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| B-0149222 | biography | Pumzile Mayapi | 1956 | – |
| R-0121555 | archive | Extracts of 3 Interviews from the 1956 Women’s Anti-Pass March | 29 Jul 2016 | – |
| B-0122211 | biography | Junaid Ahmed | 1959-2016 | ✓ |
| B-0068706 | biography | Edgar Dumile Ngoyi | 1926-2007 | ✓ |
| B-0009152 | biography | John Ronald Tolkien | 1892-1973 | ✓ |
| B-0068443 | biography | Fatima Seedat | 1922-2003 | – |
| B-0125505 | biography | Dr Kwame Nkrumah | 1909-1972 | ✓ |
| B-0009047 | biography | Paul Michael Sibisi | 1948 | ✓ |
| B-0096368 | biography | Mavivi Myakayaka-Manzini | 1956 | ✓ |
| R-0098587 | archive | Document 26 - Letter from Patrick Duncan to John Gomas, 3 October 1956 | 5 Nov 2014 | – |
| B-0008394 | biography | Miriam Makeba | 1932-2008 | ✓ |
| R-0072046 | archive | 75. 1960: We are at a turning-point in the history of our country | 13 Jan 2012 | – |
| B-0099633 | biography | Percy Ndithembile Konqobe | 1939 | ✓ |
| B-0007881 | biography | Jan Bouws | 1902-1978 | ✓ |
| B-0007851 | biography | Sibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel Bengu | 1934 | ✓ |
| B-0008399 | biography | Mampe Mosia Makhaya | 1943-2000 | ✓ |
| B-0008175 | biography | Rosa Hope | 1902-1972 | – |
| B-0008065 | biography | Nerine Constantia Desmond Fial | 1908-1993 | – |
| B-0068438 | biography | Bafana Cyril Dlamini | 1936-2011 | ✓ |
| B-0009128 | biography | Anna Tempo | – | – |
| B-0009063 | biography | Margaret Singana | 1938-2000 | ✓ |
| B-0009256 | biography | Florence Louise Zerffi | 1882-1962 | – |
| B-0009054 | biography | Annie Silinga | 1910-1984 | – |
| B-0007900 | biography | Sonia Beryl Bunting | 1922-2001 | – |
| B-0007847 | biography | Willie Bester | 1956 | – |
| B-0009114 | biography | Charles Robberts (Blackie) Swart | 1894-1982 | – |
| R-0072371 | archive | Chapter Two - The year with the ICU: 1921 - 1926 | 13 Jan 2012 | – |
| B-0068071 | biography | William Andrew ‘Willie’ Hofmeyr | 1954 | – |
| R-0120191 | archive | The United Deocratic Front and repression-January 1985 to April 1986 | 22 Feb 2016 | – |
| B-0153000 | biography | Reggie Williams | 1954 | ✓ |
BiographyPumzile Mayapi
Pumzile Mayapi was born on 8 September 1956 in Willowvale, Eastern Cape. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in June 1980 when he was still a student…
ArchiveExtracts of 3 Interviews from the 1956 Women’s Anti-Pass March
In the year, 2000, four young oral historians interviewed fourteen women who participated in the 1956 March. Here are extracts from three interviews (Q:…
BiographyJunaid Ahmed
International award winning filmmaker Junaid Ahmed was born in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) South Africa in 1959. He attended Southlands Secondary School…
BiographyEdgar Dumile Ngoyi
Edgar Dumile Ngoyi was born on 26 December 1926 in the Eastern Cape. He worked as a painter and builder. Ngoyi became politically active in the ANC as a member…
BiographyJohn Ronald Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State on 3 January 1892. After his father died, Tolkien and his mother went to England…
BiographyFatima Seedat
Fatima Seedat was born in the Strand, Cape Town on 14 October 1922. She attended Trafalgar High school up to what was standard 8 in those days. Together with…
BiographyDr Kwame Nkrumah
Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, born Francis Nwia Kofi Nkrumah on 21 September 1909, was raised in a rural village, Nkoful, in the then Gold Coast, Nzema region…
BiographyPaul Michael Sibisi
Michael Paul Sibisi was born in Umkhumbane Durban on 23 September 1948. He went to Chersterville Secondary School where he completed Standard 9 in 1965. He…
BiographyMavivi Myakayaka-Manzini
Mavivi Manzini was born in Alexandra Township, outside of Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) in 1956, and then moved to Soweto. Manzini suffered from polio…
Document 26 - Letter from Patrick Duncan to John Gomas, 3 October 1956
