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| B-0098835 | biography | Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali | 1940 | ✓ |
| B-0008151 | biography | Ellen Phyllis Hellman | 1908-1982 | ✓ |
| B-0009102 | biography | Irma Stern | 1894-1966 | ✓ |
| B-0008314 | biography | Anton Muziwakhe Lembede | 1914-1947 | ✓ |
| B-0095733 | biography | Professor Bernard Magubane | 1930-2013 | ✓ |
| B-0080909 | biography | Nandisile Thoko Mpumlwana | 1953 | – |
| B-0095146 | biography | Amy Thornton | 1932 | ✓ |
| B-0009215 | biography | Moebien Wadee | 1943 | – |
| B-0124047 | biography | Dora Nginza | 1891-1955 | ✓ |
| B-0008875 | biography | Milwa Mnyaluza “George” Pemba | 1912-2001 | ✓ |
| B-0007788 | biography | Phyllis Altman | 1919-1999 | ✓ |
| B-0008997 | biography | Olive Schreiner | 1855-1920 | ✓ |
| B-0125363 | biography | Athol Edwin Thorne | 1921-2001 | ✓ |
| B-0008704 | biography | Fholisani Sydney Mufamadi | 1959 | ✓ |
| P-0150746 | place | Oppermansgronde, Free State Province | 22 Feb 2021 | ✓ |
| P-0153026 | place | Witberg Wind Farm | 21 Jul 2025 | ✓ |
| P-0150287 | place | Addington Hospital, Durban | 24 Jun 2020 | ✓ |
| R-0149970 | archive | Democracy | 19 Feb 2020 | – |
| P-0150927 | place | Bloubergstrand, Tableview -Cape Town | 24 May 2021 | ✓ |
| B-0007805 | biography | Baden Powell | 1857-1941 | – |
| B-0008472 | biography | Nomkhitha Virginia Mashinini (née Boto) | 1935-2008 | – |
| B-0008917 | biography | Ethel Ruth Prowse | 1883-1967 | – |
| B-0095716 | biography | Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana | 1938-1990 | ✓ |
| B-0007874 | biography | Professor Carel Boshoff | 1927-2011 | – |
| B-0008481 | biography | Kaiser Daliwonga Matanzima | 1915-2003 | ✓ |
| B-0065035 | biography | Busisiwe Victoria Mhlongo | 1947-2010 | ✓ |
| B-0009134 | biography | Ngoako David Thebehali | 1938 | – |
| B-0009003 | biography | Mmapula Mmakgoba “Helen” Sebidi | 1943 | ✓ |
| B-0065346 | biography | Professor Fatima Meer | 1928-2010 | – |
| B-0007881 | biography | Jan Bouws | 1902-1978 | ✓ |
BiographyOswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali
Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali was born on 17 January 1940 in Vryheid, Natal, where he attended Inkmana High School. His parents were schoolteachers. He moved to…
BiographyEllen Phyllis Hellman
Ellen Hellmann was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on August 25, 1908. She was the daughter of Bernard Kaumheimer, who emigrated to South Africa from…
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…
BiographyAnton Muziwakhe Lembede
On 21 March 1914, Lembede was born into a peasant family living on the farm in Eston in Natal. He was baptised as an Anglican. His father, Mbazwana Martin was…
BiographyProfessor Bernard Magubane
Professor Bernard Makhosezwe Magubane was born on 26 August 1930 on a farm near Colenso in Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal). He was the son of labour tenants on a…
BiographyNandisile Thoko Mpumlwana
Nandisile Thoko Mpumlwana (nèe Mbanjwa) was born in Melmoth, Zululand, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). A co-founding member of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM…
BiographyAmy Thornton
Amy Rietstein (now Thornton) was born in 1932 in Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape). Both her parents were actively involved in the struggle, and it…
BiographyMoebien Wadee
Moebien Wadee was born in Sophiatown in 1943. He schooled in the area before his family moved to Kliptown. He studied medicine at Glasgow University in…
Dora Nginza
Sister Dora Nginza was affectionately known as the “Mother of New Brighton” as a result of her commitment to helping the sick and downtrodden and adopting…
BiographyMilwa Mnyaluza “George” Pemba
Mnyaluza Pemba was born on 2 April 1912 at Hill’s Kraal in Korsten, Port Elizabeth. Although art classes were not offered at the Van der Kemp Mission Primary…
