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| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0122314 | biography | Simon van der Stel | 1639-1712 | – |
| B-0007905 | biography | Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi | 1928-2023 | ✓ |
| B-0008627 | biography | Ernest Sedumedi Moloto | 1916-1984 | – |
| B-0008172 | biography | Patrick Holo | 1948 | ✓ |
| B-0081677 | biography | Motsoko Pheko | 1933 | ✓ |
| B-0007885 | biography | Sydney Brenner | 1927 | – |
| B-0094738 | biography | Alan Robert Lipman | 1925-2013 | – |
| B-0008117 | biography | Nadine Gordimer | 1923-2014 | ✓ |
| B-0007955 | biography | Ernest Cole | 1940-1990 | – |
| B-0093697 | biography | Bee Berman | 1949 | ✓ |
| B-0008478 | biography | Dorothy Masuka | 1935-2019 | ✓ |
| B-0008461 | biography | Hugh Masekela | 1939-2018 | ✓ |
| B-0095734 | biography | Sipo Elijah Mzimela | 1935-2013 | – |
| B-0007985 | biography | Frederik Willem de Klerk | 1936-2021 | ✓ |
| B-0123373 | biography | Njinga Ana de Sousa | 1583-1663 | ✓ |
| B-0008363 | biography | Moses Josiah Madiba | 1909-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0007978 | biography | Bhawani Sannyassi Dayal | 1892-1950 | – |
| B-0008303 | biography | Lesley Lawson | 1952 | ✓ |
| B-0007840 | biography | Sathima Bea Benjamin | 1936-2013 | ✓ |
| B-0064864 | biography | Sicelo Mhlauli | 1949-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0007892 | biography | Dennis Brutus | 1924-2009 | ✓ |
| B-0088575 | biography | Paramount Chief Sabata Dalindyebo | 1928-1986 | ✓ |
| B-0008018 | biography | Pamela dos Santos (nee Beira) | 1942 | ✓ |
| B-0008398 | biography | Romeo Zamani Makhanya | 1959 | – |
| B-0068165 | biography | Topsy Madaka | 1954-1982 | ✓ |
| B-0122626 | biography | Frank Alexander Landman | 1918-1990 | – |
| B-0084331 | biography | Michael Guthrie Scott | 1907-1983 | – |
| B-0094482 | biography | Alec Erwin | 1948 | ✓ |
| B-0009259 | biography | Helen Zille | 1951 | ✓ |
| B-0008814 | biography | Nongqawuse | 1841-1898 | ✓ |
BiographySimon van der Stel
… was born on 14 October 1639 to parents Adrian van der Stel and Maria Leviens. The couple were en route to Mauritius when … of Hendrik Lievens of Batavia …
BiographyChief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi
… Magogo Constance Zulu kaDinuzulu, King Solomon’s sister, and Inkosi Mathole Buthelezi, the King’s Prime Minister, was … KwaZulu. His mother was the daughter…
BiographyErnest Sedumedi Moloto
… farmers. He received his primary education at Moruleng and Mabieskraal, both in the Rustenburg district. In 1931 he … completed his Junior Certificate. He…
BiographyPatrick Holo
… of the resources he found, which included cars, trains, and buses with tin-wheels, held together with long wires were one of his favourites. Holo grew up in…
BiographyMotsoko Pheko
… late 1930s, after the sudden death of their parents, Pheko and his brother came to South Africa to live with their aunt, … in South Africa. After his…
BiographySydney Brenner
… he could speak English, Yiddish, Russian Afrikaans and Zulu. Brenner was highly intelligent and learned to read at an early age. One of his father's … the…
BiographyAlan Robert Lipman
… such as Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius, Frank Lloyd Wright and Alvar Aalto. He officially joined the Communist Party of … of figureheads such as Moses Kotane ,…
BiographyNadine Gordimer
… Gordimer, was a Jewish jeweller originally from Latvia and her mother, Nan Myers, was of British descent. From her … Black majority. Gordimer was educated at…
BiographyErnest Cole
… He left school when Bantu Education was introduced, and unsuccessfully attempted to complete his Matric (Grade … for a job, but was hindered by his lack of…
BiographyBee Berman
… her schooling, Berman worked as a stage designer and actress at The Space Theatre in Cape Town. From 1980, she worked as a theatre and news freelance…