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 26 - Letter from Patrick Duncan to John…
BiographyMiriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba was born in March 4th, in 1932 Johannesburg, during a time of economic depression. Her mother, a domestic worker, was imprisoned for six months…
75. 1960: We are at a turning-point in the history of our country
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The year 1960 was indeed a turning-point. This…
BiographyPercy Ndithembile Konqobe
Percy Ndithembile Konqobe was born in 1939 in Nigel, Transvaal (now known as Gauteng Province). He completed school through standard six (now Grade Eight)…
BiographyJan Bouws
Jan Bouws, accomplished musician, composer, lecturer and author, was born in the Netherlands in Purmerend on 28 July 1902. He trained in Musicology at the…
BiographySibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel Bengu
Sibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel Bengu was born on 8th of May in 1934 in Natal. He began his career as a teacher in 1952. His years of teaching culminated in the…
BiographyMampe Mosia Makhaya
Mosia Makhaya was born on 6 December 1943 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Makhaya obtained a BA Honours degree specialising in Russian, French and Portuguese…
BiographyRosa Hope
Rosa Hope's The Old Miii was shown on the SASA 35th Annual Exhibition in 1937, and acquired by the SANG, as noted by critic Melvin Simmers (qv.), for its …
BiographyNerine Constantia Desmond Fial
Nerine Constantia Desmond Fial was born in Constantia, Cape, 1908. She studied graphics at London's Central School of Art in 1938, but was otherwise largely…
BiographyBafana Cyril Dlamini
Bafana Cyril Dlamini whose nom de guerrre in exile was Edwin Ndlovu was born in 1936 to the family of a prominent political and trade union activist. His…
BiographyAnna Tempo
Tempo started off working by looking after Henrietta Schreiner’s nephews. She soon converted to Christianity and began helping Schreiner with her welfare work…
BiographyMargaret Singana
Margaret Singana was born Margaret Mcingana on 1st January in 1938 in Queenstown in the Eastern Cape. In the 1950s Margaret moved to Johannesburg in search of…
BiographyFlorence Louise Zerffi
Florence Louise Josephine Zerffi was born in 1882, London, England. She came to Cape Town in 1916 after studying art in London and at the Arts and Crafts…
Annie Silinga
Annie Silinga was born in 1910 at Nqqamakwe in the Butterworth district of the Transkei where she completed only a few years of primary school. In 1937 she…
BiographySonia Beryl Bunting
Born Sonia Isaacman in 1922, she joined the Communist Party in 1942 and gave up her university studies to do full-time political work. After the banning of the…
BiographyWillie Bester
Willie Bester was born in Montagu, Western Cape, 1956. Bester’s mixed media works have frequently included passages of painting that have contained strongly…
BiographyCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart
Charles Robberts (Blackie) Swart was born on 5 December 1894 in Morgenzon, Winburg district. He was the son of Hermanus Bernardus Swart and Aletta Catharina…
Chapter Two - The year with the ICU: 1921 - 1926
From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson In the more liberal climate of Cape Town Johnny Gomas seemed…
BiographyWilliam Andrew ‘Willie’ Hofmeyr
William Andrew Hofmeyr, popularly known as Advocate Willie Hofmeyr, was born on 22 November 1954 in Cape Town, South Africa[i] . After matriculating from…
ArchiveThe United Deocratic Front and repression-January 1985 to April 1986
Statement on the United Democratic Front and repression during the period January 1985-April 1986.
BiographyReggie Williams
Apartheid was a programme established by the white dominated National Party (NP) in 1948 to consolidate the process of racial segregation in South Africa. The…