Biographies
180 records
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| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0008431 | biography | Winnie Madikizela-Mandela | 1936-2018 | ✓ |
| B-0008313 | biography | Mosiuoa Gerard Patrick "Terror" Lekota | 1948-2026 | ✓ |
| B-0008274 | biography | Moses Mauane Kotane | 1905-1978 | ✓ |
| B-0008230 | biography | Jeanette Eleanor Kasrils | 1936-2009 | ✓ |
| B-0008229 | biography | Ronald (Ronnie) Kasrils | 1938 | ✓ |
| B-0008136 | biography | Harry Themba Gwala | 1920-1995 | ✓ |
| B-0008130 | biography | Archibald Jacob Gumede | 1914-1998 | ✓ |
| B-0008105 | biography | Denis Theodore Goldberg | 1933-2020 | ✓ |
| B-0008091 | biography | Manilal Gandhi | 1892-1956 | ✓ |
| B-0008090 | biography | Ela Gandhi | 1940 | ✓ |
| B-0008089 | biography | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi | 1869-1948 | ✓ |
| B-0008068 | biography | Ruth First | 1925-1982 | ✓ |
| B-0008061 | biography | Walter Sidney Felgate | 1930-2008 | ✓ |
| B-0008011 | biography | Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma | 1949 | ✓ |
| B-0007991 | biography | Amina Desai | 1920-2009 | ✓ |
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Early YearsNomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela was born, the fifth of nine children, in the village of Mbongweni, Bizana, in the Transkei…
Mosiuoa Gerard Patrick "Terror" Lekota
Mosiuoa Gerard Patrick "Terror" Lekota was born in Kroonstad, Orange Free State (now Free State Province) on 13 August 1948, into a working…
Moses Mauane Kotane
Moses Mauane Kotane was born at Tamposstad in the Rustenburg district of the western Transvaal on 9th of August in 1905, Kotane came from a…
Jeanette Eleanor Kasrils
Eleanor Kasrils was born in Scotland in 1936. She came to Durban as an infant. In March 1960, Ronnie Kasrils, later, her husband, visited…
Ronald (Ronnie) Kasrils
Ronald Kasrils was born in Yeoville, Johannesburg, on 15 November 1938. His grandparents were immigrants from Latvia and Lithuania, who…
Harry Themba Gwala
Harry (Mphephethwa) Themba Gwala was born on 30 July in 1920 near Piettermarizburg.He was a politician and teacher, Gwala known as Munt…
Archibald Jacob Gumede
Archibald Jacob Gumede was born in Pietermaritzburg on 1st of March in 1914,the son of Lillian (born Mgqogqoza) and Josiah Tshangana Gumede…
Denis Theodore Goldberg
Denis Theodore Goldberg was born on 11th April 1933 in Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape). His parents, Sam and Annie, had both…
Manilal Gandhi
Manilal Gandhi was born on 28 October 1892 in Rajkot, India, the second son of Kasturba and Mohandas Gandhi. He had three brothers, with…
Ela Gandhi
Ela Gandhi was born in 1940 in Phoenix Settlement in the Inanda district, KwaZulu Natal. Indians, Coloured, Whites and Africans lived here…
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
*Note: The focus of this biography is on Gandhi's life and times in South Africa. Early life and education Mohandas Karamchand…
Ruth First
Journalist, academic and political activist, Ruth Heloise First was born on 4 May 1925. She was the daughter of Jewish immigrants Julius…
Walter Sidney Felgate
Walter Sidney Felgate was born on 19 November 1930 in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng). Felgate graduated from Pretoria Boys High School…
Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was born on 27 January 1949. She received her secondary education at Amanzimtoti Training College until 1967 and…
Amina Desai
When her husband, Suliman Mohammed Desai, a Transvaal Indian Congress activist died in 1969, Amina Desai took over the running of his…