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| B-0008732 | biography | Jayaseelen Naidoo | 1954 | – |
| B-0008546 | biography | John Xavier Merriman | 1841-1926 | ✓ |
| B-0008970 | biography | Dr. Walter Benson Rubusana | 1858-1936 | ✓ |
| B-0008711 | biography | Andrew Murray | 1828-1917 | – |
| B-0007842 | biography | Hilda Bernstein | 1915-2006 | ✓ |
| B-0150748 | biography | Anna Johanna Dorothea De Villiers | 1900-1979 | ✓ |
| B-0008560 | biography | Aleta Michaletos | 1952 | – |
| A-0016592 | article | Pre-colonial history of Southern Africa | 21 Mar 2011 | – |
| B-0122581 | biography | Nokukhanya Luthuli | 1904-1996 | – |
| B-0148511 | biography | Shapurji Jivanji Randeria | 1880-1945 | ✓ |
| B-0150992 | biography | Jotello Festiri Soga | 1865-1906 | ✓ |
| P-0066025 | place | St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Odendal Street, Germiston | 14 Jul 2011 | – |
| R-0141088 | archive | Sing Me a Song of History: South African Poets and Singers in Exile, 1900–1990 by Marian De Saxe, University of Sydney (2010) | 10 Jun 2019 | – |
| B-0008285 | biography | Alfred Assegai (Mkhonto) Kumalo | 1879-1966 | ✓ |
| B-0008192 | biography | John Tengo Jabavu | 1859-1921 | ✓ |
| B-0093906 | biography | Nokutela (nee Mdima) Dube | 1873-1917 | ✓ |
| B-0007901 | biography | Sidney Percival Bunting | 1873-1936 | ✓ |
| P-0141581 | place | Dzata Venda Ruins and Museum of the Drum, Louis Trichardt | 6 Aug 2019 | ✓ |
| B-0144738 | biography | Hezekiel Sepeng | 1974 | ✓ |
| B-0149291 | biography | Joshua Ramopudu | – | ✓ |
| B-0007987 | biography | Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey | 1847-1914 | – |
| B-0008112 | biography | Robert Gwelo Goodman | 1871-1939 | – |
| B-0008049 | biography | Barend Jacobus (Ben) Erasmus | 1918-1973 | – |
| B-0008928 | biography | Andries Raditsela | 1956-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0095544 | biography | Zimasile Ngqawana | 1959-2011 | ✓ |
| B-0099532 | biography | Portia Modise | 1983 | ✓ |
| B-0095282 | biography | Elias Mathope Motsoaledi | 1924-1994 | – |
| B-0009228 | biography | Graeme Williams | 1961 | ✓ |
| B-0008663 | biography | Elizabeth Maria Molteno | 1852-1927 | ✓ |
| B-0097631 | biography | Denis Mayer | 1923-2013 | ✓ |
BiographyJayaseelen Naidoo
Jayaseelen “Jay” Naidoo was born on 20 December 1954 in Durban. He was the eighth child of Bakkium and Valatham Nadioo, a court interpreter. Naidoo…
BiographyJohn Xavier Merriman
John Xavier Merriman was a politician, businessman, and the last Prime Minister of the Cape Colony before the four provinces became the Union of South Africa…
BiographyDr. Walter Benson Rubusana
Walter Benson Rubusana was born on 21 February 1858 at Mnandi in the Somerset East district of the then Cape Colony. His father was a senior councillor …
BiographyAndrew Murray
Andrew Murray was born in Graaff-Reneit on 9 May 1828, the second child of Andrew Murray senior. He was sent to Arberdeen, Scotland to be educated, where he…
BiographyHilda Bernstein
Hilda Bernstein (nee Watts) was born in London in 1915. She was educated at state schools. Her father was a committed Bolshevik and non-religious jew,that had…
BiographyAnna Johanna Dorothea De Villiers
Anna Johanna Dorothea de Villiers was a linguist, writer, and educator. She born on 24 December 1900 on the farm Saxenburg, Kuilsrivier. She was the eldest of…
BiographyAleta Michaletos
Aleta Michaletos was born in Pretoria in 1952. She earned her BFA in painting from the University of Pretoria in 1974. Since 1971 she has actively served on…
ArticlePre-colonial history of Southern Africa
South Africa has one of the longest sequences of human development in the world. It begins with two million years old hominid fossils. Human Origins South…
BiographyNokukhanya Luthuli
Nokukhanya Luthuli, maiden name Bhengu, (also known as MaBhengu) was the wife of Chief Albert John Luthuli. Although she never became as public a figure as her…
