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| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0080308 | biography | Enver Hassim | 1995 | ✓ |
| B-0121599 | biography | Berni Searle | 1964 | ✓ |
| B-0122744 | biography | Buchi Emecheta | 1944-2017 | ✓ |
| B-0008279 | biography | Antjie Krog | 1952 | – |
| B-0008165 | biography | Robert Hodgins | 1920-2010 | ✓ |
| B-0008981 | biography | Anthony Sampson | 1926-2004 | ✓ |
| B-0008461 | biography | Hugh Masekela | 1939-2018 | ✓ |
| B-0008942 | biography | Dolly Rathebe | 1928-2004 | ✓ |
| B-0096899 | biography | Vusi Mahlasela | – | – |
| B-0096457 | biography | Graeme Pollock | 1944 | ✓ |
| B-0067999 | biography | Henry Mutile Fazzie | 1924-2011 | ✓ |
| B-0064866 | biography | Jeffrey Thamsanqa Radebe | 1953 | ✓ |
| B-0007825 | biography | Steve Hilton-Barber | 1962-2002 | ✓ |
| B-0008159 | biography | Baruch Hirson | 1921-1999 | – |
| B-0080306 | biography | Viola Hashe | 1926-1977 | ✓ |
| B-0095734 | biography | Sipo Elijah Mzimela | 1935-2013 | – |
| B-0007776 | biography | James E. Kwegyir Aggrey | 1875-1927 | ✓ |
| B-0008784 | biography | Jonathan Ngwenya | – | – |
| B-0077101 | biography | Luvuyo Mgobhozi | 1986 | ✓ |
| B-0008174 | biography | Jan Hendrik Hofmeyer Hoogendyk | 1911-1990 | – |
| B-0008032 | biography | Hein du Plessis | 1967 | – |
| B-0007816 | biography | Richard Granville Baloyi | 1897-1962 | ✓ |
| B-0009102 | biography | Irma Stern | 1894-1966 | ✓ |
| B-0007921 | biography | Fred Carneson | 1920-2000 | ✓ |
| B-0125501 | biography | Ashley James Kriel | 1966-1987 | ✓ |
| B-0007937 | biography | Janet Mary Cherry | 1961 | ✓ |
| B-0068487 | biography | General Jan Christiaan Smuts | 1870-1950 | ✓ |
| B-0008516 | biography | Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki | 1942 | – |
| B-0068302 | biography | George Edward Peake | 1922 | ✓ |
| B-0009200 | biography | Jean van der Poel | 1904-1986 | ✓ |
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…
BiographyBerni Searle
This biography was written by SAHO in collaboration with Artthrob MODUS OPERANDI When Berni Searle was asked by the Brooklyn Museum of Art what her …
BiographyBuchi Emecheta
Florence Onyebuchi Emecheta Obe ‘Buchi Emecheta’ was born in the Nigerian city of Lagos on 21 July in 1944 to Jeremy Nwabudinke, a railway worker and Alice …
BiographyAntjie Krog
Antjie was born on 23 October 1952 on a farm in the Free State. She completed her BA degree with Afrikaans (cum laude), Philosophy (cum laude) and English at…
BiographyRobert Hodgins
"For me, it is very simple. The act of painting at a particular moment is able, for reasons I neither understands, nor even try to understand, to open up the…
BiographyAnthony Sampson
Anthony Sampson was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church in Oxford, and served on the Royal Navy from 1944-7. In 1951, due in part to his…
BiographyHugh Masekela
Hugh Ramopolo Masekela was born on 4 April 1939 in Witbank, near Johannesburg. Masekela showed musical ability from a young age, and began to play piano as a…
BiographyDolly Rathebe
Dolly Rathebe was born in Randfontein, west of Johannesburg in 1928, but grew up within the unique cultural and political milieu of Sophiatown in the 1930s and…
Vusi Mahlasela
Vusimuzi Sidney Mahlasela ka Zwane was born in Mamelodi in 1965. His grandmother ran a shebeen from behind their home. He grew up listening to people singing…
BiographyGraeme Pollock
Robert Graeme Pollock was born on 27 February 1944 in Durban. His father was a first-class cricketer and editor of the Port Elizabeth Herald. Pollock attended…
Henry Mutile Fazzie
