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| B-0007781 | biography | Kerr Alexander | 1885-1970 | – |
| B-0008295 | biography | Pius Nkonzo Langa | 1939-2013 | ✓ |
| B-0008549 | biography | Roelof Petrus (Roelf) Meyer | 1947 | – |
| B-0123686 | biography | King Sarhili kaHintsa | 1815-1892 | ✓ |
| B-0068945 | biography | Mongane Wally Serote | 1944 | ✓ |
| B-0008328 | biography | Neville Allan Lewis | 1895-1972 | – |
| B-0007878 | biography | Roelof Frederik ‘Pik’ Botha | 1932-2018 | ✓ |
| B-0094070 | biography | Archie Mafeje | 1936-2007 | ✓ |
| B-0009051 | biography | Stella Margaret Nomzamo Sigcau | 1937-2006 | ✓ |
| B-0122374 | biography | Anna De Koningh | 1656-1734 | – |
| B-0008291 | biography | Alex la Guma | 1925-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0121659 | biography | Morgan Gonaseelan Naidoo | 1936-1988 | – |
| B-0068083 | biography | Jannie “Jan Bek” Momberg | 1938-2011 | – |
| B-0008215 | biography | Zweledinga Pallo Jordan | 1942 | ✓ |
| B-0007944 | biography | Martha Helena Cillie | 1866-1966 | ✓ |
| B-0096200 | biography | Arthur David Bensusan | 1921-2007 | – |
| B-0007787 | biography | Joseph Alfers | 1949 | – |
| B-0008981 | biography | Anthony Sampson | 1926-2004 | ✓ |
| B-0008013 | biography | Abdul Khalek Mohamed Docrat | 1915-2003 | ✓ |
| B-0007806 | biography | Omar Badsha | 1945 | ✓ |
| B-0008069 | biography | Advocate Abram "Bram" Fischer | 1908-1975 | ✓ |
| B-0008773 | biography | Sandile Ngcobo | 1953 | – |
| B-0096463 | biography | Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan | 1949-2024 | ✓ |
| B-0008768 | biography | Henry Reed Ngcayiya | 1863-1928 | ✓ |
| B-0008212 | biography | Ingrid Jonker | 1933-1965 | ✓ |
| B-0007916 | biography | Edwin Cameron | 1953 | ✓ |
| B-0124548 | biography | David Dabede Mabuza | 1960 | ✓ |
| B-0007967 | biography | Herbert Henry Curson | 1892 | – |
| R-0123767 | archive | Daily reflections by Virginia MacKenny, September 2002 | 20 Jul 2017 | – |
| B-0098558 | biography | Haile Selassie I | 1892-1975 | ✓ |
BiographyKerr Alexander
… Early Life: Alexander Kerr was the first of six children born to William and Elizabeth Findlay Kerr. … Street Primary School in Greenock and then, in…
BiographyPius Nkonzo Langa
… Mpumalanga), South Africa, on 25 March 1939, the second of seven children. In 1957, he went to work at a shirtmaking … in 1960. Langa then found employment…
BiographyRoelof Petrus (Roelf) Meyer
… Meyer was born in Port Elizabeth on 16 July 1947, the son of Hudson and Hannah Meyer. His father was a farmer in the … to study for his B Comm and LLB…
BiographyKing Sarhili kaHintsa
… Xhosaland before it was fragmented by the consequences of the ‘Cattle Killing Movement’ of 1856-7. The movement was spurred on by 1) the encroachment of…
BiographyMongane Wally Serote
… education took place in the poverty-stricken township of Alexandra and later at Morris Isaacson High – the school … Movement (BCM) and was inspired by the…
BiographyNeville Allan Lewis
… society portraitist, Lewis was steeped in the tradition of British painting and internalised to a high degree the style of Augustus John (1878–1961). The…
BiographyRoelof Frederik ‘Pik’ Botha
… and was a good all-round pupil, becoming chairman of debating society, head of the Voortrekkers, a member of the rugby team, an officer in the school cadets,…
BiographyArchie Mafeje
… was born in Ngcobo in South Africa on 30 March 1936. Both of his parents were involved in education; his father was a headmaster of a primary school and his…
BiographyStella Margaret Nomzamo Sigcau
… Sigcau was born on 4 January 1937, she was the eldest of the three children of Paramount Chief Botha Sigcau of East Pondoland who became the first state…
BiographyAnna De Koningh
