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Willie Lukhele
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Willie Lukhele

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Jack Mfembe
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Jack Mfembe

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Sipo Elijah Mzimela
Biography
May 24, 2013

Sipo Elijah Mzimela

Priest, exiled person, post-Apartheid’s first Minister of Correctional Services, member of the ANC, IFP and the United D...

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Cassim Amra
Biography
May 24, 2013

Cassim Amra

Banned person, journalist, photographer, member of the NIC

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Dan Mekgoe
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Dan Mekgoe

banned person

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Peter Norman Metshane
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Peter Norman Metshane

banned person

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Leo Marquard
Biography
May 09, 2013

Leo Marquard

Founder member of NUSAS and the Liberal Party, member of the Editorial Board of Reality, founder member of the Institute...

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John Taolo Gaetsewe
Biography
May 09, 2013

John Taolo Gaetsewe

Trade unionist, member of the ANC and General Secretary of SACTU, Robben Island prisoner, banned person

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Ernest “Ernie” Wenzel
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Ernest “Ernie” Wenzel

A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA). Detained in 1960, and again in 1964.

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David Welsh
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

David Welsh

A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA).

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Tom Walters
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Tom Walters

A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA).

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Michael Schneider
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Michael Schneider

A member of the African Resistance Movement (ARM). Lived in exile.

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Barney Zackon
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Barney Zackon

A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA). Banned by the apartheid government.

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Colyn Van Reenen
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Colyn Van Reenen

A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA), detained in 1961.

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Ross Neil
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Ross Neil

A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)

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