They World says you can’t! But your history says you can! Great personal achievements by Africans of past and present is a constant reminder of our potential as a people more especially to the African Youth
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni Mda (Zakes), was born in Herschel, Eastern Cape, South Africa,…
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Virtually nothing is known about the life of the first and only major…
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za William ‘Bloke’ Modisane was born on 28 August 1923. He grew up in…
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Phaswane Mpe was born and brought up in Pietersburg, Northern Transvaal (now Polokwane, Limpopo).…
Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali was born on 17 January 1940 in Vryheid, Natal, where he attended…
Naboth Monyandioe Moreleba Mokgatle was the eighth and youngest child of Setlhare Hebron Mokgatle, a…
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Extract from media statement on the passing of Dr. Es’kia Mphahlele (1919 -…
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Selbourne Charlton Sobizwa Mvusi (known as Selby) was born in Richmond, Natal (now…
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Ndazana Nathaniel (Nat) Nakasa was born on 12 May 1937 in Lusikisiki, Eastern…
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Njabulo Simakahle Ndebele was born on 4 July 1948 in Johannesburg to Nimrod…
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Lauretta* (1) Ngcobo was born and brought up in a rural area of…
Lewis Nkosi was born in Chesterville, Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal and was educated at local schools…
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Alfred Temba Qabula was born on 12 December 1942 in Flagstaff, Bhalasi in…
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Mamphela Ramphele was born on 28 December 1947 in Bochum District, Northern Transvaal…
Ken Saro-Wiwa was a prominent Nigerian author, activist and television producer. He garnered attention by…
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Sydney Sipho Sepamla spent most of his life in Soweto, the enormous township…
Mongane Wally Serote was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg on 8 May 1944, just four years…
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Enoch Mankayi Sontonga was born in Uitenhage, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) around…
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Canodoise Daniel Themba (Can Themba) was born in 1924, in Marabastad, Pretoria, Transvaal…
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za The thinker, poet and painter, Lefifi Tladi was born in 1949 in the…