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Doc Bikitsha
Biography
May 16, 2011

Doc Bikitsha

Teacher, journalist, awarded the Order of Ikhamanga in Silver for his contribution to journalism and literature and as a...

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Abdul ‘Apamai’ Rahman Dawood
Biography
Jan 12, 2012

Abdul ‘Apamai’ Rahman Dawood

Vice president of the Transvaal Indian Congress, member of the United Democratic Front (UDF) and ANC, Community activist...

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Mannie Manim
Biography
May 16, 2011

Mannie Manim

Producer, director and lighting designer, awarded the Order of Ikhamanga in Silver for his excellent skills in theatre l...

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Meshach Pelem
Biography
Sep 27, 2011

Meshach Pelem

Teacher, businessman, one of the four vice-presidents of the African National Congress at its founding, founded the Bant...

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Joe “Sdumo” Mafela
Biography
May 03, 2011

Joe “Sdumo” Mafela

Television personality, actor, writer, director, producer, musician and businessman

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Marlene van Niekerk
Biography
May 16, 2011

Marlene van Niekerk

Poet, novelist, short-story writer, awarded the Order of Ikhamanga in Silver for her outstanding intellectual contributi...

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Luis Inácio Lula da Silva
Biography
Jun 22, 2011

Luis Inácio Lula da Silva

Trade unionist, President of Brazil, for his outstanding contribution to the advancement of the agenda of the South and ...

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Mpumelelo Paul “Cosmo” Grootboom
Biography
May 03, 2011

Mpumelelo Paul “Cosmo” Grootboom

Controversial theatre and television playwright

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Rev George Wauchope
Biography
Jun 22, 2011

Rev George Wauchope

Political activist, member of AZAPO, lecturer and minister in the Anglican Church.

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Dr Thamsanqa Wilkinson ‘Wilkie’ Kambule
Biography
Jun 22, 2011

Dr Thamsanqa Wilkinson ‘Wilkie’ Kambule

Teacher and professor of mathematics.

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Isaac Zakes Nkosi
Biography
Jun 22, 2011

Isaac Zakes Nkosi

Saxophonist, composer and record producer

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Mike Terry
Biography
Oct 13, 2011

Mike Terry

Former Executive Secretary of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement

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Paul Shipokosa Mashatile
Biography
May 03, 2011

Paul Shipokosa Mashatile

Member of COSAS, Co-founder of AYCO, UDF in the Transvaal and presently Minister of Arts and Culture in South Africa.

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Stephen Tefu
Biography
Oct 13, 2011

Stephen Tefu

Member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) and the Central Committee in Johannesburg, organizer for the Federa...

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Ben Khoapa
Biography
Jan 25, 2012

Ben Khoapa

Member of the Black Consciousness Movement, Director of Study Project on Christianity in an Apartheid Society (SPROCAS) ...

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