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| B-0150280 | biography | Walter Kefuoe Fikeleph Chakela | 1953-2020 | ✓ |
| B-0068943 | biography | Sydney Sipho Sepamla | 1932-2007 | ✓ |
| B-0007850 | biography | Gerard Bhengu | 1910-1990 | ✓ |
| B-0008445 | biography | Thabo Motene Marera | 1972-2009 | ✓ |
| B-0008371 | biography | Princess Magogo | 1900-1984 | – |
| B-0008042 | biography | Ethel Edwards | 1880 | – |
| B-0067163 | biography | Maggie Mikula | 1941-1989 | ✓ |
| B-0074845 | biography | Wellington Mlungisi Tshazibane | 1976 | ✓ |
| B-0009213 | biography | Vuminkosi Zulu | 1948-1996 | – |
| B-0096410 | biography | Lucy Buyaphi Mvubelo | 1920-2000 | ✓ |
| B-0125633 | biography | Pitso John Mosimane | 1964 | ✓ |
| B-0097205 | biography | Miriam Tlali | 1933-2017 | ✓ |
| B-0068663 | biography | Eric Miller | 1955 | ✓ |
| B-0149494 | biography | Charles W H Kohler | 1862-1952 | ✓ |
| B-0149851 | biography | Shirish Nanabhai | – | ✓ |
| B-0153080 | biography | Petros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize (Mkize) | 20 January-1967 | ✓ |
| B-0008904 | biography | Shaun Maclean Pollock | 1973 | ✓ |
| B-0080308 | biography | Enver Hassim | 1995 | ✓ |
| B-0008695 | biography | Henry Selby Msimang | 1886-1982 | – |
| B-0008677 | biography | Harry Moyaga | – | – |
| B-0065251 | biography | Luis Inácio Lula da Silva | 1945 | – |
| B-0098784 | biography | Patrick Vuyo Matshikiza | 1938-2014 | ✓ |
| B-0007888 | biography | Edgar Harry Brookes | 1897-1979 | ✓ |
| B-0007868 | biography | Joseph Booth | 1851-1932 | – |
| B-0007767 | biography | Chief Rabbi Israel Abrahams | 1903-1973 | – |
| B-0008296 | biography | Amos Langdown | 1930-2006 | ✓ |
| B-0008235 | biography | Dorothy Moss Kay | 1886-1964 | – |
| B-0007928 | biography | George Christopher Cato | 1814-1893 | – |
| B-0008707 | biography | Gordon Mulholland | 1921-2010 | ✓ |
| B-0074817 | biography | Jacob Zungwane Mashabane | 1976 | ✓ |
BiographyWalter Kefuoe Fikeleph Chakela
Walter Kefuoe Fikelephi Chakela was a revered playwright and poet born on 13 April 1953 in Vryburg, a small, conservative Afrikaner town in Transvaal (now…
BiographySydney Sipho Sepamla
Sydney Sipho Sepamla spent most of his life in Soweto, the enormous township southwest of Johannesburg. Sepamla has been grouped with poets like Oswald Mtshali…
BiographyGerard Bhengu
Gerard Bhengu was born on 6 September 1910 in Outstation of Mariannhill Mission Station, Centecow, Bulwer district, Southern Natal. Bhengu received his early…
BiographyThabo Motene Marera
Thabo Marera was born in Soweto on 18 September 1972 and matriculated at Anchor Orlando North High School. After studying drama at the Natal Technikon he went…
BiographyPrincess Magogo
Princess Magogo was born in 1900, the daughter of the Zulu King, Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868 – 1913) and Queen Silomo. In 1926 she married King Mathole…
BiographyEthel Edwards
On 2 January 1907 The Cape Argus Weekly Edition published a photograph of Ethel Edwards in its supplement on "Famous South African Artists". In it she stands…
BiographyMaggie Mikula
Maggie Mikula was born in Durban on 19 August 1941. She attended St Mary’s School in Durban and matriculated in 1959. She then went on to study for a Diploma…
Wellington Mlungisi Tshazibane
Mr Wellington Tshazibane,aged 30,an employee of the De Beers-Lesotho Mining Company,was detained on 9th December 1976 at Rand Airport,Johannesburg.He was held…
BiographyVuminkosi Zulu
Vuminkosi Zulu was born on 24 November 1948 in Mapumulo, KwaZulu-Natal. From the age of thirteen Zulu attended school in Kranskop for six years and completed…
BiographyLucy Buyaphi Mvubelo
Lucy Buyaphi Mvubelo (née Twala) was born in 1920 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). She started her education at the Doornfontein School of the…
