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Jul 20, 2021

James Steven Mzilikazi Khumalo

Composer, linguist, teacher, professor, helped create the new South African national anthem, produced first opera by a B...

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Norman Levy
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Feb 17, 2011

Norman Levy

Member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and South African Congress of Democrats (COD), sat on the South Afric...

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Chief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli
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Feb 17, 2011

Chief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli

Teacher, ANC President-General, 1956 Treason Trialist, banned person and Nobel Peace Prize winner

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Pregaluxmi (Pregs) Govender
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Apr 15, 2021

Pregaluxmi (Pregs) Govender

Feminist, anti-apartheid activist, human rights activist, trade unionist, author, writer, teacher, initiated the ‘Women’...

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Julius Sello Malema
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Aug 02, 2011

Julius Sello Malema

Chairperson of Cosas and President of the African National Congress Youth League, Founding Member and President of the E...

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Maniben Sita
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Oct 10, 2011

Maniben Sita

Anti-apartheid activist; teacher; during the Passive Resistance Campaign in 1946, she and Mrs Thayanayagie Pillay, organ...

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Nana Sita
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Feb 17, 2011

Nana Sita

Secretary of the Pretoria branch of the TIC, involved the Indian Passive Resistance Movement, member of the executives o...

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Miriam Tlali
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Mar 14, 2014

Miriam Tlali

Novelist, short-story writer and the first Black woman in South Africa to publish a novel.

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Harry Themba Gwala
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Feb 17, 2011

Harry Themba Gwala

Teacher, member of SACTU, SACP and ANC.

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Fred Khumalo
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Nov 04, 2019

Fred Khumalo

Author, columnist, journalist, recipient of the European Union Literary Award, Multilingualism Award, Humanities and Soc...

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Baldwin ‘Ben’ Sipho Ngubane
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Aug 12, 2021

Baldwin ‘Ben’ Sipho Ngubane

Doctor, teacher, political activist, member of Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the African National Congress (ANC), reci...

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