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| B-0007818 | biography | Brigalia Bam | – | – |
| B-0008329 | biography | Jock Leyden | 1908-2000 | – |
| B-0068648 | biography | Ismail Vadi | 1960 | – |
| B-0008174 | biography | Jan Hendrik Hofmeyer Hoogendyk | 1911-1990 | – |
| B-0080664 | biography | Mme Makwena Matlala | – | ✓ |
| R-0095678 | archive | The Final Prize - Contents and Preface | 17 May 2013 | – |
| B-0008243 | biography | Lungile Kepe | 1927 | – |
| B-0068265 | biography | Joseph Nkatlo | – | – |
| A-0068893 | article | Oliver Reginald Tambo Timeline 1917 - 2011 | 28 Oct 2011 | – |
| B-0068302 | biography | George Edward Peake | 1922 | ✓ |
| B-0008348 | biography | Brigitte Sylvia Mabandla | 1948 | – |
| B-0009200 | biography | Jean van der Poel | 1904-1986 | ✓ |
| B-0098965 | biography | Welcome Mandla Koboka | 1941-1997 | ✓ |
| B-0007806 | biography | Omar Badsha | 1945 | ✓ |
| E-0013717 | event | Miriam Makeba, South African singer, dies | 16 Mar 2011 | – |
| B-0009227 | biography | Walter Gilbert Wiles | 1875-1966 | – |
| B-0009166 | biography | Stephen Vukile Tshwete | 1938-2002 | ✓ |
| B-0093704 | biography | David Hartman | 1961 | – |
| B-0068769 | biography | Fani Mkhize | – | – |
| A-0016660 | article | Women at the start of the 20th century | 21 Mar 2011 | – |
| R-0099944 | archive | Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Themes to Think About | 3 Nov 2015 | – |
| P-0098968 | place | Steadville, Ladysmith | 27 Feb 2015 | ✓ |
| B-0065346 | biography | Professor Fatima Meer | 1928-2010 | – |
| B-0068755 | biography | Paul Weinberg | 1956 | ✓ |
| B-0008619 | biography | Doe Molefe | 1950 | – |
| B-0067953 | biography | Dilizantaba Mji | – | – |
| B-0121658 | biography | M. J. M. Williams Shope | 1919 | – |
| B-0068549 | biography | Mike Terry | 1947-2008 | – |
| B-0008998 | biography | Wendy Schwegmann | 1954 | – |
| B-0008564 | biography | Nomkhosi Mary Mini | 1959-1985 | ✓ |
BiographyBrigalia Bam
Brigalia Bam was born in the former Transkei, in the Eastern Cape. She was formally educated in South Africa and abroad specializing in teaching, social work,…
BiographyJock Leyden
He was born in Grangemouth, Scotland. He settled in Durban which was to be his home for the rest of his life. He attended part-time art classes at the Natal…
BiographyIsmail Vadi
Ismail Vadi was born in 1960 in Kliptown where the historic Congress of the Congress was held in 1955. He matriculated at the Trinity Secondary School in…
BiographyJan Hendrik Hofmeyer Hoogendyk
Jan Hendrik Hofmeyer Hoogendyk was born in 1911 into a strict 'dopper' home. Hoogendyk was married to Jackie, an accountant. He enlisted with the South…
Mme Makwena Matlala
The Native Affairs Department (NAD) report for 1949-50 noted that ‘in the Matlala Location [Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Transvaal (now Polokwane,…
ArchiveThe Final Prize - Contents and Preface
… the Treason, “Fischer”, Rivonia and ARM trials (in the 1950s and 60s), extending into each decade of the century … campaigns in the two founding decades of…
BiographyLungile Kepe
Born in 1927 Kepe worked as a labourer. He took part in the 1950 national strike on June 26th. He served a term of imprisonment during the Defiance Campaign…
BiographyJoseph Nkatlo
Joseph Nkatlo was vice-chairman of the Liberal Party in the Cape, he was a delegate to the December 1960 consultative conference of African leaders in…
ArticleOliver Reginald Tambo Timeline 1917 - 2011
… Tuch and OR joined the law company of Solomon Kowalsky. 1950s 1951 24 July, Qualifies as an attorney 1952 Establishes …
BiographyGeorge Edward Peake
George Edward Peake was a founding member and national Chairperson of the South African Coloured People's Organisation (SACPO) in the 1960s. He was born in the…
BiographyBrigitte Sylvia Mabandla
Brigitte Mabandla was born on the 23rd of November 1948. In the mid-1970s, she worked as a youth co-ordinator at the Institute of Race Relations in Durban but…
BiographyJean van der Poel
Jean van der Poel was born in Cape Town in 1904, and went on to become a prominent historian. Her studies began at the University of Cape Town (UCT), and she…
BiographyWelcome Mandla Koboka
Welcome Mandla Koboka was born in Johannesburg in 1941. At age twenty he studied art under Cecil Skotnes and Ephraim Ngatane at the Polly Street Art Centre. He…
BiographyOmar Badsha
Omar Badsha was born in Durban, Natal (now known as KwaZulu-Natal) in June 1945. He grew up in a working-class Indian Muslim family, which is part of the…
EventMiriam Makeba, South African singer, dies
… Makeba built her reputation in the music industry in the 1950s singing for the Cuban Brothers and the Manhattan …
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…
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…
BiographyDavid Hartman
Dave Hartman was born in 1961 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) where he grew up in an English speaking liberal home. His mother was born…
BiographyFani Mkhize
Fanio (also documented as Fanozi and called Chicken Man) Mkize was born in 1950. When Mkize was retrenched from Clover Dairies he earned a living dealing in…
Women at the start of the 20th century
… then in 1956 or today. Issues that concerned women in the 1950s can be described as 'bread and butter' matters, such as … who did not belong to any political…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Themes to Think About
… many white men left to join the army. It was only in the 1950s that black women joined the industrial workforce in … restrictions on the trade union movement…
PlaceSteadville, Ladysmith
… importance of Mbeki’s presence in Ladysmith in the early 1950s. One veteran of the struggle reported: Nelson Mandela … Things changed when Mbeki was…
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…
BiographyPaul Weinberg
Paul Weinberg was born in 1956 in Pietermaritzburg into a progressive middle-class Jewish family. His father was a lawyer and his mother a music teacher. He…
BiographyDoe Molefe
Doe Molefe was born in 1950 in Dukathole, Germiston. Molefe began making highly original post-boxes at an early age. He is currently self-employed, running a…
BiographyDilizantaba Mji
Born at Buntingville, Umtata, in the Transkei, he completed B.S. and M.S. degrees, then studied medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he…
BiographyM. J. M. Williams Shope
M. J. M. Williams Shope was born in 1919 in the Letaba district of the northern Transvaal, he became a breadwinner for his family at an early age and received…
BiographyMike Terry
Terry was an active member of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM), which was born in 1960 after theSharpeville Massacre and succeeded the Boycott…
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…