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Satyandranath “Mac” Maharaj
Biography
Jul 13, 2011

Satyandranath “Mac” Maharaj

Political activist and a member of the African National Congress' armed wing, uMkhonto weSizwe and its National Executiv...

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Ben Skosana
Biography
Oct 11, 2011

Ben Skosana

Teacher, member of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), a permanent representative of the IFP in London,  committee member o...

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Ruth First
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Ruth First

Member of the SACP and ANC, founder member of the South African Congress of Democrats (COD) and Author.

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Mongane Wally Serote
Biography
Nov 01, 2011

Mongane Wally Serote

Poet, novelist, political activist, exile, member of the Black Consciousness Movement and African National Congress, Com...

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Mazisi Raymond Kunene
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Mazisi Raymond Kunene

Poet, academic and founder of the and-apartheid movement in Britain.

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Hilda Bernstein
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Feb 17, 2011

Hilda Bernstein

Member of the South African Labour Party League of Youth and the South African Communist Party, founding member of the F...

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Arthur Nuthall Fula
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Jul 02, 2020

Arthur Nuthall Fula

Novelist, poet, first Black African Afrikaans author, court interpreter, recipient of the Government’s National Order of...

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Walter Ulyate Sisulu
Biography
Jul 01, 2011

Walter Ulyate Sisulu

South African anti-apartheid activist, member of the African National Congress and one of the foremost influences in Sou...

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General Jan Christiaan Smuts
Biography
Oct 11, 2011

General Jan Christiaan Smuts

Politician, world-famed statesman, soldier, naturalist, philosopher and former Prime Minister of South Africa

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Dumile Feni
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Dumile Feni

Artist

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Joe Slovo
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Joe Slovo

Member of the South Africa Communist Party, founding member of the Congress of Democrats, accused in the 1956 Treason Tr...

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Ali Bacher
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Ali Bacher

Cricketer, Medical Doctor and South African Administrator of the United Cricket Board.

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John Langalibalele Dube
Biography
Nov 23, 2011

John Langalibalele Dube

Educator, politician, author, minister of the Congregational (American Board) Church, founder member and first president...

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Ahmed Gora Ebrahim
Biography
Oct 25, 2013

Ahmed Gora Ebrahim

Member of the PAC and later the ANC, PAC Chief Representative to various countries and its Secretary for Foreign Affairs...

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André Philippus Brink
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

André Philippus Brink

South African novelist, playwright, literary critic and academic.

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