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| B-0009146 | biography | Guy Tillim | 1962 | – |
| B-0008037 | biography | Steve Dyer | 1960 | ✓ |
| B-0074842 | biography | Hangula Shonyeka | 1966 | ✓ |
| B-0094591 | biography | Bonisile John Kani | 1943 | – |
| P-0153548 | place | Knysna Forest | 15 May 2026 | ✓ |
| P-0151914 | place | Nhlangakazi, the Holy Mountain of the Shembe | 6 Jan 2023 | ✓ |
| E-0149721 | event | The fall of the Berlin wall | 9 Nov 2019 | ✓ |
| P-0149845 | place | Pofadder, Northern Cape | 6 Jan 2020 | ✓ |
| P-0149911 | place | Sutherland, Northern Cape | 28 Jan 2020 | ✓ |
| B-0008370 | biography | Fikile Magadledla | 1952-2003 | ✓ |
| B-0008075 | biography | Bill Flynn | 1948-2007 | ✓ |
| B-0007900 | biography | Sonia Beryl Bunting | 1922-2001 | – |
| B-0008246 | biography | Thomas Kgope | 1954-2007 | ✓ |
| B-0008152 | biography | Bobby Hendricks | 1936-1999 | – |
| B-0007943 | biography | Sir Winston Spencer Churchill | 1874-1965 | – |
| B-0008748 | biography | Suliman (Solly) Mahomed Nathie | 1918-1979 | – |
| B-0068545 | biography | Stephen Tefu | 1910 | – |
| B-0009253 | biography | James Gavin Younge | 1947 | – |
| B-0121625 | biography | Henry Mvuyisi Pato | 2012 | – |
| B-0068511 | biography | Professor Raymond Suttner | 1945 | – |
| B-0007810 | biography | Mabel Balfour | – | ✓ |
| B-0008909 | biography | Victor Poto | 1897-1974 | – |
| B-0007974 | biography | Joan Hoskyn Davies | 1909-1984 | ✓ |
| B-0009172 | biography | Benjamin John Peter Tyamzashe | 1890-1978 | – |
| B-0008508 | biography | Wiseman Mbambo | 1944 | – |
| B-0093702 | biography | Berney Perez | 1948 | – |
| R-0149610 | archive | Ari Sitas in Conversation with Sumangala Damodaran | 17 Sep 2019 | – |
| B-0100307 | biography | Margaret Mary Smith | 1916-1987 | ✓ |
| B-0094715 | biography | Njabulo Simakahle Ndebele | 1948 | ✓ |
| B-0008134 | biography | Zamokwake Samuel Gumede | 1955 | – |
BiographyGuy Tillim
Guy Tillim was born in Johannesburg in 1962. After completing a B.Comm at the University of Cape Town in 1983, Tillim joined Afrapix, a collective of South…
BiographySteve Dyer
Steve Dyer was born in Pietermaritzburg in 1960. He taught himself to play the guitar at the age of eleven. He studied music at the University of Natal where…
Hangula Shonyeka
In 1967 the minister of justice announced that a detainee had died in detention in 1966,but did not mention the detainee's name.In 1970,in parliament the…
BiographyBonisile John Kani
Bonisile John Kani was born on 30 August 1943 in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth. He matriculated from Newell High School where he performed in numerous school…
PlaceKnysna Forest
The Knysna Forest has a rich history spanning thousands of Years, from indigenous use to colonial exploitation and modern conservation.Indigenous people who…
PlaceNhlangakazi, the Holy Mountain of the Shembe
In KwaZulu-Natal, church members start the journey to the top of the holy Mountain Nhlangakazi. 100,000 pilgrims make a three day barefoot walk from the…
EventThe fall of the Berlin wall
In the aftermath of World War 2 Germany was partitioned into East and West Germany. The East was placed under the control of the Soviet Union while West…
PlacePofadder, Northern Cape
Pofadder is a small town situated in the Northern Cape of South Africa. While pofadder means: 'Puff Adder'-(a type of snake). This town was named not for a…
PlaceSutherland, Northern Cape
Sutherland can be found in a relatively remote part of the country. Situated in the Northern Cape, this Karoo town is not on any major highway. It is however a…
BiographyFikile Magadledla
Fikile Magadledla, South African artist and co-founder of the Soweto Art Association, was born in Newclare, Johannesburg, on 13 December 1952. As a young boy…
BiographyBill Flynn
