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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Biography
Jun 28, 2011

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Lawyer, anti-apartheid activist, banned person, ANC member, SACP member, MK Commander in Chief, 1956 Treason Trialist, R...

Theresa Solomon
Biography
Jul 08, 2025

Theresa Solomon

Community activist, political prisoner, member of the United Democratic Front and the African National Congress, Cape To...

Omar Badsha
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Omar Badsha

A self-taught, award winning artist and photographer. Badsha played an active role in the South African liberation strug...

Govan Mbeki
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Govan Mbeki

Teacher, author, member of the African National Congress  and a member of the South African Communist Party 

Phyllis Naidoo
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Phyllis Naidoo

Teacher, lawyer, university lecturer, author, member of the NEUM, NIC, SACP, ANC and MK, Recipient of the Order Of Luthu...

Dr. Frene Noshir Ginwala
Biography
May 31, 2012

Dr. Frene Noshir Ginwala

Journalist, editor, lecturer, lawyer, radio programme producer, member of the ANC, politician and former speaker of the ...

Rajes Pillay
Biography
Dec 30, 2020

Rajes Pillay

exile, member of the Natal Indian Congress, African National Congress and uMkhonto weSizwe

Lilian Masediba Ngoyi
Biography
Sep 22, 2011

Lilian Masediba Ngoyi

Politician and anti-apartheid activist, Treason Trialist and President of the African National Congress (ANC) Women's Le...

Robert Sobukwe
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Robert Sobukwe

Teacher, lecturer, lawyer,  Fort Hare University SRC President, secretary of the ANC branch in Standerton, founding...

Stephen Bantu Biko
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Stephen Bantu Biko

Member of the SRC at University of Natal (Non-European section), first president of SASO, Chair of SASO Publications, Bl...

Mafika Pascal Gwala
Biography
Jun 06, 2012

Mafika Pascal Gwala

Poet, Writer, Editor, Member of the Black Consciousness Movement, and Contributor for the Black Review, contributor to S...

Jessie Yasmin Duarte
Biography
Apr 03, 2019

Jessie Yasmin Duarte

Former South African High Commissioner to Mozambique, provincial secretary of the Federation of Transvaal Women, banned ...

Zindziswa “Zindzi” Nobutho Mandela
Biography
Feb 28, 2020

Zindziswa “Zindzi” Nobutho Mandela

Former South African ambassador to Denmark, Politician, member of the Soweto Youth Congress, ANC and MK

Malusi Nkanyezi Gigaba
Biography
Jan 13, 2012

Malusi Nkanyezi Gigaba

African National Congress Youth League president, African National Congress NWC member, Chairman of South African Studen...

Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo

Medical doctor, banned person, political prisoner, exile,President of the Indian Social Reform Society, Chair of the Mad...

Sophia Theresa Williams de Bruyn
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Sophia Theresa Williams de Bruyn

Executive member of the Textile Workers Union in Port Elizabeth, founder member of the South African Congress of Tr...

Mildred Lesiea
Biography
May 24, 2012

Mildred Lesiea

Trade unionist, political detainee, banned person, member of the ANC, ANCWL, SACP, FSAW and the UWO, Member of Parliamen...

Frantz Fanon
Biography
Nov 21, 2014

Frantz Fanon

Soldier, Psychiatrist, Rebel, father, freedom fighter, decorated soldier, Philosopher and Author of mind provoking books...

Sheila Weinberg
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Sheila Weinberg

Member of the African National Congress (ANC) and the SACP, secretary of the Human Rights Committee, member of the Johan...

Amina Cachalia
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Amina Cachalia

Political activist, member of the TIYC and TIC, treasurer of FEDSAW, patron of the Federation of Transvaal Women, arrest...

Ben Turok
Biography
Oct 15, 2011

Ben Turok

Surveyor, lecturer and secretary of the COD, arrested for treason in 1956, trade union organiser, elected unop...

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

ANC Political Activist and ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture, President of ANCWL, member of...

Joe Slovo
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Joe Slovo

Member of the South Africa Communist Party, founding member of the Congress of Democrats, accused in the 1956 Treason Tr...

Mongane Wally Serote
Biography
Nov 01, 2011

Mongane Wally Serote

Poet, novelist, political activist, exile, member of the Black Consciousness Movement and African National Congress, Com...

Ruth First
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Ruth First

Member of the SACP and ANC, founder member of the South African Congress of Democrats (COD) and Author.

Satyandranath “Mac” Maharaj
Biography
Jul 13, 2011

Satyandranath “Mac” Maharaj

Political activist and a member of the African National Congress' armed wing, uMkhonto weSizwe and its National Executiv...

James Kantor
Biography
Jul 19, 2011

James Kantor

Lawyer, political prisoner, Rivonia Trialist and exile

Saleem Badat
Biography
Dec 14, 2018

Saleem Badat

Academic, author, Vice-Chancellor of Rhodes University, the first black South African to hold this post in 102 years, Ed...

 Mavivi  Myakayaka-Manzini
Biography
Aug 30, 2013

Mavivi Myakayaka-Manzini

Political prisoner, exiled person, journalist, member of SASO and the ANC, Head of International Relations, ANC Womens L...

Dr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Dr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper

Vice President of the NIC,Member of the BC movement, Secretary of the BPC, Vice President of AZAPO, Vice Principal of UD...

Nadine Gordimer
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Nadine Gordimer

Founding member of COSAW, South African author, script writer,member of the ANC and winner of the Nobel Prize for Litera...

Advocate George Bizos
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Advocate George Bizos

Advocate,Human Rights lawyer, Senior Counsel at the Legal Resources Centre in Johannesburg in the Constitutional Un...

Albertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
Biography
Jun 30, 2011

Albertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu

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

Professor Kader Abdul Asmal
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Professor Kader Abdul Asmal

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

Aziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Aziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad

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

Dumisani Shadrack Kumalo
Biography
Jan 24, 2019

Dumisani Shadrack Kumalo

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

Terry Bell
Biography
Aug 05, 2020

Terry Bell

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

Lillian Diedericks
Biography
Apr 18, 2020

Lillian Diedericks

Women’s rights activist, trade unionist, shop steward, founder member of the Federation of South African Women, member o...

Jeremy Patrick Cronin
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Jeremy Patrick Cronin

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

Tiego Moseneke
Biography
May 09, 2023

Tiego Moseneke

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