Henry Mutile Fazzie was born on 3rd of January in 1924 in Stutterheim. Fazzie went into exile in the early 1960s. He joined Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) and underwent…
BiographyJeffrey Thamsanqa Radebe
Jeffrey Thamsanqa Radebe was born on 18 February 1953 in Cato Manor, Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal). In 1958, his family was evicted to KwaMashu, north of…
BiographySteve Hilton-Barber
Steve Hilton-Barber was born in Tzaneen, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo Province) in 1962, into a farming family. He received a Bachelor of Journalism and…
BiographyBaruch Hirson
Baruch Hirson, named after his late grandfather, was born on 10 December 1921 at Doomfontein near Johannesburg in the Transvaal. His father was an electrician…
BiographyViola Hashe
Viola Hashe was born in 1926, in Gabashane in the Orange Free State (now Free State Province). Hashe was a teacher by profession. Hashe became involved in…
BiographySipo Elijah Mzimela
Sipo Elijah Mzimela was born on 19 June 1935, in Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) to Allison and Maria Mzimela. The entire family was raised as Anglicans and…
James E. Kwegyir Aggrey
James E. Kwegyir Aggrey was born in 1875 into a family of chiefs. A Ghanaian-born educator and clergyman, and one of the most eminent Africans of his day, he…
BiographyJonathan Ngwenya
Col Jonathan Ngwenya received his basic military training as APLA activist in Conakry, Guinea in 1977. He completed his Instructor Course at Kwame Nkrumah…
Luvuyo Mgobhozi
Luvuyo Mgobhozi along with three other African National Congress (ANC) members were executed in what became known as the "Quarry Road" incident near Durban on…
BiographyJan Hendrik Hofmeyer Hoogendyk
Jan Hendrik Hofmeyer Hoogendyk was born in 1911 into a strict 'dopper' home. Hoogendyk was married to Jackie, an accountant. He enlisted with the South…
BiographyHein du Plessis
Born on the 13th February 1967, Hein matriculated at Sentraal High School, Bloemfontein. He studied for a National Diploma in Photography at the Vaal Triangle…
BiographyRichard Granville Baloyi
Richard Granville Baloyi was born on 1897 and lived in Alexandra north of Johannesburg in 1922. His first job was that of a taxi driver but in 1925 he became a…
BiographyIrma Stern
Irma Stern was born in 1894 in Schweizer-Reneke, Transvaal. She studied in Weimar and Berlin and had her inaugural exhibition in Berlin in 1919. On her return…
BiographyFred Carneson
Fred Carneson was born on 13th January 1920 in Goodwood, Cape Town to Anthony and Annie Carneson, a poor Catholic working class family, the sixth of nine…
BiographyAshley James Kriel
Ashley Kriel was born on the 17 October 1966 to Ivy and Melvin Kriel. He has two sisters, Michel Assure and Melaney Adams. He grew up in Bonteheuwel, Cape Town…
BiographyJanet Mary Cherry
Janet Mary Cherry was born in 1961 in Cape Town, where she was raised. Janet comes from a family committed to social justice. Her father, Robin, the Dean of…
BiographyGeneral Jan Christiaan Smuts
General Jan Christiaan Smuts was born near Riebeeck West in the Cape Colony on 24 May 1870. His mother taught him the elements of reading and writing in…
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…
BiographyGeorge Edward Peake
George Edward Peake was a founding member and national Chairperson of the South African Coloured People's Organisation (SACPO) in the 1960s. He was born in the…
BiographyJean van der Poel
Jean van der Poel was born in Cape Town in 1904, and went on to become a prominent historian. Her studies began at the University of Cape Town (UCT), and she…