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| B-0125661 | biography | Dumisani Shadrack Kumalo | 1947-2019 | ✓ |
| B-0076375 | biography | Dr. Percy Yutar | 1911-2002 | ✓ |
| B-0149515 | biography | Wolfie Kodesh | 1918-2002 | ✓ |
| B-0008127 | biography | Rev. Aldin Grout | 1803-1894 | – |
| B-0079929 | biography | Achmad Cassiem | 1945 | ✓ |
| B-0094982 | biography | Jonty Driver | 1939 | – |
| B-0008068 | biography | Ruth First | 1925-1982 | ✓ |
| B-0008010 | biography | Stephen J.C. Dlamini | 1913-1994 | ✓ |
| B-0008782 | biography | Solwandle Looksmart Khulile Ngudle | 1922-1963 | ✓ |
| B-0009113 | biography | Helen Suzman | 1917-2009 | ✓ |
| B-0096411 | biography | Zuleika Sarojini Christopher | 1924-1992 | – |
| B-0068192 | biography | George Naicker | 1919-1998 | ✓ |
| B-0008326 | biography | Leon Levy | 1929-2026 | ✓ |
| B-0141670 | biography | Elijah Nkwenkwe Loza | 1918-1977 | ✓ |
| B-0008130 | biography | Archibald Jacob Gumede | 1914-1998 | ✓ |
| B-0097304 | biography | Villa Baker | 1917-2004 | ✓ |
| B-0122636 | biography | Adam Glasser | 1955 | – |
| B-0064873 | biography | Freda Levson | 1911-2004 | ✓ |
| B-0068090 | biography | Poomoney Moodley | 1926-1982 | ✓ |
| B-0080449 | biography | Blanche la Guma | 1927-2023 | ✓ |
| B-0147407 | biography | Albert Dlomo | – | ✓ |
| B-0120698 | biography | Mohamed Ismail Dinat | 1937-2015 | – |
| B-0007775 | biography | Dr. Neil Hudson Aggett | 1953-1982 | ✓ |
| B-0008367 | biography | Elizabeth Mafekeng | 1918-2009 | ✓ |
| B-0064875 | biography | Dr Essop Essak Jassat | 1932 | ✓ |
| B-0068262 | biography | John Kgwana Nkadimeng | 1925-2020 | – |
| B-0150369 | biography | Moyisile Douglas Tyutyu | 1935 | ✓ |
| B-0150401 | biography | Paul David | 1940-2020 | ✓ |
| B-0122637 | biography | Abdullah Ibrahim | 1934 | – |
| B-0125899 | biography | Mmusi Aloysias Maimane | 1980 | ✓ |
BiographyDumisani Shadrack Kumalo
Dumisani Shadrack Kumalo was born on 16 September 1947 in Kwambunda village on the banks of the Blood River in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal).In 1947 the Kumalo…
BiographyDr. Percy Yutar
Dr. Percy Yutar was born on 29 July 1911 in Cape Town. He was one of eight children in a family of Lithuanian immigrants. His father originally spelled his…
BiographyWolfie Kodesh
Wolfie Kodesh was born in Benoni on 18 October 1918. His paternal grandparents arrived in South Africa after fleeing the pogroms in Eastern Europe. His mother,…
BiographyRev. Aldin Grout
Aldin Grout was born on 2 September 1803 in Pelham, Massachusetts in the United States. In 1830 Grout graduated from Amherst College and continued to study in…
BiographyAchmad Cassiem
Imam Achmad Cassiem was born 12th of December in 1945 and grew up in an Islamic environment. He became politicised in the 1960s when the Pan Africanist…
BiographyJonty Driver
Jonty (C.J) Driver was born in Cape Townin 1939 and grew up with his mother and younger brother in Kroonstad. His father spent time fighting in North Africa…
BiographyRuth First
Journalist, academic and political activist, Ruth Heloise First was born on 4 May 1925. She was the daughter of Jewish immigrants Julius and Matilda (neé…
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,…
BiographySolwandle Looksmart Khulile Ngudle
Looksmart Khulile Ngudle was born on 22 May 1922 in KwaZali village, near Alice in the Eastern Cape. His mother, Notyhume, named him Looksmart because when he…
BiographyHelen Suzman
Helen Suzman (nee Govronsky) was born in the South African mining town of Germiston on 7 November 1917 to Samuel and Frieda Gavronsky, both immigrants from…
