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Rahima Moosa
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Rahima Moosa

Shop steward for the Cape Town Food and Canning Workers’ Union, member of the Transvaal Indian Congress, helped organise...

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Oliver Tambo
Biography
Oct 31, 2012

Oliver Tambo

Teacher, lawyer, President and National Chairperson of the ANC.

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Maxwell Mduduzi Malinga
Biography
Feb 17, 2016

Maxwell Mduduzi Malinga

Maxwell Mduduzi Malinga, was one of South Africa’s most gifted and beloved fighters in the 1970s and 80s. He was born on...

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Helen Suzman
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Helen Suzman

Parliamentarian, Human Rights Activist, sole representative of opposition party (the Progressive Party) in parliament du...

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Molly Blackburn
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Feb 17, 2011

Molly Blackburn

South African political activist.

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Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa

Chairman of the Student Christian Movement, member of SASO and BPC, former Secretary-General of the ANC, first secretary...

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Bongani Mnguni
Biography
Sep 10, 2019

Bongani Mnguni

Photographer, Photojournalist

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King Dingane ka Senzangakhona
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

King Dingane ka Senzangakhona

King of the Zulus (1828 – 1840)

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Irvin Jim
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Nov 22, 2022

Irvin Jim

Irvin Jim is a Trade Unionist who is a firm Marxist follower. He was the spokesperson for NOMUSA when it was removed fro...

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Mary Dorothy Benson
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Mary Dorothy Benson

Author, journalist, anti-apartheid activist, co-founded the Africa Bureau, first person to record the ANC’s history

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Feb 17, 2011

Wendy Schwegmann

Photographer

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Sonia Beryl Bunting
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Feb 17, 2011

Sonia Beryl Bunting

Member of the SACP, Founder member of the Cape Town Friends of Cuba Society

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Evelina de Bruin
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Nov 08, 2012

Evelina de Bruin

Member of the ‘Upington 14', political prisoner

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Cedric Nunn
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Cedric Nunn

Photographer, filmmaker and member of Afrapix

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Dorothy Nomzansi Nyembe
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Dorothy Nomzansi Nyembe

She joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1952, and in 1954 participated in the establishment of the ANC Women’s...

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