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| B-0068942 | biography | Ahmed Timol | 1941-1971 | ✓ |
| B-0144797 | biography | Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather | 1895-1970 | ✓ |
| B-0144640 | biography | Louis Botha | 1862-1919 | ✓ |
| B-0068316 | biography | George Gangen Ponnen | 1913-1996 | ✓ |
| B-0149518 | biography | Shadrack Fuba Zibi | 1879-1963 | ✓ |
| B-0148808 | biography | Petrus Linda Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo) | 1957-1980 | – |
| B-0147009 | biography | Renfrew Leslie Christie | 1949 | ✓ |
| B-0141531 | biography | Peter Sexford Magubane | 1932-2024 | ✓ |
| B-0007770 | biography | Raymond Ackerman | 1931 | – |
| B-0008105 | biography | Denis Theodore Goldberg | 1933-2020 | ✓ |
| B-0068000 | biography | Reggie Vandeyar | 1931-2015 | ✓ |
| B-0095161 | biography | Violet Weinberg | – | ✓ |
| B-0068322 | biography | David Pratt | 1909-1961 | – |
| B-0123670 | biography | Dr Gurunathen (Guru) Kistnasamy | 1947 | – |
| B-0008532 | biography | Solomzi Ashby Peter Mda | 1916-1993 | – |
| B-0008381 | biography | Ismail Mahomed | 1931-2000 | – |
| B-0008124 | biography | Paul Grendon | 1954-2019 | – |
| B-0008012 | biography | Christopher Ndodebandla Dlamini | 1944-2009 | ✓ |
| B-0099280 | biography | Mandla Langa | 1950 | ✓ |
| B-0008353 | biography | Moses Mabhida | 1923-1986 | ✓ |
| B-0096731 | biography | Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa | 1921-2020 | ✓ |
| B-0084446 | biography | Herbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo | 1903-1956 | ✓ |
| B-0150936 | biography | Rebecca Makgomo Masilela (nee Kekana) | 1928-2007 | ✓ |
| B-0150903 | biography | Leslie Rubin | 1909-2002 | ✓ |
| B-0147251 | biography | Marion Monica Sparg | – | ✓ |
| B-0122581 | biography | Nokukhanya Luthuli | 1904-1996 | – |
| B-0064863 | biography | Sparrow Mkonto | 1951-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0098558 | biography | Haile Selassie I | 1892-1975 | ✓ |
| B-0094070 | biography | Archie Mafeje | 1936-2007 | ✓ |
| B-0007890 | biography | Peter McKenzie Brown | 1924-2004 | ✓ |
BiographyAhmed Timol
Ahmed Timol was born in Breyton, Transvaal on 3 November 1941 to Haji Yusuf Ahmed Timol and Hawa Ismail Dindar. His father came to South Africa in 1918, at the…
BiographyPoonoosamy Ruthnam Pather
Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather (PR) was born in Mauritius in 1895. His grandfather settled in that country after emigrating from Tanjore in India in the 1840s. PR…
BiographyLouis Botha
Louis Botha was born near Greytown in Natal in 1862. He was the son of Voortrekker parents and was brought up on a farm in the Free State, and was educated at…
BiographyGeorge Gangen Ponnen
Gangen George Ponnen was born on 1 June 1913 in the district of Rooikopjes near Durban, in the then Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). His father Ponnen, born in…
BiographyShadrack Fuba Zibi
Chief of the Mbuto (Mbuthweni) section of the Hlubi group of tribes, was the son of Fuba III and the grandson of Zibi II. He was educated at Love dale…
BiographyPetrus Linda Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo)
Petrus Linda Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo) was born in 1958 in Soweto, Transvaal (now Gauteng). After his father's death, his mother could only afford to keep him…
BiographyRenfrew Leslie Christie
At the age of 17, Renfrew Leslie Christie found himself in the South African Army. He was on guard at Lenz ammunition dump (east of Johannesburg), when he saw…
BiographyPeter Sexford Magubane
Peter Sexford Magubane was born on January 18, 1932 in Vrededorp (now Pageview) Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He is one of South Africa’s most…
BiographyRaymond Ackerman
Please note: This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Bell, P. (1999) “Raymond Ackerman” from They Shaped our Century: The Most…
BiographyDenis Theodore Goldberg
