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| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0068165 | biography | Topsy Madaka | 1954-1982 | ✓ |
| B-0094641 | biography | Nimrod Sekeramane Nathale | 1920-2004 | – |
| B-0067421 | biography | Chief Dingiswayo | 1770 | – |
| B-0123390 | biography | Gordon Sprigg | 1830-1913 | ✓ |
| B-0084124 | biography | Kasturba Gandhi | 1869-1944 | ✓ |
| B-0007888 | biography | Edgar Harry Brookes | 1897-1979 | ✓ |
| B-0008320 | biography | Daniel Simon Letanka | 1874-1932 | ✓ |
| B-0009148 | biography | Fihla Christmas Tinto | 1925-2005 | ✓ |
| B-0009135 | biography | Gertrud Theiler | 1897-1986 | – |
| B-0093589 | biography | Thenjiwe Mtintso | 1950 | ✓ |
| B-0121649 | biography | Tamsanqa Tasque Tshume | 1925 | ✓ |
| B-0008663 | biography | Elizabeth Maria Molteno | 1852-1927 | ✓ |
| B-0086256 | biography | Sir Sydney Kentridge | 1922 | ✓ |
| B-0085550 | biography | Thabo Marcus Motaung | 1955-1983 | ✓ |
| B-0008948 | biography | Robert M. Resha | 1920-1973 | ✓ |
| B-0096897 | biography | Stanley Huette Uys | 1922-2014 | ✓ |
| B-0080477 | biography | Dr Ahmed Ismail Limbada | 1922-1988 | ✓ |
| B-0125501 | biography | Ashley James Kriel | 1966-1987 | ✓ |
| B-0007988 | biography | Patricia De Lille | 1951 | ✓ |
| B-0008682 | biography | Es’kia Mphahlele | 1919-2008 | ✓ |
| B-0008374 | biography | Humphrey Phakade “Pax” Magwaza | 1962-2007 | – |
| B-0007841 | biography | Mary Dorothy Benson | 1919-2000 | ✓ |
| B-0008083 | biography | Esther Franks | 1900 | – |
| B-0066295 | biography | Mary Agnes Stainbank | 1899-1996 | – |
| B-0096465 | biography | Vesta Smith | 1922-2013 | ✓ |
| B-0007785 | biography | Benny (!Khoisan X) Alexander | 1955-2010 | ✓ |
| B-0095730 | biography | Cassim Amra | 1919-1984 | – |
| B-0096411 | biography | Zuleika Sarojini Christopher | 1924-1992 | – |
| B-0095834 | biography | Ephraim Nkwe | 2013 | ✓ |
| B-0008219 | biography | Plaatjies Joseph Paul | 1930 | ✓ |
BiographyTopsy Madaka
… New Brighton, Port Elizabeth in 1954. He was the son of Nontsikelelo and Mongameli Madaka who, both passed away in … in Transkei. He also attended the Mount…
BiographyNimrod Sekeramane Nathale
… Sejake was born on 8 August 1920 in Evaton, south of Johannesburg, to Basotho parents. He attended a mission … Soweto . During the 1950s, Sejake was a…
Chief Dingiswayo
… Paramount Chief of the Mthethwa and leader of various northern Nguni groups who lived in the Zululand … or Ngodongwa) life. But as far as we know, towards…
BiographyGordon Sprigg
… Gordon Sprig was born in Ipswich, England in 1830, the son of a pastor. He schooled at Ipswich and at other private … reporter before moving to the Cape…
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
… in Porbandar, in present day Gujarat. She was the daughter of Gokuldas Makanji Kapadia, a wealthy merchant. Kasturba had … younger and one older than her…
BiographyEdgar Harry Brookes
… in 1901.In 1920 he was hired to teach at the University of Pretoria while working towards a doctorral degree which he … he joined the Liberal Party in March…
BiographyDaniel Simon Letanka
… Letanka was born at Saulspoort in the Rustenburg district of the Transvaal in 1874 and attended the Native College in … in the northern Transvaal. In 1912,…
BiographyFihla Christmas Tinto
… Christmas day on 25 December 1925 in the Mqanduli district of the former Transkei, now part of Eastern Cape Province. His involvement in political … to work…
BiographyGertrud Theiler
… Gertrud Theiler was the youngest daughter of sir Arnold Theiler KCMG, founder and first director of the Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, and his wife, ……
BiographyThenjiwe Mtintso
… father Gana Makabeni was a trade unionist and a member of the African National Congress (ANC). Mtintso faced … studies at secondary school and at the…
