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| B-0084122 | biography | Chief Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk | 1946 | – |
| B-0064874 | biography | Ahmed Essop “Quarter” Khota | 1928-2009 | – |
| B-0008471 | biography | Emma Thandi Mashinini | 1929-2017 | ✓ |
| B-0096314 | biography | Penelope Jane Dunlop | 1960 | ✓ |
| B-0008080 | biography | Pierre Jacy Fourie | 1943-1980 | ✓ |
| B-0064907 | biography | Marlene van Niekerk | 1954 | ✓ |
| B-0096630 | biography | Lebo Mathosa | 1977-2006 | ✓ |
| B-0122132 | biography | Wim Botha | 1974 | ✓ |
| B-0008060 | biography | Cornelius Judah Fazzie | 1924-1993 | ✓ |
| B-0093590 | biography | Ellen Lambert | 1934-2012 | ✓ |
| B-0121532 | biography | Diana Mary Mitchell | 1932-2016 | ✓ |
| B-0094076 | biography | Evelina de Bruin | 1933-2012 | ✓ |
| B-0122374 | biography | Anna De Koningh | 1656-1734 | – |
| B-0008062 | biography | Dumile Feni | 1942-1991 | – |
| B-0096411 | biography | Zuleika Sarojini Christopher | 1924-1992 | – |
| B-0068092 | biography | Kesval “Kay” Moonsamy | 1926 | ✓ |
| B-0094482 | biography | Alec Erwin | 1948 | ✓ |
| B-0008460 | biography | Barbara Mosima Joyce Masekela | 1941 | ✓ |
| B-0007954 | biography | Harriette Emily Colenso | 1847-1932 | – |
| B-0080678 | biography | Nikiwe Deborah Matshoba | 1950-2014 | ✓ |
| B-0122927 | biography | Natvarlal Dayalji “Natoo” Babenia | 1924-1999 | ✓ |
| B-0008472 | biography | Nomkhitha Virginia Mashinini (née Boto) | 1935-2008 | – |
| B-0066279 | biography | Mapetla Frank Mohapi | 1947-1976 | – |
| B-0068082 | biography | Richard Barney Lekgotla Molokoane | 1957-1985 | – |
| B-0080096 | biography | Ruth Gosschalk | 1929-1994 | ✓ |
| B-0068389 | biography | Sorabjee Rustomjee | 1895-1960 | – |
| B-0095996 | biography | Andimba Herman Toivo Ya Toivo | 1924 | – |
| B-0007967 | biography | Herbert Henry Curson | 1892 | – |
| B-0076375 | biography | Dr. Percy Yutar | 1911-2002 | ✓ |
| B-0068742 | biography | Cecil Williams | 1906-1979 | – |
BiographyChief Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk
… Western Cape) on 14th July 1936. His childhood witnessed the final days of colonial rule and the transition to the apartheid regime in 1948, and in 1950, he…
BiographyAhmed Essop “Quarter” Khota
… a reference to his slight physique since many beverages at the time were sold in a “¼ pint”. During the 1950s, Quarter was a member of the Transvaal Indian…
Emma Thandi Mashinini
… was born in Rosettenville, Johannesburg in 1929. In the early 1930s, she and her family were forcibly removed to … relocate to Sophiatown . In Sophiatown,…
BiographyPenelope Jane Dunlop
… chose PJ Powers as her stage name using her initials and the name Powers. She began her professional singing career as lead singer of the all-girl group…
BiographyPierre Jacy Fourie
… was born on 26 June 1943 in Malvern, Johannesburg. He was the first recorded White boxer to fight against a Black opponent in South Africa. Fourie was the…
BiographyMarlene van Niekerk
… Bloemhof and proceeded to study Language and Philosophy at the University of Stellenbosch, where she completed a … in Holland and obtained a Doctoral Degree…
BiographyLebo Mathosa
… Lebo Mathosa was born in Daveyton in the East Rand. She began singing at the age of seven in the local church choir. The Mathosa family moved to … A. Lebo…
BiographyWim Botha
… Wim Botha is a contemporary artist working mainly in the mediums of sculpture and installation. He was born in Pretoria in 1974 and grew up in a suburban…
Cornelius Judah Fazzie
… grew up largely in Tsolo.His migrant father worked in the Western Cape.He began school at age 15,eventually … at Welsh High School in East London where he…
BiographyEllen Lambert
