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| B-0149375 | biography | Mhlupeki Hlongwane | 1961 | ✓ |
| B-0149341 | biography | Maphuti Moraka | – | ✓ |
| E-0011648 | event | Governor-General Sir Patrick Duncan dies | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| A-0124264 | article | Afrikaans: the Language of Black and Coloured Dissent | 20 Sep 2017 | – |
| B-0125771 | biography | Hailu Mergia | 1946 | – |
| B-0007896 | biography | Zola Budd | 1966 | ✓ |
| B-0007882 | biography | Dorothy Ruth Boxall | 1895-1951 | ✓ |
| B-0007868 | biography | Joseph Booth | 1851-1932 | – |
| B-0007767 | biography | Chief Rabbi Israel Abrahams | 1903-1973 | – |
| B-0008465 | biography | Mizream Maseko | 1927-1994 | ✓ |
| B-0008296 | biography | Amos Langdown | 1930-2006 | ✓ |
| B-0008235 | biography | Dorothy Moss Kay | 1886-1964 | – |
| B-0008080 | biography | Pierre Jacy Fourie | 1943-1980 | ✓ |
| B-0008744 | biography | Nesta Mathom Nala | 1940-2005 | ✓ |
| B-0008707 | biography | Gordon Mulholland | 1921-2010 | ✓ |
| B-0074817 | biography | Jacob Zungwane Mashabane | 1976 | ✓ |
| B-0008956 | biography | Clive Edward Butler Rice | 1949-2015 | ✓ |
| B-0008953 | biography | Eschel Mostert Rhoodie | 1933-1993 | ✓ |
| B-0008805 | biography | Stanley Bongani Nkosi | 1945-1988 | ✓ |
| B-0008931 | biography | Jeevenundhan (Jeeva) Rajgopaul | 1952 | – |
| B-0008439 | biography | Thomas Mtobi Mapikela | 1869-1945 | ✓ |
| B-0007913 | biography | Yusuf Cachalia | 1915-1995 | ✓ |
| B-0008040 | biography | Jillian Edelstein | 1958 | ✓ |
| B-0008640 | biography | Mohammed Valli Moosa | 1957 | – |
| B-0068069 | biography | Dr Silas Modiri Molema | 1891-1965 | – |
| B-0096739 | biography | Nomvula Paula Mokonyane | 1963 | ✓ |
| B-0007991 | biography | Amina Desai | 1920-2009 | ✓ |
| E-0011319 | event | SA colonies meet to consider and adopt the South Africa Act, which leads to the Union of South Africa | 16 Mar 2011 | – |
| B-0149282 | biography | Mankopodi Sekhukhune | – | ✓ |
| B-0150238 | biography | Robert Mokwena (George Sello) | 1952-1981 | ✓ |
BiographyMhlupeki Hlongwane
Mhlupeki Hlongwane and Mxoshwa Mdhluli were banished from Ngoba Location, Bergville District, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal]on 11 April 1957. Their banishment…
BiographyMaphuti Moraka
Maphuti Moraka was banished from Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Northern Transvaal [now Polokwane, Limpopo Province] toMatatiele, Eastern Province, …
EventGovernor-General Sir Patrick Duncan dies
Governor-general of the Union of South Africa, Sir Patrick Duncan, died in Pretoria at the age of 72. He came to South Africa as Sir Alfred Milner's private…
ArticleAfrikaans: the Language of Black and Coloured Dissent
IntroductionAfrikaans, one of the official languages, together with English, during South Africa’s Apartheid era, often occupies a politicised space as the …
BiographyHailu Mergia
Born in Debre Birhan, Showa Province, Ethiopia, in 1946 to parents of Amhara and Oromo descent, Mergia grew up absorbing traditional Amhara, Tigrinya and Oromo…
BiographyZola Budd
Zola Budd was born on 26 May 1966 in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa. Budd burst into national prominence in 1983. In 1984 she gained international…
BiographyDorothy Ruth Boxall
Dorothy Ruth Boxall was born on 19 July 1895 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She dedicated herself to the promotion of music in South…
BiographyJoseph Booth
Joseph Booth was born in 1851 in Derby, England. A unique figure in the missionary history of central and southern Africa, Booth was one of the earliest…
BiographyChief Rabbi Israel Abrahams
Chief Rabbi Israel Abrahams was born on 12 March 1903 in Vilna, Lithuania. He was the son of Zecharya Alter Abramowich and Rachel Leah Sherman. As a young boy…
BiographyMizream Maseko
Mizream Maseko (also documented as Mizraim, Mizriam, Mizram) was born on 10 June 1927. Maseko began his career as a house painter after completing his studies…
