Heroes and Heroines

John Francis Cradock (August 12, 1762-July 6, 1839) was governor of the Cape Colony from 1811 to 1814. As governor he ordered the military against...

John William Colenso (January 24, 1814-June 20, 1883), was the Anglican archbishop of Natal from 1853 onwards, during the age of British imperial expansion. He...

Patrick Baker Duncan (June 1918 – June 4, 1967), born into the South African white liberal tradition, was unique in terms of his close association...

John Langalibalele Dube (February 22, 1871-February 11, 1949), was the first president general of what was to become the African National Congress (ANC). He was...

I.W.W. Citashe (circa 1845-circa 1930) was a Xhosa poet who wrote from around 1875 until the early 1900s. He exhorted Africans to use education, rather...

Louis Faidherbe (b.1818) was the son of a Lille (France) merchant.  He attended the Polytechnic School and later the Metz Military School from which he...

Dingiswayo (circa the 1770s- 1818) was a northern Nguni leader who is credited with the development of the age-regiment system of tribal army organisation. This...

Ras Alula Qubi (1827-1897) was a distinguished general of Yohannes IV [reigned 1872-89], and a staunch supporter of his heir to the throne, Mangasha Yohannes....

Dlamini I (circa 15th century), also called Matalatala, was the founder of the Nkosi Dlamini, the royal house of Swaziland (Now Eswatini). He was a...

Dinuzulu (Dinizulu), (circa 1868-October 18, 1913), Zulu king from 1884-87 ruled over a divided Zululand in the aftermath of the destruction of the Zulu empire...