Biographies

Celebrities, Sport Stars, Musicians and Actors

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

Albrecht, Joseph. - Film-maker

B

Benjamin, Sathima Bea - Jazz Singer
Budd, Zola - Former South African Athlete and World Record Holder
Black, Stephen - dramatist, actor, journalist & prize-fighter
Blue Notes, The 1960's Jazz Band
Bongo Muffin - Kwaito Band
Boom Shaka - Kwaito Band
Bouws, Jan - Composer
Brutus, Dennis - Former South African Athlete and World Record Holder
Bryceland, Yvonne. - Actor (theatre and film)
Bungu, Vuyani (“The Beast”) - Former South African & IBF Junior Featherweight Champion

C

Castens, Herbert
Chaka Chaka, Yvonne - Musician (outside link
Clegg, Johnny - Musician (outside link)
Cloete, Hestrie -Commonwealth and African High Jump Record Holder
Coetzee, Basil 'Maneberg' - Musician

D

De Villiers, Dawid Jacobus (Dawie) -SA Rugby Captain & Cabinet Minister
De Villiers, Petrus Stephanus (Fanie) - Cricket Player
De Villiers, Izak - Dominee, Poet, Author and Editor of Rapport and Sarie
De Wet, Pierre. Musical Film-maker
Dube, Lucky (1964 – 2007) - Reggae Musician (outside link)
Dyer, Steve - Musician

E

Els, Ernest Theodore “Ernie” - International Acclaimed Golfer
Endfield, Cy. - Producer and Film-maker

F

Fassie, Brenda - Musician
Fish, Mark -Soccer Player
Folley, Lawrence - Musician
Fourie, Pierre Jacy -Boxer
Freedom's Children - 1960s acid rock band (outside link)
Freud, Wilhelmina Louisa Ida - Musician
Fugard, Harold Athol Lanigan (1932 - ). Playwright, Actor, and Novelist

G

Gampu, Ken. Actor
Gibbs, Herschelle Herman - International Cricket player
Gillespie, Dizzy - Musician, jazz (outside link)
Gow (Adams, Vera - Opera singer and Social Worker
Gumede, Sipho. - Musician
Gwangwa, Jonas - Musician, jazz (outside link)

H

Hendricks, Bobby - Saxophone player
Hertz, Carl. - Filmographer and Director
Heyns, Penny -International Acclaimed Swimmer & World Record Holder
Howa, Hassan - founder member of the SA Cricket Board of Control
Hood, Gavin. - Director and Film-maker
Hyman, Edgar. - Entertainer and pioneer Filmmaker

I

Ibrahim, Abdulah - Jazz Musician

J

Just Jinger - Rock Band
Jazz Maniacs - The Band
Jazz Revellers - The Band

K

Kani, John. - Actor, Director, and Playwright
Kellaway, Cecil - Actor
Khumalo, Leleti - Actor
Klaasen, Thandi - Musician
Korda, Zoltan - Director and Film-maker
Koos Kombuis - Outside link
Kramer, David - Musician (outside link)

L

Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Band (outside link)
Lazarus, Ashley. Writer and Director
Lottering, Mark. Playwright, TV personality and Comedian

M

Mabaso, Lemmy - Musician
Mafela, Joe. TV personality and actor
Malope, Rebecca (1968) - Musician
Makambi, Mpush - Former Apla Cadre, SA Boxing & IBO Champion
Makeba, Miriam (1932). Musician
Mafokate, Arthur - Kwaito artist (outside link)
Mandoza. Kwaito - Band (outside link)
Mango Groove - Band (outside link)
Masekela, Hugh (1939) - Musician
Masinga, Philemon - International soccer player
Masuka, Dorothy - Musician
Matshikiza, Todd Tozama. - Musician, Composer, and Writer
Mbulu, Letta - Musician - Outside link
McAdoo, Orpheus. Minstrel
McCarthy, Benedict Saul ('Bennie') - Soccer Player
Mentz, Esther Susanna - Opera Singer
Merry Blackbirds - The Jazz Band
Mhlophe, Gcina - Storyteller and Actress
Modisane, William 'Bloke' (1923 – 1986 ) - Journalist, writer, and actor
Moeketsi, Kippie Jeremiah (1925 – 1983) - Jazz Musician
Molelekwa, Moses - Musician
Motshwarateu, Mathews (“Loop-en-val”) - Athlet
Mthembu, Theo - Sportsman (Boxer), Politician and Writer

N

Ngema, Mbongeni. Actor, Musician and playwright
Ngqawana, Zim. Musician
Nkosi, Zamazulu Thembekile
Nokwe, Tu - musician
Ntini, Makhaya - International Cricket player
Ntshona, Winston. Actor and Dramatist

P

Parker, Charlie - Musician
Phillips, James - Initiators of the working-class punk movement in SA (outside link)
Pienaar, Francois - SA Captain of the 1995 Rugby World Cup
Pocock, Mary Agard
Pollock, Shaun - International Cricket player
Pohl, Truida - Director and Film-maker

R

Rabbitt - Band (outside link)
Radebe, Lucas - Soccer Player
Radio Rats - Band (outside link)
Ram, Deepak - Musician (outside link)
Rathebe, Dolly - Musician, Actor
Rautenbach Jans - Director and Film-maker
Rhodes, Jonathan Neil - Cricket Player
Rice, Clive Edward Butler - Former SA Cricket Captain
Richards, Barry (Anderson) - International Acclaimed Cricketer
Rogosin, Lionel - Author and Film-maker
Roodt, Darryl - Director and Film-maker

S

Sabela, Simon M. - Director
Sakhile and Bayete
Schuster, Leon. - Actor, Comedian and Director
Schlesinger, Isidore W - Patron and Producer of Theatre and Film
Seether - Rock Band (outside link)
Sekoto, Gerard - Musician
Sentso, Wilfred - Musician
Sepeng, Hezekiel - South African athlete and Olympic Games Silver Medallist.
Sewgolum, Sewsunker “Papwa” - Golfer
Shabalala, Headman - Musician
Singh, Anant - Film producer
Singana, Margaret - Musician
Sontonga, Enoch (undetermined -1902) - Composer
Sonn, Percival Henry Frederick “Percy” - President of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Sono, Matsilela Ephraim (Jomo) - Soccer Club Owner, Businessman, Coach & International Acclaimed Soccer Star
Sophiatown Modern Jazz Club
Soul Brothers - The Band
Springbok Nude Girls - Band
Swanson, Gloria. - Actor

T

Tabane, Philip - Musician
Tananas - Band - Outside link
Theron, Charlize. - Actor (outside link)
Twala, Chicco - Musician (outside link)
Tyamzashe, Benjamin John Peter - Musician

U

Upington, Beauclerk
Uys, Jamie. Producer and Actor

V

Van den Berg, Clive (1956 - ) - Artist
Van Wouw, Anton - Sculptor
Verster, Andrew Clement (1937 - ) - Painter
Vlachakis, Andreas (1966- ) - Photographer

W

Wood, Sam - Film-maker

Z

Zaidel-Rudolph, Jeanne - Pianist