Biographies
279 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0068227 | biography | Reverend Beyers Naudé | 1915 | – |
| B-0008215 | biography | Zweledinga Pallo Jordan | 1942 | ✓ |
| B-0097180 | biography | Keorapetse William Kgositsile | 1938-2018 | ✓ |
| B-0141691 | biography | Griffiths Mlungisi Mxenge | 1935-1981 | ✓ |
| B-0148828 | biography | Zwelinzima Joseph Vavi | – | – |
| B-0148783 | biography | William Tilden McClain | 1923-2011 | – |
| B-0094591 | biography | Bonisile John Kani | 1943 | – |
| B-0007935 | biography | Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson | 1931-2012 | – |
| B-0007931 | biography | Ohm Collins Chabane | 1960-2015 | ✓ |
| B-0008311 | biography | Joseph Engenas Matlhakanye Lekganyane | 1931-1972 | – |
| B-0008376 | biography | Reverend Zaccheus Richard Mahabane | 1881-1971 | ✓ |
| B-0008748 | biography | Suliman (Solly) Mahomed Nathie | 1918-1979 | – |
| B-0070720 | biography | Sefako Mapogo Makgatho | 1861-1951 | ✓ |
| B-0097952 | biography | Russel Botman | 1953-2014 | ✓ |
| B-0007834 | biography | Cassim Mohammed Bassa | 1925-1983 | – |
Reverend Beyers Naudé
Beyers Naudé was born in Roodepoort, in the then Transvaal, on 10 May 1915. He was named after Christiaan Frederik Beyers, a Boer general…
Zweledinga Pallo Jordan
Pallo Zweledinga Jordan was born on 22 May 1942 in B Location, Kroonstad, in the Orange Free State. His father, Dr Archibald Campbell…
Keorapetse William Kgositsile
Keorapetse William Kgositsile (popularly known as Bra Willie) was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He attended Matibane High…
Griffiths Mlungisi Mxenge
Griffiths Mlungisi Mxenge, the eldest son of Johnson Pinti and Hannah Nowise Mxenge, was born in 1935. His parents were well-respected…
Zwelinzima Joseph Vavi
Zwelinzima Joseph Vavi was born on 20 December 1962 on a farm in Hanover, Northern Cape. His father was a mineworker. Vavi has four…
William Tilden McClain
William Tilden McClain, son of Mary and Harry McClain and an elder brother to David Jack McClain was born on 14 January 1923 in Shelbyville…
Bonisile John Kani
Bonisile John Kani was born on 30 August 1943 in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth. He matriculated from Newell High School where he performed…
Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson
Justice Arthur Chaskalson was born in Johannesburg on 24 November 1931. In 1952 he graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand with…
Ohm Collins Chabane
Ohm Collins Chabane was born on 15 April 1960 in Xikundu Village, in Limpopo (then Northern Transvaal). He attended Shingwedzi High School,…
Joseph Engenas Matlhakanye Lekganyane
Joseph Lekganyane was born in 21 January 1931 in Moria. His father is the founder of the Zion Christian Church (ZCC) in 1910. He attended…
Reverend Zaccheus Richard Mahabane
Zaccheus Richard Mahabane was born in Thaba Nchu, Orange Free State (now Free Stae Province), on 15 August 1881. His parents were…
Suliman (Solly) Mahomed Nathie
Born in 1918, he was a businessman in Evaton and played an active role in the Evaton bus boycott of 1955 to 1956. He had earlier been…
Sefako Mapogo Makgatho
Sefako Mapogo Makgatho was born at GaMphahlele, in the Pietersburg district in Transvaal (now Limpopo province) in 1861. He was the son of…
Russel Botman
Russel Botman was born on 18 October 1953 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now Free State Province). His mother had supported his family…
Cassim Mohammed Bassa
Mohammed Cassim Bassa the estate agent and community leader was born on 11 August 1925 in India. He was the eighth of nine children of…