Denis Theodore Goldberg was born on 11th April 1933 in Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape). His parents, Sam and Annie, had both been born in London,…
BiographyReggie Vandeyar
Reggie Vandeyar was born into a poor family on 15 July 1931 in Newclare. His father was originally from India, who had come to South Africa to seek fortune. …
BiographyViolet Weinberg
Violet Weinberg was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, the daughter of a Jewish refugee who fled from Latvia, then a part of the Soviet Union, where Anti…
David Pratt
David Beresford Pratt was born on 1 October 1909 to Arthur and Georgina Pratt. The family immigrated from London in the United Kingdom to Johannesburg, South…
BiographyDr Gurunathen (Guru) Kistnasamy
Guru Kistnasamy was born on 28 December 1947 in Felixton, Zululand, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). His father, Thaniachallam Kistnasamy Naicker, worked as a…
BiographySolomzi Ashby Peter Mda
Solomzi Ashby Peter Mda was born on 6th April 1916, in Herschel district, bordering Lesotho. He was the first son of Mildred Mei, a school teacher and…
BiographyIsmail Mahomed
Ismail Mahomed was born in Prinsloo Street Pretoria on 25 July 1931, a second generation South African of Indian descent and first born child of devoutly…
BiographyPaul Grendon
“I am interested in making large-scale paintings that can be used in public places with imagery that is totally accessible to everyone.” Paul Grendon…
BiographyChristopher Ndodebandla Dlamini
Chris Dlamini was born in Benoni, Transvaal, on 10 October 1944, one of the five children of Anna and Gilbert Dlamini, a worker in an electro-planting factory…
BiographyMandla Langa
Mandla Langa was born in Stanger, or KwaDukuza, a town in the Natal Province, now known as KwaZulu-Natal Province. He is the son of a preacher, and he grew up…
BiographyMoses Mabhida
Moses Mbheki Mncane Mabhida was born in Thornville near Pietermaritzburg on 14 October 1923, into a poor family which was later forced off the land. Mabhida…
BiographyVusamazulu Credo Mutwa
Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa was born on 21 July 1921 in Zululand, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal). His father’s first wife with whom he had three children died of…
BiographyHerbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo
Herbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo was born in Edendale, Natal on February 26th, 1903. He was the second son to Ezra and Sardinia Dhlomo. Ezra came from a line of…
BiographyRebecca Makgomo Masilela (nee Kekana)
Affectionately known as ‘Magogo’ (meaning grandmother – a title bestowed to her for her motherly, nurturing character), Rebecca Makgomo Masilela (nee Kekana)…
BiographyLeslie Rubin
The son of a rabbi, Leslie Rubin was born on 5 August 1909 in District Six, Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape), then a multiracial district of the…
BiographyMarion Monica Sparg
Marion Monica Sparg was born in East London and was one of six children. She grew-up in a white middle-class English-speaking South African family in the…
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…
BiographySparrow Mkonto
Sparrow Mkonto was born on 24 December 1951 in Cradock. He left school after Standard 8 (Grade 10) and worked for the Railways, where he joined the railway…
BiographyHaile Selassie I
Early years The 225th and last Ethiopian Emperor, Haile Selassie was born in Ethiopia in a region called Ejersa Gora on 23 July 1892. His birth name given…
BiographyArchie Mafeje
Archibald (also known as ‘Archie’) Mafeje was born in Ngcobo in South Africa on 30 March 1936. Both of his parents were involved in education; his father was a…
BiographyPeter McKenzie Brown
Peter Brown was born in Durban on 24 December 1924 to a wealthy family. While the Peter was seven, his father was killed during a polo game. Despite this,…