Lives of courage

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

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

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

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

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

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  

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

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

Political prisoner, banned, exiled person, Anti Apartheid activist

Member of the ‘Upington 14', political prisoner

Shop steward for the Cape Town Food and Canning Workers’ Union, member of the Transvaal Indian Congress, helped organise...

Musician and Singer, exiled person

Minister of Defence and Military veterans, Former anti-apartheid guerilla, Chairperson of the National Council of Provin...

Trade unionist, member of the NIC, SACP, MK and ANC, Assistant Secretary of the Natal Indian Farmers Union, accused in t...

Peace activist, Social Worker, Founder of Natal Organisation of Women,  member of the NIC, ANC and the UDF, Member ...

Anti-Apartheid activist, liberation struggle hero, Secretary of the Natal Indian Congress Youth Congress, involved in th...

Journalist, author, anti-apartheid activist, political prisoner, jailed for sabotage, exiled person, member of the Afric...

Journalist, a founding member of the Union of Black Journalists and a member of the Writer’s Association of South Africa...

ANC activist, political prisoner, ambassador, Member of Parliament .

Chair of the Greyville Branch of the NIC, NIC delegate to the Congress of the People, Kliptown, Member of the NIC, MK, A...

Political activist, Banned person, Political prisoner, member of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), Writer, Author and Artist

Poet, novelist, political and cultural activist, banned person, co-founder of Congress of South African Writers, worked ...

Activist and Martyr. Died as a result of her participation in the South African liberation struggle.

Teacher, member of SACTU, SACP and ANC.

Communist, political activist, 90 day detainee

Parliamentarian, lawyer and member of the UDF and ANC

Member of the African National Congress and uMkhonto weSizwe, veterinarian, worked on the African National Congress farm...

Journalist, Native Representative in the House of Assembly,Western Cape, chief editor of the Guardian, editor of the Afr...

Political activist, worked with SACTU and a member of the Young Communist League (YCL) and the South African Communist P...

Trade unionist, member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the ANC (African National Congress), political pr...

Nurse, Member of the ANC and office-bearer, National Executive Committee member of the Federation of South African Women...

Advocate of the Supreme Court of South Africa, volunteer in the South African Armed Forces, appointed King’s Counsel (KC...

Medical doctor, Vice President of the Natal Indian Congress and a pioneer in women's resistance

Abdul Khalek Mohamed Docrat, AKM or “Doc” as he was popularly known, was one of the leading political activists in the N...

Medical doctor, member of the NEUM, Chairperson of the Durban APDUSA branch, banned person, political prisoner and exile...

Member of the Textile Workers Union, member of the Black Sash, and anti-apartheid activist and communist proponent.