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Cynthia Shange
Biography
Aug 26, 2011

Cynthia Shange

First Black beauty queen to represent South Africa at Miss World pageant, veteran actress and model 

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Esther Susanna Mentz
Biography
Aug 27, 2011

Esther Susanna Mentz

Recording artist, taught singing, promoted the development of opera and was a member of PACTS’s opera committee and of t...

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Dilizantaba Mji
Biography
Aug 27, 2011

Dilizantaba Mji

Physician, head the Transvaal Youth League, African National Congress (ANC) national executive committee member, one of ...

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Conan Doyle Modiakgotla
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Aug 27, 2011

Conan Doyle Modiakgotla

Secretary of the Orange Free State African National Congress, Secretary of the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union ...

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Peter Mokaba
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Aug 29, 2011

Peter Mokaba

Member of Umkhonto weSizwe, imprisoned on Robben Island, member of the  United Democratic Front,  first president of the...

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Dr Gomolemo Mokae
Biography
Aug 29, 2011

Dr Gomolemo Mokae

Author, medical doctor and political commentator

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Hermanus Lethebe
Biography
Aug 02, 2011

Hermanus Lethebe

Member of the CPSA 

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Tielman Johannes de Villiers Roos
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Aug 02, 2011

Tielman Johannes de Villiers Roos

Advocate, Politician 

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Aug 02, 2011

Chief Dingiswayo

Paramount Chief of the Mthethwa

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Dr Martin Luther King jr
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Aug 10, 2011

Dr Martin Luther King jr

Civil rights activist in the United States of America

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Lord Kitchener
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Aug 10, 2011

Lord Kitchener

1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome, also called Viscount Broome of Broome, Baron Denton of Denton, Baron Kitch...

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Eduardo Mondlane
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Sep 05, 2011

Eduardo Mondlane

History and Sociology Professor at Syracuse University, New York, President of FRELIMO

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John S. P. Motloheloa
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Sep 07, 2011

John S. P. Motloheloa

Acting secretary of the ANC in the Western Cape and General Secretary of the Basutoland Communist Party 

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Mavuso Walter Msimang
Biography
Sep 09, 2011

Mavuso Walter Msimang

Member of the MK high command, Director: Grintek; Chief Executive Officer: SA National Parks, Chief Executive of KZN Tou...

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Abner S. Mtimkulu
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Sep 11, 2011

Abner S. Mtimkulu

Minister in the Wesleyan Methodist Church, President of the independent Bantu Methodist Church, senior chaplain of the A...

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