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Sicelo Mhlauli
Biography
May 03, 2011

Sicelo Mhlauli

Headmaster, Member of Oudtshoorn Youth Organisation, Saamstaan activist. One of the ‘Cradock Four’ murdered ...

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Christopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu
Biography
May 30, 2024

Christopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu

Senior Counsel of the High Court of South Africa, member of the Economic Freedom Fighters

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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

ANC Political Activist and ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture, President of ANCWL, member of...

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Peter Clarke
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Peter Clarke

Poet, book illustrator, artist, recipient of The National Order of Ikhamanga for excellence in the fields of arts and li...

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Cecil Edwin Frans Skotnes
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Cecil Edwin Frans Skotnes

Painter and woodcutter

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Moosa “Mosie” Moolla
Biography
Aug 07, 2019

Moosa “Mosie” Moolla

TIC activist, member of COP National Secretariat, Treason trialist, 90 day detainee, MK and ANC member, editor of Spotli...

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Jonathan Clegg
Biography
Feb 26, 2013

Jonathan Clegg

South African musician, anthropologist, recipient of the South African Presidential Award, The Order of Ikhamanga in Sil...

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Reginald (Reggie) September
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Reginald (Reggie) September

Trade unionist, General Secretary of the South African Coloured People's Organisation, Secretary of the Franchise Action...

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Fabian Defu Ribeiro
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Fabian Defu Ribeiro

Medical doctor.

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Vincent Joseph Gaobakwe Matthews
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Vincent Joseph Gaobakwe Matthews

Assistant Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister of Botswana and Assistant Attorney General in Botswana, Chairman...

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Father Trevor Huddleston
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Father Trevor Huddleston

Anglican priest, author, one of the first recipients of the Isitwalandwe/Seaparankoe Award, Chair of the Trustees of the...

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Ben Turok
Biography
Oct 15, 2011

Ben Turok

Surveyor, lecturer and secretary of the COD, arrested for treason in 1956, trade union organiser, elected unop...

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Winston Monwabisi Ngozi
Biography
Apr 11, 2013

Winston Monwabisi Ngozi

Jazz artist (saxophonist) 

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Connie September
Biography
Aug 07, 2013

Connie September

Trade Unionist, Deputy President COSATU, member of the ANC and Member of Parliament, Minister of Human Settlements. 

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Amina Cachalia
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Amina Cachalia

Political activist, member of the TIYC and TIC, treasurer of FEDSAW, patron of the Federation of Transvaal Women, arrest...

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