Phyllis Altman
Phyllis Altman was born on 25 September 1919. She went to Jeppe High School for Girls. As her mother could not afford university fees she accepted a loan from…
BiographyOlive Schreiner
Olive Schreiner was a writer and feminist and one of the first campaigners for women’s rights. She was also a pacifist. She did not agree with British…
BiographyAthol Edwin Thorne
Athol Thorne was born in Springs, South Africa on 15th October 1921. His family soon moved to Durban where he attended school and university. His parents were…
BiographyFholisani Sydney Mufamadi
Sydney Mufamadi was born on 28 February 1959 in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg. Mufamadi is the eldest of the four children of Masindi and Reuben, who are…
PlaceOppermansgronde, Free State Province
It all began on 5 July 1825, Frederick Salomon Opperman and his 4 daughters were sold at a slave auction in Graaff-Reinet. His wife and his son were not sold…
PlaceWitberg Wind Farm
The Witberg Wind Farm is located between Touws River and Laingsburg in Western Cape. Witberg Wind Farm is a 108MW onshore wind power project. When completed,…
PlaceAddington Hospital, Durban
The first functional Hospital in Durban: "The Bayside Hospital", was situated on the Victoria Embankment at the site now occupied by the Supreme Court. In 1879…
ArchiveDemocracy
Democracy 25 years of freedom 1994 to 2019 Democracy Ubuntu One rainbow nation A rising sun An African Sunset Democracy The elegance of the Blue…
PlaceBloubergstrand, Tableview -Cape Town
Bloubergstrand is a Suburb of Cape Town, 25Km North of the City! The beach at Bloubergstrand is a popular location for a classic view of Table Mountain across…
BiographyBaden Powell
Baden Powell or BP was born Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden Powell was born on the 22 February 1857, the son of Professor Baden Powell, of Oxford University. His…
BiographyNomkhitha Virginia Mashinini (née Boto)
Nomkhitha Virginia Mashinini was born on the 9th of May, 1935, in the rural Bengu village of Lady Frere in the former Transkei. After the death of his first…
BiographyEthel Ruth Prowse
Born in Queenstown in 1833, Ruth Prowse is known for her significant contribution to South African Art. She spent her childhood on the slopes of Devil Peak in…
BiographyMtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana
Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana was a renowned saxophonist born on 18 July 1938 in Walmer Township in Port Elizabeth. The young Pukwana grew up studying the piano at…
BiographyProfessor Carel Boshoff
Carel Boshoff was born on 9 November 1927, a second child from the second marriage of his father. He spent his early life on a cattle farm in the Waterberg…
BiographyKaiser Daliwonga Matanzima
Kaiser Daliwonga Matanzima was a chief of the Thembus. Matanzima was born June 15,1915 in Qamata in Eastern Cape. When the South African government introduced…
BiographyBusisiwe Victoria Mhlongo
Busisiwe Victoria Mhlongo, popularly known as Busi Mhlongo, was born on 28 October 1947 at Inanda, near Durban in KwaZulu-Natal. She began her singing…
BiographyNgoako David Thebehali
David Thebehali was born on 3 June 1938 in Orlando East, Soweto. His parents were among the earliest residents of Soweto. From 1945 to 1952 he was a pupil at…
BiographyMmapula Mmakgoba “Helen” Sebidi
Mmapula Mmakgoba Helen Sebidi was born in Marapyane, near Hammanskraal,on 5th March in 1943. She developed a life-long love for the designs of traditional arts…
BiographyProfessor Fatima Meer
Fatima Meer was born in Grey Street, Durban on 12 August 1928, the daughter of Moosa Meer and Rachel Farrel and the second born of their nine children. Her…
BiographyJan Bouws
Jan Bouws, accomplished musician, composer, lecturer and author, was born in the Netherlands in Purmerend on 28 July 1902. He trained in Musicology at the…