Biographies
248 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0068644 | biography | Ben Turok | 1927-2019 | ✓ |
| B-0068389 | biography | Sorabjee Rustomjee | 1895-1960 | – |
| B-0068272 | biography | Philemon Pearce Nokwe | 1927-1978 | – |
| B-0068262 | biography | John Kgwana Nkadimeng | 1925-2020 | – |
| B-0068245 | biography | Lillian Masediba Ngoyi | 1911-1980 | ✓ |
| B-0068206 | biography | Thambi Naransamy Naidoo | 1901-1953 | ✓ |
| B-0068192 | biography | George Naicker | 1919-1998 | ✓ |
| B-0068105 | biography | Dr James Sebe Moroka | 1892-1985 | – |
| B-0065611 | biography | Satyandranath “Mac” Maharaj | 1935 | ✓ |
| B-0065415 | biography | Walter Ulyate Sisulu | 1912-2003 | – |
| B-0065346 | biography | Professor Fatima Meer | 1928-2010 | – |
| B-0065300 | biography | Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela | 1918-2013 | ✓ |
| B-0064845 | biography | Chris Hani | 1942-1993 | ✓ |
| B-0009245 | biography | Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma | 1893-1962 | ✓ |
| B-0009202 | biography | Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd | 1901-1966 | – |
Ben Turok
Leading member of the South African Congress of Democrats (CoD). He was born in Latvia in 1927 and came with his family to South Africa in…
Sorabjee Rustomjee
Sorabji Rustomjee, son of Parsee Rustomjee, was born in Durban on 25 December 1895. He went to India to study and soon after returning to…
Philemon Pearce Nokwe
As a child he grew up in a working-class environment - his father was a shoemaker - and attended primary schools in Evaton. He matriculated…
John Kgwana Nkadimeng
John Kgwana Nkadimeng was born in Sekhukhuniland in the rural eastern Transvaal in 1925 and after completing primary school he worked as a…
Lillian Masediba Ngoyi
Lillian Masediba Ngoyi was born in Pretoria in 1911 to a family of six children, and obtained her primary schooling in Kilnerton. She later…
Thambi Naransamy Naidoo
Narainsamy Thambi Naidoo, also known as “Naran” or “Roy.” was born in 1901 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) where the family…
George Naicker
George Naicker, was one of six sons. He was born on 1 June 1919. He joined the Natal Indian Congress in 1941 and became an executive member…
Dr James Sebe Moroka
Dr. James Sebe Moroka was the great grandson of Chief Moroka I of the Barolong, from Thaba Nchu in the then Orange Free State. Moroka…
Satyandranath “Mac” Maharaj
Mac Maharaj was born on the 22 April 1935, the fourth of the eight children of Mr and Mrs NR Maharaj of Newcastle, Natal. He matriculated…
Walter Ulyate Sisulu
Walter Ulyate Max Sisulu was born in the village of Qutubeni in the Engcobo district of the Transkei on 18 May 1912. Sisulu was born out of…
Professor Fatima Meer
Fatima Meer was born in Grey Street, Durban on 12 August 1928, the daughter of Moosa Meer and Rachel Farrel and the second born of their…
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Childhood in the Eastern CapeNelson Rolihlahla Mandela was the son of Nonqaphi Nosekeni and Henry Mgadla Mandela, a chief and chief…
Chris Hani
Thembisile Chris Hani was born in the rural village of Sabalele, in the Cofimvaba region of the former Transkei. He was the fifth of the…
Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma
Alfred Bitini Xuma was born on 8 March 1893, in Manzana, Ngcobo District, in the Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape). Xuma was the seventh…
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on 8 September 1901. He was the second child of Anje Strik and Wilhelmus…