BiographyAmos Langdown
Amos Langdown was born on 7 May 1930, in Plettenberg Bay. He was involved for many years in art education. He trained as a teacher at the Zonnebloem College in…
BiographyDorothy Moss Kay
Dorothy Moss Kay was born in Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland, 1886. Kay (nee Elvery) studied at the Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin. She came to SA in…
BiographyPierre Jacy Fourie
Pierre Jacy Fourie was born on 26 June 1943 in Malvern, Johannesburg. He was the first recorded White boxer to fight against a Black opponent in South Africa…
BiographyNesta Mathom Nala
Nesta Mathom Nala, born in 1940, lived and worked in the Thukela valley at Oyaya, near Ndondondweni, in the Mamba area of Inkhanyezi. At the age of twelve,…
BiographyGordon Mulholland
Gordon Mulholland was born in Cape Town on 30 April 1921. His mother, Nell, a Cockney from the east end of London, was the breadwinner at home. She worked as…
Jacob Zungwane Mashabane
On the 5th of October 1976 Mr Jacob Mashabane, aged 22, a University of Zululand student was reported to have died in detention at the Johannesburg Fort after…
BiographyClive Edward Butler Rice
Clive Rice was born on 23 July 1949 in Johannesburg. His education started at St. Johns College and from there to Damelin College in Johannesburg and later…
BiographyEschel Mostert Rhoodie
Dr. Eschel Rhoodie was born in 1933 and was one of the key players in the 1978-79 ‘Information Scandal’. He served as the Secretary of the Department of…
BiographyStanley Bongani Nkosi
Stanley Bongani Nkosi was born on 25 November 1945 in Newcastle, Natal. When Nkosi was three years old his family moved to Dukhatole tear Germiston in the…
BiographyJeevenundhan (Jeeva) Rajgopaul
Jeevenundhan (Jeeva) Rajgopaul was born in November 1952, in Dundee, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He grew up in Clairwood, Durb an. In 1961 his family was…
BiographyThomas Mtobi Mapikela
Thomas Mtobi Mapikela born in 12th of November 1869,in the Eastern Cape, he trained as a carpenter in Grahamstown and later established a successful business…
BiographyYusuf Cachalia
Yusuf Cachalia was born in Johannesburg on 15 January 1915. A leading figure in the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) in the 1940s and 1950s, who was…
BiographyJillian Edelstein
Jillian Edelstein was born and grew up in South Africa. In 1975, after her final year of high school, she took a ‘gap' year and studied in the USA. She…
BiographyMohammed Valli Moosa
It was, however, only at university that Moosa got involved in politics. He attended the University of Durban-Westville, where he obtained his BSc degree in…
BiographyDr Silas Modiri Molema
Dr. Silas Modiri Molema (Silas Modiri) was born in 1891 in Mafikeng, South Africa. His father was a member of the Royal family of the Barolong chieftaincy and…
BiographyNomvula Paula Mokonyane
Nomvula Paula Mokonyane was born on 28 June 1963 in Kagiso on the West Rand, Transvaal (now Gauteng). She is the youngest in a family of 12, with six sisters…
BiographyAmina Desai
When her husband, Suliman Mohammed Desai, a Transvaal Indian Congress activist died in 1969, Amina Desai took over the running of his business.Political…
EventSA colonies meet to consider and adopt the South Africa Act, which leads to the Union of South Africa
In the aftermath of the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902), Britain annexed the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, two hitherto independent Afrikaner…
BiographyMankopodi Sekhukhune
Mankopodi Sekhukhune’s partner was Morwamotse Sekhukhune, a Paramount Chief (PC) of the Bapedi people. He was suspended for not supporting the Native Affairs…
BiographyRobert Mokwena (George Sello)
Robert Mokwena, also known by his guerrilla name as George Sello, was born on 4 April 1952 in White City Jabavu, Soweto in the Transvaal (now known as Gauteng…