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Strinivasa “Strini” Moodley
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Strinivasa “Strini” Moodley

Founding member of the Theatre Council of Natal (TECON), close associate of Steve Biko, SASO Publications Director , reg...

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Mathews ‘’Loop-en-val’’ Motshwarateu
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Mathews ‘’Loop-en-val’’ Motshwarateu

Athlete 

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Siphiwe Tshabalala
Biography
Nov 03, 2023

Siphiwe Tshabalala

Siphiwe Tshabalala was born on 25 September 1984 in Soweto and went on to become one of the most well-loved and best soc...

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Brenda Nokuzola Fassie
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Brenda Nokuzola Fassie

South African pop singer

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Ahmed Timol
Biography
Nov 01, 2011

Ahmed Timol

Teacher, member of the South African Communist Party, first political detainee to die at the hands of the Security Polic...

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Zainunnisa “Cissie” Gool
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Zainunnisa “Cissie” Gool

Leader of the NLL and NEUF, member of the FAC, advocate and representative on the Cape Town City Council.

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Ronald (Ronnie) Kasrils
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Ronald (Ronnie) Kasrils

Member of the African National Congress (ANC); Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) and secretary of the Congress of Democrats in the ...

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Luli Callinicos
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Luli Callinicos

Social historian, lecturer, researcher and writer

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Advocate George Bizos
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Advocate George Bizos

Advocate,Human Rights lawyer, Senior Counsel at the Legal Resources Centre in Johannesburg in the Constitutional Un...

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Dawood Ismail Cajee
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Dawood Ismail Cajee

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Nadine Gordimer
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Nadine Gordimer

Founding member of COSAW, South African author, script writer,member of the ANC and winner of the Nobel Prize for Litera...

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Brigitte Sylvia Mabandla
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Brigitte Sylvia Mabandla

Youth co-ordinator at the Institute of Race Relations, Durban, teacher, legal advisor to the ANC Legal and Constitutiona...

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Moses Josiah Madiba
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Moses Josiah Madiba

Educationist, first African Chancellor of the University of the North and Author.

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John Matshikiza
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

John Matshikiza

Writer, poet, dramatist and  political activist

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Billy Nair
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Billy Nair

Activist, Trade Unionist, Treason Trialist, Political Prisoner and later Member of Parliament.

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