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Thomas Francois Burgers (April 15, 1834-1881), a liberal and strongly reformist minister of the Dutch Reformed Church (Nederduitse Ge-reformeerde Kerk, or N.G.K.), was president of...
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Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (generally known as Paul) (October 10, 1825-July 14, 1904) was born in Gradock District, Cape Colony and died in Clareno, Switzerland....
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Chris Hani (June 28, 1942-April 10, 1993), a commander of the African National Congress’s (ANC) guerrilla lighting force Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), a member of...
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Christopher Gell (November 8, 1917-May 28, 1958) a stringent and effective critic of apartheid in South Africa, campaigned against it from within the confines of...
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Sidney Percival Bunting (1873-1936) was one of the founders of the Communist Party of South Africa and a leader in labour struggles in the early...
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Sir Henry Rider Haggard (June 22, 1856-May 14, 1925) was an English novelist and agriculturalist, famed for his adventure stories about a largely mythical Africa....
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Horatio Isaiah Bud-Mbelle (circa 1870-1947), was an educator as well as a militant African leader who at one time was secretary-general of the African National...
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Gaseitsiwe, (circa 1820-1889) was chief of the Ngwaketse, or Bangwaketse, of what is now Botswana, ruling from 1857 to 1889, and unifying his people after...
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869-January 30, 1948) led the Indian people in their struggle for independence from British rule, largely with the application of...
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The career of Edgar Brookes (February 4, 1897-August 1979), a distinguished educationist, author, and liberal leader, covered a long span in South Africa’s 20th century...
