Slovo, Joe b. May 23, 1926 d. January 6, 1995 Anti-Apartheid fighter and South African Communist Party member. Slovo was born Yossel Mashel Slovo in Obelai, Lithuania. His family left Europe for South Africa in 1935 amid the rising climate of antisemitism. In 1941, rising poverty forced Slovo to leave school early, and he joined the Communist Party of South Africa the following year. Inspired by Red Army heroism, he fought for the allites in World War II. Between 1946 and 1950, he studied law at the University of South Africa and was...[Read More] (Bio by: Mongoose) Church Street Cemetery, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa Plot: Heroes Acre
Verwoerd, Hendrik b. September 8, 1901 d. September 6, 1966 South Africa Prime Minister. Verwoerd served as the Prime Minister of South Africa from September 2, 1958, until his death on September 6, 1966. He was assassinated in the House of Assembly by Dmitri Tsafendas in Cape Town, South Africa, for reasons still unknown to this day. (Bio by: K) Church Street Cemetery, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa Plot: Heroes Acre
b. October 10, 1825 d. July 14, 1904