BiographyZuleika Sarojini Christopher
Zuleika (Zulei) Sarojini Christopher, the eldest daughter of Advocate Albert Christopher and Ghadija Gool, was born in 1924 in Greenwood Park, Durban, where…
BiographyGeorge Naicker
George Naicker, was one of six sons. He was born on 1 June 1919. He joined the Natal Indian Congress in 1941 and became an executive member in 1956 until his…
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…
BiographyElijah Nkwenkwe Loza
Elijah Nkwenkwe Loza was born in 1918 near Alice in the Ciskie,where his father was tribal headman.After completing secondary education, he went to Cape Town…
BiographyArchibald Jacob Gumede
Archibald Jacob Gumede was born in Pietermaritzburg on 1st of March in 1914,the son of Lillian (born Mgqogqoza) and Josiah Tshangana Gumede a former ANC…
BiographyVilla Baker
Villa Baker was born on 12 March 1917, the year of the Russian Revolution, while World War I was still raging . She grew up in Brakpan, East Rand Transvaal …
BiographyAdam Glasser
Adam Glasser was born on the 20th September, 1955 in Cambridge, England, then later moved to Johannesburg, South Africa with his family where he spent his…
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…
BiographyPoomoney Moodley
Poomoney Moodley was born in Mooi River, Natal on 28 June 1926 to Ramsamy Dharamalingam Moodley and Kanniamah Moodley; who themselves were children of Indian…
BiographyBlanche la Guma
Blance la Guma (nee Blanche Herman) was born on 30 November 1927 in Athlone, Cape Town, Western Cape, the youngest of five children. Her parents were actively…
BiographyAlbert Dlomo
Dlomo joined the African National Congress (ANC) at Chesterville in Durban just before it was banned in 1960. He then went underground and embarked on a…
BiographyMohamed Ismail Dinat
Early Years and Politicisation Mohamed Ismail (‘Issy’) Dinat was born on 14 October 1937 in Krugersdorp. As a child, Dinat would often attend meetings with…
BiographyDr. Neil Hudson Aggett
Neil Hudson Aggett was born in Nanyuki, Kenya on 6th October 1953, the first-born child of Aubrey and Joy Aggett. He began his schooling in Kenya, and when his…
BiographyElizabeth Mafekeng
Elizabeth Mafekeng was born in 1918 in Tarkastad and attended school until Standard 7. Living conditions in her birthplace forced her to leave for Paarl in…
BiographyDr Essop Essak Jassat
Dr Essop Essak Jassat, the second of three children, was born on 5 October 1932 in 11th Street Vrededorp, Johannesburg. Both of his parents came from India…
BiographyJohn Kgwana Nkadimeng
John Kgwana Nkadimeng was born in Sekhukhuniland in the rural eastern Transvaal in 1925 and after completing primary school he worked as a domestic worker in…
BiographyMoyisile Douglas Tyutyu
Moyisile Douglas Tyutyu was born in 1935* in KwaZakhele, Port Elizabeth, Transkei (now Eastern Cape Province). His interest in politics was sparked from a…
BiographyPaul David
Devadas Paul David ( Paul David) was born on 26 August 1940 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal - UKZN) into a devout Catholic family. His…
BiographyAbdullah Ibrahim
South African musician, Abdullah Ibrahim was born on the 9 October 1934 in Cape Town, South Africa. Born Adolph Johannes Brand, he converted to Islam in 1968…
BiographyMmusi Aloysias Maimane
Mmusi Aloysias Maimane was born in Krugersdorp, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 6 June 1980 to Ethel and Simon Maimane but grew up in Dobsonville, Soweto, Transvaal…