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| R-0068606 | archive | ’We are of the world and the world is with us’, Address by Oliver Tambo on receiving the Degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 9 May 1986 | 14 Oct 2011 | – |
| B-0084103 | biography | Dr. Abu Baker Asvat | 1943-1989 | ✓ |
| B-0068220 | biography | James Madhlope Phillips | 1919-1987 | – |
| B-0095146 | biography | Amy Thornton | 1932 | ✓ |
| B-0080664 | biography | Mme Makwena Matlala | – | ✓ |
| B-0007841 | biography | Mary Dorothy Benson | 1919-2000 | ✓ |
| B-0067328 | biography | Tielman Johannes de Villiers Roos | 1879-1935 | – |
| B-0008117 | biography | Nadine Gordimer | 1923-2014 | ✓ |
| B-0007876 | biography | Elize Botha | 1930-2007 | ✓ |
| B-0097631 | biography | Denis Mayer | 1923-2013 | ✓ |
| B-0007817 | biography | Vincent Baloyi | 1954 | – |
| B-0009036 | biography | Cyprian Mpho Shilakoe | 1946-1972 | ✓ |
| B-0096312 | biography | Sara “Saartjie” Baartman | 1789-1815 | ✓ |
| B-0095356 | biography | Douglas Chadwick Thompson | 1905-1985 | – |
| B-0068262 | biography | John Kgwana Nkadimeng | 1925-2020 | – |
| B-0008578 | biography | Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka | 1955 | ✓ |
| B-0007787 | biography | Joseph Alfers | 1949 | – |
| B-0008992 | biography | Johanna (Joey) Hendrina Scheepers | 1915-1976 | ✓ |
| B-0125363 | biography | Athol Edwin Thorne | 1921-2001 | ✓ |
| B-0008461 | biography | Hugh Masekela | 1939-2018 | ✓ |
| B-0007902 | biography | Henry Burton | 1866-1935 | ✓ |
| B-0008250 | biography | President Seretse Khama | 1921-1980 | ✓ |
| B-0008806 | biography | Sokhaya Charles Nkosi | 1949 | ✓ |
| B-0122372 | biography | Jan Smiesing | 1697-1734 | – |
| B-0009089 | biography | Robert Sobukwe | 1924-1978 | ✓ |
| B-0008084 | biography | Wilhelmina Louisa Freund | 1890-1938 | ✓ |
| B-0093135 | biography | Nokuthula Orela Simelane | 1960-1983 | ✓ |
| B-0008363 | biography | Moses Josiah Madiba | 1909-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0087605 | biography | Isaac ‘Ike’ Osler Horvitch | 1920-2005 | – |
| B-0149433 | biography | Wessel Johannes “Hansie” Cronje | 1969-2002 | ✓ |
’We are of the world and the world is with us’, Address by Oliver Tambo on receiving the Degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 9 May 1986
BiographyDr. Abu Baker Asvat
This article was written by Michelle Hayman and forms part of the SAHO Public History Internship The ‘People’s Doctor’ ‘He struggled to liberate…
BiographyJames Madhlope Phillips
James Philips was born in Sophiatown into a working class family on 11 December 1919. His father died while he was still young and this had negative socio…
BiographyAmy Thornton
Amy Rietstein (now Thornton) was born in 1932 in Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape). Both her parents were actively involved in the struggle, and it…
Mme Makwena Matlala
The Native Affairs Department (NAD) report for 1949-50 noted that ‘in the Matlala Location [Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Transvaal (now Polokwane,…
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…
BiographyTielman Johannes de Villiers Roos
Tielman Roos was born in Cape Town on 8 May 1879. He was educated at the South African College qualified as an advocate when he was only 23 years old. He…
BiographyNadine Gordimer
Nadine Gordimer was born in Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng), an East Rand mining town outside Johannesburg in 1923. Her father, Isidore Gordimer, was a Jewish…
BiographyElize Botha
Elizabeth Botha (née Lindes) was born on 19 November 1930 and grew up in Krugersdorp, West Rand, Transvaal (now Gauteng). She enrolled at the University of…
BiographyDenis Mayer
