Arts & Humanities

Ngobese was born in 1960 in KwaMashu but he later moved to Cator Manor Township outside Durban in KwaZulu Natal. He atte...

Emile Maurice

Born in 1955 and based most of his life in Cape Town, Emile Maurice was an artist, curator, author educator and Nation b...

Daniel Kunene

Acclaimed linguist, scholar, award winning writer of short stories and poetry, human rights activist and community leade...

Percy Ndithembile Konqobe

Percy Ndithembile Konqobe

sculptor, sangoma

Michael Madimetja Teffo

Michael Madimetja Teffo

Job Patja Kekana

Job Patja Kekana

sculptor, teacher

Michael Nkolo Maapola

Michael Nkolo Maapola

Durant Basi Sihlali

Durant Basi Sihlali

artist, teacher

Welcome Mandla Koboka

Welcome Mandla Koboka

artist, teacher

Patrick Vuyo Matshikiza

Patrick Vuyo Matshikiza

Pianist, singer and composer

Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa

Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa

Author, activist, civil servant, teacher, television producer

Günther Komnick

Günther Komnick

Farm hand, lithographer, graphic artist, photographer, author and Associate of the Royal Photographic Society

Phaswane Mpe

Poet and Novelist

Elza Miles (Botha)

Elza Miles (Botha)

Artist, art historian, teacher, curator, critic, consultant and author

Willie Esterhuyse

Willie Esterhuyse

A leading academic, writer, philosopher and intellectual, trustee of the Thabo Mbeki Foundation, chair of Artscape (Cape...

Frederik Bester Laubscher

Frederik Bester Laubscher

Paint salesman, Artist, teacher, founder and director of the Ruth Prowse Art Centre.

Francois Roux

Artist and Lecturer

Chris McGregor

Jazz musician, pianist and composer

Alan Wieder

Simon Nkabinde

Artist - Musician

Peter Hain

Peter Gerald Hain was born on 16 February in 1950 in Nairobi Kenya but he grew up in Pretoria after his south african bo...

Mary Simons

Ronald Segal

A south african publisher

Bishop Ambrose Reeves

Bishop Ambrose Reeves

An Anglican Bishop

Irwin Manoim

Editor and Journalist

John Hodgkiss

Elijah Thomas Zondi

Elijah Thomas Zondi

Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana

Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana

Pianist, Saxophonist and Composer.

David Tsolwane Uhuru Hlongwane

David Tsolwane Uhuru Hlongwane

artist, educator

Basil Paul Petersen February

Basil Paul Petersen February

Member of SACPO, MK Cadre, Author and part of the Wankie Campaign.

Basil Lewis (Dolly) D’Oliveira

Basil Lewis (Dolly) D’Oliveira

English test cricketer who was banned from playing in South Africa, awarded the Companion of the Order of the British Em...

Fani Mkhize

Frederik van Zyl Slabbert

Frederik van Zyl Slabbert

Professor of Sociology, Member of Parliament, leader of the Progressive Federal Party, Director of Policy and Planning o...

Peter Engblom

Political Cartoonist, illustrator and writer

Eduardo Mondlane

Eduardo Mondlane

History and Sociology Professor at Syracuse University, New York, President of FRELIMO

Dr Gomolemo Mokae

Dr Gomolemo Mokae

Author, medical doctor and political commentator

Dilizantaba Mji

Dilizantaba Mji

Physician, head the Transvaal Youth League, African National Congress (ANC) national executive committee member, one of ...

Cynthia Shange

First Black beauty queen to represent South Africa at Miss World pageant, veteran actress and model

Mary Agnes Stainbank

Mary Agnes Stainbank

Sculptor and art lecturer