SAHO global search

1944

Sheila Lapinsky (nee Barsel)

… Christian Movement (UCM) , the Christian Institute of Southern Africa (CI) , and the South African Institute of Race … of the Cape Town branch of the Gay…

B-0080454

1929

Günther Komnick

… in Switzerland before seeing an advertisement for South Africa. He came to South Africa in 1956 and after a period in Johannesburg set up his … Town . Since…

B-0097872

1952

Molefi Nathanael Oliphant

… the Treasurer of the then Soccer Association of South Africa (one of the four soccer governing units that later … including the National Olympic Committee of…

B-0144762

1866-1951

Robert Broom

… world. After traveling to Australia, he settled in South Africa in 1897. From 1903 to 1910, he worked as a professor … the species name Australopithecus…

B-0149507

1915

Reverend Beyers Naudé

… system. In 1961, Naudé became acting moderator of the Southern Transvaal DRC synod despite his outspoken opposition … for ‘steadfast and self-sacrificing…

B-0068227

1934-2011

Professor Kader Abdul Asmal

… Asmal obtained a BA degree through the University of South Africa (Unisa). In 1959 he went abroad to study law at London … in the advancement of human rights…

B-0007798

1937-2007

Eve Hall

… World War broke out, her father was on a visit to South Africa, leaving her mother to cope with a half-Jewish child … surviving the war, Hall and her mother…

B-0150470

1928-2016

Simon Gqubule

… of Fort Hare. In 1963 the Federal Theological Seminary of Southern Africa (Fedsem) was established, which he was a member of. … he became president of Fedsem…

B-0150270

1932-2016

Diana Mary Mitchell

… in Harare, Zimbabwe , or what was then known as Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, on 16 November 1932 [i] . She was famous … MITCHELL PAPERS, UNIVERSITY OF CAPE…

B-0121532

1929-1967

Selbourne Charlton Sobizwa “Selby” Mvusi

… BA degree in Fine Arts at The University of South Africa (UNISA). While based in Durban Selby became part of … that appears in the book ‘The Fifties People…

B-0008719

Paula Ensor

… 1976, Ensor and her husband, Robert Petersen, left South Africa, via Botswana , for Britain where they lived in exile … Policies (1980). Ensor eventually…

B-0148532

1619-1677

Jan van Riebeeck

… the conquest or the administration of a territory in southern Africa. Their interest was to ensure the provision of vital … Dall, N., 2020. The shipwreck…

B-0068654

1963

Robert John McBride

… Afrikaner bus driver from the rural village of Harding in southern Natal, and a Coloured daughter of a Zulu-speaking … contribute to the liberation struggle…

B-0067934

1930-2013

Amina Cachalia

… Congress (TIC).  The family had moved from Vereeniging, (southern) Transvaal (now Gauteng) to Newclare, Johannesburg , … a teacher who belonged to the…

B-0007909

1949-2015

Robert Carl-Heinz Shell

… Robert Shell was born in Cape Town, South Africa on 13 February 1949, the only child of a German … history and comparative slavery. On his return to South…

B-0100280

1935-2019

Surinarayan ‘Sonny’ Kala Venkatrathnam

… workers, came from India. His parents, born in South Africa, were flower sellers at the Durban Central Cemetery.  … the year Indian Education was first…

B-0125809

1909-1985

Moses Josiah Madiba

… from the Faculty of Education at the University of South Africa for meritorious services as linguist, author, … of the constitutional committee when the…

B-0008363

1798-1872

King Mpande kaSenzangakhona

… the Ncome River at in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Casualties amounted to 3,000 Zulu deaths and 3 … was installed by Pretorius as King of the…

B-0008679

1915-1989

Leo Linda Sihlali

… a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of South Africa (UNISA). In the 1940s Sihlali contributed to the regeneration of the All Africa Convention  …

B-0148457

Mahomed Dawood Barmania

… in Economics. Soon after graduating he returned to South Africa to assist his brother in the management of his father’s general dealer’s store at uMzimkulu…

B-0148826

1911-1991

Taubie Kushlick

… personalities of the stature of Taubie Kushlick. In South Africa they are most likely to exert dominance in big … belonged to an extended family of medical…

B-0008289

1956

Chris Ledochowski

… a visiting student. In 1975 Ledochowski returned to South Africa to undergo conscription in the South African Defence … Second Carnegie Inquiry into Poverty…

B-0008305

1942

Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma

… MK cadres at the time, he also planned to leave South Africa for military training abroad. During this period, he … November 1990, Zuma was elected…

B-0009268

1854-1925

Alfred Milner

… became Governor of the Cape and High Commissioner of South Africa in 1897. He pushed the Transvaal Republic to war, … down.’ Milner travelled throughout the…

B-0008561

1956

Patric Tariq Mellet

… he has for 500 years and includes 24 slave ancestors from Africa, India and Southeast Asia as well as locally born … Dutch, British and other Europeans. Over…

B-0008542

1962

Guy Tillim

… Presse (1993-94). He received the Mondi Award (South Africa) for photojournalism in 1998 for his essay of images … Museum of the Revolution, Stevenson, Cape…

B-0009146

1957-2020

Vejaynand ‘Vejay’ Indurjith Ramlakan

… was born in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa in 1957. He matriculated at Naidoo Memorial High in … this period, he underwent military training…

B-0146829

1931

Raymond Ackerman

… the century the company had stores and interests in five southern African states, and had twice declined opportunities … The company's failure, thus far, to…

B-0007770

1927-2021

Thembi Shange Nobadula

… forced Nobadula and her husband to pack up and leave South Africa with their four children and her brother, Jerry Fana Shange. Leaving South Africa secretly…

B-0150940

1955

Lloyd Spencer

… Lloyd Spencer was born in South Africa in 1955. As a teenager, he had developed and printed … André Kertész (1894-1985). In 1981 and ’82 South Africa, Lloyd…

B-0149881