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| B-0007937 | biography | Janet Mary Cherry | 1961 | ✓ |
| B-0068487 | biography | General Jan Christiaan Smuts | 1870-1950 | ✓ |
| B-0008516 | biography | Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki | 1942 | – |
| B-0123171 | biography | Ngugi wa Thiong’o | 1938 | – |
| B-0008192 | biography | John Tengo Jabavu | 1859-1921 | ✓ |
| B-0008782 | biography | Solwandle Looksmart Khulile Ngudle | 1922-1963 | ✓ |
| B-0081677 | biography | Motsoko Pheko | 1933 | ✓ |
| B-0122374 | biography | Anna De Koningh | 1656-1734 | – |
| B-0008062 | biography | Dumile Feni | 1942-1991 | – |
| B-0073820 | biography | Phila Portia Ndwandwe | 1965 | ✓ |
| B-0095150 | biography | Ivan Toms | 1953-2008 | – |
| B-0007793 | biography | Jacqueline (Jackie) Arenstein | 1921 | ✓ |
| B-0068907 | biography | King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu | 1948-2021 | – |
| B-0070371 | biography | Curnick Muzuvukile Ndlovu | 1932-2002 | ✓ |
| B-0082944 | biography | Roy Padayachie | 1950-2012 | ✓ |
| B-0068387 | biography | Cecil John Rhodes | 1853-1902 | – |
| B-0120752 | biography | Hermanus Gabriel Loots | 1936-2016 | ✓ |
| B-0125505 | biography | Dr Kwame Nkrumah | 1909-1972 | ✓ |
| B-0007987 | biography | Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey | 1847-1914 | – |
| B-0008360 | biography | Sakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma | 1957 | – |
| B-0100311 | biography | Maggie Smith | 1930-2015 | ✓ |
| B-0008462 | biography | Thomas Selema Masekela | 1908 | ✓ |
| B-0093911 | biography | Kwena Matlala | 1920 | ✓ |
| B-0096631 | biography | Nkosi Johnson | 1989-2001 | – |
| B-0008998 | biography | Wendy Schwegmann | 1954 | – |
| B-0008564 | biography | Nomkhosi Mary Mini | 1959-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0093742 | biography | Julian Raymond Cobbing | 1944 | – |
| B-0009202 | biography | Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd | 1901-1966 | – |
| B-0084331 | biography | Michael Guthrie Scott | 1907-1983 | – |
| B-0008176 | biography | Patricia Horn | 1951 | – |
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…
BiographyNgugi wa Thiong’o
The academic and social activist, Ngugi wa Thiong’o is one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. He was born James wa Thiong’o Ngugi in Limuru, Kenya on…
BiographyJohn Tengo Jabavu
John Tengo Jabavu was born on 11 January in 1859 near the Methodist mission school at Healdtown district. His parents, though poor, were anxious to give him…
BiographySolwandle Looksmart Khulile Ngudle
Looksmart Khulile Ngudle was born on 22 May 1922 in KwaZali village, near Alice in the Eastern Cape. His mother, Notyhume, named him Looksmart because when he…
BiographyMotsoko Pheko
Motsoko Pheko was born on 13 November 1933 to a wealthy rural family in Lesotho. In the late 1930s, after the sudden death of their parents, Pheko and his…
BiographyAnna De Koningh
Anna De Koningh was the daughter of Angela van Bengale. She arrived with Angela from Batavia, but who her father was is unknown. Like her mother, Anna de…
BiographyDumile Feni
Zwelidumile Geelboi Mgxaji Mslaba “Dumile” Feni was born on 21 May 1942 in Worcester, Western Cape. His mother died when he was only five or six years old and…
BiographyPhila Portia Ndwandwe
Phila Portia Ndwandwe (also known as Zandile or Zandi) became part of the Natal Machinery of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in 1985 under the leadership of Muzi Ngwenya…
BiographyIvan Toms
Ivan Toms was born in Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape) on 11 July 1953. He completed his medical degree at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in…
BiographyJacqueline (Jackie) Arenstein
As a young person, Arenstein joined the left wing Book Club in Durban where, among other authors, Marx and Lenin were read and discussed. At the age of 21,…
BiographyKing Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu
King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu was born in July 1948 at Nongoma, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal - KZN). He is the eldest son of King Cyprian Bhekuzulu…
BiographyCurnick Muzuvukile Ndlovu
Muzuvukile Curnick Ndlovu was born in 1932 in Matatiele. His family moved to uMkhumbane settlement in Durban in 1941. After the demolition of Cator Manor and…
BiographyRoy Padayachie
Radhakrishna Lutchmana "Roy" Padayachie was born on 1 May 1950. He attended Tagore High School in Clairwood, Durban and then went to study for a B.Sc. degree…
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…
BiographyHermanus Gabriel Loots
Hermanus Gabriel Loots, also known as James Stuart, is most noted for his role in exposing brutality at African National Congress camps in 1984, which…
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…
BiographyJacobus Herculaas de la Rey
Jacobus Hercules de la Rey was the sixth child of Adrianus Johannes and Adriana (van Rooyen). He was born near Winburg on 22 October 1847. After the Battle of…
BiographySakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma
Please note: This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Gastrow, S. (1992) Who`s Who in South African politics Number 4.p.67. If you would…
Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith was born in 1930. She was a journalist and became the first woman news editor in Africa of the Sunday Times in Johannesburg in the 60s when the…
BiographyThomas Selema Masekela
Thomas Selema Masekela was born on 16 December 1908 in Madibeng farm near Dikgale near Pietersburg, Transvaal. Seeking education for their children, Masekela\…
BiographyKwena Matlala
Kwena Matlala, born in 1920, was the first daughter of Chief Sekgwari Matlala and Mme Makwena Matlala. She married Nelson Ngakana Moabelo, the ntona of…
BiographyNkosi Johnson
Nkosi Johnson was born Xolani Nkosi to an HIV positive mother in a township on the east rand. When his mother became too ill to take care of him, she gave him…
Wendy Schwegmann
Wendy Schwegmann was born in 1954 in Zululand, where she spent her youth. She has a diploma in Interior Design from Natal Technical college and is a graduate…
BiographyNomkhosi Mary Mini
Nomkhosi Mary Mini was born in 1959, the daughter of Vuyisile Mini, South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) activist and first African National…
BiographyJulian Raymond Cobbing
Julian Cobbing was born in 1944 in London. He studied at the University of London where he gained his Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree and later obtained his PHD…
BiographyHendrik Frensch Verwoerd
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on 8 September 1901. He was the second child of Anje Strik and Wilhelmus Johannes Verwoerd. His…
BiographyMichael Guthrie Scott
This article was written by Ben Forstate and forms part of the SAHO Public History Internship Michael Guthrie Scott was born on 30 July 1907 in the village…
BiographyPatricia Horn
Pat Horn initially got exposed to politics in the early 1970s through her involvement with adult literacy projects during her days as a university student. In…