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| B-0008274 | biography | Moses Mauane Kotane | 1905-1978 | ✓ |
| B-0008970 | biography | Dr. Walter Benson Rubusana | 1858-1936 | ✓ |
| B-0008275 | biography | Moses Kottler | 1892-1977 | ✓ |
| B-0067743 | biography | Samuel Alfred (Taffy) Long | 1891-1922 | – |
| B-0008176 | biography | Patricia Horn | 1951 | – |
| B-0007813 | biography | Violet Margaret Livingstone Ballinger | 1894-1980 | ✓ |
| B-0008442 | biography | Chief Maqoma | – | – |
| B-0074795 | biography | Dr Nomava Eslinah Shangase | 1931-1981 | ✓ |
| B-0009272 | biography | Manfred Zylla | 1939 | – |
| B-0008061 | biography | Walter Sidney Felgate | 1930-2008 | ✓ |
| B-0070046 | biography | Winnie Motlalepule Kgware | 1917-1998 | ✓ |
| B-0008545 | biography | Dr. Hans Merensky | 1871-1952 | – |
| B-0068728 | biography | Johannes Willem (Jan) Viljoen | 1812-1893 | – |
| B-0008137 | biography | Alcott Skei Gwentshe | 1920-1996 | ✓ |
| B-0069129 | biography | Ambrose Makiwane | – | ✓ |
| B-0007978 | biography | Bhawani Sannyassi Dayal | 1892-1950 | – |
| B-0008360 | biography | Sakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma | 1957 | – |
| B-0095076 | biography | Sylvia Neame | 1937 | ✓ |
| B-0008069 | biography | Advocate Abram "Bram" Fischer | 1908-1975 | ✓ |
| B-0008307 | biography | Leonard (Len) Lee-Warden | 1913-1998 | ✓ |
| B-0088575 | biography | Paramount Chief Sabata Dalindyebo | 1928-1986 | ✓ |
| B-0008682 | biography | Es’kia Mphahlele | 1919-2008 | ✓ |
| B-0007928 | biography | George Christopher Cato | 1814-1893 | – |
| B-0008574 | biography | Nhlumba Bertha Mkhize | 1889-1981 | ✓ |
| B-0007962 | biography | Harold Cressy | 1889-1916 | – |
| B-0009166 | biography | Stephen Vukile Tshwete | 1938-2002 | ✓ |
| B-0070373 | biography | Josiah Khiphusizi Jele | 1930 | ✓ |
| B-0008579 | biography | Andrew Mokete Mlangeni | 1925-2020 | ✓ |
| B-0086255 | biography | Harry Snitcher | 1911-1999 | – |
| B-0067961 | biography | Johnson Phillip Mlambo | 1940 | ✓ |
BiographyMoses Mauane Kotane
Moses Mauane Kotane was born at Tamposstad in the Rustenburg district of the western Transvaal on 9th of August in 1905, Kotane came from a devoutly Christian…
BiographyDr. Walter Benson Rubusana
Walter Benson Rubusana was born on 21 February 1858 at Mnandi in the Somerset East district of the then Cape Colony. His father was a senior councillor …
BiographyMoses Kottler
Moses Kottler was born in Joniskis, Lithuania. Sources differ as to the date of his birth – some give it as 1892, others as 1896. As a child, his parents moved…
BiographySamuel Alfred (Taffy) Long
Samuel Alfred Long was born in 1891 in Monmouthshire, Wales, Britain. Little is known of Long's early life, other than that he ran away from home when he was…
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…
BiographyViolet Margaret Livingstone Ballinger
Violet Margaret Livingstone Ballinger was born on 11th of January 1894 in Scotland. She emigrated to South Africa with her family in 1904. She was a member of…
BiographyChief Maqoma
"Without question Maqoma was the most renowned Xhosa chief in South Africa's 19th-century frontier wars.Born in 1798, he was the Right Hand Son of Ngqika, King…
BiographyDr Nomava Eslinah Shangase
Nomava Eslinah Shangase was born in Pondoland on 9 May 1931. Shangase qualified as a nurse at King Edward Hospital in Durban. As a nurse, in South Africa, she…
BiographyManfred Zylla
“I use art as a tool to confront reality. I use art as a tool to get to know the world in which I live. And I use art as a tool to experience my own reality…
BiographyWalter Sidney Felgate
Walter Sidney Felgate was born on 19 November 1930 in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng). Felgate graduated from Pretoria Boys High School in 1949. He studied…
BiographyWinnie Motlalepule Kgware
Winnie Motlalepule Kgware was born in Thaba Nchu in the Free State on the 27th of October in 1917. A teacher by profession, and resident at the University of…
BiographyDr. Hans Merensky
Dr Hans Merensky was born on 16 March 1871 in Botshabelo. His father was the famous missionary and writer, Alexander Merensky. Hans studied geology and mine…
BiographyJohannes Willem (Jan) Viljoen
Johannes Willem (Jan) Viljoen was born in 14 May 1812, Winterhoek. Having moved from Oudtshoorn to the present Orange Free State in 1843, he settled near…
BiographyAlcott Skei Gwentshe
Alcott 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…
BiographyAmbrose Makiwane
Ambrose Makiwane was born in Soweto. He attended Clarkebury School and was expelled after participating in a student strike. This, coupled with that his…
BiographyBhawani Sannyassi Dayal
Bhawani Sannyassi Dayal was the son of the Jariam Singh, a former President of the Transvaal Indian Association. He received his early education at St Cyprian…
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…
BiographySylvia Neame
Sylvia Brereton Neame (also known as Sylvia Neame-Jahn) was born in 1937, one of four children. She had two older brothers, Peter and Graham, as well as a twin…
BiographyAdvocate Abram "Bram" Fischer
Advocate Abram "Bram" Fischer was born on 23 April 1908 in the Orange Free State. He was born into a prominent Afrikaans family, son of Percy Ulrich Fischer,…
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 London…
BiographyParamount Chief Sabata Dalindyebo
Paramount Chief Sabata Dalindyebo was born on 25 November 1928. His father died suddenly some five months earlier before marrying his official Great Wife. He…
BiographyEs’kia Mphahlele
Extract from media statement on the passing of Dr. Es’kia Mphahlele (1919 - 2008): By Minister of culture & society, Dr Z. Pallo JordanEs'kia [Ezekiel]…
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…
Nhlumba Bertha Mkhize
Bertha Mkhize was born in 1889 in Embo, near Mkhomazi. Her father, an ox wagon driver, died when Bertha was about four years old. After his death her family…
BiographyHarold Cressy
Harold Cressy was born on 1 February 1889 in Rorkes Drift, KwaZulu Natal. He was one of the five children of Bernard and Mary Cressy. The local Roman Catholic…
BiographyStephen Vukile Tshwete
Tshwete was born in Springs, just outside Johannesburg, on 12 November 1938. He grew up in the village of Nkonkqweni, in King William's Town and in East London…
BiographyJosiah Khiphusizi Jele
Josiah 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 South Africans…
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…
BiographyHarry Snitcher
Harry Snitcher was born on 10 May 1911 in Uniondale. His early schooling was in Uniondale and then in Gouda. After the premature death of his father in 1924,…
BiographyJohnson Phillip Mlambo
Johnson Mlambo was born in Johannesburg on 22 February 1940. He did his secondary school education at Kilnerton. After completing his studies, he worked at…