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| B-0122581 | biography | Nokukhanya Luthuli | 1904-1996 | – |
| B-0151008 | biography | Zuleikha Mayat | 1926-2024 | ✓ |
| B-0150804 | biography | Nithianandan ‘Elvis' Ganese Govender | 1958-1995 | ✓ |
| B-0068386 | biography | Piet Retief | – | – |
| B-0122028 | biography | Michael Hathorn | 1922 | – |
| B-0007951 | biography | Jameson Gilbert Coka | 1910-1960s | ✓ |
| B-0008389 | biography | James J. Majoro | – | – |
| B-0008391 | biography | Gana Makabeni | 1955 | – |
| B-0008492 | biography | Simon Petros (Peter) Matseke | 1878-1941 | – |
| B-0008927 | biography | Betty Radford | – | – |
| B-0009059 | biography | Professor Harold Jack Simons | 1907-1995 | – |
| B-0080054 | biography | Sadie Forman | 1929-2014 | ✓ |
| B-0122126 | biography | Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo (Khwezi) | 1974-2016 | – |
| B-0007870 | biography | David Wilcox Bopape | 1915-2004 | ✓ |
| B-0125501 | biography | Ashley James Kriel | 1966-1987 | ✓ |
| B-0125539 | biography | Jeremy Vearey | 1963 | ✓ |
| B-0145431 | biography | Benson Tsele | 1932-1968 | – |
| B-0149947 | biography | Makhosi “Tholi” Nyoka | 1957-1988 | ✓ |
| B-0149952 | biography | Nontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza | 1967-1988 | ✓ |
| B-0150094 | biography | Leonard Tebogo Tume | 1957-1980 | ✓ |
| B-0150238 | biography | Robert Mokwena (George Sello) | 1952-1981 | ✓ |
| B-0150369 | biography | Moyisile Douglas Tyutyu | 1935 | ✓ |
| B-0151787 | biography | Gcinisizwe Sylvester Khwezi Kondile | 1957-1981 | ✓ |
| B-0008747 | biography | Dr Hersheela Narsee | 1956 | ✓ |
| B-0008914 | biography | Ronald “Ron” Press | 1929-2009 | – |
| B-0080306 | biography | Viola Hashe | 1926-1977 | ✓ |
| B-0080574 | biography | Thoko Phillip Mamogobo | – | – |
| B-0091115 | biography | Jeanette Eva Schoon (née Curtis) | 1949-1984 | ✓ |
| B-0094641 | biography | Nimrod Sekeramane Nathale | 1920-2004 | – |
| B-0095598 | biography | John Taolo Gaetsewe | 1916-1988 | ✓ |
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…
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…
BiographyNithianandan ‘Elvis' Ganese Govender
Nithianandan Ganese Govender (Elvis) was born on 1 November 1958 in Esperanza, a village on the south coast of Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN), on the eastern…
BiographyPiet Retief
Piet Retief was born on 12 November 1780 in the Wagenmakersvallei, (known as Wellington today), Cape Province. He was the fifth of 10 children of Jacobus, a…
BiographyMichael Hathorn
Michael Hathorn was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal in 1922. After schooling, he went to Wits University in Johannesburg, and qualified with a BSc in Mining…
BiographyJameson Gilbert Coka
Jameson Gilbert Coka was born in 1910 on a white farm near Vryheid, Natal, the son of a sharecropper. He won a bursary to Adams College, where he completed his…
BiographyJames J. Majoro
A clerk and ex-miner, Majoro was instrumental in establishing the African Mineworkers' Union. He later became its secretary and was one of the accused in the…
BiographyGana Makabeni
Gana Makabeni was born in the Transkei. He attended a Communist night school and joined the Communist Party of South Africa (SACP) as a young worker in the…
BiographySimon Petros (Peter) Matseke
Simon Peter Matseke was born in Pretoria in 1878, but little is known about his early life except that he was a member of the Bakgatlo tribe. He was drafted as…
BiographyBetty Radford
Betty Radford was arrested after the 4 August 1946 miner’s strike, together with, among others, WH Andrews and Moses Kotane. She was the editor of the Guardian…
