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| B-0097818 | biography | Mkhuseli Joseph Kettledas | – | – |
| B-0068243 | biography | James D. Ngojo | – | – |
| B-0068236 | biography | Barney William Ngakane | – | – |
| B-0008265 | biography | Norma Kitson | 1933-2002 | ✓ |
| A-0068673 | article | A list of South African Shipwrecks | 18 Oct 2011 | ✓ |
| R-0150775 | archive | The Emperor has no Clothes by Liz Timbs | 15 Mar 2021 | – |
| B-0008988 | biography | Magdalena Gertruide Sauer | 1890-1983 | ✓ |
| B-0080782 | biography | Chief Vuna Miya | – | ✓ |
| B-0008201 | biography | Christina Jasson | 1928 | – |
| B-0071098 | biography | Archibald Mncedisi Sebeko | 1928-2018 | ✓ |
| B-0008650 | biography | Lionel Morrison | 1935-2016 | – |
| B-0067945 | biography | Pious Goodman Mei | – | – |
| B-0007972 | biography | Stella Madge Damos | 1930 | – |
| B-0075102 | biography | Sabata Manaka | 1951 | ✓ |
| B-0009028 | biography | Lucky Shabalala | 1962 | – |
| B-0008243 | biography | Lungile Kepe | 1927 | – |
| P-0152575 | place | Prince Albert | 27 May 2024 | ✓ |
| R-0149613 | archive | The boundless energy of Paul Grendon; artist, painter, activist and documentary photographer by Chris Ledochowski | 17 Sep 2019 | – |
| B-0007796 | biography | Ruth Elizabeth Arndt | 1890-1841 | – |
| B-0099380 | biography | John Moshoeu | – | ✓ |
| B-0008671 | biography | Mathews ‘’Loop-en-val’’ Motshwarateu | 1958-2001 | ✓ |
| B-0008443 | biography | Eugene Marais | 1871-1936 | – |
| B-0008818 | biography | Nhlanhla Benjamin Nsusha | 1947 | – |
| B-0008541 | biography | Andrew Meintjes | 1955-2004 | ✓ |
| B-0008404 | biography | Nelson Mukhuba | – | ✓ |
| B-0008140 | biography | Hendrik Andries Hanekom | 1893-1952 | ✓ |
| B-0008802 | biography | Lawrence Nkosi | 1910 | ✓ |
| B-0008746 | biography | Vedant Nanackchand | 1955 | – |
| B-0008717 | biography | Bheki Zacharia Mvulane | 1985 | – |
| B-0009133 | biography | Kiren Thathia | 1959 | – |
BiographyMkhuseli Joseph Kettledas
Mkhuseli Joseph Kettledas joined the Pan African Congress (PAC) in 1961. He was arrested on 8 April 1963 for sabotage and sentenced to ten years in prison. He…
BiographyJames D. Ngojo
James D. Ngojo was born in the Cape and worked as a court interpreter in Paarl. He was arrested in connection with the "bucket strike" of 1918 but the case was…
BiographyBarney William Ngakane
After living for some time in Orlando Township, Johannesburg, Barney William Ngakane moved to Springs, where he served as chairman of a Liberal Party branch in…
BiographyNorma Kitson
Norma Kitson (nee Cranko) was born to Jewish parents in 1933 in Berea, Durban. She was one of four children, and had an elder sister Joan and brother Ronnie…
ArticleA list of South African Shipwrecks
Antipolis (1977) The Antipolis, a Greek oil tanker, ran aground on the rocks near Victoria Road in Oudekraal in the Cape on 29 July 1977. It was being…
ArchiveThe Emperor has no Clothes by Liz Timbs
On December 3, 2018, Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu celebrates 47 years since his coronation as Isilo (King) of the Zulus of South Africa. Zwelithini …
BiographyMagdalena Gertruide Sauer
Magdalena, daughter of W. Sauer, Cabinet Minister, was the first woman to practice as a qualified architect in South Africa. She mainly practiced in South…
Chief Vuna Miya
Between 1953 and 1957, there was conflict around Bantu Affairs (BA) and various other issues in the Bergville area, [Natal, now KwaZulu-Natal]. As a result,…
BiographyChristina Jasson
Born in 1928 Jasson worked as a clerk. She was active in the Port Elizabeth trade union movement, organising food and canning workers, and textile workers,…
BiographyArchibald Mncedisi Sebeko
Archibald “Archie” Sibeko (aka Zola Zembe) was born on 3 March 1928 in Kwezana Village, near Alice in the Eastern Cape. Sibeko attended Lovedale in the 1940s…
