Biographies
4,760 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0008474 | biography | Teboho “Tsietsi” Mashinini | 1957-1990 | – |
| B-0068245 | biography | Lillian Masediba Ngoyi | 1911-1980 | ✓ |
| B-0007857 | biography | Advocate George Bizos | 1927-2020 | ✓ |
| B-0008431 | biography | Winnie Madikizela-Mandela | 1936-2018 | ✓ |
| B-0008326 | biography | Leon Levy | 1929-2026 | ✓ |
| B-0009229 | biography | Sophia Theresa Williams de Bruyn | 1938 | ✓ |
| B-0007886 | biography | Breyten Breytenbach | 1939-2024 | ✓ |
| B-0153659 | biography | Hazel Goldreich (Berman) | 1929-2026 | – |
| B-0151812 | biography | Bheki Cele | 1952 | ✓ |
| B-0151749 | biography | Krishna Rabilal | 1952-1981 | ✓ |
| B-0150859 | biography | Dr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy | 1958-2021 | ✓ |
| B-0150804 | biography | Nithianandan ‘Elvis' Ganese Govender | 1958-1995 | ✓ |
| B-0150649 | biography | Rajes Pillay | 1944-2020 | ✓ |
| B-0150369 | biography | Moyisile Douglas Tyutyu | 1935 | ✓ |
| B-0150238 | biography | Robert Mokwena (George Sello) | 1952-1981 | ✓ |
Teboho “Tsietsi” Mashinini
Tsietsi Mashinini was born on 27 January 1957 in Central Western Jabavu, Soweto. Mashinini was the second son of Ramothibi, a lay preacher…
Lillian Masediba Ngoyi
Lillian Masediba Ngoyi was born in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng), in 1911. She enrolled in a nursing training course, but eventually…
Advocate George Bizos
George Bizos was born in 1927 in Vasilitsi, near Koroni in the south of Greece. During World War II, when the Germans occupied Greece in…
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Early YearsNomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela was born, the fifth of nine children, in the village of Mbongweni, Bizana, in the Transkei…
Leon Levy
Leon Levy was born on 7 August 1929 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng Province), South Africa, to Mary and Mark Levy, immigrants from…
Sophia Theresa Williams de Bruyn
Sophia Theresa Williams-de Bruyn was born in 1938, in Villageboard, a mixed area that had different nationalities living side by side. She…
Breyten Breytenbach
Breytenbach was an opponent of the apartheid regime, whose work represented a milestone in the development of Afrikaans poetry, formally…
Hazel Goldreich (Berman)
Bheki Cele
Life and Early Career Bhekokwakhe (Bheki) Hamilton Cele was born on 22 April 1952 to Albertina Mtshali and Gillford Cele at uMuzumbe…
Krishna Rabilal
Krishna Rabilal was born on 6 November 1952 to working class parents in the township of Merebank, south of Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal…
Dr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy
Dr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy was born in Durban on 1 September 1958. He was the youngest of four sons. The family resided in Sea Cow…
Nithianandan ‘Elvis' Ganese Govender
Nithianandan Ganese Govender (Elvis) was born on 1 November 1958 in Esperanza, a village on the south coast of Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal –…
Rajes Pillay
Rajaluxmi Pillay (also known as Rajes) was born on 4 August 1944 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN). Her parents were…
Moyisile Douglas Tyutyu
Moyisile Douglas Tyutyu was born in 1935* in KwaZakhele, Port Elizabeth, Transkei (now Eastern Cape Province). His interest in politics was…
Robert Mokwena (George Sello)
Robert Mokwena, also known by his guerrilla name as George Sello, was born on 4 April 1952 in White City Jabavu, Soweto in the Transvaal …