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… was born in 1840 in Moletlane, near Zebediela. A chief of the Lebelo clan of the Ndebele and the son of Lebelo Seroto and his wife NaMahlangu, a member of the …

… der Stel’s father duly became the first Dutch Commander of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in Mauritius. [1] His mother Maria was the daughter of Hendrik Lievens of Batavia (present-day Jakarta) and Monica of the …

… a statesman and colonial administrator, became Governor of the Cape and High Commissioner of South Africa in 1897. He pushed the Transvaal Republic to … Early life and career Milner was born in 1854 in the town of Giessen in the Duchy of Hesse in Germany. He was educated …

… 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 pursuance of a career in education, became a pupil-teacher at the … was at Mount Florida Public School on the outskirts of Glasgow. After two years there, he was appointed to teach …

… He was a Portuguese navigator whose discovery in 1488 of the Cape of Good Hope showed Europeans there was a feasible route to India around the storm-driven southern tip of Africa. He also discovered for Europe the south-east trade …

… 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 latter’s prolific output … was concerned with the lucrative demand to portray members of British society. He also took much interest in a …

… hundred years ago, Khoe-San people moved into the interior of South Africa from the Cape (what is today the Western Cape). A branch of the Khoe-San was the Koranna, who moved onto land which … organisations fought together with the African National Congress (ANC) and the United Democratic Front (UDF) to …

… 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 colonialists over the lands and sovereignty of the Xhosa , … Will Arise: Nongqawuse and the Great Xhosa Cattle-Killing of 1856-7. Johannesburg and Cape Town: Jonathan Ball …

… 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 Nationalist Party since 1957, and rose through the ranks to become one of its distinguished parliamentarians. Little is known of his …

… 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 that great Cape property, Groot Constantia. It is believed … arrived at the Cape. Anna, the only slave from the time of whom there is a portrait, was considered a true beauty in …

… 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 mother was involved in teaching. … in 1956 he moved to pursue his studies at the University of Cape Town (UCT) where took a different field of study …

… 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 outbreak of World War II and served in North Africa and Italy as an … general practice in Johannesburg. He was a founder member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of South Africa, …

… 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. Her father, one of the ten children in the family, became the first rector of the University of Stellenbosch, while another member, P.J. …

… Born in Springs, situated east of Johannesburg , Pitika Ntuli grew up with a keen interest … he got involved in politics, and he was an active member of the struggle against the apartheid government to which … as he engaged with the politics and general cultures of both his home and host countries. [1] Ntuli left the UK to …

… 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 young, and he … and found himself being elected to an executive position of the provincial non-racial swimming structure. By the mid …

… Lula da Silva was born on 27 October 1945 in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil. He was the 35th President of Brazil. President Lula had little formal education. He did … at 12 as a shoe-shine boy and street vendor.  At the age of 14, he got his first formal job in a copper processing …

… 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 for the first intake of the new Commando military service system in 1969 (which … training in the first year.  Working at the Department of Justice to fulfill bursary obligations, he was dismissed …

… Dowling was born in Pretoria and was ordained as a priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer on 9 July 1967. He was appointed the Bishop of  Rustenburg  on December 2 1990, and Archbishop Denis …

… 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 University of Zululand with a B Proc (Bachelor of Law), earning distinctions in constitutional law, …

… 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 childhood of material deprivation and emotional setbacks. In her early … beyond her years. She started writing poetry at the age of six and her first published poems appeared in her high …

… Town on 19 March 1902 to Yusuf and Wageda Gool, the sixth of nine children. Her father, an immigrant from India, … took Mahatma Ghandi into his home for a while after one of his terms of imprisonment, when Jane was still a young child. Her …

… 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 Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. From January 1915 until March 1917 …

… Mulder was born on the 5 June 1925. He studied a Bachelor of Arts degree and obtained the Transvaal Education Diploma … German in Randfontein. He also studied with the University of the Witwatersrand and completed a doctorate degree titled “ Die Invloed van die Bybel of the Vorming van die Afrikaanse Volkskarakter”  (The …

… Mulder was born on the 5 June 1925. He studied a Bachelor of Arts degree and obtained the Transvaal Education Diploma … German in Randfontein. He also studied with the University of the Witwatersrand and completed a doctorate degree titled “Die Invloed van die Bybel of the Vorming van die Afrikaanse Volkskarakter” (The …

… Dr. Eschel Rhoodie was born in 1933 and was one of the key players in the 1978-79 ‘Information Scandal’. He served as the Secretary of the Department of Information from 1972, while  Dr Connie Mulder  was …

… At a young age, while a student at the University of Cape Town, Ronald (Ronnie) Britten was an active member of the then Non-European Unity Movement , later to be renamed the Unity Movement of South Africa (UMSA). After graduating with a teaching …

… 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 credited with being the child of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. He was raised a … Tafari Makonnen proclaimed Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia , from South African History Online [online] …

… was born in Graaff-Reneit on 9 May 1828, the second child of Andrew Murray senior. He was sent to Arberdeen, Scotland … for further theological studies. In 1848 at the age of nineteen he experienced a conversion to Christianity. He … Governor, Sir Harry Smith sent Murray to serve the whole of Orange River Sovereignty which consisted of four parishes, …

… he enrolled in 1942 for an M.A degree at the University of Stellenbosch. He was a student at the Stellenbosch … Seminary until 1945. During these years he was a member of the Student Representative Council, Chairman of the Students’ Christian Association (SCA) and chairman of …

… studied as a non-degree student at the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town in 1987. He has exhibited both in South Africa … his works can be found in many collections, most notably of which, in the University of South Africa's (UNISA) Art …