Lives of courage

Teacher, member of the South African Communist Party, first political detainee to die at the hands of the Security Polic...

Founding member of the Theatre Council of Natal (TECON), close associate of Steve Biko, SASO Publications Director , reg...

Cartoonist and activist

Albertina Sisulu 'the mother of the nation', activist and nurse, who has struggled for her whole life human rights and d...

Journalist and poet

Teacher, lecturer, banned person, author, advocate of multilingualism in post-apartheid South Africa, a strong proponent...

Natal Indian Congress, United Democratic Front and African National Congress activist, medical doctor, academic, researc...

Minister of Education (1999 – 2004), Minister of Water Affairs,(1994 – 1999) and a member of Parliament in the National ...

member of the ANC, political prisoner, banned person, exile, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

lawyer, founder of the Natal Indian Congress, political prisoner, leader of the Indian community in South Africa, politi...

Member of the Labour Party Youth Organisation, General Secretary of the Student Representative Council (SRC) at UWC, fou...

reporter, founder member of the Union of Black Journalists in South Africa, exiled person, lecturer, International Educa...

Member of Parliament, South African ambassador and mayor

Journalist, author, social activist, teacher, educator, broadcaster, political prisoner, banned person, exile, member of...

The history of Queen Njinga (or Nzinga) of Ndongo/Matamba is contested. Portuguese colonial historians and missionaries ...

The first photojournalist to expose to the world the stark realities of life under the Apartheid regime

Artist

Deputy General Secretary of SACP, Deputy Minister of Transport, theorist, poet and skilful writer. University Lecturer

Journalist, insurance agent, political prisoner, exiled person, member of the PAC leader, PAC's chief representative in ...

Trade unionist and political activist, member of the ICU, CPSA and the ANC

Essop Goolam Pahad was an anti-apartheid activist who was a member of the ANC and was exiled because of what was called ...

President of South Africa, first deputy president in the new Government of National Unity.

ANC Political Activist 

Chief of Staff of Umkhonto we Sizwe and General-Secretary of the SACP.

Student activist and leader, political prisoner, lawyer, member of the ANC and UDF

Western Cape Deputy Commissioner in Charge of Detectives, former MK operative, teacher  

Major General (retired) of the Transkei Defence Force, Chairman of the Military Council of Transkei, leader of the Trans...

A Leading member of Congress of Democrats and political activist who was sentenced with Mandela and others to life impri...

banned person, political prisoner, Member of SASO, BPC and BCP, medical doctor, academic, anthropologist, Vice Chancello...

Political activist, political prisoner, banned person, exile, teacher, involved in the revival of the Natal Indian Congr...

Teacher, political activist,  trade unionist, banned person, political prisoner, exile, President of the Transvaal ...

Benson Tsele died on 21 March 1968 in combat against the then white supremacist Rhodesian army. The Umkhonto we Sizwe...

Political activist and former PAC secretary general.

Political activist, member of the South African Communist Party and the Federation of South African Women.

Political prisoner, banned, exiled person, Anti Apartheid activist

Political prisoner, poet, journalist, and editor

Journalist and business manager of the New Age, member of the CPSA Central Committee, political prisoner and defendant i...

Renowned author of Cry, the Beloved Country, founding member and leader of the Liberal Party

Teacher, anti-pass activist, and civil rights campaigner. Cape provincial organiser of the African National Congress Wom...

Anti-apartheid activist, women’s rights activist, labour activist, member of the CPSA and Transvaal All-Women’s Union, f...