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| B-0009128 | biography | Anna Tempo | – | – |
| B-0149299 | biography | Alex Tikana | – | – |
| A-0062088 | article | The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946 | 31 Mar 2011 | – |
| B-0093135 | biography | Nokuthula Orela Simelane | 1960-1983 | ✓ |
| B-0149851 | biography | Shirish Nanabhai | – | ✓ |
| B-0125334 | biography | Isaac Williams Wauchope | 1852-1917 | ✓ |
| B-0007803 | biography | Ali Bacher | 1942 | ✓ |
| B-0153551 | biography | Edson Sithole | 1935-1975 | ✓ |
| B-0068387 | biography | Cecil John Rhodes | 1853-1902 | – |
| B-0123170 | biography | Aubrey Levin | 1938 | – |
| B-0121549 | biography | Zanele Muholi | 1972 | – |
| B-0125085 | biography | Evelyn Ntoko Mase | 1922-2004 | ✓ |
| B-0148002 | biography | Makholeka Matthews Meyiwa | 1924-2002 | ✓ |
| B-0150017 | biography | Leigh Davids | 1979-2019 | – |
| B-0065035 | biography | Busisiwe Victoria Mhlongo | 1947-2010 | ✓ |
| B-0070720 | biography | Sefako Mapogo Makgatho | 1861-1951 | ✓ |
| B-0008203 | biography | Wopko Jensma | 1939 | ✓ |
| B-0068389 | biography | Sorabjee Rustomjee | 1895-1960 | – |
| B-0149618 | biography | Ebrahim Badsha | 1931-2003 | ✓ |
| B-0149208 | biography | Eudy Simelane | 1977-2008 | ✓ |
| B-0009265 | biography | Shaka Zulu | 1787-1828 | ✓ |
| B-0068000 | biography | Reggie Vandeyar | 1931-2015 | ✓ |
| B-0064864 | biography | Sicelo Mhlauli | 1949-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0067421 | biography | Chief Dingiswayo | 1770 | – |
| B-0007830 | biography | Barney Barnato | 1851-1897 | ✓ |
| B-0067726 | biography | Lord Kitchener | 1850-1916 | – |
| B-0150323 | biography | Mary Margaret Ngalo | 1973 | ✓ |
| B-0150401 | biography | Paul David | 1940-2020 | ✓ |
| B-0149526 | biography | Abraham H. de Vries | 1937 | ✓ |
| B-0008702 | biography | John Ndevasia Muafangejo | 1943-1987 | ✓ |
BiographyAnna Tempo
Tempo started off working by looking after Henrietta Schreiner’s nephews. She soon converted to Christianity and began helping Schreiner with her welfare work…
BiographyAlex Tikana
Anger at the unilateral imposition of state policies and attempts to appoint pliant pro- Kaizer Matanzima, (chief of the Thembu people) headmen resulted in…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… < Menu page < 3. Formation of the NIA | 5. Convulsions in Natal … < 3. Formation of the NIA | 5. Convulsions in Natal > < Menu page …
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…
BiographyShirish Nanabhai
Shirish was born one of eight siblings on 1 March 1938 at 51 Commercial Rd, Fordsburg. Jasmath Nanabhai, Shirish J. Nanabhai’s father, was from the village of…
BiographyIsaac Williams Wauchope
The esteemed teacher and journalist, Samuel E.K. Mqhayi described Isaac Williams Wauchope: “Rev Isaac Wauchope was truly handsome in appearance, a broad-faced…
BiographyAli Bacher
If Ali Bacher's commitment to cricket had ended after his playing days, he would have had a proud place on the sport's roll of honour. It was Ali Bacher, the…
BiographyEdson Sithole
Edson Sithole was born in what was then Southern Rhodesia in 1935. He was the first black person in Southern Africa to obtain a Doctor of Laws degree. He was…
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…
BiographyAubrey Levin
Aubrey Levin was born in Johannesburg on 18 December 1938 to Jewish parents. Despite the National Party’s anti-Semitic exclusion of Jews from its ranks, Levin…
BiographyZanele Muholi
This biography was written by Artthrob in collaboration with SAHO. Zanele Muholi is a photographer and visual activist based in Johannesburg. Muholi’s work…
Evelyn Ntoko Mase
Little is available in the public to construct a thorough biography of Evelyn Ntoko Mase before and after her relationship with Nelson Mandela. She may have…
BiographyMakholeka Matthews Meyiwa
Matthews Meyiwa was born on 24 August 1924 in Georgedale, near Hammersdale in Natal (now KwaZulu Natal). He was born to George and Anne Meyiwa who were peasant…
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…
BiographyBusisiwe Victoria Mhlongo
Busisiwe Victoria Mhlongo, popularly known as Busi Mhlongo, was born on 28 October 1947 at Inanda, near Durban in KwaZulu-Natal. She began her singing…
BiographySefako Mapogo Makgatho
Sefako Mapogo Makgatho was born at GaMphahlele, in the Pietersburg district in Transvaal (now Limpopo province) in 1861. He was the son of Chief Kgorutlhe…
BiographyWopko Jensma
Wokpo was born on 26 July 1939 in Middelburg, Cape Town. He received his education at the University of Potchefstroom, but his studies were temporally…
BiographySorabjee Rustomjee
Sorabji Rustomjee, son of Parsee Rustomjee, was born in Durban on 25 December 1895. He went to India to study and soon after returning to South Africa, crossed…
Ebrahim Badsha
Ebrahim Badsha was born on 13 March 1931, in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu Natal). Badsha was one of the pioneer Black artists in Natal. He grew up in a large…
BiographyEudy Simelane
Eudy Simelane was born on 11 March 1977 in KwaThema, Springs, Transvaal (Gauteng). An active LGBTQI+ activist, she was one of the first women to live as openly…
BiographyShaka Zulu
Sigidi kaSenzangakhona commonly knows as Shaka was a great Zulu king and conqueror. He lived in an area of south-east Africa between the Drakensberg and the…
BiographyReggie Vandeyar
Reggie Vandeyar was born into a poor family on 15 July 1931 in Newclare. His father was originally from India, who had come to South Africa to seek fortune. …
BiographySicelo Mhlauli
Sicelo Mhlauli was born on 25 May 1949 in Cradock. After completing high school, he trained as a teacher at Lovedale College and upon completion taught at…
Chief Dingiswayo
Paramount Chief of the Mthethwa and leader of various northern Nguni groups who lived in the Zululand area before Shaka brought them under his rule. Little…
BiographyBarney Barnato
Barney Barnato was born in 21 February 1851, Whitechapel slum of London. His original name was Barnett Issacs but changed it to Barney Barnatto when he was…
BiographyLord Kitchener
Best known for his famous recruitment posters bearing his heavily moustachioed face and pointing hand over the legend, "Your country needs you", as secretary…
Mary Margaret Ngalo
Mary Margaret Ngalo was born in Cradock, Transkei (now Eastern Cape Province) to Tom and Leah Plaatjie. As the niece of Reverend Canon James A. Calata, who was…
BiographyPaul David
Devadas Paul David ( Paul David) was born on 26 August 1940 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal - UKZN) into a devout Catholic family. His…
BiographyAbraham H. de Vries
The South African writer, Abraham Hermanus de Vries, was born on Tuesday the 9th of February, in 1937, in a small town and agricultural centre of the western…
BiographyJohn Ndevasia Muafangejo
John Ndevasia Muafangejo was born on 5 October 1943 in Etunda lo Nghadi, Ovamboland, Angola. In 1956 Muafangejo moved to die Anglican mission station at Epinga…