Africa – South Africa
Lewis Chitengwa (1975-2001)
Lewis Chitengwa was a Zimbabwean golfer who, in 1993, became the first Black person to win the South African Amateur...
Sibongile Sambo (1974- )
Aviation pioneer Sibongile Sambo, who was born in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, South Africa, in 1974, holds the distinction of being the...
Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
The Anglo-Zulu War was a conflict between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom from January 11 to July 4,...
Joseph Leabua Jonathan (1914-1987)
Joseph Leabua Jonathan was the first Prime Minister of independent Lesotho. He was born on October 30, 1914, in Leribe,...
Hage Gottfried Geingob
(1941- )
Hage Gottfried Geingob, the third democratically elected president and the first prime minister of Namibia, was born on August 3,...
Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera
(1995- )
Malawi’s current president, Lazarus Chakwera, was born on April 5, 1955, on the outskirts of Lilongwe to Ernest Person Chakwera...
Trevor Noah (1984- )
Trevor Noah is a comedian, actor, and political commentator. Noah was born on February 24, 1984, to Robert Noah, who...
Laurence C. Morse (1951- )
Venture Capitalist Laurence (Larry) Morse was born July 2, 1951, in Birmingham, Alabama. Little is known about his years in...
Matshidiso Moeti (1954- )
Matshidiso Rebecca Natalie Moeti is a medical doctor, public health specialist, and medical administrator from Botswana who has served as...
