Moses Josiah Madiba
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Moses Josiah Madiba was born 22 November 1909 in Seshego, Pietersburg District. He…
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Joe “Sdumo” Mafela
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Joe Mafela, actor, songwriter and film producer was born on 25 June in…
Sindiwe Magona
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Sindiwe Magona was born on 23 August 1943, in the village of Gungululu…
Arthur Maimane
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Arthur Maimane was born on 5 October 1932 in Pietersburg. He completed his…
Nise Bulelwa Malange
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Nise Malange was born in Cape Town. At an early age, she was…
Dikobe Ben Martins
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za “As politics must teach people the ways and give them the means to…
Oliver Kgadime Matsepe
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Oliver Kgadime (Phukubjane) Matsepe was born on 22 March 1932 in Tafelkop, Groblersdal…
John Matshikiza
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za John Matshikiza was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg in 1954. Sophiatown was soon after…
James David Matthews
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za James Matthews was born on 25 May 1929 in District Six in Cape…
Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Baleka Kgositsile was born on the 24 September 1949 in Claremont, Durban. She…
Don Mattera
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Donato Francisco Mattera was born in Western Native Township, now called Westbury, Johannesburg…
Mzwakhe Mbuli
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Mzwakhe Mbuli, the “People’s Poet,” was born into a poor Zulu family in Sophiatown on 1 August…
Zanemvula Kizito Mda
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni Mda (Zakes), was born in Herschel, Eastern Cape, South Africa,…
Nontsizi (Cizama, Imbongikazi yakwaCizama) Mgqwetho
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Virtually nothing is known about the life of the first and only major…
William “Bloke” Modisane
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za William ‘Bloke’ Modisane was born on 28 August 1923. He grew up in…
Phaswane Mpe
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Phaswane Mpe was born and brought up in Pietersburg, Northern Transvaal (now Polokwane, Limpopo).…
Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali
Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali was born on 17 January 1940 in Vryheid, Natal, where he attended…
Naboth Monyandioe Moreleba Mokgatle
Naboth Monyandioe Moreleba Mokgatle was the eighth and youngest child of Setlhare Hebron Mokgatle, a…
Dr. Es’kia Mphahlele
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Extract from media statement on the passing of Dr. Es’kia Mphahlele (1919 -…
Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa was born on 21 July 1921 in Zululand, Natal (now…