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Ogata, Sadako

  • ZA-COM-06554
  • Person
  • 1927–
Japanese academic, diplomat, administrator. She was United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) from 1991 to 2000. In 1997, together with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), she appealed to Mandela to persuade the Zairean rebel leader Laurent Kabila to facilitate an airlift of refugees from Kisangani.

Okumu, Washington Aggrey Jalang'o

  • ZA-COM-08309
  • Person
  • 21 February 1936 - 1 November 2016
Kenyan diplomat, politician, academic and author, who rose to fame as the mediator that convinced the Inkatha Freedom Party's leader, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, to be part of South Africa's democratic elections in 1994, thereby ensuring a peaceful transition for South Africa's politics.

Olaf V, King of Norway

  • ZA-COM-10626
  • Person
  • 1903 - 1991
Olaf V was the King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991. He was also the only child of King Haakon VII of Norway and Maud of Wales. He became heir apparent to the Norwegian throne when his father was elected King of Norway in 1905.

Old Mutual

  • ZA-COM-02156
  • Corporate body

Omar, Dullah

  • ZA-COM-01152
  • Person
  • 26 May 1934 - 13 March 2004
Anti-apartheid activist, lawyer and politician. Minister of justice from 1994 to 1999 and minister of transport until his death. He was a member of the Unity Movement in the early 1970's and 1980's before becoming a leading member of the United Democratic Front. As a lawyer he defended ANC and PAC members on trial during the apartheid era.

One 2010

  • ZA-COM-00603
  • Corporate body

One.org

  • ZA-COM-01221
  • Corporate body

Operation Green Vegetables

  • ZA-COM-10789
Operation Green Vegetables is a project approved by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries with the target to stabilise the supply of tomato, onion and potato crops (TOP crops) in India, as well as to ensure their availability around the country, year-round without price volatility.

Oppenheimer

  • ZA-COM-03328
  • Corporate body

Oppenheimer, Ernest (Sir)

  • ZA-COM-09553
  • Person
  • 22 May 1880 - 25 November 1957
He was diamond, gold mining and financial entrepreneur as well as the controller of De Beers Consolidated mines and the the founder of Anglo American Corporation of South Africa.

Oppenheimer, Harry

  • ZA-COM-09797
  • Person
  • 1908 - 2000
He was as a prominent South African businessman, industrialist and philanthropist. Oppenheimer was often ranked as one of the wealthiest people in the world and was considered South Africa's foremost industrialist for four decades.

Oppenheimer, Isabell

  • ZA-COM-10898
  • Person
  • 23 July 1901 - 4 January 1974
Oppenheimer, Isabell was a Puerto Rican brothel owner and madam in barrio Maragüez, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Her name and her brothel, Elizabeth's Dancing Club, became part of Puerto Rican folklore both during her life and posthumously.

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  • ZA-COM-02525
  • Corporate body

Oram, Kenneth Cyril

  • ZA-COM-07918
  • Person
  • 3 March 1919 - 7 January 2001
Anglican clergyman who served as Dean of Kimberley and of Grahamstown before his elevation to the episcopacy as Bishop of Grahamstown in 1974 to 1987.

Orbis AI

  • Corporate body
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