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Raymond Ackerman
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Feb 17, 2011

Raymond Ackerman

Business Entreprenuer, who built the Checkers and Pick 'n Pay grocery store chains in South Africa.

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Arthur Albert Hugh Adams
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Feb 17, 2011

Arthur Albert Hugh Adams

South African Expressionist painter“My work is based on my experience of South Africa as a 'vast and terrifying prison' ...

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Daniel William
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Feb 17, 2011

Daniel William

Political activist and Clergyman

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Kerr Alexander
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Feb 17, 2011

Kerr Alexander

Educationist and churchman

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Nils Severin Andersen
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Feb 17, 2011

Nils Severin Andersen

Andersen came to SA when his mariner father settled at Saldahna Bay in 1911. In 1914 his family went to Durban, and he s...

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Ephraim Mojalefa Ngatane
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Feb 17, 2011

Ephraim Mojalefa Ngatane

South African artist and musician

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Eric Ngcobo
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Feb 17, 2011

Eric Ngcobo

Painter and sculptor

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Sandile Ngcobo
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Feb 17, 2011

Sandile Ngcobo

Activist and lawyer, later Chief Justice (Constitutional Court judge)

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Bulelani Thandabantu Ngcuka
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Feb 17, 2011

Bulelani Thandabantu Ngcuka

Activist, lawyer, National Prosecutor and Head of Scorpions special police unit.

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Kehla Elphas Ngobese
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Feb 17, 2011

Kehla Elphas Ngobese

Artist

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Greenwood Dumisa Ngotyana
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Feb 17, 2011

Greenwood Dumisa Ngotyana

Secretary of the Black Railway and Harbour Workers' Union, member of the Western Cape ANC, Secretary of the Cape Western...

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Johnson Ngwevela
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Feb 17, 2011

Johnson Ngwevela

Member of the ANC and the CPSA, in the early 1950s served as a campaign manager for several white left-wing parliamentar...

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Joseph (Joe) Mbuku Nhlanhla
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Feb 17, 2011

Joseph (Joe) Mbuku Nhlanhla

Political Activist. Head of the ANC's youth and student headquarters in Tanzania, member of the Constituent Assembly, De...

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Dr. Jacob Mfaniselwa Nhlapo
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Dr. Jacob Mfaniselwa Nhlapo

Educator, journalist, political propagandist and first Black South African with two Doctorates.

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William Frederick Nkomo
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Feb 17, 2011

William Frederick Nkomo

Medical doctor and a teacher.

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