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| B-0009023 | biography | Sewsunker ‘Papwa’ Sewgolum | 1930-1978 | ✓ |
| B-0099279 | biography | Saleem Badat | 1957 | ✓ |
| B-0144826 | biography | Lawrence Ndzanga | 1977 | ✓ |
| B-0149302 | biography | Jackson (Balisile)) Nkosiyane | – | ✓ |
| B-0148736 | biography | Ann Tobias | – | ✓ |
| B-0141694 | biography | Kgalabi Jafta Masemola | 1931-1990 | ✓ |
| A-0064932 | article | HIV/Aids in South Africa timeline 1940s-2009 | 20 May 2011 | – |
| B-0149514 | biography | Lydia Kompe | 1935 | ✓ |
| B-0149437 | biography | Sarah Gertrude Holland | 1952-2010 | ✓ |
| B-0120698 | biography | Mohamed Ismail Dinat | 1937-2015 | – |
| B-0007834 | biography | Cassim Mohammed Bassa | 1925-1983 | – |
| B-0008554 | biography | Nontsizi (Cizama, Imbongikazi yakwaCizama) Mgqwetho | – | – |
| B-0008239 | biography | Johannes Jane Tane Kekana | 1840-1887 | – |
| B-0080454 | biography | Sheila Lapinsky (nee Barsel) | 1944 | ✓ |
| B-0008704 | biography | Fholisani Sydney Mufamadi | 1959 | ✓ |
| B-0009232 | biography | Monica Hunter Wilson | 1908-1982 | – |
| B-0008897 | biography | Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje | 1876-1932 | – |
| B-0009239 | biography | Gisele Wulfsohn | 1957-2011 | ✓ |
| B-0008102 | biography | Graham Goddard | 1956 | – |
| B-0064875 | biography | Dr Essop Essak Jassat | 1932 | ✓ |
| B-0094430 | biography | Billy Modise | 1930-2018 | ✓ |
| B-0122927 | biography | Natvarlal Dayalji “Natoo” Babenia | 1924-1999 | ✓ |
| B-0148823 | biography | Charles Daniel Helm | – | – |
| B-0009245 | biography | Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma | 1893-1962 | ✓ |
| B-0151008 | biography | Zuleikha Mayat | 1926-2024 | ✓ |
| B-0008561 | biography | Alfred Milner | 1854-1925 | ✓ |
| B-0008192 | biography | John Tengo Jabavu | 1859-1921 | ✓ |
| B-0008969 | biography | Harold Rubin | 1932 | ✓ |
| B-0084124 | biography | Kasturba Gandhi | 1869-1944 | ✓ |
| B-0144759 | biography | David Patrick Russell | 1930s-2014 | ✓ |
BiographySewsunker ‘Papwa’ Sewgolum
“Papwa” Sewsunker Sewgolum was born in 1930, into a family of poor sugarcane labourers in Natal. He started working at an early age, and as a young boy,…
BiographySaleem Badat
Dr Saleem Badat holds Bachelors and Honours degrees in the Social Sciences from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, a Certificate in Higher Education and Science…
BiographyLawrence Ndzanga
Mr Lawrence Ndzanga,aged 53, a former secretary of the Railway Workers Union and a national executive committee member of the South African Congress Trade…
BiographyJackson (Balisile)) Nkosiyane
Jackson (Balisile) Nkosiyane, Twalimfene Joyi, Bangilizwe Joyi and McGregor Mgolombane were all banished on 30 May 1958 from Thembuland, Umtata District, …
BiographyAnn Tobias
Ann Tobias was a member of the Liberal Party of South Africa during Apartheid. The party strongly opposed Apartheid policies and the government would go on to…
BiographyKgalabi Jafta Masemola
Kgalabi Jafta Masemola, “The Tiger of Azania”, also popularly known as “Bra Jeff” by many others, was born at Bon Accord near Pretoria on 12 December 1931. He…
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa timeline 1940s-2009
1940s The oldest Human Immunodeficiency Virus-2 (HIV-2) jumps from animals to humans, according to a Washington-based study in May 2003. Some sources say…
BiographyLydia Kompe
Lydia (nee Ngwenya) Kompe was born in 1935 in Matlala, near Pietersburg in the Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo Province). Her father was a small-scale farmer…
BiographySarah Gertrude Holland
Sarah Gertrude Mary Christina Holland was born on 11 April 1952, in Durban. On 9 February 2010, Holland’s house was destroyed by a fire which claimed the lives…
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…
BiographyCassim Mohammed Bassa
Mohammed Cassim Bassa the estate agent and community leader was born on 11 August 1925 in India. He was the eighth of nine children of Mohammed Bassa, a…
BiographyNontsizi (Cizama, Imbongikazi yakwaCizama) Mgqwetho
Virtually nothing is known about the life of the first and only major female poet to write in Xhosa, apart from what is revealed in her writings, almost all of…
BiographyJohannes Jane Tane Kekana
Johannes Jane Tane Kekana was born in 1840 in Moletlane, near Zebediela. A chief of the Lebelo clan of the Ndebele and the son of Lebelo Seroto and his wife…
BiographySheila Lapinsky (nee Barsel)
Sheila Lapinsky (nee Barsel) was born in 1944* in Johannesburg, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng) to a middle-class Orthodox Jewish family. Her aunt and uncle…
BiographyFholisani Sydney Mufamadi
Sydney Mufamadi was born on 28 February 1959 in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg. Mufamadi is the eldest of the four children of Masindi and Reuben, who are…
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…
BiographySolomon Tshekisho Plaatje
Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje was born on 9 October 1876 in the Boshof district of the Orange Free State. His parents were Christians who belonged to the Setswana…
BiographyGisele Wulfsohn
Gisèle Wulfsohn was a freelance photographer specialising in portraiture, education, health and gender issues. Gisèle studied Graphic Fine Art at the…
BiographyGraham Goddard
Graham Goddard was born in 1956 in Woodstock, Cape Town. His parents were factory workers in the Woodstock/Salt River area. Goddard lived most of his life on…
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…
BiographyBilly Modise
Billy Modise was born on 8 December 1930 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now Free State Province). He received an Anglican scholarship which enabled him to…
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…
BiographyCharles Daniel Helm
Charles Daniel Helm was born around 22 September 1844, in Zuurbreck, South Africa. He was a member of the London Missionary Society. He did missionary work…
BiographyDr Alfred Bitini Xuma
Alfred Bitini Xuma was born on 8 March 1893, in Manzana, Ngcobo District, in the Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape). Xuma was the seventh child of Abraham…
BiographyZuleikha Mayat
Zuleikha Mayat was born in 1926 in Potchefstroom, Transvaal (now North West Province). Her father, Mohamed Bismilla, was a prominent business person who first…
BiographyAlfred Milner
Alfred Milner, a statesman and colonial administrator, became Governor of the Cape and High Commissioner of South Africa in 1897. He pushed the Transvaal…
BiographyJohn Tengo Jabavu
John Tengo Jabavu was born on 11 January in 1859 near the Methodist mission school at Healdtown district. His parents, though poor, were anxious to give him…
BiographyHarold Rubin
Harold Rubin was born in Johannesburg on 13 May 1932. He was educated at Jeppe High School in Johannesburg and studied drawing and painting privately with Roza…
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…
BiographyDavid Patrick Russell
Born in the late 1930s, Bishop David Patrick Russell became involved in the struggle against apartheid from an early age. He did his first degree at the…