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| B-0008262 | biography | Fiona Kirkwood | 1949 | – |
| B-0099280 | biography | Mandla Langa | 1950 | ✓ |
| B-0071944 | biography | Abdul ‘Apamai’ Rahman Dawood | 1935-2012 | ✓ |
| B-0008166 | biography | Percy John "Jack" Hodgson | 1910-1977 | ✓ |
| B-0007917 | biography | Margaret Roach Killie Campbell | 1881-1965 | ✓ |
| B-0064873 | biography | Freda Levson | 1911-2004 | ✓ |
| B-0008808 | biography | Lewis Nkosi | 1936-2010 | ✓ |
| B-0008496 | biography | John Matshikiza | 1954-2008 | ✓ |
| B-0068655 | biography | Frederik van Zyl Slabbert | 1940-2010 | – |
| B-0008386 | biography | Advocate Israel “Isie” Aaron Maisels | 1905-1994 | ✓ |
| B-0008213 | biography | Mohamed Hajee Joosub | 1862-1944 | – |
| B-0096200 | biography | Arthur David Bensusan | 1921-2007 | – |
| B-0067897 | biography | Alan Stewart Paton | 1903-1988 | ✓ |
| B-0008221 | biography | Elsa Joubert | 1922 | ✓ |
| B-0008062 | biography | Dumile Feni | 1942-1991 | – |
| B-0074109 | biography | Eulalie Doreen Stott | 1922-2010 | ✓ |
| B-0064874 | biography | Ahmed Essop “Quarter” Khota | 1928-2009 | – |
| B-0066421 | biography | Harriet Bolton | 1927-2009 | ✓ |
| B-0008586 | biography | Thamsanqa “Thami” Mnyele | 1948-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0009223 | biography | Sheila Weinberg | 1945-2004 | ✓ |
| B-0064862 | biography | Fort Calata | 1956-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0064845 | biography | Chris Hani | 1942-1993 | ✓ |
| B-0009128 | biography | Anna Tempo | – | – |
| B-0007808 | biography | John Thomas Baines | 1820-1875 | ✓ |
| B-0008245 | biography | Duke Ketye | 1943-2002 | ✓ |
| B-0125661 | biography | Dumisani Shadrack Kumalo | 1947-2019 | ✓ |
| B-0065257 | biography | Rev George Wauchope | unknown-2011 | ✓ |
| B-0008279 | biography | Antjie Krog | 1952 | – |
| B-0008165 | biography | Robert Hodgins | 1920-2010 | ✓ |
| B-0008447 | biography | Greg Marinovich | 1962 | – |
BiographyFiona Kirkwood
She was born in Scotland. She obtained a BA(FA) (1971) from the Glasgow School of Art and a MA(FA) from UN. She has lectured in 3D Design, Fashion, Fibre Art…
BiographyMandla Langa
Mandla Langa was born in Stanger, or KwaDukuza, a town in the Natal Province, now known as KwaZulu-Natal Province. He is the son of a preacher, and he grew up…
BiographyAbdul ‘Apamai’ Rahman Dawood
Abdul Rahman Dawood or 'Apmai' as he was affectionately known was born in India to a family of progressive community activists in October 1935. He was brought…
BiographyPercy John "Jack" Hodgson
Percy John ‘Jack’ Hodgson born on 17 August 1910 in Roodepoort, was the eldest son of three children born to Jessy (nee Turner) and Percy John Hodgson. An…
BiographyMargaret Roach Killie Campbell
Margaret Roach Campbell (Killie Campbell) was born at Mount Edgecombe on 9 September 1881, the second of four children of the Natal senator and sugar magnate,…
BiographyFreda Levson
Freda Levson was born on 21 November 1911 in Pretoria, South Africa. Her father was a prominent physician in Johannesburg. She was educated in England from the…
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. …
BiographyJohn Matshikiza
John Matshikiza was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg in 1954. Sophiatown was soon after demolished to make way for the White suburb of Triomf (Triumph)…
BiographyFrederik van Zyl Slabbert
Frederik van Zyl Slabbert and his twin sister were born on 2 March 1940 in Pretoria to Barbara Zacharia Hagen and Petrus Johannes Slabbert. Slabbert attended…
BiographyAdvocate Israel “Isie” Aaron Maisels
Advocate Israel “Isie” Aaron Maisels was born on 19 November 1905 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. His father, Henry Maisels, had come…
BiographyMohamed Hajee Joosub
Joosub was born in Ranavav in India in 1862. He was the youngest of five children fathered by Hajee Joosub, a merchant, farmer and herbalist. Hajee Joosub…
BiographyArthur David Bensusan
Dr Arthur David (Kin) Bensusan was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) in 1921. The son of a physician, he schooled at St John's College,…
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…
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…
BiographyDumile Feni
Zwelidumile Geelboi Mgxaji Mslaba “Dumile” Feni was born on 21 May 1942 in Worcester, Western Cape. His mother died when he was only five or six years old and…
BiographyEulalie Doreen Stott
Eulalie Doreen Stott was born in Fish Hoek on 4 August 1922. Stott was the only child and after her parents’ divorce, when she was just three years old, she…
BiographyAhmed Essop “Quarter” Khota
Ahmed Essop "Quarter" Khota, was born on 5 July 1928. His friends affectionately knew him as “Quarter”, a name given to him by Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu…
BiographyHarriet Bolton
Harriet Bolton was born in 1927 in Makwassie in Southern Transvaal, the eldest of four children – a younger brother and two sisters. Her family moved around…
BiographyThamsanqa “Thami” Mnyele
"For me as craftsman, the act of creating art should complement the act of creating shelter for my family or liberating the country for me people. This is…
BiographySheila Weinberg
Sheila Weinberg was born in Johannesburg on 1 October 1945, the daughter of Eli and Violet Weinberg who were both members of the ANC and the South African…
BiographyFort Calata
Fort Calata was born on 5 November 1956. Fort’s grandfather, the Reverend Canon James Arthur Calata, was the Secretary General of the African National Congress…
BiographyChris Hani
Thembisile Chris Hani was born in the rural village of Sabalele, in the Cofimvaba region of the former Transkei. He was the fifth of the six children of…
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…
BiographyJohn Thomas Baines
SA Painter John Thomas Baines was born on 27 November 1820 in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England (often reffered to as Thomas Baines). His father was a master…
BiographyDuke Ketye
Duke Ketye was born was born on 6 June 1943 in Orlando east, Soweto. Ketye attended Ematsheni Primary School in Orlando East, Soweto. He completed Standard VII…
BiographyDumisani Shadrack Kumalo
Dumisani Shadrack Kumalo was born on 16 September 1947 in Kwambunda village on the banks of the Blood River in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal).In 1947 the Kumalo…
BiographyRev George Wauchope
Rev George Wauchope was born in South Africa. He joined the South African Student Organisation (SASO) while studying at the University of Fort Hare in the…
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…
BiographyRobert Hodgins
"For me, it is very simple. The act of painting at a particular moment is able, for reasons I neither understands, nor even try to understand, to open up the…
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…