Denis Mayer was born in Parkwood, Johannesburg, on 8 September 1923. His father, Harold, was the Recruitment Manager for the Chamber of Mines, and had come to…
BiographyVincent Baloyi
Vincent Baloyi was born on 4 February 1954 in Newclare, Johannesburg. Baloyi first attended school in Soweto where his family moved in 1961. He studied art at…
BiographyCyprian Mpho Shilakoe
Cyprian Mpho Shilakoe was born on 3rd August 1946 in Barberton, Eastern Transvaal. Shilakoe spent his childhood on an isolated mission station at Buchbeesreich…
BiographySara “Saartjie” Baartman
Sara ‘Saartjie’ Baartman was born in 1789* at the Gamtoos river in what is now known as the Eastern Cape. She belonged to the cattle-herding Gonaquasub group…
BiographyDouglas Chadwick Thompson
Douglas Chadwick Thompson was born on 8 August 1905 to David Chadwick Thompson and Kitty Brettle in Manchester, England. In 1907 the family left Manchester and…
BiographyJohn Kgwana Nkadimeng
John Kgwana Nkadimeng was born in Sekhukhuniland in the rural eastern Transvaal in 1925 and after completing primary school he worked as a domestic worker in…
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 and…
BiographyJoseph Alfers
Joseph Alfers was born in 1949 in Umbumbulu, where his father was the Assistant Native Commissioner. He attended school and university in Pietermaritzburg,…
BiographyJohanna (Joey) Hendrina Scheepers
Trade union leader and organizer Johanna Hendrina (Joey) Scheepers was one of the four daughters of Sarel Gerhardus Breitenbach and his wife, Johanna Hendrina…
BiographyAthol Edwin Thorne
Athol Thorne was born in Springs, South Africa on 15th October 1921. His family soon moved to Durban where he attended school and university. His parents were…
BiographyHugh Masekela
Hugh Ramopolo Masekela was born on 4 April 1939 in Witbank, near Johannesburg. Masekela showed musical ability from a young age, and began to play piano as a…
BiographyHenry Burton
Early Life Henry Burton was born on 2 June 1866 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa and went to school at St Andrews in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. He…
BiographyPresident Seretse Khama
Seretse Khama was born on 1 July 1921 at Serowe, Bechuanaland (now Botswana). His grandfather was Kgosi (King) Khama III, known as Khama the Good, the ruler of…
BiographySokhaya Charles Nkosi
Sokhaya Charles Nkosi was born on 27 January 1949 in Durban.From 1974 to 1976 Nkosi studied painting, graphics, sculpture, weaving and ceramics at Rorke's…
BiographyJan Smiesing
This article was written by Joline Young for SAHO The school Outside of the Slave Lodge, under a tree in Spin Street, enslaved people were auctioned for sale…
BiographyRobert Sobukwe
Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe was born to Hubert and Angelina Sobukwe on 5 December 1924 at Graaff-Reinet, Cape Province. He was the youngest of five boys and one…
BiographyWilhelmina Louisa Freund
Wilhelmina Louisa Ida (Minna) Freund was born on 17 March 1890 in Holstein, Germany. She was the youngest child of John Freund and Metha Mentzel, German…
BiographyNokuthula Orela Simelane
Nokuthula Orela Simelane was born in 1960 in Mzinoni Township near Bethal in Mpumalanga. She was the first of two daughters (Nokuthula and Thembisile) of…
BiographyMoses Josiah Madiba
Moses Josiah Madiba was born 22 November 1909 in Seshego, Pietersburg District. He was one of the seven children of Jesaya Sekgoadi and Johanna Sebolaishi…
BiographyIsaac ‘Ike’ Osler Horvitch
Isaac 'Ike' Osler Horvitch was born on 9 October 1920, in Cape Town, South Africa. Ike Horvitch's politics were fashioned out of his family's oppressed past…
BiographyWessel Johannes “Hansie” Cronje
Wessel Johannes "Hansie" Cronje was born in Bloemfontein on 25 September 1969 to Ewie and San-Marie Cronje. He attended Grey College in Bloemfontein, a…