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| B-0066279 | biography | Mapetla Frank Mohapi | 1947-1976 | – |
| B-0096510 | biography | Dr. Oshadi Maphefo Jane Mangena | 1931-2015 | ✓ |
| B-0080096 | biography | Ruth Gosschalk | 1929-1994 | ✓ |
| B-0007860 | biography | Molly Blackburn | 1930-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0067757 | biography | Margaret Nash | 1929-2011 | ✓ |
| B-0008568 | biography | Justice Sfiso Mkame | 1963 | – |
| B-0008165 | biography | Robert Hodgins | 1920-2010 | ✓ |
| B-0008461 | biography | Hugh Masekela | 1939-2018 | ✓ |
| B-0008135 | biography | Thelma Gutsche | 1915-1984 | ✓ |
| B-0008067 | biography | Mary Eveline Fincken | 1882-1955 | ✓ |
| B-0008025 | biography | Sibusiso Robert Duma | 1978 | – |
| B-0008168 | biography | Jan Hofmeyr | 1845-1909 | – |
| B-0008505 | biography | Moses Jongizizwe Mayekiso | 1948 | ✓ |
| B-0008303 | biography | Lesley Lawson | 1952 | ✓ |
| B-0008018 | biography | Pamela dos Santos (nee Beira) | 1942 | ✓ |
| B-0065037 | biography | Pambani Jeremiah Mzimba | 1850s-1911 | – |
| B-0009142 | biography | Jo Thorpe | 1921-1995 | – |
| B-0009059 | biography | Professor Harold Jack Simons | 1907-1995 | – |
| B-0007992 | biography | Rissik Haribhai "Barney" Desai | 1932-1997 | ✓ |
| B-0099833 | biography | Ndeutala Selma Hishongwa | – | – |
| B-0068312 | biography | Godfrey Mokgonane Pitje | 1917-1997 | ✓ |
| B-0067940 | biography | Cynthia Shange | 1949 | ✓ |
| B-0074846 | biography | William Nomodi Tshwane | 1976 | ✓ |
| B-0009235 | biography | Honorine Margaret Withers | 1870-1956 | – |
| B-0008680 | biography | James “Sofasonke” Mpanza | 1889-1970 | – |
| B-0008138 | biography | James “Jobe” Hadebe | 1923 | – |
| B-0071936 | biography | Ilse Naude | 1913-2011 | ✓ |
| B-0008578 | biography | Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka | 1955 | ✓ |
| B-0064905 | biography | Mannie Manim | 1941 | ✓ |
| B-0064873 | biography | Freda Levson | 1911-2004 | ✓ |
BiographyMapetla Frank Mohapi
Mapetla Frank Mohapi was born in the rural village of Jozanashoek, Sterkspruit in the former Transkei (now Eastern Province) on 2 September 1947. He studied at…
BiographyDr. Oshadi Maphefo Jane Mangena
Dr Oshadi Mangena was born in a toilet on 12 June 1931 when her father’s employer refused to allow her mother to wait for an ambulance inside her home, as she…
Ruth Gosschalk
Ruth Gosschalk was born on 27 July 1929 in Muizenburg, Cape Town. She was one of four children. Her parents were immigrants from Eastern Europe. Gosschalk’s…
BiographyMolly Blackburn
Molly Blackburn was born in 1930. She was the daughter of Elgar Bellhouse who was at one time the chairperson of the Progressive Party (PP) in Port Elizabeth …
BiographyMargaret Nash
Margaret Nash was born at Milford-on-Sea in England on 1 March 1929. In 1931, her family moved to South Africa and settled in Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal…
BiographyJustice Sfiso Mkame
Justice Sfiso (called Sfiso) Mkame was born on 3 May 1963 in Durban. As a child Mkame drew on sand walls. In Standard 1 he did handicrafts and drawing at…
BiographyRobert Hodgins
"For me, it is very simple. The act of painting at a particular moment is able, for reasons I neither understands, nor even try to understand, to open up the…
BiographyHugh Masekela
Hugh Ramopolo Masekela was born on 4 April 1939 in Witbank, near Johannesburg. Masekela showed musical ability from a young age, and began to play piano as a…
BiographyThelma Gutsche
Thelma Gutsche was born in 1915 in Somerset West, Cape Province to Dr. And Mrs. J Gutsche. Gutsche did not attend formal schooling but received private…
BiographyMary Eveline Fincken
Mary Eveline Fincken was born on 27 April 1882 in Hoyland, Yorkshire, England. She was the eldest daughter of Christopher William Fincken and his wife. She was…
