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| B-0007978 | biography | Bhawani Sannyassi Dayal | 1892-1950 | – |
| B-0080054 | biography | Sadie Forman | 1929-2014 | ✓ |
| B-0097350 | biography | Dirk Johannes Coetzee | 1945-2013 | ✓ |
| B-0068455 | biography | Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin | 1943 | ✓ |
| B-0122712 | biography | Pule Pheto | 1966 | – |
| B-0125761 | biography | Percival Mdala | – | ✓ |
| B-0099633 | biography | Percy Ndithembile Konqobe | 1939 | ✓ |
| B-0007881 | biography | Jan Bouws | 1902-1978 | ✓ |
| B-0007836 | biography | Walter Battiss | 1906-1982 | ✓ |
| B-0008407 | biography | Cecilia Makiwane | 1880-1919 | – |
| B-0008311 | biography | Joseph Engenas Matlhakanye Lekganyane | 1931-1972 | – |
| B-0008075 | biography | Bill Flynn | 1948-2007 | ✓ |
| B-0008995 | biography | Georg Schmidt | 1709-1785 | – |
| B-0094749 | biography | Victor Mhleli Ntoni | 1947-2013 | – |
| B-0094335 | biography | Professor Gert ‘Jakes’ Johannes Gerwel | 1946-2012 | ✓ |
| B-0064868 | biography | Lutchmee Marie | 1923 | – |
| B-0148283 | biography | Sicelo Shiceka | 1966-2012 | ✓ |
| B-0008734 | biography | Phyllis Naidoo | 1928-2013 | ✓ |
| B-0009073 | biography | Nana Sita | 1898-1969 | – |
| B-0008135 | biography | Thelma Gutsche | 1915-1984 | ✓ |
| B-0008447 | biography | Greg Marinovich | 1962 | – |
| B-0068232 | biography | Rita Alice Ndzanga | 1933 | ✓ |
| B-0007829 | biography | Christiaan Neethling Barnard | 1922-2001 | ✓ |
| B-0008044 | biography | Colin Wells Eglin | 1925-2013 | ✓ |
| B-0074800 | biography | Dr Hoosen Mia Haffejee | 1950-1977 | ✓ |
| B-0064876 | biography | John James Issel | 1946-2011 | ✓ |
| B-0008764 | biography | Michiel Hendrik Nesser | 1874-1932 | – |
| B-0008291 | biography | Alex la Guma | 1925-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0125505 | biography | Dr Kwame Nkrumah | 1909-1972 | ✓ |
| B-0009018 | biography | Dr. Phuthuma Seoka | 1922-1997 | ✓ |
BiographyBhawani Sannyassi Dayal
Bhawani Sannyassi Dayal was the son of the Jariam Singh, a former President of the Transvaal Indian Association. He received his early education at St Cyprian…
BiographySadie Forman
A fierce non-sectarian and advocate for racial equality and women’s rights, Sadie Forman (nee Kreel) was born in 1929. Her father, Bunim Idel Krill, a Yiddish…
BiographyDirk Johannes Coetzee
Dirk Johannes Coetzee was born in 1945. The son of a postmaster, he grew up in the Northern Cape. Coetzee and Generals Jan Viktor and Jac Buchner started…
BiographyJoyce Sikhakhane-Rankin
Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin (Nomafa) was born at the Bridgeman Memorial Maternity Hospital in Johannesburg. Her parents lived in Orlando West, Soweto where she…
BiographyPule Pheto
Pule Pheto, son of activist and poet Molefe Pheto, was born in Soweto 1966. At The age of 12, his parents were exiled and the family moved to London where he…
BiographyPercival Mdala
Percival Mdala grew up near King Williamstown in the Eastern Cape. He came to the Garden Route in 1956, where he found work as a gardener for Bishop Stainton,…
BiographyPercy Ndithembile Konqobe
Percy Ndithembile Konqobe was born in 1939 in Nigel, Transvaal (now known as Gauteng Province). He completed school through standard six (now Grade Eight)…
BiographyJan Bouws
Jan Bouws, accomplished musician, composer, lecturer and author, was born in the Netherlands in Purmerend on 28 July 1902. He trained in Musicology at the…
BiographyWalter Battiss
Walter Battiss was born in Somerset East to an English Methodist family in 1906, and became one of South Africa’s first and most important abstract painters…
BiographyCecilia Makiwane
Cecilia Makiwane was born in 1880 at the MacFarlane Mission in the Victoria district of Alice in the Eastern Cape. Her father was a teacher and a minister and…
