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| Src | ||||
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| B-0068728 | biography | Johannes Willem (Jan) Viljoen | 1812-1893 | – |
| B-0008137 | biography | Alcott Skei Gwentshe | 1920-1996 | ✓ |
| B-0123406 | biography | Nicholaas Frederic de Waal | – | ✓ |
| B-0069129 | biography | Ambrose Makiwane | – | ✓ |
| B-0007775 | biography | Dr. Neil Hudson Aggett | 1953-1982 | ✓ |
| B-0007978 | biography | Bhawani Sannyassi Dayal | 1892-1950 | – |
| B-0094976 | biography | Neville Wilson Curtis | 1947-2007 | ✓ |
| B-0008360 | biography | Sakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma | 1957 | – |
| B-0095076 | biography | Sylvia Neame | 1937 | ✓ |
| B-0008069 | biography | Advocate Abram "Bram" Fischer | 1908-1975 | ✓ |
| B-0088575 | biography | Paramount Chief Sabata Dalindyebo | 1928-1986 | ✓ |
| B-0008682 | biography | Es’kia Mphahlele | 1919-2008 | ✓ |
| B-0007857 | biography | Advocate George Bizos | 1927-2020 | ✓ |
| P-0016794 | place | Lesotho | 21 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| B-0007912 | biography | Ismail Ahmed Cachalia | 1908-2003 | ✓ |
| B-0008307 | biography | Leonard (Len) Lee-Warden | 1913-1998 | ✓ |
| B-0122314 | biography | Simon van der Stel | 1639-1712 | – |
| B-0122626 | biography | Frank Alexander Landman | 1918-1990 | – |
| P-0153097 | place | Bethal | 18 Nov 2025 | ✓ |
| B-0007832 | biography | Esther Barsel | 1924-2008 | ✓ |
| B-0008091 | biography | Manilal Gandhi | 1892-1956 | ✓ |
| B-0074108 | biography | Dullah Mohamed Omar | 1934-2004 | – |
| B-0067967 | biography | Johannes (Joe) Modise | 1929-2001 | – |
| B-0009091 | biography | Janet Burnside Soga | 1827-1903 | ✓ |
| B-0086255 | biography | Harry Snitcher | 1911-1999 | – |
| B-0067961 | biography | Johnson Phillip Mlambo | 1940 | ✓ |
| B-0122528 | biography | Joyce Piliso-Seroke | 1933 | – |
| B-0009166 | biography | Stephen Vukile Tshwete | 1938-2002 | ✓ |
| B-0070373 | biography | Josiah Khiphusizi Jele | 1930 | ✓ |
| B-0008579 | biography | Andrew Mokete Mlangeni | 1925-2020 | ✓ |
BiographyJohannes Willem (Jan) Viljoen
… in 14 May 1812, Winterhoek. Having moved from Oudtshoorn to the present Orange Free State in 1843, he settled near … in 1846 for anti-British activities…
BiographyAlcott Skei Gwentshe
… Skei Gwentshe was born in 1920 in Tsomo in the Transkei. A shopkeeper in (Duncan Village township)East London, Alcott Skei Gwentshe played a key role in the…
Nicholaas Frederic de Waal
… Born in Rotterdam in 1853, De Waal was the son of a banker who received a commercial education in Brussels and studied law. He travelled to Europe and…
BiographyAmbrose Makiwane
… Clarkebury School and was expelled after participating in a student strike. This, coupled with that his parents could not afford to send him to university…
BiographyDr. Neil Hudson Aggett
… began his schooling in Kenya, and when his parents moved to South Africa in the 1963,he attended Kingswood College in … medicine. He completed his medical…
BiographyBhawani Sannyassi Dayal
… Bhawani Sannyassi Dayal was the son of the Jariam Singh, a former President of the Transvaal Indian Association. He … School in Johannesburg. In 1904 his…
BiographyNeville Wilson Curtis
… Force during World War II. Jack Curtis eventually became a senior manager in the Anglo Vaal group of mining companies. … life in the Progressive Party. His…
BiographySakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma
… Please note: This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Gastrow, S. … South African politics Number 4.p.67. If you would like to…
BiographySylvia Neame
… She had two older brothers, Peter and Graham, as well as a twin sister named Jennifer. She grew up in a sheltered home, but her interest in politics first…
BiographyAdvocate Abram "Bram" Fischer