BiographySibusiso Robert Duma
Sibusiso Duma is a young artist who is presently making his mark within the Durban art scene. His talent was noticed and nourished by the late Trevor Makhoba …
BiographyJan Hofmeyr
A published and a principal figure in the Afrikaner Bond. However as a political moderate, he worked closely with Rhodes until the Jameson Raid that severed…
BiographyMoses Jongizizwe Mayekiso
Moses Jongizizwe Mayekiso was born on 21 October 1948 in Askeaton, Cala district, Transkei. He was the eldest of 12 children to Ellen and Betwell Mayekiso. He…
BiographyLesley Lawson
One of the founding members of Afrapix, Lesley Lawson was born in Durban in 1952. She matriculated from Durban Girls College and attended the University of…
BiographyPamela dos Santos (nee Beira)
Pamele dos Santos (nee Beira) was born in Johannesburg on 19 June 1942 to Banny and Golda Beira. She attended Houghton Primary and Johannesburg Girls High…
BiographyPambani Jeremiah Mzimba
Pambani Jeremiah Mzimba was born in the 1850s at Ngqakayi in the Eastern Cape. His father, Ntibane Mzimba, was educated in Lovedale and became a deacon in the…
BiographyJo Thorpe
Jo Thorpe was born in 1921, in Fishoek in Cape Town. She grew up in Mooi River and completed her high school education at Pietermaritzburg Girls High School…
BiographyProfessor Harold Jack Simons
Harold Jack Simons was born on 1 February 1907 in Riversdale in the Cape. He was educated in South Africa and for a few years was attached to a law firm and…
BiographyRissik Haribhai "Barney" Desai
Rissik Haribhai "Barney" Desai was born on 10 April 1932 in Durban. He grew up as an Indian but was "reclassified" Coloured in 1957. His father was an…
BiographyNdeutala Selma Hishongwa
Ndeutala Hishongwa was born in 1952 in Okalili, northwest Namibia. She trained as a nurse and in 1974 joined SWAPO-in-exile in Zambia. She was sent to Sweden…
Godfrey Mokgonane Pitje
Godfrey Mokgonane Pitje was born in 1917, in the northern Transvaal, the son of semiliterate Bapedi parents. Studious and able, he made his way to Fort Hare,…
BiographyCynthia Shange
Cynthia Shange was born in Lamontville, Durban, in Kwazulu Natal. She started modeling in 1970 and went on to win several titles. In 1972 she won the title…
William Nomodi Tshwane
Mr William Nomodi Tshwane was reported to have been detained with other Soweto students on 25 July 1976 and held at Modderbee prison in Johannesburg.Police…
BiographyHonorine Margaret Withers
Honorine Margaret (Mabel) Withers was born in 1870 in London, England. Mabel Withers studied at the RCA and exhibited in London before coming to South Africa…
BiographyJames “Sofasonke” Mpanza
James "Sofasonke" Mpanza was born in 1889. Mpanza was founder and leader from the mid-1940s of the Sofasonke Party of Orlando township, Johannesburg, and a…
BiographyJames “Jobe” Hadebe
James “Jobe” John Hadebe was born on 29 October 1923 in Frankfort in the Orange Free State. The son of a clerk and descendant of the Hlubi chief, Langalibalele…
BiographyIlse Naude
Ilse Naude was born in 1913 and grew up on the Moravian mission in Genadendal near Caledon. After completing secondary education she received a bursary and…
BiographyPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka was born on 3rd November 1955 in Claremont, Durban in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). She matriculated from Ohlange High School in Inanda and…
BiographyMannie Manim
Mannie Manim was born in June 1941, in Cape Town. With more than 50 years’ involvement in theatre, Manim has left indelible imprints in the arts and…
BiographyFreda Levson
Freda Levson was born on 21 November 1911 in Pretoria, South Africa. Her father was a prominent physician in Johannesburg. She was educated in England from the…