Abdul Kader Asmal 8 October 1934 – 22 June 2011 was a South African politician. He was a professor of human rights at the University of the Western Cape, chairman of the council of the University of the North and vice-president of the African Association of International Law. He was married to Louise Parkinson and had two sons. He was an
Neville Edward Alexander 22 October 1936 – 27 August 2012 was a proponent of a multilingual South Africa and a former revolutionary who spent ten years on Robben Island as a fellow-prisoner of Nelson Mandela. Contents 1Early life 2The Apartheid years 3Post-Apartheid 4Death 5References 6External links Early life Alexander was born in Cradock, Eastern Cape,
Neil Aggett 6 October 1953 – 5 February 1982 was a White South African doctor and trade union organiser who died while in detention after being arrested by the South African Security Police. Contents 1Life and death 2Honours 3Notes and references 4External links Life and death Aggett was born in Nanyuki, Kenya, and his family moved
Abdurrazack “Zackie” Achmat born 21 March 1962 is a South African activist and film director. He is a co-founder the Treatment Action Campaign and known worldwide for his activism on behalf of people living with HIV and AIDS in South Africa. He currently serves as Board member and Co-director of Ndifuna Ukwazi (Dare to Know), an organisation which aims to build and support social justice organisations and
Albert “Albie” Louis Sachs born 30 January 1935 is an activist and a former judge on the Constitutional Court of South Africa. After having his arm blown off by a car-bomb in Mozambique due to his opposition to apartheid, he fled to the United States but later returned to South Africa and currently resides in Cape Town. Contents 1Early life and education 2Career
Lieutenant General Vejaynand Indurjith Ramlakan DMG MMS MMB KStJ September 27, 1957 – August 27, 2020 was a South African military commander. A medical doctor, he served in Umkhonto weSizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress, during the liberation struggle against the South African government in the 1980s, and transferred to the South African National Defence Force
Mangwashi Victoria Phiyega, commonly known as Riah Phiyega, was the National Police Commissioner of the South African Police Service. She was appointed to the office by South African President Jacob Zuma on 12 June 2012 and was the first woman to hold the post . Phiyega was suspended on 14 October 2015 by the President following a recommendation of the Farlam Commission
Marmaduke Thomas St John Pattle, DFC & Bar 3 July 1914 – 20 April 1941, usually known as Pat Pattle, was a South African-born Second World War fighter pilot and flying ace (an aviator credited with the destruction of five or more enemy aircraft in aerial combat) of the Royal Air Force (RAF). Pattle applied to join the South African Air Force at 18, but was rejected.
Bulelani T Ngcuka pronounced ; born 2 May 1954 was the first national Director of Public Prosecutions in South Africa, and is the husband of former Deputy President of South Africa Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. He was embroiled in controversy concerning the decision to prosecute Jacob Zuma for corruption; Zuma was later elected President of South Africa. Supporters of Zuma alleged
Mervyn Eldred King born 22 July 1937, Johannesburg is a South African corporate attorney, arbitrator, mediator, corporate director, commission chair, author and speaker. A former judge of the Supreme Court of South Africa, he is currently chairman of the IIRC, chairman emeritus of the Global Reporting Initiative and director of the Association of Business Administrators of Southern Africa. He is best known