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| B-0007999 | biography | Christiaan Rudolf De Wet | 1854-1922 | ✓ |
| B-0007987 | biography | Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey | 1847-1914 | – |
| B-0007869 | biography | Maggie Bopalamo | 1939 | – |
| B-0008597 | biography | Santu Mofokeng | 1956-2020 | – |
| B-0009199 | biography | Leonora van den Heever | 1926 | ✓ |
| B-0064905 | biography | Mannie Manim | 1941 | ✓ |
| B-0064903 | biography | Enoch Mgijima | 1868-1928 | ✓ |
| B-0080909 | biography | Nandisile Thoko Mpumlwana | 1953 | – |
| B-0095156 | biography | Ethel Walt | 1925-2010 | ✓ |
| B-0008472 | biography | Nomkhitha Virginia Mashinini (née Boto) | 1935-2008 | – |
| B-0008036 | biography | James Mata Dwane | 1848-1916 | ✓ |
| B-0091115 | biography | Jeanette Eva Schoon (née Curtis) | 1949-1984 | ✓ |
| B-0007860 | biography | Molly Blackburn | 1930-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0008339 | biography | Anton Theodor August Wilfried Lubowski | 1953-1989 | – |
| B-0008853 | biography | John O’ Malley | 1922-2005 | – |
| B-0007894 | biography | Yvonne Bryceland | 1925-1992 | ✓ |
| B-0008080 | biography | Pierre Jacy Fourie | 1943-1980 | ✓ |
| B-0068108 | biography | King Moshoeshoe I | 1786-1870 | ✓ |
| B-0008153 | biography | Rev. Helenard Joe (Allan) Hendrickse | 1927-2005 | ✓ |
| B-0007770 | biography | Raymond Ackerman | 1931 | – |
| B-0007775 | biography | Dr. Neil Hudson Aggett | 1953-1982 | ✓ |
| B-0008772 | biography | Lauretta Ngcobo | 1931-2015 | ✓ |
| B-0121589 | biography | Mary Sibande | 1982 | – |
| B-0008371 | biography | Princess Magogo | 1900-1984 | – |
| B-0008309 | biography | Ezrom Legae | 1938-1999 | ✓ |
| B-0068324 | biography | Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius | 1798-1853 | – |
| B-0007979 | biography | Dr. Zacharias “Zac” Johannes De Beer | 1928-1999 | ✓ |
| B-0068654 | biography | Jan van Riebeeck | 1619-1677 | ✓ |
| P-0016782 | place | Botswana | 21 Mar 2025 | ✓ |
| B-0009188 | biography | Jan van Eck | 1943-2009 | – |
BiographyChristiaan Rudolf De Wet
… spending his days helping his father in the management of the farm Nuwejaarsfontein, near the present town of Dewetsdorp. At the age of nineteen, he married…
BiographyJacobus Herculaas de la Rey
… Jacobus Hercules de la Rey was the sixth child of Adrianus Johannes and Adriana (van Rooyen). He was born near Winburg on 22 October 1847. After the Battle…
BiographyMaggie Bopalamo
… The life of Maggie Bopalamo tracks the history of the Rustenburg area in a remarkable fashion. From humble … the way she served time in prison, following…
BiographySantu Mofokeng
… up in and around Soweto (Johannesburg), spending most of his childhood in Orlando East. Mofokeng’s initial … experiences with photography were as a teen when…
Leonora van den Heever
… went on to complete her MA in English at the University of Pretoria , and started to work at the normaalkollege in … Brink, and began her LLB part-time…
BiographyMannie Manim
… He worked for two years as a technical director of the Civic Theatre in Johannesburg when it opened, then … some years, eventually joining the Performing…
BiographyEnoch Mgijima
… Enoch Mgijima was born in 1868 at Bulhoek, the youngest of nine children – five girls and four boys. His father, … on to Lovedale. As a result he became a…
BiographyNandisile Thoko Mpumlwana
… Zululand, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal ). A co-founding member of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) alongside Steve … , she was involved in political…
BiographyEthel Walt
… White South African women, settling for a life of leisure and privilege while ignoring the realities of apartheid. However, her courage and conviction forced…
BiographyNomkhitha Virginia Mashinini (née Boto)
… Nomkhitha Virginia Mashinini was born on the 9th of May, 1935, in the rural Bengu village of Lady Frere in the former Transkei . After the death of his first…
