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| B-0009103 | biography | Hendrik Pieter Marthinus Steyn | 1886-1963 | – |
| B-0125504 | biography | Vicky Sampson | 1969 | ✓ |
| B-0099280 | biography | Mandla Langa | 1950 | ✓ |
| B-0121549 | biography | Zanele Muholi | 1972 | – |
| B-0068118 | biography | Alex Moumbaris | – | – |
| B-0068388 | biography | Edward “Eddie” Roux | 1903-1966 | ✓ |
| B-0068905 | biography | Tony Sithembiso Yengeni | 1954 | ✓ |
| B-0079211 | biography | Esdras Lusiba Ntloko | 1954 | ✓ |
| B-0008503 | biography | Charlotte Maxeke | 1874-1939 | ✓ |
| P-0150572 | place | Thaba Bosiu, Lesotho | 10 Nov 2020 | ✓ |
| P-0151149 | place | Hankey | 29 Oct 2021 | ✓ |
| P-0150993 | place | Nkandla, KZN | 5 Jul 2021 | ✓ |
| P-0150988 | place | Christiana, North West | 28 Jun 2021 | ✓ |
| P-0152383 | place | Cogmans Kloof Road (between Ashton and Montagu) | 9 Mar 2024 | ✓ |
| P-0152942 | place | Bennebroek Wreck, Hamburg | 23 Sep 2024 | ✓ |
| P-0149704 | place | South African College High School | 30 Oct 2019 | ✓ |
| P-0150146 | place | Fetcani Pass, Eastern Cape | 7 Apr 2020 | ✓ |
| P-0150087 | place | Magaliesberg Region, North West Province | 18 Mar 2020 | ✓ |
| B-0094958 | biography | Jonathan Clegg | 1953-2019 | ✓ |
| B-0008660 | biography | Lele Jacob Motaung | 1954 | – |
| B-0009138 | biography | Canodoise (Can) Themba | 1924-1968 | ✓ |
| B-0008064 | biography | Emily Isabel Fern | 1818-1953 | – |
| B-0068451 | biography | Richard Gert Sibande | 1907-1987 | ✓ |
| B-0067935 | biography | Nombuso Mchunu | – | – |
| B-0009232 | biography | Monica Hunter Wilson | 1908-1982 | – |
| B-0007882 | biography | Dorothy Ruth Boxall | 1895-1951 | ✓ |
| B-0007946 | biography | Hestrie Cloete | 1978 | ✓ |
| B-0064907 | biography | Marlene van Niekerk | 1954 | ✓ |
| B-0009148 | biography | Fihla Christmas Tinto | 1925-2005 | ✓ |
| B-0009234 | biography | George Matthias Winkles | 1875-1928 | – |
BiographyHendrik Pieter Marthinus Steyn
Hendrik Pieter Marthinus Steyn was born in Utrecht, Natal, 9 September, 1886. He was a Minister of the NG Kerk and secretary of the British and Foreign Bible…
BiographyVicky Sampson
Vicky Sampson was born in 1969, to Faye and Victor Sampson. Her father, Victor, was a member of the Golden City Dixies, a travelling vaudeville group. When…
BiographyMandla Langa
Mandla Langa was born in Stanger, or KwaDukuza, a town in the Natal Province, now known as KwaZulu-Natal Province. He is the son of a preacher, and he grew up…
BiographyZanele Muholi
This biography was written by Artthrob in collaboration with SAHO. Zanele Muholi is a photographer and visual activist based in Johannesburg. Muholi’s work…
Alex Moumbaris
Alex Moumbaris was born in Egypt to French parents and later became a naturalised Australian. He worked as a trade unionist and came to South Africa in 1973. …
BiographyEdward “Eddie” Roux
Edward Roux was born in the northern Transvaal in 1903, the son of an English mother and. an Afrikaner father. He grew up in Johannesburg, where his father…
BiographyTony Sithembiso Yengeni
Sithembiso Tony Yengeni was born in Cape Town and grew up in two Cape townships, Gugulethu and Nyanga. He completed his matric at Fort Beaufort college in Cape…
BiographyEsdras Lusiba Ntloko
Early life and the 1976 uprisingLusiba Esdras Ntloko was born on 18 July 1954 in Queenstown (now Komani) in the Eastern Cape. He became active in student…
BiographyCharlotte Maxeke
Where was Charlotte Maxeke born? Many sources cite Charlotte Maxeke’s (née Mannya) birth place as Fort Beaufort the Eastern Cape, however, there are other…
PlaceThaba Bosiu, Lesotho
Thaba Bosiu is a sandstone Plateau, at the historic and spiritual heart of the Sotho Kingdom, in Lesotho. Rising to an altitude of 1,800m only 20km East of…
