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Sydney Sipho Sepamla
Biography
Nov 01, 2011

Sydney Sipho Sepamla

Novelist and poet

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Professor Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia
Biography
Oct 05, 2023

Professor Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia

Natal Indian Congress, United Democratic Front and African National Congress activist, medical doctor, academic, researc...

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Dr. Neville Edward Alexander
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May 28, 2012

Dr. Neville Edward Alexander

Teacher, lecturer, banned person, author, advocate of multilingualism in post-apartheid South Africa, a strong proponent...

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Antjie Krog
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Feb 17, 2011

Antjie Krog

Journalist and poet

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Lucas ‘Masterpieces’ Moripe
Biography
Oct 25, 2011

Lucas ‘Masterpieces’ Moripe

 Former Pretoria Callies and Orlando Pirates maestro of the early 1970s

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Sep 12, 2013

Jonathan Shapiro

Cartoonist and activist

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

Mathews ‘’Loop-en-val’’ Motshwarateu

Athlete 

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Brenda Nokuzola Fassie
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Feb 17, 2011

Brenda Nokuzola Fassie

South African pop singer

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Luli Callinicos
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Feb 17, 2011

Luli Callinicos

Social historian, lecturer, researcher and writer

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Advocate George Bizos
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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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Nadine Gordimer
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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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Moses Josiah Madiba
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Feb 17, 2011

Moses Josiah Madiba

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

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John Matshikiza
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Feb 17, 2011

John Matshikiza

Writer, poet, dramatist and  political activist

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Alfred Temba Qabula
Biography
Oct 11, 2012

Alfred Temba Qabula

Poet, writer and trade unionist      

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Todd Tozama Matshikiza
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Todd Tozama Matshikiza

South African jazz pianist, composer and journalist.

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