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Zithobile Edward Gcadana
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Aug 22, 2019

Zithobile Edward Gcadana

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Emily Hobhouse
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Feb 17, 2011

Emily Hobhouse

British welfare campaigner who is primarily remembered for her work related to British concentration camps in South Afri...

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Reverend Allan Aubrey Boesak
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Feb 17, 2011

Reverend Allan Aubrey Boesak

Anti-apartheid activist, leader of the World Alliance of Churches and patron of the United Democratic Front (UDF).

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Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
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Feb 17, 2011

Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma

Member of the ANC and MK, Deputy-Secretary General of the ANC, Deputy President of South Africa, President of South Afri...

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Kasturba Gandhi
Biography
May 29, 2012

Kasturba Gandhi

Kasturba Gandhi, the wife of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi known as Mahatma Gandhi, has not been studied much in works on G...

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Frances Rix Ames
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Oct 09, 2020

Frances Rix Ames

Professor, neurologist, psychiatrist, human rights activist, led the medical ethics inquiry into the death of Steve Biko...

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Mads Nørgaard
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Jul 21, 2011

Mads Nørgaard

Photographer and webmaster at South African History Online (SAHO)

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Mary Susan Malahlela-Xakana
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Feb 17, 2011

Mary Susan Malahlela-Xakana

The first Black woman to register as a medical doctor in South Africa, founder member of the Young Women’s Christian Ass...

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Noria Mabasa
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Feb 17, 2011

Noria Mabasa

South African Sculptor and Woodcarver

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Gladys Thomas
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May 14, 2022

Gladys Thomas

Poet, playwright and short story writer.

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Dr. Hans Merensky
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Feb 17, 2011

Dr. Hans Merensky

Geologist. Discovered tin near Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng). Dr Merensky's most important discoveries were&...

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Ashley La Grange
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Sep 06, 2019

Ashley La Grange

Teacher, Photographer

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Zolile Malindi
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Aug 07, 2019

Zolile Malindi

Trade unionist, member of the ANC, President of the UDF (Western Cape)

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Mabel Palmer
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Oct 16, 2020

Mabel Palmer

Feminist, lecturer, journalist, trade unionist, founded higher education for Black and Indian students in Natal, awarded...

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George Naicker
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Sep 16, 2011

George Naicker

Trade unionist, member of the NIC, SACP, MK and ANC, Assistant Secretary of the Natal Indian Farmers Union, accused in t...

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