S.G. Sekano Ntoane was born on 14 April 1904 in Hebron, Pretoria. He was the second of the six children of Levy Ntoane, a minister of the Berlin Lutheran Church near Pretoria, and his wife, Hanna. Ntoane received his primary education at Hebron near Pretoria and qualified as a teacher at Adam's College in Amanzimtoti and at the Stofberg Memorial School at Viljoensdrif in the former Orange Free State. For a number of years Ntoane taught at various schools in this province.

Please note: This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Laubscher, L. (1999) “Gary Player” from They Shaped our Century: The Most Influential South Africans of the Twentieth Century. Published by Human and Rousseau. p. 42- 44. 

Qoboza was born on 17 January 1938. He grew up in Sophiatown, which was a hybrid township of cinemas, shebeens, jazz dens, political meetings and “tsotsi” gangsters. He initially went to Lesotho and studied in the field of theology, but became involved in journalism after joining the staff of The World and Weekend World in 1963.

Born in Cape Town on September 25, 1949, Percival Sonn, universally known as Percy, dedicated much of his life to the development of the game of cricket in the former townships and the marginalised communities of South Africa. He was educated at the University of the Western Cape and obtained his law degree in 1972. 

Anthony Richard Peter Stubbs was born in the United Kingdom (UK) in 1923, and educated at Eton, at Balliol College, Oxford, and at the College of the Resurrection at Mirfield.

After matriculating, Sumner moved to London to study and teach English. In 1922 she completed her English Literature studies, receiving a Master of Arts degree from Oxford University. Although she had trained to be a teacher and her father thought art an unstable career, her temperament was that of an artist. Soon after completing her studies she decided to pursue a painting career.

Josiah Thugwane was the first Black South African athlete to win an Olympic gold medal.

He was born on 22 April 1971 in the small town Bethal, eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga). Josiah Thugwane did not receive much education while he was growing up. He learned to read and write after winning his Gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics, 1996. He started as a local soccer player and in 1990 started running marathons to support his poor family.

Robert Tunsi was born in 1914. He was a businessman and he joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1937. He was chairman of the committee which built the first independent primary school in Newclare.

Beauclerk Upington, eldest son Sir Thomas Upington, was born on 29 March, 1873. He arrived in Cape Town at the age of one. He was educated at the South African College School, Cape Town, and Trinity College, Dublin. After completing his legal studies, he was admitted as an attorney at the Cape Bar in 1898. He became a famous lawyer in Cape Town and managed to establish the largest legal firm there. He also served in parliament as a representative of the Harbour division and later the Liesbeek division. In 1919 he resigned from parliament.

Yende was recruited into the PAC and APLA by Themba Phikwane in Alexandra Township, north of Johannesburg, in 1976. Phikwane, who had just returned from exile where he had received military training, trained Yende with firearms and explosives. After completing his training, Yende was commissioned to recruit and screen new members for underground activities and to distribute APLA and PAC literature in Alexandra Township.