Jan F.E. Celliers

Jan F.E. Celliers

male, deceased (1940)
poet, South African, cape town, transvaal, Afrikaner, afrikaans
Jan Francois Elias Celliers, almost universally known as Jan F.E. Celliers, but occasionally as Jan F.E. Cilliers (born January 12, 1865 near...
Gideon Joubert

Gideon Joubert

male
South African of Huguenot descent, Retirement, Gymnasium, Die Burger, Paul Roos Gymnasium, English studies…Vriende van Afrikaans, afrikaans
Gideon Joubert is a South African writer and ex-journalist (at Die Burger) who is known for his Intelligent Design-opinions, especially present in...

W.E.G. Louw

male, deceased (1980)
poet, South African, stellenbosch, Afrikaner, afrikaans, sutherland
William Ewart Gladstone van Wyk Louw, who published (and is almost universally known) as W.E.G. Louw, (born May 31, 1913 in Sutherland, formerly...

D.F. Malherbe

male, deceased (1969)
COMMENTAIRE SUR DESPORTES, Free State Province, South African of Huguenot descent, Daniël Francois Malherbe, Saul the Struggle Hero, Saul die worstelheld…afrikaans
Daniël Francois Malherbe or (as he is generally known) D.F. Malherbe (b. May 28, 1881 in Dal Josafat in Cape Colony, now Western Cape Province, S...
Gcina Mhlope

Gcina Mhlope

female, 50 years old
poet, Theatre direction, English, actress, author, Xhosa…afrikaans
Gcina Mhlope (b. 1959) is a well-known South African freedom fighter, activist, actor, storyteller, poet, playwright, director and author....

Jack Cope

male, deceased (1991)
poet, novelist, South African, writer, political, second world war…afrikaans
Jack Cope (Robert Knox) (1913 - 1991) was a South African novelist, short story writer, poet, and editor. Jack Cope was born in Natal, South Africa...
Lettie Viljoen

Lettie Viljoen

female, 61 years old
dutch, Niggie, Belemmering, Andries Gouws, Buller se Plan, The Elusive Moth…afrikaans
Lettie Viljoen was a pseudonym of the South African author Ingrid Winterbach, who primarily writes in Afrikaans. She is married to Andries Gouws...

I.D. du Plessis

male, deceased (1981)
poet, South African, cape town, Afrikaner, afrikaans, South African of Huguenot descent
Izak David du Plessis, who published under the name I.D. du Plessis (born June 25, 1900, in Cape Town, South Africa; died December 11, 1981 in Cape...
Hastings Ndlovu

Hastings Ndlovu

male, deceased (1976)
Anti-Apartheid activist, Soweto uprising, apartheid, Scholar, afrikaans, South African
Hastings Ndlovu, (Born 1961; Died June 16, 1976) was a black Soweto schoolboy who died in the Soweto uprising against the apartheid system. Little...
Charles Robberts Swart

Charles Robberts Swart

male, deceased (1982)
South African, Apartheid government, anti-communist, jansen, National Party, boer…afrikaans
Charles Robberts Swart(1894-1982) served as the last Governor-General of the Union of South Africa from 1960 to 1961 and the first State President...