BiographyJames Mata Dwane
… Ordained as a minister in 1881, he proved to be a man of great ability and strong personality. In 1894-1895 he was … Dwane and his family moved to…
Jeanette Eva Schoon (née Curtis)
… Cape Town . In 1972, Curtis served as the Vice-President of the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) and President of its the social welfare arm…
BiographyMolly Blackburn
… Molly Blackburn was born in 1930. She was the daughter of Elgar Bellhouse who was at one time the chairperson of the Progressive Party (PP) in Port…
BiographyAnton Theodor August Wilfried Lubowski
… South West Africa (now known as Namibia), the second child of Wilfried Franz and Molly Lubowski. He was the first boy in the fifth generation of the Lubowski…
BiographyJohn O’ Malley
… six years with Daily News he became chief subeditor of The Northern Newspaper , which was serving the Copper … Ndola, Zambia. Five years later he became…
BiographyYvonne Bryceland
… New York Times called her an actress 'who reads the soul' of Fugard. Bryceland's collaborations with Fugard were many … and Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage…
BiographyPierre Jacy Fourie
… a Black opponent in South Africa. Fourie was the son of Petrus Fourie and his Welsh wife, Violet Morris. He grew … Martin, who earned but a meager income,…
BiographyKing Moshoeshoe I
… after a successful raid in which he had sheared the beards of his victims – the word ‘Moshoeshoe’ represented the sound of the shearing. In 1820 Moshoeshoe…
BiographyRev. Helenard Joe (Allan) Hendrickse
… 22 October 1927 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, as the fifth of the seven children of Maria and Charles William Hendrickse, both school … three decades, rising…
BiographyRaymond Ackerman
… Shaped our Century: The Most Influential South Africans of the Twentieth Century . Published by Human and Rousseau. … re-invented his father's industry…
BiographyDr. Neil Hudson Aggett
… Nanyuki, Kenya on 6th October 1953, the first-born child of Aubrey and Joy Aggett. He began his schooling in Kenya, … and certificates. In 1971 he enrolled…
BiographyLauretta Ngcobo
… (1) Ngcobo was born and brought up in a rural area of Kwazulu Natal called Ixopo. She is well known as a … work was only published in the 80s and 90s…
BiographyMary Sibande
… in Johannesburg - is interested primarily in questions of the body and how to reclaim the black female body in … a sculptural figure who traverses the…
BiographyPrincess Magogo
… Princess Magogo was born in 1900, the daughter of the Zulu King, Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868 – 1913) and … is like a bow which has a string bound down to…
BiographyEzrom Legae
… In 1959, Legae studied in the Polly Street Art Centre, one of the first places to bring artists from different areas … under one roof. During the 1950’s, it…
BiographyAndries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius
… in the district. He became interested in the planning of the Great Trek and even went on a preliminary trip to the … and several hundred kinsmen were killed…
BiographyDr. Zacharias “Zac” Johannes De Beer
… Zac de Beer was born on 11 October 1928. He was the second of four children of Jean Isobel and Zacharias Johannes de Beer, a medical … to 45. He completed an…
BiographyJan van Riebeeck
… 1639 and then further on to Dejima (today forming part of Nagasaki) in Japan in 1643. In 1645 van Riebeeck was given charge of the Dutch East India Company…
PlaceBotswana
… The Republic of Botswana shares a common border with South Africa in the … and Zambia in the North. Botswana is inhabited by people of predominantly of…
BiographyJan van Eck
… was born in Holland on 18 December 1943, the first born of five children. He came to South Africa when he was five … School in 1961, after which he studied…