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| B-0009008 | biography | Johannes Mashego Segogela | 1936 | ✓ |
| B-0008559 | biography | Nokugcina Elsie Mhlophe | 1958 | ✓ |
| B-0008931 | biography | Jeevenundhan (Jeeva) Rajgopaul | 1952 | – |
| B-0008040 | biography | Jillian Edelstein | 1958 | ✓ |
| B-0009260 | biography | Ephraim Ziqubu | 1948 | – |
| B-0096208 | biography | Vernon Celliers Berrange | 1900-1972 | – |
| B-0076022 | biography | Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu | 1956-1979 | – |
| B-0008413 | biography | Nise Bulelwa Malange | – | ✓ |
| B-0068082 | biography | Richard Barney Lekgotla Molokoane | 1957-1985 | – |
| B-0009255 | biography | Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph | 1948 | ✓ |
| B-0008344 | biography | Hannah Lurie | – | – |
| B-0008713 | biography | Thomas Patrick Murray | 1918-1975 | – |
| B-0064905 | biography | Mannie Manim | 1941 | ✓ |
| B-0067925 | biography | Horatio (Bud) Isaiah Mbelle | 1870-1947 | ✓ |
| B-0008136 | biography | Harry Themba Gwala | 1920-1995 | ✓ |
| B-0008848 | biography | Patrick O’Connor | 1940 | – |
| B-0151697 | biography | King Faku ka Ngqungqushe | 1780-1867 | ✓ |
| B-0007796 | biography | Ruth Elizabeth Arndt | 1890-1841 | – |
| B-0008982 | biography | Phillmon Velangetshe Sangweni | 1947 | – |
| B-0124272 | biography | Sunny Girja Singh | 1939-2025 | – |
| B-0122372 | biography | Jan Smiesing | 1697-1734 | – |
| B-0149510 | biography | João Albasini | 1813-1888 | – |
| B-0008244 | biography | Solomon Kerzner | 1935 | – |
| B-0009076 | biography | John J. Skomolo | – | – |
| B-0083820 | biography | Justice Zac Yacoob | 1948 | ✓ |
| B-0008865 | biography | Biddy Partridge | 1950 | ✓ |
| B-0068533 | biography | Dora Tamana | 1901-1983 | ✓ |
| B-0009022 | biography | Sam P. Sesedi | 1895-1960 | – |
| B-0009123 | biography | The Taung Child | – | – |
| B-0008937 | biography | C. S. Ramohanoe | – | – |
Johannes Mashego Segogela
Johannes Mashego Segogela was born in 1936, in Sekhukhuneland, Transvaal. Segogela trained as a boiler-maker. He had no formal art training. For many years he…
BiographyNokugcina Elsie Mhlophe
Nokugcina Elsie Mhlophe known as Gcina Mhlophe was born on 24 October 1958 in KwaZulu- Natal, South Africa. She has been writing and performing on stage and…
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…
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…
BiographyEphraim Ziqubu
Ephraim Ziqubu was born in 1948 in Rorkes Drift, Natal. Ziqubu received his training at Rorke\'s Drift. In 1969 he was employed as a potter. He joined…
BiographyVernon Celliers Berrange
Advocate Vernon Celliers Berrangé was born on 25 November 1900 in the Transvaal (now Gauteng). His lived and worked all his life in Johannesburg, having been…
BiographySolomon Kalushi Mahlangu
Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu was born in Pretoria on 10 July in 1956. He was the second son of Martha Mahlangu. His father left him in 1962, and from then on only…
BiographyNise Bulelwa Malange
Nise Malange was born in 1960, in Cape Town Western Province (now Western Cape Province), South Africa and grew up in Clovelly. As a young teenager she became…
BiographyRichard Barney Lekgotla Molokoane
Richard Barney Lekgotla Molokoane was born on 27 August 1957 in Tladi, Soweto. Molokoane became politically active during the student uprising of 1976, and…
BiographyJeanne Zaidel-Rudolph
Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph was born in Pretoria in 1948, and was educated at Pretoria High School for Girls. As a student, she displayed an extraordinary gift for…
BiographyHannah Lurie