… 23 April 1908 in the Orange Free State. He was born into a prominent Afrikaans family, son of Percy Ulrich Fischer, at the time a member of the Bloemfontein…
BiographyParamount Chief Sabata Dalindyebo
… Sabata as heir, but the truth of the matter seems to be that he was unanimously chosen by a national meeting of the Thembu people (September 1929) … the…
BiographyEs’kia Mphahlele
… more than thirty short stories, two verse plays and a fair number of poems. “Add to these, two anthologies edited, essay collections, … Eislen Commission on…
BiographyAdvocate George Bizos
… was near his home town, Vasilitsi, where his father was a prominent citizen, having been the mayor at one time. In … against his father. His father arranged…
PlaceLesotho
… North and South, join the main range in the North, forming a plateau from 2,700 to 3,200 metres, in elevation. This plateau is the centre of … later renamed…
BiographyIsmail Ahmed Cachalia
… standard five - at the age of 16 in 1924- he went to study at the Muslim Theological college in Deoband India. … within the Indian community in the Transvaal…
BiographyLeonard (Len) Lee-Warden
… Leonard (Len) Lee-Warden was born in 1913. A linotype operator, he came to South Africa in 1936 from England after serving a five year apprenticeship in…
BiographySimon van der Stel
… Simon van der Stel was born on 14 October 1639 to parents Adrian van der Stel and Maria Leviens. The couple … of the Coromondel, who is also known as Monica…
BiographyFrank Alexander Landman
… three sons and the third of the six surviving children of a municipal painter, Fred Landman and a washerwoman, Lena … meagre possessions that when they moved…
PlaceBethal
… Established in 1880, Bethal is a small farming town, in Mpumalanga . Farming in potatoes, … maize, sunflower seeds, sorghum and rye. There is also a large…
BiographyEsther Barsel
… on 17 October 1924, Esther Barsel (nee Levin) came to South Africa in 1927 when she was three years old. She and … League (YCL) at just fourteen years old…
BiographyManilal Gandhi
… Gandhi . He had three brothers, with whom he first came to South Africa in early 1897, when Gandhi's family joined … took place at home. For his entire youth…
BiographyDullah Mohamed Omar
… he enrolled at the University of Cape Town for a BA LLB degree. As a student he joined the Unity Movement … on campus. In 1955 he obtained his BA degree and…
BiographyJohannes (Joe) Modise
… Johannes Modise, or Joe, as he is known to family, friends and comrades, was born in Doornfontein, … certificate through private study. His first job was as…
Janet Burnside Soga
… all involved in the weaving industry. Soga herself was a yarn winder. Her father was a weaver her mother a dressmaker, and her one sister, Anne, … the slums…
BiographyHarry Snitcher
… the young Snitcher and his four brothers and sisters came to Cape Town. His mother kept the family together by renting … read law at the University of Cape…
BiographyJohnson Phillip Mlambo
… Pottery Cement in Jupiter in 1958 until his return to Kilnerton in 1962. Inspired by Josiah Madzunya and Robert … with others, Mlambo was then transported at…
BiographyJoyce Piliso-Seroke
… matric at Kilnerton High School in Pretoria . She holds a BA degree and a diploma in Communication. Upon completion she went to the University of Fort Hare…
BiographyStephen Vukile Tshwete
… which meant that the family was quite poor. He had to help with the tending of the fields while growing up. … before he even went to school. In Standard six…
BiographyJosiah Khiphusizi Jele
… was born on 1 May 1930, in Alexandra, Johannesburg. He was a son to Joseph Jele and Alvinah Khanyile Jele.Like many black … (ANC) and actively recruited…
BiographyAndrew Mokete Mlangeni
… Andrew Mokete Mlangeni was born on 6 June 1925 on a farm in the Bethlehem, Orange Free State (now Free State Province) district, as one of a twin (he has a…