Biographies
678 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0123687 | biography | Mattheus Uys Krige | 1910-1987 | – |
| B-0065253 | biography | Henry “Black Cat” Cele | 1949-2007 | ✓ |
| B-0094335 | biography | Professor Gert ‘Jakes’ Johannes Gerwel | 1946-2012 | ✓ |
| B-0007836 | biography | Walter Battiss | 1906-1982 | ✓ |
| B-0093813 | biography | Alfred Temba Qabula | 1942-2002 | ✓ |
| B-0008496 | biography | John Matshikiza | 1954-2008 | ✓ |
| B-0008363 | biography | Moses Josiah Madiba | 1909-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0007915 | biography | Luli Callinicos | 1936 | ✓ |
| B-0008056 | biography | Brenda Nokuzola Fassie | 1964-2004 | ✓ |
| B-0008671 | biography | Mathews ‘’Loop-en-val’’ Motshwarateu | 1958-2001 | ✓ |
| B-0008279 | biography | Antjie Krog | 1952 | – |
| B-0009047 | biography | Paul Michael Sibisi | 1948 | ✓ |
| B-0074126 | biography | Paul Landau | – | – |
| B-0008212 | biography | Ingrid Jonker | 1933-1965 | ✓ |
| B-0150953 | biography | Shaleen Surtie-Richards | 1955-2021 | ✓ |
Mattheus Uys Krige
Mattheus Uys Krige and his contribution to the Second World War Mattheus Uys Krige (1910-1987) can certainly be counted among the most…
Henry “Black Cat” Cele
Henry “Black Cat” Cele was born on 30 January 1949 in KwaMashu, Durban, South Africa. As a member of the Cele family he was referred to by…
Professor Gert ‘Jakes’ Johannes Gerwel
Gert Johannes “Jakes” Gerwel was born on 18 January 1946 in the town of Kommadagga in the district of Somerset East, Eastern Province (now…
Walter Battiss
Walter Battiss was born in Somerset East to an English Methodist family in 1906, and became one of South Africa’s first and most important…
Alfred Temba Qabula
Alfred Temba Qabula was born on 12 December 1942 in Flagstaff, Bhalasi in Pondoland to Solomon and Nonkhululeko Qabula. Qabula’s father…
John Matshikiza
John Matshikiza was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg in 1954. Sophiatown was soon after demolished to make way for the White suburb of…
Moses Josiah Madiba
Moses Josiah Madiba was born 22 November 1909 in Seshego, Pietersburg District. He was one of the seven children of Jesaya Sekgoadi and…
Luli Callinicos
Luli Callinicos was born in Johannesburg, and is of Hellenic descent. She began her involvement in the struggle for democracy at an early…
Brenda Nokuzola Fassie
Brenda Nokuzola Fassie was born on 3rd of November 1964 in Langa, a township near Cape Town. She was named after the American country…
Mathews ‘’Loop-en-val’’ Motshwarateu
Mathews Motshwarateu was born on 2 November 1958 in Soweto. His talent for athletics already became apparent in his primary school years,…
Antjie Krog
Antjie was born on 23 October 1952 on a farm in the Free State. She completed her BA degree with Afrikaans (cum laude), Philosophy (cum…
Paul Michael Sibisi
Michael Paul Sibisi was born in Umkhumbane Durban on 23 September 1948. He went to Chersterville Secondary School where he completed…
Paul Landau
Professor Landau took part in the "One Hundred Years of the ANC - Debating Liberation Histories and Democracy Today" conference organised…
Ingrid Jonker
Ingrid Jonker was born on 19 September 1933 on a farm in the rural area of Douglas, near Kimberley in the Northern Cape. After her parents’…
Shaleen Surtie-Richards
Legendary stage, film, and television actress, Shaleen Surtie-Richards, was born on 7 May 1955 in Upington, Cape Province (now Northern…