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BMW

  • ZA-COM-00509
  • Corporate body

Castro, Raul

  • ZA-COM-00513
  • Person
  • 3 June 1931 -

Nkobi, Thomas Titus

  • ZA-COM-00514
  • Person
  • 1922–1994
Anti-apartheid activist, treasurer, member of Parliament. Joined ANC, 1950, and participated in the Defiance Campaign Against Unjust Laws and the 1955 Congress of the People. National organiser of the ANC, 1958. Arrested during the 1960 State of Emergency for his role as one of the initiators of the Mandela M-Plan to establish underground networks of the ANC. Went into exile, 1963, mainly living in Lusaka. ANC treasurer general, 1973–1994. Returned to South Africa, 1990, and was elected as a member of Parliament.

Davis, Peter

  • ZA-COM-00521
  • Person
Known as Peter Frank Davis is an American filmmaker, author, novelist and journalist. His film Hearts and Minds, about American military action in Vietnam, won the Best Feature Documentary Academy Award in 1974.

Simon, Bob

  • ZA-COM-00524
  • Person
  • 29 May 1941 - 11 February 2015
Robert David "Bob" Simon was an American television correspondent for CBS News. During his career, he covered crises, war, and unrest in 67 countries. Simon reported the withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam, the Israeli-Lebanese Conflict in 1982, and the student protests in China's Tiananmen Square in 1989

Gaddafi, Muammar

  • ZA-COM-00526
  • Person
  • 1942-2011
Leader of Libya 1969 to 2011.

Moolla, Moosa

  • ZA-COM-00535
  • Person
  • 14 June 1934 - 25 March 2023

Kumalo, Alf

  • ZA-COM-00538
  • Person
  • 1930 - 2012

De Klerk, Frederik Willem

  • ZA-COM-00546
  • Person
  • 1936-
Lawyer. President of South Africa, 1989–94. Leader of the National Party, 1989–97. In February 1990 he unbanned the ANC and other organisations and released Mandela from prison. Deputy president with Thabo Mbeki under Mandela from 1994 to 1996. Leader of New National Party, 1997. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 with Nelson Mandela, for his role in the negotiated end to apartheid.

Naidoo, Jay

  • ZA-COM-00548
  • Person
  • 1954 -
Politician and trade unionist. As a student he became active in the South African Students Organisation that was banned in 1977 just after its leader Steve Biko was murdered in police detention. Became a community-based organiser and joined the trade union movement. Elected the first general secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions at its launch in 1975. Served as minister without portfolio in President Nelson Mandela’s cabinet with responsibility for co-ordinating the Reconstruction and Development Programme. Later served as minister of posts, telecommunications and broadcasting. Chair of the board of directors and of the partnership council of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition.

Tshwete, Stephen Vukile

  • ZA-COM-00559
  • Person
  • 1938–2002
Anti-apartheid activist, political prisoner, politician and MP. Member of the ANC and MK. Imprisoned on Robben Island, 1964 to 1978, for being a member of a banned organisation. Served as regional coordinator for the UDF in the 1980s but had to go into exile for his ANC underground activities. Was part of the ANC negotiating team. Minister of sport and recreation, 1994–99. Promoted the de-racialisation of South African sport. Minister of safety and security, 1999–2002.

Big Nuz

  • ZA-COM-00563
  • Corporate body
  • 2002
Big Nuz was a South African Durban Kwaito music group from South Africa. The group originates from Umlazi township on the east coast of KwaZulu-Natal, located south-west of Durban and named after the car registration prefix of that township: "NUZ" (Natal Umlazi). The group consists of three members: Mandla Maphumulo (a.k.a. Mampintsha), Mzi (a.k.a. Danger) and Sbu (a.k.a. Mashesha) .

CNN

  • ZA-COM-00567
  • Corporate body

Ramatlhodi, Ngoako

  • ZA-COM-00569
  • Person
  • 1955–
Anti-apartheid activist and politician. Went into exile in Lesotho in 1980 where he qualified in law. From 1994 to 2004 he was premier of the Limpopo province. He later occupied ministerial positions in government.

Msawawa

  • ZA-COM-00582
  • Person

Mindset

  • ZA-COM-00586
  • Corporate body

Tele

  • ZA-COM-00587
  • Corporate body

Rantseli Elsdon, Gerry

  • ZA-COM-00592
  • Person
  • 1971 -
Rantseli Elsdon, Gerry is a South African television presenter, host, MC and businesswoman best known for co-hosting the first season of the reality television competition Big Brother South Africa, in 2001. She was also a continuity announcer for M-Net.

One 2010

  • ZA-COM-00603
  • Corporate body

Ntando

  • ZA-COM-00604
  • Person

DJ Cleo

  • ZA-COM-00606
  • Corporate body
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