[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using WITS materials: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about Mndzebele. He was interviewed by Philip Bonner in the Mkhitshini area of Swaziland in 1970.]
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using WITS materials: Nokuthula Vilakati (variations in title: Vilakathi, Vilakazi) was a translator and transcriber who worked on the interviews conducted by Philip Bonner and Carolyn Hamilton in Swaziland in the 1970s and 1980s.]
[Source - Tim Maggs for FHYA, 2020: I was born in 1941 in Pretoria, of British ancestry. After World War 2 we moved to Johannesburg where I attended school to age 12. Holidays saw us travel widely in South Africa, including various farm visits, which must have stimulated my appreciation of the countryside. With the second National Party election victory in 1953 our parents became concerned about the increasingly racist regime in South Africa and moved us three siblings to the UK to complete our education. Having finished school returned to SA and started a BA in history and geography at the University of Cape Town. This wasn't really leading anywhere until I became hooked on archaeology through meeting and going on expeditions to record rock paintings with the pioneers, Townley Johnson, Hym Rabinowitz and Percy Sieff. This led to Hons. in archaeology, followed by a PhD on the precolonial farmers of the Free State, which took nearly a decade. By now married and with small children, we moved to Pietermaritzburg, where I took up the first-ever archaeological post in Natal and continued research into early farming communities. Over the years I began also to work on the more public aspects of archaeology and heritage conservation - contributions to textbooks, school visits, efforts to protect archaeological sites and service on a variety of heritage-related committees. I was the first chair of the KwaZulu Monuments Council and later served on the National Monuments Council. From small beginnings, the Archaeology Department of the Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) Museum has grown (much of it after I retired) to include specialists in the Stone Age and rock art as well as early farmers. Now deep into retirement I still (2020) do some research, notably on the terraced settlements of the Mpumalanga escarpment.]
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Baleka kaMpitikezi was a member of the Qwabe people, and was born circa 1856. She was interviewed multiple times by James Stuart in 1919, and at least one of these interviews took place at High Brae (Stuart's home in Hilton, near Pietermaritzburg)
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2018, using information provided by Gavin Whitelaw: Wendy E. Cubbin wrote the paper 'A physical reconstruction of Mgungundlovu, Dingane's umuzi circa 1837, based on eye witness accounts and supported by authoritative studies' for the Pietermaritzburg Girls' High School Natal Senior Certificate in 1983. This was later published in ‘Yesterday and Today’ journal number 15, April 1988. At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate any further biographical information about Wendy Cubbin.]
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, using Tim Keegan's "Colonial South Africa:Origins Racial Order" : Reverend William C. Holden was a Methodist who arrived in Port Natal in 1847 to serve as a 'settler scribe' to J. C. Chase. He published "The History of the Colony of Natal" in 1855.]
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, using Kevin Carnie-Thompson's LinkedIn profile: Kevin Carnie-Thompson received his Bachelor's of Commerce in Human Resources and Administration in 1999. He started working as the Herbarium Technician at Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife 2018.]
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, using Elize Becker's LinkedIn account: Elize Becker is a South African archaeologist and anthropologist who worked as a Heritage Officer at Amafa KZN Heritage between 2005 and 2007.]
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, using the Cape Archaeological Survey website http://www.casprojects.co.za/: Cedric Poggenpoel is a South African archaeologist who received his Master's degree in archaeology from the University of Cape Town in 1996. In the early 1970s, Poggenpoel was working as a technical officer at the University of Cape Town. During this time he, alongside John Parkington, discovered the Diepkloof rock shelter, which they subsequently excavated over a number of years. He is a specialist in faunal identification with an interest in fish taxonomy. In 2008 he began work as the Field Director at Cape Archaeological Survey.]
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, using KCAL materials: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about B. Talbot. He worked with or for the P.W.D. in 1928, during which time he drew a survey map of uMgungundlovu (Dingaan's Kraal).]
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, using materials from the South African Human Sciences Research Networking Directory, published in 1996: Anthony Edward Cubbin began working as a professor in the Department of History at the University of Zululand in 1985. He attended the University of Natal from 1959−1961, where he received his bachelor's degree. He subsequently studied at the University of the Orange Free State, where he received his PhD in 1983.]
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, using an extract from Dictionary South African Biography Vol 5: William Wood was a Zulu interpreter, ivory trader and hunter, born in the Cape Colony in 1824. In 1836 he began to attend the Rev. G. Champion's school at the Umlazi mission. He worked as an interpreter for the Reverend F. Owen at uMgungundlovu where he witnessed the murder of Piet Retief.]
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, using www.librarything.com: Willem Johannes (W. J.) De Kock was a South African historian and author who wrote "History of South Africa" and the "Dictionary of South African Biography".]
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, using material provided by eThembeni Cultural Heritage: Tomu Sibiya was the son of Dazukile Sibiya, who served as one of King Mpande's household. Tomu Sibiya was born in the Nkandhla District and belonged to the Mbokodebomvu regiment.]
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about Smith.]
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, using the Wits Historical Papers Research Archive: Ruth Muller is a librarian, archivist, researcher, former ANC member (1990-2005) and activist. She was born in the UK in 1951. In 1979, she moved to Mozambique to live and work for 9 years. In 1988, she moved to South Africa, after which she worked at a number of entities including TML, the SABC, the IBA, the University of Cape Town, and the University of the Witwatersrand. She has a Social Science degree, a Post Graduate Diploma in Librarianship and Information Studies, and a Masters degree in History.]
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about Rhe Carstens.]
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2018, using material provided by Len van Schalkwyk: Reverend P. P. Stander was the resident curate of the Dutch Reformed Mission at Dinganstadt. He was responsible for setting up a small, private museum next to the Mission Station, which he called the NG Sendingkerk Museum. The museum contained various artifacts, memorabilia, ethnographic material and bric a brac which he had personally collected during his tenure between 1949 and 1974. After his retirement, the collection remained on public view but was later reclaimed by Stander due to inadequate security and curation. On his passing his family bequeathed the collection to the Msunduzi-Voortrekker Museum.]
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, using SA History Online: Reverend George Champion was born in the United States in 1810. I 1834 was appointed to undertake missionary work in South Africa. On the 20th of December 1835, he went to Mgungundhlovu to obtain King Dingane's permission to work among his subjects. In August 1936, Dingane allowed Champion and Grout to open a mission station, on a site chosen by Dingane himself, on the Umsunduzi River. The station was subsequently named “Nginani” (I am with thee). Following the destruction of the mission station at Nginani, Champion returned to the United States in 1839. He died in 1841.]
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about R. J. van Reenen. He may have worked with the National Monuments Council in South Africa in the 1920s.]