… Ellen Lambert was born on the 5th of March 1934 at Mount Frere in the Eastern Cape Province . She joined the African National Congress (ANC) at the age of 19…
BiographyDiana Mary Mitchell
… but was most noted for being a liberal politician opposing the White minority regime of Ian Smith's Rhodesia. Her birth … Her father, Elliott Coates, was a…
BiographyEvelina de Bruin
… de Bruin was born on 25 December 1933, and she grew up in the small town of Postmasburg, Northern Cape . In the early days of her life, her parents moved to…
BiographyAnna De Koningh
… Anna De Koningh was the daughter of Angela van Bengale. She arrived with Angela … Anna de Koning was to make quite a name for herself at the Cape, moving…
BiographyDumile Feni
… old and he went to live with relatives in Cape Town until the age of eleven. He then began working for his father, a … exercise his childhood passion for…
BiographyZuleika Sarojini Christopher
… Zuleika (Zulei) Sarojini Christopher, the eldest daughter of Advocate Albert Christopher and … she also grew up. Advocate Albert Christopher, a member of the…
BiographyKesval “Kay” Moonsamy
… “Kay” Moonsamy was born on 5 July 1926. He was active in the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) from the mid-1940s onward. In the early 1950s he served as treasurer…
BiographyAlec Erwin
… from Durban High School in 1965. He then went to study at the University of Natal and received a B.Econ Honours degree … 1970. After receiving his degree he…
BiographyBarbara Mosima Joyce Masekela
… born on 18 July 1941 in Johannesburg . She was the second of four children born to Pauline and Thomas Selema … was raised in a politically conscious family…
BiographyHarriette Emily Colenso
… Colenso was She was born in Norfolk, England, in 1847, the oldest child of Bishop John William Colenso of Natal. … death in 1883, she acted as his assistant,…
Nikiwe Deborah Matshoba
… Krugersdorp , western Gauteng , in December 1950. She was the second eldest of four daughters and a brother. Her father was the nephew of Samuel Matshoba, an…
BiographyNatvarlal Dayalji “Natoo” Babenia
… struggle for liberation. Babenia played an active role in the Indian Congress movement in Baroda, and served several … Natal Indian Congress (NIC) rallies in…
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…
BiographyMapetla Frank Mohapi
… Mapetla Frank Mohapi was born in the rural village of Jozanashoek, Sterkspruit in the former Transkei (now Eastern Province) on 2 September 1947. He studied…
BiographyRichard Barney Lekgotla Molokoane
… Tladi, Soweto. Molokoane became politically active during the student uprising of 1976, and like many of his contemporaries he went into exile. In exile, he…
Ruth Gosschalk
… from Eastern Europe. Gosschalk’s mother was a member of the philanthropic Union of Jewish Women , and her father … worked as a market agent. In 1946…
BiographySorabjee Rustomjee
… to study and soon after returning to South Africa, crossed the Natal-Transvaal border and was sentenced in January 1911 … to six weeks in prison. He…
BiographyAndimba Herman Toivo Ya Toivo
… was born on 22 August 1924 in Omangundu near Ondangwa in the Oshikoto Region in northern Namibia. He attended the Ongwediva Industrial School and qualified…
BiographyHerbert Henry Curson
… Herbert Henry Curson, the eldest son of Henry Charles Curson, was born on 22 … KwaZulu Natal and he received his professional training at the Royal…
BiographyDr. Percy Yutar
… shop, leaving his hand badly mangled. Yutar studied at the University of Cape Town (UCT) on a scholarship where he … in Law. At that time, Jews, however,…
BiographyCecil Williams
… producing plays using black and white actors and by the 1950’s, he had become a well known figure particularly in Johannesburg where he lived. Amongst his…