Biographies

1897-1962

Richard Granville Baloyi

Richard Granville Baloyi was born on 1897 and lived in Alexandra north of Johannesburg in 1922. His first job was that of a taxi driver but…

B-0007816 · UPD 23 AUG 2019

1924-2009

Dennis Brutus

Dennis Brutus was born in Salisbury, Rhodesia (present day Zimbabwe) on 28 November in 1924.His parents moved to Port Elizabeth where he…

B-0007892 · UPD 23 AUG 2019

1884-1953

John David Rheinallt Jones

John David Rheinallt Jones was born in 1884 in Carnarvonshire, Wales, the son of a minister, and immigrated to South Africa in 1905, imbued…

B-0008210 · UPD 23 AUG 2019

1862-1944

Mohamed Hajee Joosub

Joosub was born in Ranavav in India in 1862. He was the youngest of five children fathered by Hajee Joosub, a merchant, farmer and…

B-0008213 · UPD 23 AUG 2019

1893-1947

Sir Shafa’at Ahmad Khan

Born in Moradabad, Khan was, like Raza Ali, an unofficial Muslim appointment from U.P. After attending the Government High School in…

B-0008252 · UPD 23 AUG 2019

1954

Jayaseelen Naidoo

Jayaseelen “Jay” Naidoo was born on 20 December 1954 in Durban. He was the eighth child of Bakkium and Valatham Nadioo, a court interpreter…

B-0008732 · UPD 23 AUG 2019

1911-1963

Paul Ramotsoane Mosaka

Paul Ramotsoane Mosaka was born in Johannesburg and received his early primary education there. His secondary education was at Headltown…

B-0008652 · UPD 23 AUG 2019

Isaiah MacDonald Maseko

A chairman of the Orlando African National Congress (ANC) during the 1952 Defiance Campaign and elected to the ANC national executive…

B-0008464 · UPD 23 AUG 2019

1903-1972

John Beaver "J.B" Marks

John Beaver (JB) Marks was born on 21 March 1903, Ventersdorp, Western Transvaal (now North West Province).  His father was a railway…

B-0141690 · UPD 23 AUG 2019