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| B-0084115 | biography | Dr. Neville Edward Alexander | 1936-2012 | ✓ |
| B-0008734 | biography | Phyllis Naidoo | 1928-2013 | ✓ |
| B-0123949 | biography | Mokgadi Caster Semenya | 1991 | ✓ |
| B-0008179 | biography | Dulcie Howes | 1908-1993 | ✓ |
| B-0007958 | biography | Professor Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia | 1940-2023 | ✓ |
| B-0008231 | biography | Ahmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada | 1929-2017 | ✓ |
| B-0008292 | biography | James la Guma | 1894-1961 | ✓ |
| B-0007945 | biography | Peter Clarke | 1929-2014 | ✓ |
| B-0065389 | biography | Albertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu | 1918-2011 | ✓ |
| B-0149227 | biography | Mlungiseleli Velaphi | 1967-1988 | ✓ |
| B-0148783 | biography | William Tilden McClain | 1923-2011 | – |
| B-0068322 | biography | David Pratt | 1909-1961 | – |
| B-0084124 | biography | Kasturba Gandhi | 1869-1944 | ✓ |
| B-0149832 | biography | Robert Anthony Basil Waterwitch | 1969-1989 | ✓ |
| B-0009114 | biography | Charles Robberts (Blackie) Swart | 1894-1982 | – |
| B-0007862 | biography | Reverend Allan Aubrey Boesak | 1945 | – |
| B-0008814 | biography | Nongqawuse | 1841-1898 | ✓ |
| B-0009202 | biography | Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd | 1901-1966 | – |
| B-0149331 | biography | Mhlabunzima Maphumulo | 1949-1991 | ✓ |
| B-0144660 | biography | Alan McLeod Cormack | 1924-1998 | ✓ |
| B-0121589 | biography | Mary Sibande | 1982 | – |
| B-0068387 | biography | Cecil John Rhodes | 1853-1902 | – |
| B-0150017 | biography | Leigh Davids | 1979-2019 | – |
| B-0149301 | biography | Fanele Mbali | 1937 | ✓ |
| B-0065415 | biography | Walter Ulyate Sisulu | 1912-2003 | – |
| B-0123661 | biography | Zulumathabo Zulu | – | – |
| B-0008131 | biography | Josiah Tshangana Gumede | 1867-1946 | ✓ |
| B-0122314 | biography | Simon van der Stel | 1639-1712 | – |
| B-0009157 | biography | Dimitri Tsafendas | 14 January1918-1999 | – |
| B-0009021 | biography | Dulcie Evonne September | 1935-1988 | ✓ |
BiographyDr. Neville Edward Alexander
Neville Edward Alexander was the first of six children of Dimbiti Bisho Alexander, a primary-school teacher, and David James Alexander, a carpenter. It was in…
BiographyPhyllis Naidoo
Phyllis Naidoo was born in Estcourt, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) on the 5 January 1928. She was the daughter of Simon David, a teacher and principal. His…
BiographyMokgadi Caster Semenya
Mokgadi Caster Semenya was born on 7 January 1991 to her parents Dorus and Jacob Semenya. She was born in Ga-Masehlong, a village near Polokwane. As a child,…
BiographyDulcie Howes
"Nothing Can Match the singleness of purpose, the foresight, or tenacity through all adversity, of Dulcie Howes ... She achieved in her lifetime what she set…
BiographyProfessor Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia
Professor Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia was born in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal - KZN) on 2 August 1940. His grandparents had come to South Africa…
BiographyAhmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada
Ahmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada was born on 21 August 1929, to Indian immigrant parents in Schweizer Reneke, a small town in Western Transvaal [now North West…
BiographyJames la Guma
James Arnold la Guma (Jimmy) was born on 23 August 1894 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now Free State Province). A trade unionist and political activist,…
BiographyPeter Clarke
Born in Cardiff Road, Simon’s Town in 1929, as the third born child in a family of six, there was much that his domestic worker mother and Dockyard handyman…
BiographyAlbertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
IntroductionNontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu (née Nontsikelelo Thethiwe) was one of the prominent anti-apartheid South African leaders, widely referred to as the …