BiographyShapurji Jivanji Randeria
Shapurji Jivanji Randeria was born at Rander in the Surat district in India in 1880. He arrived in South Africa in 1900. He had passed the senior book-keeping…
BiographyJotello Festiri Soga
Dr Jotello Festiri Soga, the first South African of any race to obtain a degree in veterinary medicine, was born in 1865 at the Mgwali Mission in the then…
PlaceSt Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Odendal Street, Germiston
The St Andrew's congregation was established in 1890 and the cornerstone of the present church building, designed in a neo-Gothic style, was laid by Lord…
Sing Me a Song of History: South African Poets and Singers in Exile, 1900–1990 by Marian De Saxe, University of Sydney (2010)
BiographyAlfred Assegai (Mkhonto) Kumalo
Alfred Assegai (Mkhonto) Kumalo was born on 4 January 1879 in Edendale, Pietermaritzburg. At the age of four his parents moved to Amajuba in the southeast of…
BiographyJohn Tengo Jabavu
John Tengo Jabavu was born on 11 January in 1859 near the Methodist mission school at Healdtown district. His parents, though poor, were anxious to give him…
BiographyNokutela (nee Mdima) Dube
Nokutela Dube was the first wife of Reverend John Langalibalele Dube, the first President General of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC- later…
BiographySidney Percival Bunting
Sidney Percival Bunting was born on 29 June of 1873 in London, the son of Sir Percy William Bunting, the founder and editor of the Contemporary Review. His…
PlaceDzata Venda Ruins and Museum of the Drum, Louis Trichardt
… of the Venda kings and dates back six thousand years to 1400. Here you can learn about the rich art culture of the …
BiographyHezekiel Sepeng
Hezekiel Sepeng was born on 30 June 1974 in Potchestroom, Western Transvaal. At primary school he began to show the natural talent of a good marathon runner. …
BiographyJoshua Ramopudu
In 1962, people from a ‘swartkol’ (‘black spot’), Maleuskop, between Groblersdal [Limpopo Province] and Middelburg [Mpumalanga] were removed and relocated at…
BiographyJacobus Herculaas de la Rey
Jacobus Hercules de la Rey was the sixth child of Adrianus Johannes and Adriana (van Rooyen). He was born near Winburg on 22 October 1847. After the Battle of…
BiographyRobert Gwelo Goodman
Robert Gwelo Goodman was born in 1871, Taplow, England. Goodman's The Parade and the City Hall, Cape Town (1917) is a painting that has special relevance for…
BiographyBarend Jacobus (Ben) Erasmus
Barend Jacobus Erasmus was born to Barend Jacobus Gerrit Wessel Erasmus and Susara Catharina Elizabeth Horak on 29 December 1918 in Johannesburg. His father…
BiographyAndries Raditsela
In 1982, Raditsela became deeply engaged in politics after becoming a member of the Chemical Workers' Industrial Union (CWIU), an affiliate of the Federation…
BiographyZimasile Ngqawana
Zimasile Ngqawana affectionately known as ‘Zim’was born in New Brighton a township in Port-Elizabeth on 25 December 1959. He was the youngest of five children,…
BiographyPortia Modise
Portia "Bashin" Modise was born on 20 June 1983 in White City Soweto, Transvaal (now Gauteng Province). Modise chose football at a young age over the more…
BiographyElias Mathope Motsoaledi
Elias Motsoaledi was born on the 26 July 1924 in Phokoane in the Nebo District in Sekhukhuneland, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo), South Africa. He was the…
BiographyGraeme Williams
Williams completed his Bachelor of Science majoring in Geology and Statistics at the University of Cape Town. For him photography was a pass time activity…
BiographyElizabeth Maria Molteno
Elizabeth Maria was born into a privileged and protected environment as the oldest child of the Cape Colony’s first Prime Minister, John Molteno. With her…
BiographyDenis Mayer
Denis Mayer was born in Parkwood, Johannesburg, on 8 September 1923. His father, Harold, was the Recruitment Manager for the Chamber of Mines, and had come to…