BiographyPitso John Mosimane
Pitso John Mosimane was born on 26 July 1964 in Kagiso Township in the Krugersdorp area, west of Johannesburg. He is a former South African football player and…
BiographyMiriam Tlali
Miriam Tlali was born in Doornfontein in Johannesburg, Transvaal (Gauteng). She grew up in Sophiatown. Miriam wanted to study literature at the University of…
BiographyEric Miller
Eric Miller was born 19th of May 1955 in Cape Town. He grew up in Johannesburg. After graduating with a BA (Hons) in psychology from UNISA in 1981 he entered…
BiographyCharles W H Kohler
As the driving force behind the creation of the Ko-operatieve Wijn-bouwers Vereniging van Zuid-Afrika, Beperkt (The Co-operative Wine Growers' Association of…
BiographyShirish Nanabhai
Shirish was born one of eight siblings on 1 March 1938 at 51 Commercial Rd, Fordsburg. Jasmath Nanabhai, Shirish J. Nanabhai’s father, was from the village of…
BiographyPetros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize (Mkize)
Petros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize was born and raised in Macambini, a rural area in KwaZulu-Natal. Little is documented about his early life, but like many young…
BiographyShaun Maclean Pollock
Shaun Pollock was born on 16 July 1973 in Port Elizabeth and moved to Durban at the age of five. Born to a cricketing family, his father Peter and Uncle Graeme…
BiographyEnver Hassim
Enver Hassim was born in the Transvaal, where he was part of a large family, with two brothers and four sisters. His father made a living as a middleman and…
BiographyHenry Selby Msimang
Selby Msimang was born on 13 December 1886 in Edendale, Pietermaritzburg. He and his elder brother, Richard Msimang,were born to Joel Msimang and his wife…
BiographyHarry Moyaga
Apart from interaction with artists such as Cyprian Shilakoe (qv.), Bill Ainslie and Fikile Magadlela, it was Moyaga’s mother who played the dominant role in…
BiographyLuis Inácio Lula da Silva
Luis Inácio Lula da Silva was born on 27 October 1945 in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil. He was the 35th President of Brazil.President Lula had little…
BiographyPatrick Vuyo Matshikiza
Article first published in The Sunday Independent January 4 2015 at 10:37am By Sam Mathe Johannesburg - Pianist, singer and composer Pat Matshikiza, 76, who…
BiographyEdgar Harry Brookes
Edgar Harry Brookes was born in England on February 4th,1897 and emigrated to South Africa with his family in 1901.In 1920 he was hired to teach at the…
BiographyJoseph Booth
Joseph Booth was born in 1851 in Derby, England. A unique figure in the missionary history of central and southern Africa, Booth was one of the earliest…
BiographyChief Rabbi Israel Abrahams
Chief Rabbi Israel Abrahams was born on 12 March 1903 in Vilna, Lithuania. He was the son of Zecharya Alter Abramowich and Rachel Leah Sherman. As a young boy…
BiographyAmos Langdown
Amos Langdown was born on 7 May 1930, in Plettenberg Bay. He was involved for many years in art education. He trained as a teacher at the Zonnebloem College in…
BiographyDorothy Moss Kay
Dorothy Moss Kay was born in Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland, 1886. Kay (nee Elvery) studied at the Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin. She came to SA in…
BiographyGeorge Christopher Cato
George Christopher Cato was born in 25 February 1814, London. The eldest son of a Huguenot family called Caton who settled in London. His family, silk weaving…
BiographyGordon Mulholland
Gordon Mulholland was born in Cape Town on 30 April 1921. His mother, Nell, a Cockney from the east end of London, was the breadwinner at home. She worked as…
Jacob Zungwane Mashabane
On the 5th of October 1976 Mr Jacob Mashabane, aged 22, a University of Zululand student was reported to have died in detention at the Johannesburg Fort after…