Bill Flynn was born on 13 December 1948 in Cape Town. He was a stage and screen actor, known for his roles in films like Heel Against the Head and Running…
BiographySonia Beryl Bunting
Born Sonia Isaacman in 1922, she joined the Communist Party in 1942 and gave up her university studies to do full-time political work. After the banning of the…
BiographyThomas Kgope
Thomas Kgope was born on 10 April 1954 in Rustenburg, Transvaal. Kgope met Norman Catherine while he was working as an electrician on the latter's new studio…
BiographyBobby Hendricks
Hendricks was born in Caledon on 7 February 1936. He started his music career as a member of the Kay Simmers Orkes (Afrikaans for orchestra or band). Later, he…
BiographySir Winston Spencer Churchill
Winston Spencer Churchill was born in Blenheim Palace, Oxford, in 1874. He came to South Africa as a correspondent to the Morning Post during the South African…
BiographySuliman (Solly) Mahomed Nathie
Born in 1918, he was a businessman in Evaton and played an active role in the Evaton bus boycott of 1955 to 1956. He had earlier been jailed for participation…
BiographyStephen Tefu
Stephen Tefu was born about 1910, he was recruited to the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in Pretoria at a time when the party was at a low ebb. Shortly…
BiographyJames Gavin Younge
James Gavin (Forest) Younge was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. From 1965 to 1968 he studied at the Witwatersrand Technical College gaining a national Art Teachers…
BiographyHenry Mvuyisi Pato
Henry Mvuyisi Pato (35) was from Mbizana in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in 2011. On 16 August 2012 Mvuyisi was killed at scene 2 after being…
BiographyProfessor Raymond Suttner
Raymond Suttner is Emeritus Professor at the University of South Africa as well as Honorary Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg…
BiographyMabel Balfour
Mabel Balfour was a South African trade unionist and an anti-apartheid activist. Balfour was first involved with the unions representing food and canning…
BiographyVictor Poto
Victor Poto was born in 1897 at Libode in western Pondoland, attended Healdtown and the' South African Native College (later Fort Hare), and was installed as…
BiographyJoan Hoskyn Davies
Davies was born on Robben Island in 1909, where her father was a doctor. In 1935 she started work at the Cape Archives Depot and in 1944 she transferred to the…
BiographyBenjamin John Peter Tyamzashe
Benjamin John Peter Tyamzashe was born 5 September 1890 in Kimberley. He obtained his Senior Teacher's Diploma and drawing Teacher's Diploma by studying…
BiographyWiseman Mbambo
He was born at Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal. He is a sculptor of figures and he works in wood. He attended school at the Umgeni Mission Station and trained as a…
BiographyBerney Perez
Berney Perez was born in 1948 in Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape) and raised here. He worked as an office machine technician while studying…
ArchiveAri Sitas in Conversation with Sumangala Damodaran
Sumangala Damodaran, author of The Radical Impulse, speaks candidly with her friend Ari Sitas (with whom she has collaborated on a number of musical and…
BiographyMargaret Mary Smith
Margaret Smith was born Margaret Mary MacDonald on 26 September 1916 in Indwe, a small village in the former Transkei. [i] Her father, Chisholm MacDonald,…
BiographyNjabulo Simakahle Ndebele
Njabulo Simakahle Ndebele was born on 4 July 1948 in Johannesburg to Nimrod Njabulo Ndebele and Makhosazana Regina Tshabangu. Ndebele completed his matric at…
BiographyZamokwake Samuel Gumede
He was born at Langkloof, Bergville District. As a boy he modelled cattle in clay. He attended the Langkloof Higher Primary School from 1962 to 1969. In…