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| B-0008917 | biography | Ethel Ruth Prowse | 1883-1967 | – |
| B-0122696 | biography | Ray Berman | 1941 | – |
| B-0067897 | biography | Alan Stewart Paton | 1903-1988 | ✓ |
| B-0068232 | biography | Rita Alice Ndzanga | 1933 | ✓ |
| B-0007792 | biography | James Edward April | 1940 | ✓ |
| B-0008106 | biography | David Goldblatt | 1930-2018 | ✓ |
| B-0074795 | biography | Dr Nomava Eslinah Shangase | 1931-1981 | ✓ |
| B-0008578 | biography | Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka | 1955 | ✓ |
| B-0007786 | biography | Jane Alexander | 1959 | – |
| B-0094484 | biography | David Hemson | 1945-2025 | ✓ |
| B-0008617 | biography | Patrick Mosell Molaoa | 1925-1968 | – |
| B-0098483 | biography | Richard Feetham | 1874-1965 | – |
| B-0095355 | biography | Basil Coetzee | 1944-1998 | ✓ |
| B-0079888 | biography | Ben Baartman | 1924 | ✓ |
| B-0007851 | biography | Sibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel Bengu | 1934 | ✓ |
| B-0007900 | biography | Sonia Beryl Bunting | 1922-2001 | – |
| B-0008902 | biography | John Nyathi Pokela | 1922-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0009103 | biography | Hendrik Pieter Marthinus Steyn | 1886-1963 | – |
| B-0008210 | biography | John David Rheinallt Jones | 1884-1953 | ✓ |
| B-0007931 | biography | Ohm Collins Chabane | 1960-2015 | ✓ |
| B-0008926 | biography | Lucas Radebe | 1969 | ✓ |
| B-0125633 | biography | Pitso John Mosimane | 1964 | ✓ |
| B-0008843 | biography | Dorothy Nomzansi Nyembe | 1931-1998 | ✓ |
| B-0073091 | biography | Vuyani Mabaxa | 1967-1991 | ✓ |
| B-0008321 | biography | Dr Arthur Elias Letele | 1916-1965 | ✓ |
| B-0008460 | biography | Barbara Mosima Joyce Masekela | 1941 | ✓ |
| B-0068272 | biography | Philemon Pearce Nokwe | 1927-1978 | – |
| B-0068096 | biography | Florence Mophosho | 1921-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0008931 | biography | Jeevenundhan (Jeeva) Rajgopaul | 1952 | – |
| B-0071696 | biography | Joseph Johannes Marks | 1936-2011 | ✓ |
BiographyEthel Ruth Prowse
… Born in Queenstown in 1833, Ruth Prowse is known for her significant … Art. She spent her childhood on the slopes of Devil Peak in Cape Town where she lived…
BiographyRay Berman
… Born and bred in Johannesburg, Ray Berman left South Africa in 1966 to go into voluntary exile in Swaziland and has since become a national household name ……
BiographyAlan Stewart Paton
… Alan Stewart Paton was born in Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu Natal on 11 January 1903. His father, James Paton, … Scottish immigrant and civil servant, came to…
BiographyRita Alice Ndzanga
… 17 October 1933, the third child of Isaac and Alina More in a village called Mogopa near Ventersdorp, western … Transvaal (now North West Province ). Her…
BiographyJames Edward April
… James Edward April was born on 20th of March in 1940, in Bokmakeri Athlone, Cape Town, Western Province (now … to attend political rallies at the Grand…
BiographyDavid Goldblatt
… immigrants, he was born on 29 November 1930 in the small mining town of Randfontein, Johannesburg , … the persecution of the Lithuanian-Jewish communities in…
BiographyDr Nomava Eslinah Shangase
… Nomava Eslinah Shangase was born in Pondoland on 9 May 1931. Shangase qualified as a nurse at King Edward Hospital in Durban . As a nurse, in South Africa,…
BiographyPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
… Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka was born on 3rd November 1955 in Claremont, Durban in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal ). She matriculated from Ohlange High School in Inanda…
BiographyJane Alexander
… This biography was written by SAHO in collaboration with Artthrob Modus Operandi Jane Alexander … is known for her figurative sculptures, often appearing in…
