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| B-0150009 | biography | Lindiwe Charity Nyembezi Mthembu | 1969-1988 | ✓ |
| B-0141680 | biography | Alpheus Madaba Madiba | 1901-1967 | ✓ |
| B-0007970 | biography | Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo | 1909-1983 | ✓ |
| B-0068453 | biography | David Sibeko | 1938-1979 | ✓ |
| B-0064852 | biography | Matthew Goniwe | 1947-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0141674 | biography | Moosa “Mosie” Moolla | 1934 | ✓ |
| B-0094432 | biography | Madimetja Lawrence Phokanoka | 1938-2005 | ✓ |
| B-0122927 | biography | Natvarlal Dayalji “Natoo” Babenia | 1924-1999 | ✓ |
| B-0080864 | biography | Mary Moodley | 1913-1979 | ✓ |
| B-0008038 | biography | Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim | 1937-2021 | ✓ |
| B-0008280 | biography | Krotoa (Eva) | 1643-1674 | ✓ |
| B-0008130 | biography | Archibald Jacob Gumede | 1914-1998 | ✓ |
| B-0122581 | biography | Nokukhanya Luthuli | 1904-1996 | – |
| B-0152576 | biography | Christopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu | 1962 | ✓ |
| B-0068392 | biography | Sonja Schlesin | 1888-1956 | ✓ |
| B-0148828 | biography | Zwelinzima Joseph Vavi | – | – |
| B-0074108 | biography | Dullah Mohamed Omar | 1934-2004 | – |
| B-0007902 | biography | Henry Burton | 1866-1935 | ✓ |
| B-0068105 | biography | Dr James Sebe Moroka | 1892-1985 | – |
| B-0125321 | biography | Makhanda Nxele | 1780-1820 | ✓ |
| B-0007909 | biography | Amina Cachalia | 1930-2013 | ✓ |
| B-0008231 | biography | Ahmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada | 1929-2017 | ✓ |
| B-0065300 | biography | Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela | 1918-2013 | ✓ |
| B-0008914 | biography | Ronald “Ron” Press | 1929-2009 | – |
| B-0008144 | biography | Imam Abdullah Haron | 1924-1969 | ✓ |
| B-0008089 | biography | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi | 1869-1948 | ✓ |
| B-0149225 | biography | William Cock | 1793-1876 | ✓ |
| B-0084124 | biography | Kasturba Gandhi | 1869-1944 | ✓ |
| B-0123687 | biography | Mattheus Uys Krige | 1910-1987 | – |
| B-0121280 | biography | Wilfrid Edward Cooper | 1926-2004 | – |
Lindiwe Charity Nyembezi Mthembu
Lindiwe Charity Nyembezi Mthembu was born on 28 February 1969 in KwaMashu, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). She was the fifth daughter born to Sonnyboy Nkwana and…
BiographyAlpheus Madaba Madiba
Alpheus Madaba Madiba born in 1901, in Nzhelele in the northern Transvaal, into a Venda peasant family.He emigrated to Johannesburg when he was 17 and found…
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo played an outstanding role in the South African liberation movement for over half a century - in persuading the Indian community to link…
BiographyDavid Sibeko
David Maphgumzana Sibeko was born on 26 August 1938 in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. He received his schooling at the St Cyprian's Anglican School in Sophiatown,…
BiographyMatthew Goniwe
Matthew Goniwe was born on 27 December 1947 in Lingelihle Township on the outskirts of Cradock in the Eastern Cape. His parents David and Elizabeth were farm…
BiographyMoosa “Mosie” Moolla
Moosa “Mosie” Moolla was born in the small, (then) western Transvaal town of Christiana on 12 June 1934 where his father ran a successful import-export…
BiographyMadimetja Lawrence Phokanoka
Madimetja Lawrence Phokanoka was born on 10 June 1938 in Raphahla Village in Sekhukhuneland, in the Middelburg District. His father, Jacob Marwale Phokanoka…
BiographyNatvarlal Dayalji “Natoo” Babenia
Natvarlal Dayalji “Natoo” Babenia was born on 28 March 1924 at Coedmore Road, Bellair, Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). Natoo Babenia’s political activism…
BiographyMary Moodley
Mary Moodley, or Aunty Mary as she was known, was born on 14 March 1914 in Jaggersfontein, Orange Free State (now Free State). She was the second eldest of 10…
BiographyEbrahim Ismail Ebrahim
Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim was born in Durban on 1st July in 1937, the second of five children. When he was a few months old Ebrahim's mother became ill and he…
BiographyKrotoa (Eva)
Krotoa (known as Eva to the Dutch and English settlers) was the niece of Autshumao, a Khoi leader and interpreter to the Dutch (he was known as Harry/Herry…
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…
BiographyNokukhanya Luthuli
Nokukhanya Luthuli, maiden name Bhengu, (also known as MaBhengu) was the wife of Chief Albert John Luthuli. Although she never became as public a figure as her…
BiographyChristopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu
Christopher Daluxolo Mpofu (popularly known as Dali Mpofu) is a South African advocate, legal expert, and former African National Congress (ANC) stalwart…
BiographySonja Schlesin
Sonja Schlesin was born in Moscow on 6 June 1888 to Isidor Schlesin and his wife Helena Dorothy (nee Schloss). The Schlesin family later immigrated to South…
BiographyZwelinzima Joseph Vavi
Zwelinzima Joseph Vavi was born on 20 December 1962 on a farm in Hanover, Northern Cape. His father was a mineworker. Vavi has four brothers and seven sisters…
BiographyDullah Mohamed Omar
Dullah Mohamed Omar was born in Observatory, Cape Town on 26 May 1934 and grew up in District Six. He attended the Kipling Street Muslim primary school in Salt…
BiographyHenry Burton
Early Life Henry Burton was born on 2 June 1866 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa and went to school at St Andrews in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. He…
BiographyDr James Sebe Moroka
Dr. James Sebe Moroka was the great grandson of Chief Moroka I of the Barolong, from Thaba Nchu in the then Orange Free State. Moroka was born on 16 March…
BiographyMakhanda Nxele
Born Makhanda but also known as Nxele, the itola, he is best known in history for leading the ‘Battle of Grahamstown’ in 1819. Except for his political and…
BiographyAmina Cachalia
Amina Cachalia (née Asvat) was born on 28 June 1930, Vereeniging, Transvaal (now Gauteng) to Ebrahim Ismail Asvat and Fatima Asvat. She was the ninth child in…
BiographyAhmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada
Ahmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada was born on 21 August 1929, to Indian immigrant parents in Schweizer Reneke, a small town in Western Transvaal [now North West…
BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Childhood in the Eastern CapeNelson Rolihlahla Mandela was the son of Nonqaphi Nosekeni and Henry Mgadla Mandela, a chief and chief councillor to the paramount…
BiographyRonald “Ron” Press
Ron Press was born in 1929. His father a cinematograph operator became the secretary of the Cinematograph Workers Union, a post he held for over 20 years. He…
BiographyImam Abdullah Haron
Imam Abdullah Haron was born on 8 February 1924 in Newlands-Claremont, an area which in the late twentieth century became a very prosperous commercial centre…
BiographyMohandas Karamchand Gandhi
*Note: The focus of this biography is on Gandhi's life and times in South Africa. Early life and education Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born to a…
BiographyWilliam Cock
In 1849, Cape Town lived up to its reputation for giving visiting vessels a rousing reception. But this was a reception with a difference; it was in fact a…
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
Kasturba Kapadia was born on April 11 1869 in Porbandar, in present day Gujarat. She was the daughter of Gokuldas Makanji Kapadia, a wealthy merchant. Kasturba…
BiographyMattheus Uys Krige
Mattheus Uys Krige and his contribution to the Second World War Mattheus Uys Krige (1910-1987) can certainly be counted among the most dynamic literary…
BiographyWilfrid Edward Cooper
Wilfrid Edward Cooper was born on 22 May 1926 in Observatory, a suburb of Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape Province) and lived in Mowbray until he…