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| B-0149312 | biography | Malcomess Johnson Mgabela Kondoti | 1924-1999 | ✓ |
| B-0150129 | biography | Mary Butcher Turok | – | ✓ |
| B-0150270 | biography | Simon Gqubule | 1928-2016 | ✓ |
| B-0068387 | biography | Cecil John Rhodes | 1853-1902 | – |
| B-0084116 | biography | Mzwakhe Mbuli | 1959 | ✓ |
| B-0007803 | biography | Ali Bacher | 1942 | ✓ |
| B-0007774 | biography | Arthur Albert Hugh Adams | 1929-2006 | ✓ |
| B-0008125 | biography | Sir George Grey | 1812-1917 | – |
| B-0008386 | biography | Advocate Israel “Isie” Aaron Maisels | 1905-1994 | ✓ |
| B-0141674 | biography | Moosa “Mosie” Moolla | 1934 | ✓ |
| B-0149517 | biography | Jacob “Dancing Shoes” Morake | 1955-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0149501 | biography | Vivian Fitzsimons | 1901-1975 | ✓ |
| B-0149221 | biography | Petrus Nzima Nyawose | 1982 | ✓ |
| B-0149947 | biography | Makhosi “Tholi” Nyoka | 1957-1988 | ✓ |
| B-0149952 | biography | Nontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza | 1967-1988 | ✓ |
| B-0151749 | biography | Krishna Rabilal | 1952-1981 | ✓ |
| A-0059706 | article | June 17 | 31 Mar 2011 | – |
| B-0067724 | biography | Benjamin Magson Kies | 1917-1979 | ✓ |
| R-0124859 | archive | Chapter 2 Respect for all, Childhood in Cape Town, 1933 – 1949 by Denis Goldberg | 24 Apr 2018 | – |
| B-0008179 | biography | Dulcie Howes | 1908-1993 | ✓ |
| B-0068071 | biography | William Andrew ‘Willie’ Hofmeyr | 1954 | – |
| B-0008130 | biography | Archibald Jacob Gumede | 1914-1998 | ✓ |
| B-0122852 | biography | Robert Gabriel Mugabe | 1924-2019 | ✓ |
| B-0068392 | biography | Sonja Schlesin | 1888-1956 | ✓ |
| B-0008516 | biography | Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki | 1942 | – |
| B-0009211 | biography | B J Vorster [John Vorster] | 1915-1983 | ✓ |
| P-0013835 | place | Springs | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| B-0153093 | biography | Narriman Gadija Bazier Samuels | 1964-2025 | ✓ |
| B-0141698 | biography | Teboho MacDonald “Tsietsi” Mashinini | 1957-1990 | ✓ |
| B-0008202 | biography | Timothy Peter Jenkin | 1948 | ✓ |
BiographyMalcomess Johnson Mgabela Kondoti
Malcomess Johnson Mgabela Kondoti was born in 1924 in the Kwalera district of the Eastern Cape. Very soon after he was born, his father moved to East London to…
BiographyMary Butcher Turok
Mary Butcher Turok is the wife of the anti-apartheid activist, parliamentarian and Professor Ben Turok, who played a prominent role in the writing of the…
BiographySimon Gqubule
Reverend Dr Simon Gqubule was born on 18 February 1928 at a place near Cookhouse, Transkei (now Eastern Cape). His family did not have a lot of money; his…
BiographyCecil John Rhodes
The Early Years Cecil John Rhodes was born on 5 July 1853 in the small hamlet of Bishops Stortford, England. He was the fifth son of Francis William Rhodes…
BiographyMzwakhe Mbuli
Mzwakhe Mbuli, the “People’s Poet,” was born into a poor Zulu family in Sophiatown on 1 August 1959. His parents were Roselinah Msuthukazi Mbuli, a Xhosa…
BiographyAli Bacher
If Ali Bacher's commitment to cricket had ended after his playing days, he would have had a proud place on the sport's roll of honour. It was Ali Bacher, the…
BiographyArthur Albert Hugh Adams
Albert Adams was born At the Crown Gold Mine near Johannesburg on 23 June 1929. Adams was a child of Indian and Cape Coloured parents. His father had emigrated…
BiographySir George Grey
George Grey was the only son of Lieutenant-Colonel Grey of the 30th Foot. His father was killed at the sack of Badajoz in the Peninsula War, eight days before…
BiographyAdvocate Israel “Isie” Aaron Maisels
Advocate Israel “Isie” Aaron Maisels was born on 19 November 1905 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. His father, Henry Maisels, had come…
BiographyMoosa “Mosie” Moolla
Moosa “Mosie” Moolla was born in the small, (then) western Transvaal town of Christiana on 12 June 1934 where his father ran a successful import-export…