She was born in Johannesburg. She trained at Natal College of Art under Mary Stainbank and Karin Jonzen, London (1962-1965). She has held numerous solo…
BiographyThomas Patrick Murray
Thomas Patrick Murray was the eldest of the three sons of Patrick Murray, a boiler-maker and trade unionist, and his wife, Florence Mabel Essex. After…
BiographyMannie Manim
Mannie Manim was born in June 1941, in Cape Town. With more than 50 years’ involvement in theatre, Manim has left indelible imprints in the arts and…
BiographyHoratio (Bud) Isaiah Mbelle
Horatio Isaiah Budlwana (Bud) Mbelle was born in Burgersdorp, Cape Colony on 24 June 1870. He grew up in the Herschel district in the Eastern Cape where Sotho…
BiographyHarry Themba Gwala
Harry (Mphephethwa) Themba Gwala was born on 30 July in 1920 near Piettermarizburg.He was a politician and teacher, Gwala known as Munt'omdala or The Lion of…
BiographyPatrick O’Connor
O'Connor was born in Bloemfontein. From 1960 to 1964 he studied at WITS where he obtained a BA(FA). In 1964 he was a lecturer at UDW and in 1971 he became a…
BiographyKing Faku ka Ngqungqushe
King Faku ka Ngqungqushe was born around 1780 at the Qawukeni Great Palace near a small town called Lusikisiki in the Mpondoland region, which is in the north…
BiographyRuth Elizabeth Arndt
Arndt was born in Canada in 1890 and died in South Africa in 1982. In South Africa, Arndt set about informing the government on the importance of pre-school…
BiographyPhillmon Velangetshe Sangweni
Sangweni was born in Vryheid, Natal in 1947. He worked for many years for a carpet company in Durban, but left during the workers’ strikes of 1976. Sangweni…
BiographySunny Girja Singh
Sunny Girja Singh was born in Cato Manor (uMkhumbane), Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), in 1939 to a working-class family. His father, Girjabaksh, came to…
BiographyJan Smiesing
This article was written by Joline Young for SAHO The school Outside of the Slave Lodge, under a tree in Spin Street, enslaved people were auctioned for sale…
BiographyJoão Albasini
João Albasini was born in Lisbon, Portugal on 1 June 1813. Beside the fact that his father was a sea captain, little is known about young Albasini’s youth. In…
BiographySolomon Kerzner
Please note: Silber, G. (1999) “Solomon Kerzner” from They Shaped our Century: The Most Influential South Africans of the Twentieth Century. Published by Human…
BiographyJohn J. Skomolo
John J Skomolo was an Anglican clergyman prominent in the Cape African National Congress (ANC) in the 1940s and 1950s, Skomolo was also a member of the ANC…
BiographyJustice Zac Yacoob
Justice Zakeria “Zac” Mohammed Yacoob was born on 3 March 1948. He became blind at 16 months because of meningitis. Yacoob attended Durban's Arthur Blaxall…
BiographyBiddy Partridge
Bridget June Partridge was born in 1950 in Kenya and raised in South Africa. Biddy Partridge first began work as a freelance photographer for the South…
BiographyDora Tamana
Dora Tamana (nee Ntloko) was born in 1901 in Hlobo, Transkei, the eldest of seven children. Her childhood centred mainly on the many tasks demanded of a young…
BiographySam P. Sesedi
Sam P. Sesedi was born in 1895 in Kimberley and qualified as a teacher in 1916. He later obtained a B.A. degree by private study at the age of 50. After…
BiographyThe Taung Child
In November 1924, a fossilized child's skull was found in a quarry at Taung in the present-day Northwest Province. Professor Raymond Dart discovered that it…
BiographyC. S. Ramohanoe
C. S Ramohanoe was a provincial President of the Transvaal African National Congress (ANC) from 1944 to 1950 and later head of the faction known as the…