Biographies
4,760 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0007783 | biography | Ray Alexander Simons | 1914-2004 | ✓ |
| B-0007768 | biography | Elizabeth Adriana (Nanna) Abrahams | 1925-2009 | ✓ |
| B-0007765 | biography | Dr Abdullah Abdurahman | 1872-1940 | ✓ |
| B-0153021 | biography | Theresa Solomon | 1945-2025 | ✓ |
| B-0151993 | biography | Tiego Moseneke | 1963-2023 | ✓ |
| B-0151052 | biography | Elizabeth Komikie Gumede | 1921-2016 | ✓ |
| B-0150470 | biography | Eve Hall | 1937-2007 | ✓ |
| B-0150447 | biography | Sibongile Susan Mkhabela | – | ✓ |
| B-0150418 | biography | Ashlatha Rambally | 1946 | ✓ |
| B-0150226 | biography | Mary Thipe | 1917-2000 | ✓ |
| B-0150009 | biography | Lindiwe Charity Nyembezi Mthembu | 1969-1988 | ✓ |
| B-0148784 | biography | Oupa Ronald Madondo | 1948-1980 | ✓ |
| B-0148754 | biography | Joseph Nong Thloloe | 1942 | ✓ |
| B-0148753 | biography | Aaron Sipho Madondo | 1958-2012 | – |
| B-0148735 | biography | Michael Schneider | – | – |
Ray Alexander Simons
Ray Alexander Simons née Alexandrowich was born on 12 January 1914 in Latvia. While at school, she displayed little fear in challenging…
Elizabeth Adriana (Nanna) Abrahams
Liz Adriana Abrahams (nee Joseph) was born on 19 September 1925 in Paarl, in the Western Cape. She was born into a large family of 8…
Dr Abdullah Abdurahman
Dr Abdullah Abdurahman, who was born in Wellington (Cape Town ) on 18 December 1872 and graduated as a medical doctor from the University…
Theresa Solomon
Theresa Solomon was born in District Six, Cape Town, Western Cape, in 1945. Solomon lived in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town, where she worked…
Tiego Moseneke
Tiego Moseneke, former Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke’s younger brother, died on 19 April 2023 following a car accident. He was born…
Elizabeth Komikie Gumede
Recorded as one of the most tortured women political prisoners under the apartheid regime, Elizabeth Komikie Gumede was born in 1921. …
Eve Hall
Eve Hall was born on 20 March 1937 in Paris, France, to a Jewish father and a German mother. When the Second World War broke out, her…
Sibongile Susan Mkhabela
The youngest child of Mozambican immigrants, Sibongile (Bongi) Susan Mkhabela (nèe Mthembu) grew up in Zola, one of the poorest areas in…
Ashlatha Rambally
Ashlatha Moodley (nèe Rambally) was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) in 1946 and grew up in the small town of Colenso…
Mary Thipe
Mary Thipe was born in 1917* in Ramhlakoane, a village in the Matatiele district, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) near the Eastern Cape border…
Lindiwe Charity Nyembezi Mthembu
Lindiwe Charity Nyembezi Mthembu was born on 28 February 1969 in KwaMashu, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). She was the fifth daughter born to…
Oupa Ronald Madondo
Oupa Ronald Madondo (known as MK Scorpion) was born on 20 May 1948 in Sophiatown, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). With the advent of…
Joseph Nong Thloloe
Joseph Nong “Joe” Thloloe was born on 01 July 1942 in Orlando East, Soweto to Nokuthula and Joel Letebele Thloloe. He began his primary…
Aaron Sipho Madondo
Aaron Sipho Madondo, the last of 11 children in his family was born on 6 August 1958 in Mofolo South, Soweto. He began his primary school…