BiographyMlungiseleli Velaphi
Mlungiseleli Velaphi (MK name Mzimkulu Goduka) was born in Mdantsane, Eastern Cape in 1967 was a United Democratic Front (UDF) member. He left South Africa in…
BiographyWilliam Tilden McClain
William Tilden McClain, son of Mary and Harry McClain and an elder brother to David Jack McClain was born on 14 January 1923 in Shelbyville, Indiana. McClain…
David Pratt
David Beresford Pratt was born on 1 October 1909 to Arthur and Georgina Pratt. The family immigrated from London in the United Kingdom to Johannesburg, South…
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
Kasturba Kapadia was born on April 11 1869 in Porbandar, in present day Gujarat. She was the daughter of Gokuldas Makanji Kapadia, a wealthy merchant. Kasturba…
BiographyRobert Anthony Basil Waterwitch
Robert ‘Robbie’ Anthony Basil Waterwitch was born on 15 July 1969 and grew up in Athlone, a suburb of Cape Town located on the Cape Flats. Remembered as a…
BiographyCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart
Charles Robberts (Blackie) Swart was born on 5 December 1894 in Morgenzon, Winburg district. He was the son of Hermanus Bernardus Swart and Aletta Catharina…
BiographyReverend Allan Aubrey Boesak
Allan Aubury Boesak was born at Kakamas, Northern Cape, one of eight children. His father, a schoolteacher, died when Boesak was six years old. He was raised…
BiographyNongqawuse
History is not kind to Nongqawuse. What we know of her is mainly related to the Cattle-Killing/Millenarian Movement of 1856-7 and her role and relations…
BiographyHendrik Frensch Verwoerd
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on 8 September 1901. He was the second child of Anje Strik and Wilhelmus Johannes Verwoerd. His…
BiographyMhlabunzima Maphumulo
Mhlabunzima Maphumulo was born on 6 September 1949 and not much is known on the location of his birth or his childhood. At the age of 24, Maphumulo inherited…
BiographyAlan McLeod Cormack
Alan Cormack, the youngest of three children, was born in Johannesburg in February 1924. His father was an engineer with the Post Office and his mother a…
BiographyMary Sibande
This biography was written by Artthrob in collaboration with SAHO. MODUS OPERANDI Mary Sibande - a sculptor, photographer, and visual artist based in…
BiographyCecil John Rhodes
The Early Years Cecil John Rhodes was born on 5 July 1853 in the small hamlet of Bishops Stortford, England. He was the fifth son of Francis William Rhodes…
BiographyLeigh Davids
Leigh Davids was born on 25 March 1979 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. She was a transgender woman, and a prominent activist, who focused on the…
BiographyFanele Mbali
Fanele Mbali was born on 1 December 1937 in a village called Eqolweni. Mbali’s father, Charlton Babana Mkhonto and his brother William Ntozakhe decided on the…
BiographyWalter Ulyate Sisulu
Walter Ulyate Max Sisulu was born in the village of Qutubeni in the Engcobo district of the Transkei on 18 May 1912. Sisulu was born out of wedlock. His father…
BiographyZulumathabo Zulu
Zulumathabo Zulu is a software engineer and published author of more than eight books and hundreds of articles including The Sesotho Dictionary of Mathematics,…
BiographyJosiah Tshangana Gumede
Josiah Tshangana Gumede was born on 9th October 1867 in Healdtown Village, Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape. His father, John Gumede, and his mother were…
BiographySimon van der Stel
Simon van der Stel was born on 14 October 1639 to parents Adrian van der Stel and Maria Leviens. The couple were en route to Mauritius when Maria gave birth to…
BiographyDimitri Tsafendas
Dimitri Tsafendas was the parliamentary messenger who assassinated Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd on 06 September 1966 by stabbing him four times with a…
BiographyDulcie Evonne September
Dulcie Evonne September, the second eldest daughter of Jakobus and Susan September was born on the 20th August 1935 in Royal rd, Maitland and grew up on the…