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| A-0122695 | article | Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang | 26 Jan 2017 | – |
| B-0153551 | biography | Edson Sithole | 1935-1975 | ✓ |
| B-0149264 | biography | Nelson Zulu | – | ✓ |
| B-0149247 | biography | Theophilus Tshangela | – | ✓ |
| B-0008455 | biography | Dikobe Ben Martins | 1956 | ✓ |
| B-0093135 | biography | Nokuthula Orela Simelane | 1960-1983 | ✓ |
| B-0008280 | biography | Krotoa (Eva) | 1643-1674 | ✓ |
| B-0008894 | biography | Vella Pillay | – | – |
| B-0007905 | biography | Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi | 1928-2023 | ✓ |
| B-0149636 | biography | George Botha | 1976 | ✓ |
| B-0149312 | biography | Malcomess Johnson Mgabela Kondoti | 1924-1999 | ✓ |
| B-0149403 | biography | Boy Mvemve | – | – |
| B-0148512 | biography | Nadirshah Ardeshir Cama | 1870-1945 | ✓ |
| B-0141664 | biography | Marcus Solomon | 1939 | ✓ |
| B-0148778 | biography | Ismail Jacob Mohamed | 1930-2013 | ✓ |
| B-0145906 | biography | Cecyl Esau | 1955-2021 | ✓ |
| A-0099608 | article | The Black Sash: A History of Transformation | 15 Jun 2015 | – |
| B-0068301 | biography | Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather | – | – |
| A-0016966 | article | What was the Great Depression and why did it start in the USA? | 22 Mar 2011 | – |
| A-0069408 | article | The South African War 1899-1902 | 8 Nov 2011 | – |
| A-0125637 | article | 1949 Anti Indian Pogrom in Durban | 16 Jan 2019 | ✓ |
| B-0008012 | biography | Christopher Ndodebandla Dlamini | 1944-2009 | ✓ |
| B-0008499 | biography | Vincent Joseph Gaobakwe Matthews | 1929-2010 | – |
| B-0148789 | biography | Harry Heinz Schwarz | 1924-2010 | – |
| B-0080864 | biography | Mary Moodley | 1913-1979 | ✓ |
| B-0073817 | biography | Yusuf Joe Jacobs | 1940 | ✓ |
| B-0007909 | biography | Amina Cachalia | 1930-2013 | ✓ |
| B-0008327 | biography | Norman Levy | 1929-2021 | – |
| B-0008038 | biography | Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim | 1937-2021 | ✓ |
| B-0125539 | biography | Jeremy Vearey | 1963 | ✓ |
Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
Abstract: For most of his life, Arthur Nortje’s poetry remained relatively unknown, especially since he died very young at 28. Activist Dennis Brutus called…
BiographyEdson Sithole
Edson Sithole was born in what was then Southern Rhodesia in 1935. He was the first black person in Southern Africa to obtain a Doctor of Laws degree. He was…
BiographyNelson Zulu
There was conflict in the Tokazi location in the Usutu Area, Nongoma District, Natal [now Kwazulu-Natal], around Bantu Affairs (BA), betterment and the role…
BiographyTheophilus Tshangela
Theophilus Tshangela was banished from Kwamaleida in the Amadiba Location, Bizana District [Eastern province, now Eastern Cape] to the Frenchdale Native Trust…
BiographyDikobe Ben Martins
"As politics must teach people the ways and give them the means to take control over their own lives, art must teach people, in the most vivid and imaginative…
BiographyNokuthula Orela Simelane
Nokuthula Orela Simelane was born in 1960 in Mzinoni Township near Bethal in Mpumalanga. She was the first of two daughters (Nokuthula and Thembisile) of…
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…
Vella Pillay
This is a short autobiography of Vella Pillay written for his 80th birthday party held on 18th October 2003 at Lauderdale House, Highgate, London. Vella…
BiographyChief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi
Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, son of Princess Magogo Constance Zulu kaDinuzulu, King Solomon’s sister, and Inkosi Mathole Buthelezi, the King’s Prime…
George Botha
Mr George Botha aged 30,a coloured teacher at the Patterson High School in Port Elizabeth, was detained on December 1976 in terms of section 22 of the General…
BiographyMalcomess Johnson Mgabela Kondoti
Malcomess Johnson Mgabela Kondoti was born in 1924 in the Kwalera district of the Eastern Cape. Very soon after he was born, his father moved to East London to…
BiographyBoy Mvemve
Boy Adolphus Mvemve died a very violent death in exile in Zambia in 1974. He was 43 years of age at the time, operating under the nom de guerre John Dube (or…
BiographyNadirshah Ardeshir Cama
Nadirshah Ardeshir Cama was born in Bombay in 1870. After passing the Intermediate Examination at the University of Bombay, he worked in the Bombay Port Trust…
BiographyMarcus Solomon
Marcus Solomon was born in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, on 27 January 1939. His father, a waiter by profession, was a Hindu born of Tamil parents from Sri Lanka,…
BiographyIsmail Jacob Mohamed
Professor Ismail Jacob (Josef) Mohamed was born on 27 July 1930 in Barkley East, Eastern Cape. His parents divorced before he was five years old. His mother,…
BiographyCecyl Esau
Cecyl Esau was born on 30 September 1955 in Worcester, Cape Province (now Western Cape Province), the youngest of four children. His father was a veteran of…
ArticleThe Black Sash: A History of Transformation
This article was written by Ashley Schumacher and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project During the year of 1955 in…
Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather
Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather (PR) was born in Mauritius in 1895. His grandfather settled in that country after emigrating from Tanjore in India in the 1840s. PR…
ArticleWhat was the Great Depression and why did it start in the USA?
The depression was caused by a number of serious weaknesses in the economy. Although the 1920s appeared on the surface to be a prosperous time, income was…
ArticleThe South African War 1899-1902
On 9 October 1899 the SAR issued an ultimatum to Britain and two days later, on 11 October the war was officially declared between Britain and the Boers. The…
Article1949 Anti Indian Pogrom in Durban
On 13 January 1949 an Indian store-keeper in central Durban assaulted an African youth. This incident resulted in a wave of violence, starting at the Indian…
BiographyChristopher Ndodebandla Dlamini
Chris Dlamini was born in Benoni, Transvaal, on 10 October 1944, one of the five children of Anna and Gilbert Dlamini, a worker in an electro-planting factory…
BiographyVincent Joseph Gaobakwe Matthews
Vincent Joseph Gaobakwe Matthews born in Durban, on 17 June 1929, Matthews was one of five children of Frieda and ZK Matthews, a professor, academic lawyer and…
BiographyHarry Heinz Schwarz
Harry Schwarz (born Heinz Schwarz) was born in Cologne, Germany (Weimar Republic) on 13 May 1924. Growing up in a Jewish family, Schwarz witnessed the rise of…
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…
BiographyYusuf Joe Jacobs
Yusuf (Joe) Jacobs was born in District Six, Cape Town on 17 September 1940. His father was Ismail Jacobs, a tailor. His paternal grandfather was Manan Jamie…
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…
BiographyNorman Levy
Born on 7 August 1929 in Johannesburg to Mary and Mark Levy, immigrants from Lithuania, Norman Levy and his twin brother, Leon (a founding member and later the…
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…
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…