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Ivan Schermbrucker
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Ivan Schermbrucker

Member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), the Springbok Legion, South African Communist Party (SACP) and uMk...

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Biography
Aug 15, 2012

Jeanette Eva Schoon (née Curtis)

Vice-President of NUSAS, President of NUSWEL, member of the executive committee of the Industrial Aid Society ...

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Jabulani “Mzala” Nxumalo
Biography
Oct 18, 2011

Jabulani “Mzala” Nxumalo

Thinker, orator and writer

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Mfana Matthew Funani
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Mfana Matthew Funani

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Dora Tamana
Biography
Oct 12, 2011

Dora Tamana

Member of SACP, National Secretary of FSAW, member of the ANC Women’s League 

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T W Thibedi
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

T W Thibedi

Member of the International Socialist League in the Cape, supervisor of the CPSA's night school in Ferreirastown, Johann...

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Sidney Percival Bunting
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Sidney Percival Bunting

Communist intellectual and organiser, Sydney Bunting was instrumental in the formation and early development of the Comm...

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Molly Wolton
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Molly Wolton

Member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA)

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Paula Ensor
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Paula Ensor

Political activist, member of NUSAS and the ANC, banned person, exiled, labour activist and Dean of Humanities at UCT

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Halton Cheadle
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Halton Cheadle

Lawyer and labour activist

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Paul David
Biography
Aug 13, 2020

Paul David

Anti-Apartheid activist, liberation struggle hero, Secretary of the Natal Indian Congress Youth Congress, involved in th...

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David Fundanga
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

David Fundanga

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Dixon Fuyani
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Dixon Fuyani

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Mxolisi Jackson Fuzile
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Mxolisi Jackson Fuzile

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Ernest Joseph Gabriels
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Ernest Joseph Gabriels

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