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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...
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Gungunyane (also known as Ngunguwya, Gunguwhawa & Ngunguwyana) (circa 1850-1906), the last Shangana ruler of Gaza in South-West Africa, was caught between rival British and...
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Paramount Chief Griffith (circa 1870-July 1939) was the second son of Paramount Chief Lerotholi of Basutholand. He reigned as paramount chief for 26 years, from...
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Johannes Henricus Brand (December 6, 1823-July 14, 1888) was third president of the Orange Free State, and his name became synonymous with that government for...
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Magema ka Magwaza Fuze (1845-1922) wrote the first book to appear in print by any Zulu author, titled Abantu abanyama lapha bavela nakhona (“Black People:...