BiographyProfessor Harold Jack Simons
Harold Jack Simons was born on 1 February 1907 in Riversdale in the Cape. He was educated in South Africa and for a few years was attached to a law firm and…
BiographySadie Forman
A fierce non-sectarian and advocate for racial equality and women’s rights, Sadie Forman (nee Kreel) was born in 1929. Her father, Bunim Idel Krill, a Yiddish…
BiographyFezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo (Khwezi)
There's still much not known publicly about Fezekile Kuzwayo. Unfortunately, the event that she is best known for is the Jacob Zuma rape case. It is from the…
BiographyDavid Wilcox Bopape
David Wilcox Hlahane Bopape was the son of Pedi-speaking farm workers, Levi and Jerita Bopape. He was born in 1915 at Houtboschdorp near Pietersburg in the…
BiographyAshley James Kriel
Ashley Kriel was born on the 17 October 1966 to Ivy and Melvin Kriel. He has two sisters, Michel Assure and Melaney Adams. He grew up in Bonteheuwel, Cape Town…
BiographyJeremy Vearey
Jeremy Vearey was born in 1963 in Elsies River. He describes the area as a ‘different Elsies River’ than today as it was only around 50% built houses. It was a…
BiographyBenson Tsele
Benson Tsele died on 21 March 1968 in combat against the then white supremacist Rhodesian army. The Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) guerrilla was part of the Luthuli…
BiographyMakhosi “Tholi” Nyoka
Makhosi “Tholi” Nyoka was born on 3 April 1957 and grew up in KwaMashu, a township north of Durban, where she attended Umzuvele Secondary School. Nyoka was…
BiographyNontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza
Nontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza was born at King Edward Hospital, Umbilo, Durban, in June 1967. The second child of Zizile Cothoza, Nontsikelelo Cothoza, or…
BiographyLeonard Tebogo Tume
Leonard Tebogo Tume, known as Norman Nkosi, was born on 10 April 1957 in Galeshewe, Kimberly. He attended Barkly Road High School and after he left school in…
BiographyRobert Mokwena (George Sello)
Robert Mokwena, also known by his guerrilla name as George Sello, was born on 4 April 1952 in White City Jabavu, Soweto in the Transvaal (now known as Gauteng…
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…
BiographyGcinisizwe Sylvester Khwezi Kondile
Gcinisizwe Sylvester Khwezi Kondile also known as Sizwe or Tshonyi[1] was born on the 6th of October in 1957. He was originally from Port Elizabeth. He was…
BiographyDr Hersheela Narsee
Hersheela Narsee was born in Durban on the 23 of March 1956. Narsee grew up in a family of eight children. She attended the Gandhi Desai High School from 1967…
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…
BiographyViola Hashe
Viola Hashe was born in 1926, in Gabashane in the Orange Free State (now Free State Province). Hashe was a teacher by profession. Hashe became involved in…
Thoko Phillip Mamogobo
Thoko Phillip Mamagobo, popularly known as ‘Thoko’, was born on 6 May 1933 and raised in a village situated about 110km from Polokwane, Northern Transvaal (now…
Jeanette Eva Schoon (née Curtis)
Jeanette Eva Schoon (née Curtis) was born in 1949 in Cape Town. In 1972, Curtis served as the Vice-President of the National Union of South African Students …
BiographyNimrod Sekeramane Nathale
Nimrod Sekeramane Sejake was born on 8 August 1920 in Evaton, south of Johannesburg, to Basotho parents. He attended a mission school in Evaton later went to…
BiographyJohn Taolo Gaetsewe
John Taolo Gaetsewe was born in 1916 at Maruping village in Ga-Segonyana, Northern Cape.His father was a migrant mineworker. He left a mission-run secondary…