BiographyDorothy Masuka
… Dorothy Masuka was born and raised in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe ), in 1935. Her father was originally from Zambia , and her mother, Liza Mafuyani, was…
BiographyHugh Masekela
… . Masekela showed musical ability from a young age, and began to play piano as a child. Inspired by the movie … Municipal Brass Band. Masekela soon mastered…
BiographySipo Elijah Mzimela
… June 1935, in Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) to Allison and Maria Mzimela. The entire family was raised as Anglicans and as a child, he wanted to become a…
BiographyFrederik Willem de Klerk
… Klerk grew up in a political family, with both his father and grandfather serving high office. His father, Jan de Klerk, was a Cabinet Minister and the…
BiographyNjinga Ana de Sousa
… is contested. Portuguese colonial historians and missionaries would emphasise her conversion to Catholicism and her participation in the slave trade. Angolan…
BiographyMoses Josiah Madiba
… He was one of the seven children of Jesaya Sekgoadi and Johanna Sebolaishi. Although Ndebele-speaking, Madiba … district at Ga-Madiba, Mashashane Lutheran…
BiographyBhawani Sannyassi Dayal
… He received his early education at St Cyprian's School and the Wesleyan Methodist School in Johannesburg. In 1904 … Devi. He returned to South Africa in 1912…
BiographyLesley Lawson
… Durban in 1952. She matriculated from Durban Girls College and attended the University of Natal, Durban, where she did a … she came under the influence of …
BiographySathima Bea Benjamin
… By the early 1960s, Benjamin was a talented jazz singer and in great demand in music and theatre. Yet as apartheid laws were implemented, black … performers…
BiographySicelo Mhlauli
… high school, he trained as a teacher at Lovedale College and upon completion taught at Tembalabantu High School in … be watched. Subsequently, the Ciskei…
BiographyDennis Brutus
… parents were teachers.Brutus did news reporting and was an organiser with the Teachers’ League and the Congress Movement. An ardent cricket and table tennis…
BiographyParamount Chief Sabata Dalindyebo
… a stormy school career ”” he was expelled at least once and never matriculated ”” Sabata faced up to his regent and guardian (Chief Dabulamanzi Dalindyebo)…
BiographyPamela dos Santos (nee Beira)
… Beira) was born in Johannesburg on 19 June 1942 to Banny and Golda Beira. She attended Houghton Primary and Johannesburg Girls High. Around 1959 she started…
BiographyRomeo Zamani Makhanya
… Makhanya enrolled at the University of Fort Hare in 1979 and graduated in 1985 with both an Honours Degree in Fine Arts and a Higher Diploma in Education. As…
BiographyTopsy Madaka
… Port Elizabeth in 1954. He was the son of Nontsikelelo and Mongameli Madaka who, both passed away in 1990. In 1969, … a member of the Congress of South…
BiographyFrank Alexander Landman
… Elizabeth (P.E.), Frank was the youngest of three sons and the third of the six surviving children of a municipal painter, Fred Landman and a washerwoman,…
BiographyMichael Guthrie Scott
… This article was written by Ben Forstate and forms part of the SAHO Public History Internship Michael … that many children went without shoes, even in the…
BiographyAlec Erwin
… Erwin) was born on 17 January 1948 in Cape Town to Dennis and Rosamund Erwin. Alec, as he became known, matriculated … in 1965. He then went to study at the…
BiographyHelen Zille
… University of the Witwatersrand. A prominent journalist and anti-apartheid activist, Zille was instrumental in … in 1977 , which she discovered was due to…
BiographyNongqawuse
… to the Cattle-Killing/Millenarian Movement of 1856-7 and her role and relations therein. She enters history either through … There is little evidence to…