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| B-0008931 | biography | Jeevenundhan (Jeeva) Rajgopaul | 1952 | – |
| B-0008439 | biography | Thomas Mtobi Mapikela | 1869-1945 | ✓ |
| B-0008060 | biography | Cornelius Judah Fazzie | 1924-1993 | ✓ |
| A-0013838 | article | Life in Sophiatown | 16 Mar 2011 | – |
| A-0099301 | article | Xenophobic violence in democratic South Africa timeline | 17 Apr 2015 | – |
| A-0122627 | article | Biography of Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana by Nick Mencia | 13 Jan 2017 | – |
| B-0008435 | biography | Anna Victoria Mangena | 1885-1961 | – |
| B-0099470 | biography | Ricardo Rangel | 1924-2009 | ✓ |
| B-0095716 | biography | Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana | 1938-1990 | ✓ |
| B-0080047 | biography | Nkosinathi Benson Fihla | 1932 | ✓ |
| B-0096510 | biography | Dr. Oshadi Maphefo Jane Mangena | 1931-2015 | ✓ |
| B-0007860 | biography | Molly Blackburn | 1930-1985 | ✓ |
| A-0098755 | article | Legislation, Dissent, and Violence in Sophiatown under Apartheid | 18 Dec 2014 | – |
| A-0095754 | article | Youth Politics in South Africa in the 1970s | 28 May 2013 | ✓ |
| B-0067969 | biography | Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana | 1899-1995 | – |
| B-0147318 | biography | Mohamed Farouk Asvat | – | – |
| B-0008702 | biography | John Ndevasia Muafangejo | 1943-1987 | ✓ |
| B-0099432 | biography | Michael Nkolo Maapola | 1949 | ✓ |
| B-0008928 | biography | Andries Raditsela | 1956-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0095544 | biography | Zimasile Ngqawana | 1959-2011 | ✓ |
| B-0068665 | biography | Anna Zieminski | 1957 | – |
| A-0125721 | article | Workshop ‘71 | 15 Feb 2019 | ✓ |
| B-0073817 | biography | Yusuf Joe Jacobs | 1940 | ✓ |
| A-0122396 | article | History of the Rape Crisis Trust in Cape Town | 29 Nov 2016 | – |
| B-0124047 | biography | Dora Nginza | 1891-1955 | ✓ |
| B-0125661 | biography | Dumisani Shadrack Kumalo | 1947-2019 | ✓ |
| B-0008510 | biography | Azaria Mbatha | 1941 | – |
| B-0008498 | biography | Don Mattera | 1935 | – |
| B-0008788 | biography | Joseph (Joe) Mbuku Nhlanhla | 1936-2008 | ✓ |
| B-0068251 | biography | Dr James Lowell Zwelinzima Njongwe | 1919-1976 | – |
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…
Cornelius Judah Fazzie
Cornelius Judah Fazzie was born in 1924 Queenstown Eastern Cape,but grew up largely in Tsolo.His migrant father worked in the Western Cape.He began school at…
ArticleLife in Sophiatown
… As population in the freehold townships swelled, overcrowding and rack renting became the …
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa timeline
… of Alexandra triggered more xenophobic violence in other townships. Firstly, it only spread in the Gauteng Province. …
Biography of Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana by Nick Mencia
… from developed areas to racially segregated urban townships. The living situations were stark and virtually uninhabitable. Corrupt police would patrol the…
BiographyAnna Victoria Mangena
She was a daughter of John Cobela Ntuli and his wife, and was born at Mapumulo Mission Station (between Stanger and Kranskop), Natal, probably between 1885 and…
BiographyRicardo Rangel
Ricardo Rangel was born on 15 February 1924 in Lourenço Marques, now Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. His mother was a black Mozambiquan and his father was a…
BiographyMtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana
Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana was a renowned saxophonist born on 18 July 1938 in Walmer Township in Port Elizabeth. The young Pukwana grew up studying the piano at…
BiographyNkosinathi Benson Fihla
Nkosinathi Benson Fihla was born on 13th June of 1932 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape). Fihla grew up in PE from 1945, after his parents…
BiographyDr. Oshadi Maphefo Jane Mangena
Dr Oshadi Mangena was born in a toilet on 12 June 1931 when her father’s employer refused to allow her mother to wait for an ambulance inside her home, as she…
BiographyMolly Blackburn
Molly Blackburn was born in 1930. She was the daughter of Elgar Bellhouse who was at one time the chairperson of the Progressive Party (PP) in Port Elizabeth …
Legislation, Dissent, and Violence in Sophiatown under Apartheid
… activists; and its proximity to other (White) Johannesburg townships. Through organisations, protests, publications, and … Sophiatown, Newclare, and…
ArticleYouth Politics in South Africa in the 1970s
… philosophy, complementing SASO which was student-oriented. Townships across the country were experiencing an increase in … number of scholars and schools…
BiographyEdwin Thabo Mofutsanyana
Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana was born in the Witzieshoek area of the Orange Free State in 1899. He worked at various times as a teacher, a miner, and a full-time…
BiographyMohamed Farouk Asvat
… Asvat initiated the Black Thoughts group that toured the townships in 1973 with the musical group Dashiki. He was also … the emotional terrain and tensions…
BiographyJohn Ndevasia Muafangejo
John Ndevasia Muafangejo was born on 5 October 1943 in Etunda lo Nghadi, Ovamboland, Angola. In 1956 Muafangejo moved to die Anglican mission station at Epinga…
BiographyMichael Nkolo Maapola
Michael Nkolo Maapola was born in 1949 in Hammanskraal, a township north of Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng Province). He showed an interest in art as a child…
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,…
BiographyAnna Zieminski
Anna Zieminski was born in Cape Town, South Africa in February 1957. She schooled at St Mary's Dominican Convent and the University of Cape Town. In 1983 and…
ArticleWorkshop ‘71
… popularity within the liberation movement and in the townships were severely restricted and eventually silenced. … it too was banned when it started becoming…
BiographyYusuf Joe Jacobs
Yusuf (Joe) Jacobs was born in District Six, Cape Town on 17 September 1940. His father was Ismail Jacobs, a tailor. His paternal grandfather was Manan Jamie…
ArticleHistory of the Rape Crisis Trust in Cape Town
… combination of distance (for white women), the dangers of townships (negotiated by black women daily), and the absence … combination of distance (for white…
Dora Nginza
Sister Dora Nginza was affectionately known as the “Mother of New Brighton” as a result of her commitment to helping the sick and downtrodden and adopting…
BiographyDumisani Shadrack Kumalo
Dumisani Shadrack Kumalo was born on 16 September 1947 in Kwambunda village on the banks of the Blood River in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal).In 1947 the Kumalo…
BiographyAzaria Mbatha
Azaria Mbatha was born in 1941. Azaria was educated at a mission school for eight years. In 1961 he left Ceza Secondary School and began working as a clerk…
BiographyDon Mattera
Donato Francisco Mattera was born in Western Native Township, now called Westbury, Johannesburg in 1935. His grandfather was an Italian immigrant who married a…
BiographyJoseph (Joe) Mbuku Nhlanhla
Joseph (Joe) Mbuku Nhlanhla was born on 4 December 1936 in Sophiatown. He was one of the five children of Christina Toli (born Buhali) and Samuel Nhlanhla…
BiographyDr James Lowell Zwelinzima Njongwe
James Lowell Zwelinzima Njongwe was one of the most dynamic leaders of the African National Congress(ANC) after its turn to mass action in the 1950s, Njongwe…