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| B-0008120 | biography | Joe Nzingo Gqabi | 1929-1981 | ✓ |
| B-0008057 | biography | Alexander Leor Fattal | 1979 | – |
| B-0008010 | biography | Stephen J.C. Dlamini | 1913-1994 | ✓ |
| B-0095355 | biography | Basil Coetzee | 1944-1998 | ✓ |
| B-0074116 | biography | Jean Clarice Middleton | 1928-2010 | ✓ |
| B-0007957 | biography | Dr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper | 1950 | ✓ |
| B-0008326 | biography | Leon Levy | 1929-2026 | ✓ |
| B-0068907 | biography | King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu | 1948-2021 | – |
| B-0008609 | biography | Naboth Monyandioe Moreleba Mokgatle | 1911-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0008424 | biography | Rebecca Malope | 1968 | ✓ |
| B-0085550 | biography | Thabo Marcus Motaung | 1955-1983 | ✓ |
| B-0009237 | biography | Josephine Ethel (Josie) Wood | 1874-1965 | ✓ |
| B-0096897 | biography | Stanley Huette Uys | 1922-2014 | ✓ |
| B-0068305 | biography | Martin Plaut | 1950 | – |
| B-0095996 | biography | Andimba Herman Toivo Ya Toivo | 1924 | – |
| B-0009239 | biography | Gisele Wulfsohn | 1957-2011 | ✓ |
| B-0008496 | biography | John Matshikiza | 1954-2008 | ✓ |
| B-0095437 | biography | Winston Monwabisi Ngozi | 1943-2009 | – |
| B-0095164 | biography | Anne-Marie Wolpe | 1930-2018 | ✓ |
| B-0068272 | biography | Philemon Pearce Nokwe | 1927-1978 | – |
| B-0096364 | biography | Glenn Moss | 1952 | – |
| B-0008934 | biography | Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa | 1952 | ✓ |
| B-0121532 | biography | Diana Mary Mitchell | 1932-2016 | ✓ |
| B-0008029 | biography | Sir Patrick Duncan | 1870-1943 | ✓ |
| B-0009182 | biography | Valliamma Munuswamy Mudaliar | 1898-1914 | ✓ |
| B-0007801 | biography | Autshumao (Herry the Strandloper) | 1663 | – |
| B-0008462 | biography | Thomas Selema Masekela | 1908 | ✓ |
| B-0064854 | biography | Cameron Mbulelo Madikizela | Unknown-1987 | ✓ |
| B-0093911 | biography | Kwena Matlala | 1920 | ✓ |
| B-0095199 | biography | Peter Hain | 1950 | ✓ |
BiographyJoe Nzingo Gqabi
Joe Nzingo Gqabi was born in 1929 in Aliwal North, Cape Province. He completed the tenth grade and found work as a construction labourer after coming to…
BiographyAlexander Leor Fattal
Alex Fattal was born in Austin, Texas. He is the first of two children of Laura and Yacov Fattal. Alex moved to Boston Massachusetts where his younger brother…
BiographyStephen J.C. Dlamini
Stephen Dlamini was born in 30 November 1913 in Natal (KwaZulu-Natal). As a factory worker, Dlamini became a trade union member and rose through the ranks,…
BiographyBasil Coetzee
Basil Coetzee ( ‘Ou B’ or 'Manenberg' as he was affectionately known) was born in District Six, Cape Town, on 2 February 1944. He grew up in the area, and as a…
BiographyJean Clarice Middleton
Jean Clarice Middleton was born in Durban. She attended Durban Girls' College and received an MA in English from Natal University (now the University of…
BiographyDr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper
Sathasivian “Saths” Cooper was born on 11 December 1950 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa. He was the eldest child of Alimal and Appasamy…
BiographyLeon Levy
Leon Levy was born on 7 August 1929 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng Province), South Africa, to Mary and Mark Levy, immigrants from Lithuania. Levy and…
BiographyKing Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu
King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu was born in July 1948 at Nongoma, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal - KZN). He is the eldest son of King Cyprian Bhekuzulu…
BiographyNaboth Monyandioe Moreleba Mokgatle
Naboth Monyandioe Moreleba Mokgatle was the eighth and youngest child of Setlhare Hebron Mokgatle, a skilled builder and carpenter, and Salome Mororo-Mokgatle…
BiographyRebecca Malope
