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Krishna Rabilal
Biography
Aug 18, 2022

Krishna Rabilal

Community worker, revolutionary, soldier, martyr, member of the Natal Indian Congress, African National Congress and uMk...

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Gertrude Shope
Biography
Oct 08, 2011

Gertrude Shope

Teacher, member of the ANC, chairperson of the Central Western Jabavu Branch of the Federation of South African Women (F...

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Professor Fatima Meer
Biography
Jun 29, 2011

Professor Fatima Meer

Political leader, academic, publisher, author, human rights and gender activist and Gandhian.

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Sister Bernard Ncube
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Sister Bernard Ncube

Member of the Companions Catholic Order, helped form local women’s organisations in the Transvaal region and in 1984 was...

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Nomhle Nkonyeni
Biography
Sep 12, 2019

Nomhle Nkonyeni

Narrator, Actress 

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Gcinisizwe Sylvester Khwezi Kondile
Biography
Sep 02, 2022

Gcinisizwe Sylvester Khwezi Kondile

Gcinisizwe Sylvester Khwezi Kondile  also known as Sizwe or Tshonyi[1] was born on the 6th of October in 1957. He w...

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Dorothy Masuka
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Dorothy Masuka

Musician and Singer, exiled person

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Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo (Khwezi)
Biography
Oct 17, 2016

Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo (Khwezi)

Daughter, activist and poet

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Bheki Cele
Biography
Sep 19, 2022

Bheki Cele

Teacher, Minister of Police (2018 - present), MEC for Transport, Safety and Security for Kwa-Zulu-Natal from 2004 to 200...

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Mary Malete
Biography
Sep 20, 2022

Mary Malete

Nurse, Senior Matron, President of the Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA), first President of the South Afric...

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Elizabeth "Rocky" Mafekeng
Biography
Aug 07, 2019

Elizabeth "Rocky" Mafekeng

Trade unionist, National Vice-President of the ANC Women's League and member of the National Executive Committee of the 

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Jan van Riebeeck
Biography
Oct 17, 2011

Jan van Riebeeck

Founder and first commander of Cape Town, South Africa. van Riebeeck was an Administrator of the Dutch East India Compan...

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Pieter Dirk-Uys
Biography
Mar 01, 2013

Pieter Dirk-Uys

Pieter Dirk Uys was born in Cape Town in 1945. He studied drama at UCT from 1965 to 1965 before going to study at the Lo...

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Thandi Klaasen
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Thandi Klaasen

Musician

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Janet Mary Cherry
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Janet Mary Cherry

General Secretary of the National Union of South African Students, Member of the United Democrat

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