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Andries Treurnicht
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Feb 17, 2011

Andries Treurnicht

Former Conservative Party Leader.

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Wycliffe MIungisi Tsotsi
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Feb 17, 2011

Wycliffe MIungisi Tsotsi

President of the All African Convention (AAC), teacher, lawyer

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Benjamin John Peter Tyamzashe
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Feb 17, 2011

Benjamin John Peter Tyamzashe

Composer, Choir Conductor, Organist and Teacher

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Henry Daniel Tyamzashe
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Feb 17, 2011

Henry Daniel Tyamzashe

Printer and journalist, provincial secretary of the ICU  for the Transvaal, edited The Workers' Herald and later New Afr...

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Simon Tyeku
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Feb 17, 2011

Simon Tyeku

Chairman of the Sophiatown African National Congress, accused in the Treason Trial of 1956-1961, coal dealer and propert...

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Jan van Eck
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Feb 17, 2011

Jan van Eck

City Councilor, MP and Peace Mediator who played a leading role in peace mediation efforts as Burundian peace facilitato...

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Rooha Variava
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Feb 17, 2011

Rooha Variava

Rooha Variava was born in Pietersburg, South Africa on the 16 December 1958. She completed a BA degree in Philosophy and...

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Clive Van den Berg
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Feb 17, 2011

Clive Van den Berg

Van den Berg Clive was born in Zambia. He studied at UN(P) and obtained a BA(FA). He lectured in Art History at UN(P) in...

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Gerrit Van Niekerk Viljoen
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Feb 17, 2011

Gerrit Van Niekerk Viljoen

Former Minister of Education and Constitutional Development

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Adriaan Vlok
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Feb 17, 2011

Adriaan Vlok

Minister of Law and Order in South Africa from 1986 to 1991 in the final years of the apartheid era. Also Correctional S...

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Moebien Wadee
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Feb 17, 2011

Moebien Wadee

Medical doctor, forensic pathologist and political activist

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Aidan Walsh
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Feb 17, 2011

Aidan Walsh

Aiden Walsh was born in Durban in 1932. He studied at the Natal Technical College from 1948 to 1950, and at the Hammersm...

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Frank Wiles
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Feb 17, 2011

Frank Wiles

Artist

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Walter Gilbert Wiles
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Feb 17, 2011

Walter Gilbert Wiles

Artist

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Monica Hunter Wilson
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Feb 17, 2011

Monica Hunter Wilson

Anthropologist, educator, author, scholar and academic.

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