BiographyTamsanqa Tasque Tshume
… Stalwart of the Cape African National Congress in the 1950s. He was … Port Elizabeth, and inherited the political inclinations of his two uncles, Gladstone…
BiographyElizabeth Maria Molteno
… a privileged and protected environment as the oldest child of the Cape Colony’s first Prime Minister, John Molteno. With … encouraged debate in their family…
BiographySir Sydney Kentridge
… School. In 1941, he obtained a BA degree at the University of the Witwatersrand. He served with the South African forces … honours in jurisprudence. He was…
BiographyThabo Marcus Motaung
… the Township around the early to mid-1960s. They were part of families forcibly removed from Alexandra Township, North of Johannesburg. This phase of forced…
BiographyRobert M. Resha
… Eastern Cape] on 9 March 1920. He completed eight years of formal school and in his late teens went to work as a … in Johannesburg around 1940. He later…
BiographyStanley Huette Uys
… Province). His parents, Dirk and Francina, were members of the Dutch Reformed Church. His mother died young and Uys … his way through the George Bernard Shaw…
BiographyDr Ahmed Ismail Limbada
… Transvaal (now Gauteng) where he was a member of the Progressive Forum. In 1951, two of Dundee’s sons, Karrim Essack and Dr Limbada returned from … at Wits…
BiographyAshley James Kriel
… Flats and was predominantly working class. In the context of the Group Areas Act , it was a ‘coloured’ designated area. This meant that many of the families…
BiographyPatricia De Lille
… West to Henry and Gertrude Lindt. She is the third of seven children in an Afrikaans-speaking coloured family. … joined the SACWU. After SACWU became a…
BiographyEs’kia Mphahlele
… Extract from media statement on the passing of Dr. Es’kia Mphahlele (1919 - 2008): By Minister of culture & society, Dr Z. Pallo Jordan Es'kia [Ezekiel]…
BiographyHumphrey Phakade “Pax” Magwaza
… Magwaza was born on 4 April 1962, in Lamontville, one of the oldest Durban townships, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN). He was one of Evelyn and Philip…
BiographyMary Dorothy Benson
… her early education. Born into the privileged world of servants and country clubs, Benson’s early ambitions were … where she would eventually end up. The…
BiographyEsther Franks
… Franks studied at the University of the Witwatersrand and was a member of the first Student Representative Council of the University. In 1925 she was the…
BiographyMary Agnes Stainbank
… Anne's DSG at Hilton. Stainbank was an artist way ahead of her time. Though credited with introducing a modern school of sculpture to South Africa during…
BiographyVesta Smith
… in Vrededorp did not last long as the government’s policy of forced removals soon compelled them to resettle in … Soweto. Smith was eighteen years old. She…
BiographyBenny (!Khoisan X) Alexander
… Benny Alexander, the third child of Estelle and Johann Alexander, a labourer, was born on 4th of March 1955 in Kimberley, where he also grew up. Following ……
BiographyCassim Amra
… Congress (NIC) against the then conservative leadership of the organisation. After matriculating in 1937, he joined … from Amra’s home on Milton Road, Durban…
BiographyZuleika Sarojini Christopher
… Zuleika (Zulei) Sarojini Christopher, the eldest daughter of Advocate Albert Christopher and Ghadija Gool, was born in … she also grew up. Advocate Albert…
BiographyEphraim Nkwe
… In the midst of the State of Emergency , the South African Youth Congress (SAYCO) was … a secret meeting in Cape Town. Ephraim Nkwe was a member of its first…
BiographyPlaatjies Joseph Paul
… Plaatjies Paul Joseph was on 1st of June in 1930 in Ferreirastown,Johannesburg.Joseph joined … by day in a furniture factory owned by the father of Ruth…