Ruth First

Ruth First

female, deceased (1982)
Ruth First (May 4 1925 - August 17 1982) was a Jewish South African anti-apartheid activist and scholar born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Her...
Albie Sachs

Albie Sachs

male, 74 years old
Albie Sachs (1935-) is a justice on the Constitutional Court of South Africa. He was appointed to the court by Nelson Mandela in 1994. Justice...
Hector Pieterson

Hector Pieterson

male, deceased (1976)
Hector Pieterson (1964 - 16 June 1976) became the iconic image of the 1976 Soweto uprising in apartheid South Africa when a news photograph by Sam...
Marthinus van Schalkwyk

Marthinus van Schalkwyk

male, 50 years old
Marthinus Christoffel Johannes van Schalkwyk (born 10 November 1959) is a South African politician. His political career began during the late...
John Kani

John Kani

male, 66 years old
Bonsile John Kani (1943 -) is a South African actor, director and playwright. He was born in New Brighton, South Africa. Kani joined The Serpent...
Allan Boesak

Allan Boesak

male, 64 years old
Reverend Allan Aubrey Boesak (23 February 1945 -) is a South African Dutch Reformed Church cleric and was a politician and anti-apartheid activist....

John Taylor

male, 63 years old
John Taylor (born July 21, 1946 in Watford, Hertfordshire) was a Welsh rugby union player. Nicknamed "Basil Brush" thanks to his wild hair and...
André Brink

André Brink

male, 74 years old
André Philippus Brink was the first Afrikaans book to be banned by the South African government. Interestingly, Brink writes his works s...
Eugene de Kock

Eugene de Kock

male
Eugene de Kock was an assassin for the apartheid government in South Africa. Dubbed "Prime Evil" by the media, he was the commander of the...
Jerry Dammers

Jerry Dammers

male, 54 years old
Jerry Dammers (born Jeremy Dammers, 22 May 1955, Ootacamund, India) was the founder and keyboard player of the Coventry based ska band, The...