BiographyJacob “Dancing Shoes” Morake
Jacob Morake was born on 8 December 1955, and grew up in Central Western Jabavu in Soweto near Johannesburg. He was 10 years old when, one bitterly cold night,…
BiographyVivian Fitzsimons
For many south africans, the name Fitzsimons will always be linked to snakes - to their diversity and the treatment of their venomous bites. Rightly so, as…
BiographyPetrus Nzima Nyawose
In the 1970s, Petrus Nyawose worked as a bouncer at The Paradise, a popular nightclub in Durban. Nyawose spent most of his working hours at the offices of the…
BiographyMakhosi “Tholi” Nyoka
Makhosi “Tholi” Nyoka was born on 3 April 1957 and grew up in KwaMashu, a township north of Durban, where she attended Umzuvele Secondary School. Nyoka was…
BiographyNontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza
Nontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza was born at King Edward Hospital, Umbilo, Durban, in June 1967. The second child of Zizile Cothoza, Nontsikelelo Cothoza, or…
BiographyKrishna Rabilal
Krishna Rabilal was born on 6 November 1952 to working class parents in the township of Merebank, south of Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN). A quiet…
June 17
The second day... was marked by uncontrollable fury and burning hostility...Police also assumed another attitude. They shot at random, and at anyone who would…
BiographyBenjamin Magson Kies
Benjamin Magson Kies Introduction Benjamin Magson Kies was an important South African political activist and theorist from about the middle of the 1930s…
ArchiveChapter 2 Respect for all, Childhood in Cape Town, 1933 – 1949 by Denis Goldberg
“Mum, please hold my poetry book. Help me memorise my lines.” “What’s it called?” she asked. “Hiawatha.” “Oh, then just say it,” she said, her hands deep in…
BiographyDulcie Howes
"Nothing Can Match the singleness of purpose, the foresight, or tenacity through all adversity, of Dulcie Howes ... She achieved in her lifetime what she set…
BiographyWilliam Andrew ‘Willie’ Hofmeyr
William Andrew Hofmeyr, popularly known as Advocate Willie Hofmeyr, was born on 22 November 1954 in Cape Town, South Africa[i] . After matriculating from…
BiographyArchibald Jacob Gumede
Archibald Jacob Gumede was born in Pietermaritzburg on 1st of March in 1914,the son of Lillian (born Mgqogqoza) and Josiah Tshangana Gumede a former ANC…
BiographyRobert Gabriel Mugabe
Robert Gabriel Mugabe was born on 21 February 1924, in Katama, a Jesuit mission station in the Zimbambe district, about 60km from Harare. He was the son of…
BiographySonja Schlesin
Sonja Schlesin was born in Moscow on 6 June 1888 to Isidor Schlesin and his wife Helena Dorothy (nee Schloss). The Schlesin family later immigrated to South…
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki was born on June 18 1942, in Mbewuleni (meaning ‘place of seed’), a tiny village in Idutywa in Transkei (now Eastern Cape). His middle…
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
Overview Balthazar Johannes Vorster (also known as BJ Vorster or John Vorster) was the Prime Minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978, after having served…
PlaceSprings
The Town of Springs, East of Johannesburg, is on the East Rand, or what is now known as the Metropolitan area of Ekurhuleni, in the Gauteng Province. It was…
BiographyNarriman Gadija Bazier Samuels
Narriman Gadija Bazier Samuels, affectionately known as "Ma G" throughout Mitchells Plain, grew up during the height of apartheid in South Africa. While her…
BiographyTeboho MacDonald “Tsietsi” Mashinini
Teboho MacDonald "Tsietsi" Mashinini was born on 27 January 1957 in Central Western Jabavu, Soweto. Mashinini was the second son of Ramothibi, a lay preacher…
BiographyTimothy Peter Jenkin
Timothy Peter Jenkin was born in 1948, in Cape Town and educated at Rondebosch Boys' Prep and Boys' High School,[1][2] matriculating at the age of 17.[3] …