Rebecca Malope was born in 1968 in Lekazi near Nelspruit in Mpumalanga. Beyond the fact that she did not progress that far in her education, little is known…
BiographyThabo Marcus Motaung
Marcus Motaung grew up in Diepkloof in the 1960s and 1970s. His family moved to the Township around the early to mid-1960s. They were part of families forcibly…
BiographyJosephine Ethel (Josie) Wood
Josephine Ethel (Josie) Wood was born on 22 January 1874 in Grahamstown. She was one of the six children of the first mayor of Grahamstown, George Samuel Wood,…
BiographyStanley Huette Uys
Stanley Huette Uys was born on 27 April 1922, in Coalbrook, Orange Free State (now Free State Province). His parents, Dirk and Francina, were members of the…
BiographyMartin Plaut
Martin Plaut was born in Cape Town, South Africa in May 1950. His parents were Erwin Plaut and Faith Plaut. His father was a furniture designer who had a shop…
BiographyAndimba Herman Toivo Ya Toivo
Andimba Herman Toivo Ya Toivo was born on 22 August 1924 in Omangundu near Ondangwa in the Oshikoto Region in northern Namibia. He attended the Ongwediva…
BiographyGisele Wulfsohn
Gisèle Wulfsohn was a freelance photographer specialising in portraiture, education, health and gender issues. Gisèle studied Graphic Fine Art at the…
BiographyJohn Matshikiza
John Matshikiza was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg in 1954. Sophiatown was soon after demolished to make way for the White suburb of Triomf (Triumph)…
BiographyWinston Monwabisi Ngozi
Winston Monwabisi Mankunku Ngozi was born on 21 June 1943, in Retreat, Cape Town. He was the first-born in a musical family. In the 1960’s the Apartheid…
BiographyAnne-Marie Wolpe
Ann-Marie Wolpe was born on 1 December 1930 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. She was the daughter of Abraham and Pauline (Braude) Kantor…
BiographyPhilemon Pearce Nokwe
As a child he grew up in a working-class environment - his father was a shoemaker - and attended primary schools in Evaton. He matriculated at St Peter's…
BiographyGlenn Moss
Glenn Moss was born in Pretoria on 5 May 1952, the second son of Solly Moss, a salesman, and Phyllis Moss, a secretary. He went to Waterkloof Primary School…
BiographyCyril Matamela Ramaphosa
Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 17 November 1952. He is the second of the three children of Erdmuth and Samuel…
BiographyDiana Mary Mitchell
Diana Mitchell was born in Harare, Zimbabwe, or what was then known as Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, on 16 November 1932[i]. She was famous for many things,…
BiographySir Patrick Duncan
Sir Patrick Duncan was born on 21 December 1870 in Fortrie (Aberdeen-shire). Duncan first educated in Edinburgh, he entered Balliol College, Oxford, where he…
BiographyValliamma Munuswamy Mudaliar
The participation of women passive resisters was a key element of the Satyagraha Campaign of 1913 - 1914. Angered by the Supreme Court judgement in March 1913,…
BiographyAutshumao (Herry the Strandloper)
Autshumao also known as Herry the strandloper (beach walker), he was chief and interpreter of the Gorinhaikonas. In 1630 he was taken to Bantam by the English…
BiographyThomas Selema Masekela
Thomas Selema Masekela was born on 16 December 1908 in Madibeng farm near Dikgale near Pietersburg, Transvaal. Seeking education for their children, Masekela\…
BiographyCameron Mbulelo Madikizela
Cameron Madikizela graduated from Fort Hare. He was a member of the Cape African Teachers Association (CATA) and the Society of Young Africa (SOYA). He taught…
BiographyKwena Matlala
Kwena Matlala, born in 1920, was the first daughter of Chief Sekgwari Matlala and Mme Makwena Matlala. She married Nelson Ngakana Moabelo, the ntona of…
BiographyPeter Hain
Peter Gerald Hain was born on 16 February in 1950 in Nairobi Kenya but he grew up in Pretoria after his south african born parents returned home in 1951.His…