… Anna De Koningh was the daughter of Angela van Bengale. She arrived with Angela from Batavia, … Cape, moving from being a slave to becoming the mistress of…
BiographyAlex la Guma
… Alex la Guma is known as one of South Africa’s foremost activist writers, both for his … and fiction writing depicting the oppressive measures of Apartheid …
BiographyMorgan Gonaseelan Naidoo
… Naidoo was born in 1936 in Durban. He spent most of his young life at the FOSA TB Settlement, just north of the city. His father died when he was still…
BiographyJannie “Jan Bek” Momberg
… a close relationship with the party’s Head. As a result of being a motor-mouth, Momberg was then nicknamed “Jan Bek”. Jannie Momberg was a member of the…
BiographyZweledinga Pallo Jordan
… and lecturer. Both his parents were active members of the Non-European Unity Movement (NEUM). Jordan's family … he followed in their footsteps. He started…
BiographyMartha Helena Cillie
… on 22 April 1866 in Wellington (SA). She was the daughter of Charl Daniel Cillié and his wife, Martha Helena Marais. … She came from an illustrious family…
BiographyArthur David Bensusan
… in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) in 1921. The son of a physician, he schooled at St John's College, … He joined the South African Air Force at the…
BiographyJoseph Alfers
… in Pietermaritzburg, graduating from the then University of Natal with a BA.LLB in 1972. At University, he met Paul … law at the time. Alfers was called up…
BiographyAnthony Sampson
… with then editor Jim Bailey, Sampson became editor of Drum magazine in Johannesburg. During this time, Sampson … On his return to Britain he joined the…
BiographyAbdul Khalek Mohamed Docrat
… Docrat was born in the village of Kathor, India on 15 September 1915. His grandfather was a … entering the country, as he was not accompanied by any one of…
BiographyOmar Badsha
… up in a working-class Indian Muslim family, which is part of the country's small but influential Gujarati Vhora Muslim … from India in the first decade…
BiographyAdvocate Abram "Bram" Fischer
… State. He was born into a prominent Afrikaans family, son of Percy Ulrich Fischer, at the time a member of the Bloemfontein Bar. Percy later became a much…
BiographySandile Ngcobo
… 1953 in Durban, South Africa. Ngcobo was the beneficiary of a scholarship from Barclays Bank between 1973 and 1976. In 1975 Ngcobo graduated from the…
BiographyPravin Jamnadas Gordhan
… The contribution of Pravin Gordhan may never be truly understood and appreciated by millions of South Africans. For those of us who have had the privilege to…
Henry Reed Ngcayiya
… Aliwal North. In the 1890s he was ordained as a minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC), but after a … Church in South Africa and by 1910…
BiographyIngrid 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 experienced a…
BiographyEdwin Cameron
… Cameron later attained his LLB from the University of South Africa cum laude, and was awarded the Johannes Voet … 1986 conducted a human rights practice from…
BiographyDavid Dabede Mabuza
… a National Teacher’s Certificate from Mngwenya College of Education in 1985. He furthered his studies at University of South Africa (UNISA) with Bachelor of…
BiographyHerbert Henry Curson
… Herbert Henry Curson, the eldest son of Henry Charles Curson, was born on 22 September 1892 in … this time he won 14 medals and qualified as a member of the…
Daily reflections by Virginia MacKenny, September 2002
… to the city centre, breakfast included and a shower of my own. He even calls me a taxi. I am pleasantly surprised … in German, but there is no mistaking the…
BiographyHaile Selassie I
… was Lij Tafari Makonnen. He was the only surviving son of the governor of Harar, Ras Makonnen Wolde Michael. Selassie traced his … back to Menelik I, who was…