People of the Revolution and the USSR
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Jan Smuts Jan Christian Smuts
Soldier-statesman who was twice prime minister of the Union of South Africa and went to Budapest as the Entente’s envoy in April 1919
Political and party leadership · South Africa state institutions
1870–1950
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Solly Zuckerman Solly Zuckerman
The scientific adviser who made bombing a field of operational research
Scholarship and theory
1904–1993
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Jimmy Durrant James Thom Durrant
A wartime commander who confronted the limits of long-range air supply
Military command · South Africa state institutions
1913–1990
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Ruth First Ruth First
The investigative journalist who exposed apartheid, the communist revolutionary who endured 117 days of solitary confinement
Literature and arts · African National Congress (ANC)
1925–1982
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Chris Hani Chris Hani
The SACP leader who kept the revolutionary flame alive after laying down arms
Political and party leadership · South African Communist Party (SACP)
1942–1993