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Phakamani Hadebe, Zitha Radebe, Nhlangano Ndlovu, Sanele Mbhele, Siphiwe Mazibuko and Siphakanyiswa Dladla were back in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Monday.

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1935

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1948

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Jesse Jackson, Sr.

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