BiographyJoseph Engenas Matlhakanye Lekganyane
Joseph Lekganyane was born in 21 January 1931 in Moria. His father is the founder of the Zion Christian Church (ZCC) in 1910. He attended school up to standard…
BiographyBill Flynn
Bill Flynn was born on 13 December 1948 in Cape Town. He was a stage and screen actor, known for his roles in films like Heel Against the Head and Running…
BiographyGeorg Schmidt
Georg Schmidt was born in Kunewalde on 30 September 1709 as the son of a peasant family. He was converted to Christianity at the age of 16. In 1726, Schmidt…
BiographyVictor Mhleli Ntoni
Victor Mhleli Ntoni was born in Langa in 1947, Western Province (now Western Cape) learning music from his mother, a locally recognised singer and his uncle,…
BiographyProfessor Gert ‘Jakes’ Johannes Gerwel
Gert Johannes “Jakes” Gerwel was born on 18 January 1946 in the town of Kommadagga in the district of Somerset East, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape). He is…
BiographyLutchmee Marie
Lutchmee Marie (popularly known as Aunty Doris) was born in 1923 in Mooi River but grew up in Clairwood. Her mother worked as a domestic worker, washing…
BiographySicelo Shiceka
Sicelo Shiceka was born on 8 June 1966 in the village of Ingquza Hill, near Flagstaff, Lusikisiki in the Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) His greatest…
BiographyPhyllis Naidoo
Phyllis Naidoo was born in Estcourt, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) on the 5 January 1928. She was the daughter of Simon David, a teacher and principal. His…
BiographyNana Sita
Please note: this is an extract from E.S. Reddy collection of articles. Nana Sita was born in Matwadi, a village in Gujarat, India, in 1898, in a family…
BiographyThelma Gutsche
Thelma Gutsche was born in 1915 in Somerset West, Cape Province to Dr. And Mrs. J Gutsche. Gutsche did not attend formal schooling but received private…
BiographyGreg Marinovich
The first pictures Marinovich took of a news event were of Archbishop Desmond Tutu when he led a church service in downtown Johannesburg in 1985 to protest the…
BiographyRita Alice Ndzanga
Rita Ndzanga was born on 17 October 1933, the third child of Isaac and Alina More in a village called Mogopa near Ventersdorp, western Transvaal (now North…
BiographyChristiaan Neethling Barnard
Professor Chris Barnard led the team which performed the first human-to-human heart transplantation operation at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town. The son of…
BiographyColin Wells Eglin
Colin Wells Eglin was born in Sea Point, Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape) on 14 April 1925. His parents, Carl August and Elsie May Eglin were…
BiographyDr Hoosen Mia Haffejee
Hoosen Mia Haffejee was born on 6 November 1950. Haffejee grew up in Pietermaritzburg and completed his primary schooling at St. Paul’s School and Marion…
BiographyJohn James Issel
John James Issel was born on 17 August 1946 in the wine-growing area of Worcester outside Cape Town. At a tender age, he worked on a vineyard, cleaning grapes…
BiographyMichiel Hendrik Nesser
Michiel Hendrik Nesser was born on 28 July 1874 in Lusaskop, Philipstown. He received informal teaching from his father. Nesser was a great reader and his…
BiographyAlex la Guma
Alex la Guma is known as one of South Africa’s foremost activist writers, both for his reportage and fiction writing depicting the oppressive measures of…
BiographyDr Kwame Nkrumah
Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, born Francis Nwia Kofi Nkrumah on 21 September 1909, was raised in a rural village, Nkoful, in the then Gold Coast, Nzema region…
BiographyDr. Phuthuma Seoka
Dr Phuthuma (also documented as Phutuma and Phatuma) Seoka was born in 1922 in Modjadji near Duiwelskloof, Lebowa. Seoka left school in Standard VI and spent…