PlaceHankey
Hankey is the oldest Town nestled at the confluence of the Klein and Gamtoos Rivers, is a treasure trove of History and natural wonders. Part of the Kouga…
PlaceNkandla, KZN
The Nkandla region encompasses nearly 115,000 inhabitants, spread relatively sparsely over a large Area. Nkandla, is mainly a Rural Area and is in the top five…
PlaceChristiana, North West
Christiana is a Town situated in the Bophirima Region of the North West Province in South Africa. It is part of new newly named Dr. Kenneth Kaunda District…
PlaceCogmans Kloof Road (between Ashton and Montagu)
Kogmans (or Cogmans) Kloof is a Gorge through the Langeberg between Ashton and Montagu on the R62 to Oudtshoorn. It is named after the Cogmans, a Khoi chiefdom…
PlaceBennebroek Wreck, Hamburg
On the 16t of February 1713, the Bennebroek which was an 'East Indiaman'- which is a large sailing vessel. This type of sailing vessel's were built from in the…
PlaceSouth African College High School
Montebello is the location of the South African College Schools (SACS)' current campus, specifically the historic Montebello Estate in Newlands, Cape Town…
PlaceFetcani Pass, Eastern Cape
There are many Mountain Passes in the Highlands of the Eastern Cape and Fetcani Pass is no exception, functioning as a passage between other Mountain Passes…
PlaceMagaliesberg Region, North West Province
Go on a journey through the Ecology and Geology, of one of the oldest Mountain Ranges in the World – estimated to be 2,500 million Years old, is the majestic…
BiographyJonathan Clegg
Jonathan ‘Johnny’ Clegg was born in Bacup, near Rochdale in England on 7 June 1953. His father was from England but his mother was from Southern Rhodesia (now…
BiographyLele Jacob Motaung
Please note: This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Prisoners Of Apartheid , A biographical List of political prisoners and banned…
BiographyCanodoise (Can) Themba
Canodoise Daniel Themba (Can Themba) was born in 1924, in Marabastad, Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng),South Africa. He attended the University of Fort Hare,…
BiographyEmily Isabel Fern
Born Ballarat, Australia, 1881; died Johannesburg, 1953. Fern arrived in Johannesburg as a child in 1890, and was taught oil painting by a nun at End Street…
BiographyRichard Gert Sibande
Richard Gert Sibande was a leader among farm workers in the eastern Transvaal. He was an African National Congress (ANC) activist, and one of the first-string…
BiographyNombuso Mchunu
On her completion of Matric in 1972, Nombuso did casual work such as typing documents for the Garment Workers union, while she looked for permanent work. Her…
BiographyMonica Hunter Wilson
Monica Wilson's parents, Scots Presbyterian missionaries, emigrated to Lovedale at the end of the 19th century; Monica was born there on January 3, 1908. From…
BiographyDorothy Ruth Boxall
Dorothy Ruth Boxall was born on 19 July 1895 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She dedicated herself to the promotion of music in South…
BiographyHestrie Cloete
Hestrie Cloete (née Storbeck) was born in 1978 in Germiston, Transvaal (now Gauteng). She grew up in the small town of Coligny, Western Transvaal (now North…
BiographyMarlene van Niekerk
Marlene van Niekerk was born in 1954, on a farm in Tygerhoek near Caledon. An outstanding intellectual, philosopher and prodigious literary giant, van Niekerk…
BiographyFihla Christmas Tinto
Tinto was born on Christmas day on 25 December 1925 in the Mqanduli district of the former Transkei, now part of Eastern Cape Province. His involvement in…
BiographyGeorge Matthias Winkles
George Matthias Winkles was born in Birmingham, England, 1859. Winkles came to SA in 1889 to help a widowed sister stranded on the Kimberley diggings. He never…