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| B-0149512 | biography | Kabelo Sello Duiker | 1974-2005 | ✓ |
| B-0008808 | biography | Lewis Nkosi | 1936-2010 | ✓ |
| A-0013843 | article | Sophiatown in Literature | 16 Mar 2011 | – |
| B-0149743 | biography | Sandile Dikeni | 1966-2019 | ✓ |
| B-0150858 | biography | Diana Ferrus | 1953 | ✓ |
| B-0085150 | biography | Mafika Pascal Gwala | 1946-2014 | ✓ |
| B-0008191 | biography | Noni Jabavu | 1919-2008 | ✓ |
| B-0008533 | biography | Zanemvula Kizito Mda | 1948 | ✓ |
| B-0007859 | biography | Stephen William Black | 1879-1931 | ✓ |
| A-0099603 | article | Ruth First Untold by Jerry Saena | 15 Jun 2015 | ✓ |
| B-0098638 | biography | Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa | 1941-1995 | ✓ |
| B-0149445 | biography | Anthony Richard Stubbs | 1923-2004 | – |
| B-0067897 | biography | Alan Stewart Paton | 1903-1988 | ✓ |
| B-0008288 | biography | Mazisi Raymond Kunene | 1930-2006 | ✓ |
| B-0008279 | biography | Antjie Krog | 1952 | – |
| B-0008447 | biography | Greg Marinovich | 1962 | – |
| B-0094982 | biography | Jonty Driver | 1939 | – |
| B-0008764 | biography | Michiel Hendrik Nesser | 1874-1932 | – |
| B-0149358 | biography | Mcgregor Mgolombane | – | ✓ |
| B-0121732 | biography | Emile Maurice | 1955-2016 | – |
| B-0068170 | biography | David Anderson | – | – |
| B-0008221 | biography | Elsa Joubert | 1922 | ✓ |
| B-0008212 | biography | Ingrid Jonker | 1933-1965 | ✓ |
| B-0100311 | biography | Maggie Smith | 1930-2015 | ✓ |
| B-0096633 | biography | Mthuli ka Shezi | 1947-1972 | – |
| B-0093742 | biography | Julian Raymond Cobbing | 1944 | – |
| B-0150288 | biography | Adam Small | 1936-2016 | ✓ |
| B-0007841 | biography | Mary Dorothy Benson | 1919-2000 | ✓ |
| R-0151900 | archive | Writing the 1973 Durban Strikes: From ‘black worker unrest’ to the ‘birth of independent trade unions’ by Debby Bonnin | 2 Nov 2022 | – |
| B-0149324 | biography | Johannes Matlala | – | ✓ |
BiographyKabelo Sello Duiker
Kabelo Sello Duiker was born in Orlando West, Soweto, Johannesburg. Duiker was the eldest of three brothers and his parents were well-educated and affluent…
BiographyLewis Nkosi
Lewis Nkosi was born in Chesterville, Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal and was educated at local schools before enrolling at M. L. Sultan Technical College in Durban. …
ArticleSophiatown in Literature
… In some cases it is their experiences reflected in their writings, more than accounts of the overtly political …
BiographySandile Dikeni
Sandile Dikeni was born in Victoria West, Northern Cape in 1966. He began writing poetry while in detention for his anti-apartheid activism in the 1980s. He…
BiographyDiana Ferrus
Internationally renowned South African poet, writer, and activist for marginalised groups, Diana Ferrus, was born on 29 August 1953 in Worcester, Cape Province…
BiographyMafika Pascal Gwala
Mafika Pascal Gwala was born on 5 October 1946 in the town of Verulam, a region predominantly inhabited by Zulus and Indians, in what was then Natal province …
BiographyNoni Jabavu
Helen Nontando (Noni) Jabavu was born in 1919 in the Eastern Cape into a literary family. From the age of thirteen, she was schooled in England, and continued…
BiographyZanemvula Kizito Mda
Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni Mda (Zakes), was born in Herschel, Eastern Cape, South Africa, in 1948 to Rose Nompumelelo, a nurse, and Ashbey Peter Solomzi Mda, a…
BiographyStephen William Black
Stephen Black was the son of Henry and Sarah Black. He was born in September 1879 in Claremont, Cape Town and was brought up and educated under extremely poor…
Ruth First Untold by Jerry Saena
… of apartheid. Ruth contributed in many ways, from her writings to her public speeches. Ruth directed her campaigns … important Fighting Talk journal. A…
BiographyKenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa
Ken Saro-Wiwa was a prominent Nigerian author, activist and television producer. He garnered attention by leading a nonviolent campaign against the…
BiographyAnthony Richard Stubbs
… Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. It is as editor of Biko's writings that Stubbs will best be remembered. In the final … Anti-apartheid cleric and published…
BiographyAlan Stewart Paton
Alan Stewart Paton was born in Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu Natal on 11 January 1903. His father, James Paton, a Scottish immigrant and civil servant, came to…
BiographyMazisi Raymond Kunene
Mazisi Raymond Kunene was born in Durban on May 12, 1930, at McCord's Hospital. His mother Eva Kunene (nee Ngcobo) was a teacher and his father, Mdabuli Albert…
BiographyAntjie Krog
Antjie was born on 23 October 1952 on a farm in the Free State. She completed her BA degree with Afrikaans (cum laude), Philosophy (cum laude) and English at…
BiographyGreg Marinovich
The first pictures Marinovich took of a news event were of Archbishop Desmond Tutu when he led a church service in downtown Johannesburg in 1985 to protest the…
BiographyJonty Driver
Jonty (C.J) Driver was born in Cape Townin 1939 and grew up with his mother and younger brother in Kroonstad. His father spent time fighting in North Africa…
BiographyMichiel Hendrik Nesser
Michiel Hendrik Nesser was born on 28 July 1874 in Lusaskop, Philipstown. He received informal teaching from his father. Nesser was a great reader and his…
BiographyMcgregor Mgolombane
McGregor Mgolombane, from Thembuland, Umtata District, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape] was banished to Native Trust Farm Magagapere No. KU 1.8 (also…
BiographyEmile Maurice
Born in 1955 and based most of his life in Cape Town, Emile Maurice was an artist, curator, author educator and Nation builder. He received an Advanced Diploma…
David Anderson
David ‘Andy’ Anderson was born in Kwazulu-Natal. He began his editorial cartooning career in 1977, submitting work for the Natal Witness. He went on to do work…
BiographyElsa Joubert
Elsabé Antoinette Murray Joubert (married surname Steytler) was born on 19 October 1922 in Paarl where she grew up, and studied at the universities of…
BiographyIngrid Jonker
Ingrid Jonker was born on 19 September 1933 on a farm in the rural area of Douglas, near Kimberley in the Northern Cape. After her parents’ divorce, Jonker…
Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith was born in 1930. She was a journalist and became the first woman news editor in Africa of the Sunday Times in Johannesburg in the 60s when the…
BiographyMthuli ka Shezi
Mthuli ka Shezi was a leading Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) intellectual. He was also a playwright and a cultural activist. He was president of the…
BiographyJulian Raymond Cobbing
Julian Cobbing was born in 1944 in London. He studied at the University of London where he gained his Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree and later obtained his PHD…
BiographyAdam Small
… especially on the Coloured community. He used his writings as a tool to bring attention to the oppression … anything further, such as imprisonment…
BiographyMary Dorothy Benson
Dorothy Mary Benson – known as Mary Benson – was born on 8 December 1919 in Pretoria, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng), where she received her early education…
Writing the 1973 Durban Strikes: From ‘black worker unrest’ to the ‘birth of independent trade unions’ by Debby Bonnin
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Debby Bonnin (Department of Sociology, University of Pretoria) …
BiographyJohannes Matlala
In relating his story of banishment to Helen Joseph, Johannes Matlala said he was arrested with others and ‘driven to Pietersburg like a flock of sheep.’ Some…