BiographyDavid Hemson
… David Hemson was born on 18 July 1945 in Durban, Natal. His father was a serviceman and by default … Hemson was granted British citizenship. Hemson grew up…
BiographyPatrick Mosell Molaoa
… Born in Johannesburg in 1925, he grew up in Alexandra Township and attended schools in Basutoland, Johannesburg, and Kimberley until …
BiographyRichard Feetham
… Archdeacon William Crawley. After spending his early years in an English country parsonage, Feetham was educated at … and New College, Oxford, England where…
BiographyBasil Coetzee
… B’ or 'Manenberg' as he was affectionately known) was born in District Six, Cape Town, on 2 February 1944. He grew up in the area, and as a teenager showed…
BiographyBen Baartman
… The son of a farm worker, Kopi Ben Baartman was born in the Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) town of Molteno on … the African Mineworkers Union (AMU) and…
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…
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 … the banning of the Communist Party…
BiographyJohn Nyathi Pokela
… Pokela was one of the Africanist in the African National Congress Youth League who broke off to found Pan Africanist Congress in 1959. In 1966 he was…
BiographyHendrik Pieter Marthinus Steyn
… Hendrik Pieter Marthinus Steyn was born in Utrecht, Natal, 9 September, 1886. He was a Minister of … Jan Daniel and Louisa Steyn. Steyn spent his early youth…
BiographyJohn David Rheinallt Jones
… John David Rheinallt Jones was born in 1884 in Carnarvonshire, Wales, the son of a minister, and immigrated to South Africa in 1905, imbued with his family's…
BiographyOhm Collins Chabane
… Ohm Collins Chabane was born on 15 April 1960 in Xikundu Village, in Limpopo (then Northern Transvaal). He attended Shingwedzi … Organisation (Azaso) . He…
BiographyLucas Radebe
… Lucas Radebe was born on 12 April 1969 in Diepkloof, Soweto. When he was 15 years old, his parents … sent him away to Bophuthatswana to avoid the violence in…
BiographyPitso John Mosimane
… Pitso John Mosimane was born on 26 July 1964 in Kagiso Township in the Krugersdorp area, west of Johannesburg . He is a … player and currently the coach of…
BiographyDorothy Nomzansi Nyembe
… Nyembe was born on the 31st of December 1931 near Dundee in northern KwaZulu-Natal . Her mother, Leeya Basolise Nyembe … later. She joined the African…
BiographyVuyani Mabaxa
… Vuyani Mabaxa grew up in Diepkloof, Johannesburg. His parents were members of the … Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu). In the 1980s, he was…
BiographyDr Arthur Elias Letele
… Arthur Elias Letele was born on 2nd October 1915 in Maseru, Lesotho. His father, Elias Letele, was a school … South Africa shortly after Arthur's birth and…
BiographyBarbara Mosima Joyce Masekela
… Barbara Mosima Joyce Masekela was born on 18 July 1941 in Johannesburg . She was the second of four children born to … and Thomas Selema Masekela. Her mother…
BiographyPhilemon Pearce Nokwe
… As a child he grew up in a working-class environment - his father was a shoemaker - and attended primary schools in Evaton. He matriculated at St Peter's…
BiographyFlorence Mophosho
… Florence Mophosho was born in 1921 Alexander Township , Johannesburg . She was the first … siblings. She first worked as a domestic worker and later in a…
BiographyJeevenundhan (Jeeva) Rajgopaul
… Jeevenundhan (Jeeva) Rajgopaul was born in November 1952, in Dundee, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He grew up in Clairwood, Durb an. In 1961 his family was…
BiographyJoseph Johannes Marks
… Joseph Johannes Marks was born on 22 April 1936 in Mossel Bay, where his father, a fisherman, was also born. He grew up in Pacaltsdorp near George in the…