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Dr. Neil Hudson Aggett
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Dr. Neil Hudson Aggett

Labour activist, medical doctor, organiser of the Transvaal Brach of the African Food and Canning Workers’ Union and the...

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Neville Wilson Curtis
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Feb 26, 2013

Neville Wilson Curtis

President of NUSAS, political activist, political detainee, banned person and exiled person.  

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Tito Mboweni
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Tito Mboweni

Tito Titus Mboweni is the Minister of Finance of South Africa and former Governor of the South African Reserve Bank. Mbo...

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Fatima Seedat
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Oct 08, 2011

Fatima Seedat

Member of the Communist Party in Cape Town and after her marriage became a member of the Natal India...

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Ashley James Kriel
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Nov 05, 2018

Ashley James Kriel

Apartheid activist, Umkhonto we Sizwe operative

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Stephen Bantu Biko
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Stephen Bantu Biko

Member of the SRC at University of Natal (Non-European section), first president of SASO, Chair of SASO Publications, Bl...

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Es’kia Mphahlele
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Feb 17, 2011

Es’kia Mphahlele

South African writer, academic, arts activist and African Humanist

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Abdullah Abdurahman
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Jul 24, 2019

Abdullah Abdurahman

Medical Doctor, Cape Muslim leader & founder of the anti-apartheid movement, African People's Organisation and human...

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Blanche la Guma
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Mar 26, 2012

Blanche la Guma

Member of the Communist Party of South Africa, specialised midwife, politically active in the Federation of South Africa...

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Robert Sobukwe
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Feb 17, 2011

Robert Sobukwe

Teacher, lecturer, lawyer,  Fort Hare University SRC President, secretary of the ANC branch in Standerton, founding...

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David Joseph Webster
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Feb 17, 2011

David Joseph Webster

Academic, Anthropologist, activist in various organizations, most notably the Detainees Parent Support Committee.

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Rick Turner
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Feb 17, 2011

Rick Turner

Visionary academic who inspired a generation of young activists (student's movements) and helped galvanize the labour mo...

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Isaiah Mdliwamafa Shembe
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Aug 16, 2016

Isaiah Mdliwamafa Shembe

Isaiah Shembe was born at Ntabamhlophe near Escourt in the Drakensberg region (near Giants Castle). His forefathers had ...

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Florence Mkhize
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Aug 27, 2011

Florence Mkhize

Participated in the Defiance Campaign in 1952, which led to her being banned,  worked underground with the FEDSAW, ...

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Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin
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Oct 08, 2011

Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin

Journalist, author, TV producer, editor, member of the ANC, worked for the National Intelligence Agency and the SAB...

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