Lionel Morrison
Born in 1935, he became a clerk and a journalist. In 1955 he was elected secretary of the Cape Town branch of the South African Coloured People's Organisation…
BiographyPious Goodman Mei
Born in 1912, he joined the African National Congress in 1936. As an organiser for the Congress of the People and organising secretary of the African Textile…
BiographyStella Madge Damos
Born in 1930, Damos was a trade unionist. During the government's race classification of Coloured people, she organised a protest meeting and was charged with…
Sabata Manaka
Sabata Manaka, also known as Tsepo Nkosi, was born in 1951. He lived in Phiri, Soweto, Johannesburg. Manaka left the country in 1978. His brother, Ezekiel…
BiographyLucky Shabalala
Lucky Shabalala was born in 1962 in Inanda, Natal. He first developed an interest in art at school. From an early age he started carving heads. Shabalala…
BiographyLungile Kepe
Born in 1927 Kepe worked as a labourer. He took part in the 1950 national strike on June 26th. He served a term of imprisonment during the Defiance Campaign…
PlacePrince Albert
Nestled at the foot of the Swartberg Mountains, Prince Albert is a Karoo gem that feels untouched by time. The town’s well-preserved Cape Dutch and Victorian…
ArchiveThe boundless energy of Paul Grendon; artist, painter, activist and documentary photographer by Chris Ledochowski
It is with great difficulty that I find myself writing about a friend so recently deceased and who was so much part of my life for over forty years. He was a…
BiographyRuth Elizabeth Arndt
Arndt was born in Canada in 1890 and died in South Africa in 1982. In South Africa, Arndt set about informing the government on the importance of pre-school…
BiographyJohn Moshoeu
John “Shoes” Moshoeu was born on 18 December 1965 in Diepkloof, Soweto, Transvaal (now Gauteng Province). Shoes or the ‘dribbling wizard’ as he was popularly…
BiographyMathews ‘’Loop-en-val’’ Motshwarateu
Mathews Motshwarateu was born on 2 November 1958 in Soweto. His talent for athletics already became apparent in his primary school years, which he spent at…
BiographyEugene Marais
Marais was one of the most innovative Afrikaans writers and a pioneer of the usage of free verse in Afrikaans. He was an editor of the newspaper, Land en Volk…
BiographyNhlanhla Benjamin Nsusha
He is a sculptor and painter who studied at Edendale Technical College in 1972, ELC 1975-1977 and at the Slade School of Art, London, from 1983 to 1985. In…
BiographyAndrew Meintjes
Andrew Meintjes was born in Cape Town on 31 January 1955. In the 1970s, while he was working as a post office technician, he met photographer David Goldblatt…
BiographyNelson Mukhuba
Mukhuba\'s stay in Sophiatown lasted until 1958. He returned to Tshakuma where he started producing wooden sculptures and household utensils, including tourist…
BiographyHendrik Andries Hanekom
Hendrik Andries Hanekom was born on 17 June 1893. He was the son of Hendrik Hanekom. Hanekom was educated at Beaufort West where he matriculated. He never…
BiographyLawrence Nkosi
Lawrence Nkosi was born in 1910. He was a factory worker and active trade unionist by the 1950s. In 1955 the Congress of the People and the drawing up of the…
BiographyVedant Nanackchand
Nanackchand was born in Durban. In 1977 he graduated in Fine Art from the University of Durban-Westville; in 1978 he gained an Honours Degree from that…
BiographyBheki Zacharia Mvulane
Bheki Zacharia Mvulane died in detention on 29 March, 1985. A fellow-detainee of Mvulane said: "I saw a white policeman in Katlehong Police Station fling…
BiographyKiren Thathia
He was born in Durban. In 1983 he obtained a BA(FA) from University of Durban Westville (UDW); in 1988 an MA(FA) cum laude and in 1989 a Higher Diploma in…