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| B-0141696 | biography | Tsepo Tiisetso Letlaka | 1925-2006 | ✓ |
| B-0149455 | biography | Paul Mokabe | – | ✓ |
| B-0149294 | biography | Gilbert Hani | – | ✓ |
| A-0125088 | article | Changing Perceptions of Nelson Mandela | 27 Jun 2018 | – |
| E-0011422 | event | First air flight from London to South Africa | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| B-0122744 | biography | Buchi Emecheta | 1944-2017 | ✓ |
| B-0121674 | biography | Anton Edward Rupert | 1916-2006 | – |
| B-0007874 | biography | Professor Carel Boshoff | 1927-2011 | – |
| B-0008652 | biography | Paul Ramotsoane Mosaka | 1911-1963 | – |
| B-0008266 | biography | Thandi Klaasen | 1931-2017 | – |
| B-0008981 | biography | Anthony Sampson | 1926-2004 | ✓ |
| B-0008481 | biography | Kaiser Daliwonga Matanzima | 1915-2003 | ✓ |
| B-0008767 | biography | Ephraim Mojalefa Ngatane | 1938-1971 | – |
| B-0065035 | biography | Busisiwe Victoria Mhlongo | 1947-2010 | ✓ |
| B-0068295 | biography | Alfred Baphetuxolo Nzo | 1925-2000 | ✓ |
| B-0064871 | biography | Suliman “Babla” Saloojee | 1931-1964 | ✓ |
| B-0009003 | biography | Mmapula Mmakgoba “Helen” Sebidi | 1943 | ✓ |
| B-0094071 | biography | Edward 'Eddie' John Daniels | 1928-2017 | ✓ |
| B-0095214 | biography | Hilary Mutch | 1941-2007 | ✓ |
| B-0079929 | biography | Achmad Cassiem | 1945 | ✓ |
| B-0085151 | biography | Matlakana Philemon Tefu | 1940-2012 | – |
| B-0008028 | biography | Sheena Duncan | 1932-2010 | ✓ |
| B-0099279 | biography | Saleem Badat | 1957 | ✓ |
| P-0098968 | place | Steadville, Ladysmith | 27 Feb 2015 | ✓ |
| B-0095602 | biography | Leo Marquard | 1897-1974 | – |
| B-0008190 | biography | Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu | 1885-1959 | ✓ |
| B-0068680 | biography | Violet Sarah Matlou (née Phiri) | 1920-2017 | ✓ |
| B-0009227 | biography | Walter Gilbert Wiles | 1875-1966 | – |
| B-0008492 | biography | Simon Petros (Peter) Matseke | 1878-1941 | – |
| A-0062617 | article | Obituary: Sheila Weinberg | 3 Apr 2011 | – |
BiographyTsepo Tiisetso Letlaka
Tsepo Tiisetso Letlaka was born in 1925 in the Transkei,Cofimvaba, where his parents were both teachers, he studied at St. John's College, Healdtown, Roma, and…
BiographyPaul Mokabe
Mokabe was one of the students who stood up against the introduction of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in African schools in 1976. In 1977, Mokabe…
BiographyGilbert Hani
Gilbert Hani and Jacob Mpemba,prominent ANC [African National Congress] leaders and strong opponents of Kaizer Matanzima and the Bantustan policy, were…
ArticleChanging Perceptions of Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela is a figure who has undergone many transformations in the eye of the South African public as well as in the global imagination. He has played…
EventFirst air flight from London to South Africa
… By the 1920s, the development of heavier than air flight had … By the 1920s, the development of heavier than air flight had …
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 …
BiographyAnton Edward Rupert
Anton Edward Rupert was born on 4 October 1916 in Graaff-Reinet in the south-central Karoo. He enrolled at the University of Pretoria for a medical degree,…
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…
BiographyPaul Ramotsoane Mosaka
Paul Ramotsoane Mosaka was born in Johannesburg and received his early primary education there. His secondary education was at Headltown near Fort Beaufort in…
BiographyThandi Klaasen
Thandi Klaasen (27 September 1931 – 15 January 2017)Thandi Klaasen, born Thandiwe Nelly Mpambani, was one of South Africa's most celebrated jazz musicians and…
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…
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…
BiographyEphraim Mojalefa Ngatane
Ephraim Mojalefa Ngatane was born in Maseru, Lesotho (then Basutoland) in 1938. He moved to Johannesburg in about 1943, where he was educated at the Mooki…
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…
BiographyAlfred Baphetuxolo Nzo
Alfred Nzo was born on 19 June 1925 at Benoni, Transvaal, into a family of five children. His father was a clerk at Modder B mine, which was later changed into…
BiographySuliman “Babla” Saloojee
Suliman "Babla" Saloojee was born on 5 February 1931 in the small town of Belfast in the then eastern Transvaal, now Mpumalanga. Babla was compelled to leave…
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…
BiographyEdward 'Eddie' John Daniels
Eddie Daniels was born on 25 October 1928 in District 6, Cape Town where also grew up and attended Sydney Street School. District 6 was one of the so-called …
BiographyHilary Mutch
Hilary Mutch (née Hilary Claire) was born on 4 November 1941 in Erith, south-east London into a Jewish family. Her father, a South African worked as a doctor…
BiographyAchmad Cassiem
Imam Achmad Cassiem was born 12th of December in 1945 and grew up in an Islamic environment. He became politicised in the 1960s when the Pan Africanist…
BiographyMatlakana Philemon Tefu
Philemon Matlakana Tefu was born in 1940 and grew up in the township of Riversdale in Pretoria. In 1954 his family was forcibly removed from the area to…
BiographySheena Duncan
Sheena Duncan was born in Johannesburg on 7th of December in 1932 and was the eldest of the five children in her family. She was educated at the Roedean School…
BiographySaleem Badat
Dr Saleem Badat holds Bachelors and Honours degrees in the Social Sciences from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, a Certificate in Higher Education and Science…
PlaceSteadville, Ladysmith
… and Steadville was led by Chief John Ndlovu. In the early 1920s, urban areas set up advisory boards because Africans …
BiographyLeo Marquard
Leopold ‘Leo’ Marquard was born on 15 June 1897 in Winburg in the Orange Free State. His father was Reverend J. J. T. Marquard of the Dutch Reformed Church and…
BiographyDavidson Don Tengo Jabavu
Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu (D. D. T) Jabavu was born in the Cape Colony in 20 October in 1885. He was the eldest son of John Tengo Jabavu, a politician turned…
BiographyViolet Sarah Matlou (née Phiri)
Violet Sarah Matlou (nee Phiri) was born on 4 April 1920 in Rustenburg. She started her schooling in Welgeval and completed it at Mmabeskraal under the…
BiographyWalter Gilbert Wiles
Walter Gilbert Wiles was born in Cambridge, England in 1875. Wiles was one of the five artist-sons of the sculptor Henry Wiles. Of all the five sons, he was…
BiographySimon Petros (Peter) Matseke
Simon Peter Matseke was born in Pretoria in 1878, but little is known about his early life except that he was a member of the Bakgatlo tribe. He was drafted as…
ArticleObituary: Sheila Weinberg
An unassuming veteran: Sheila Weinberg Obituary by Raymond Suttner in The Mail and Guardian, 19-25 November 2004, p.36 Sheila Weinberg has suddenly died. She…