Biographies
10,765 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0149446 | biography | Percival Henry Frederick “Percy” Sonn | 1949-2007 | – |
| B-0149499 | biography | Penny Heyns | 1974 | – |
| B-0149473 | biography | P. S. J. Manana | 1913 | – |
| B-0149509 | biography | Mono Badela | 1937-2002 | ✓ |
| B-0149439 | biography | Sheik Yusuf | 1626-1699 | ✓ |
| B-0149518 | biography | Shadrack Fuba Zibi | 1879-1963 | ✓ |
| B-0149472 | biography | Self Mampuru | 1908-1964 | ✓ |
| B-0149437 | biography | Sarah Gertrude Holland | 1952-2010 | ✓ |
| B-0141693 | biography | Samuel Makama Martin Masabalala | 1877-Unknown | ✓ |
| B-0149464 | biography | Sammy Marks | 1843-1920 | – |
| B-0149489 | biography | S. Mac Lepolesa | 1927 | ✓ |
| B-0149523 | biography | S. J. J. Lesolang | 1927 | ✓ |
| B-0149450 | biography | S .G. Sekano Ntoane | 1904-1980 | ✓ |
| B-0149442 | biography | Robert Tunsi | 1914 | – |
| B-0149507 | biography | Robert Broom | 1866-1951 | ✓ |
Percival Henry Frederick “Percy” Sonn
Born in Cape Town on September 25, 1949, Percival Sonn, universally known as Percy, dedicated much of his life to the development of the…
Penny Heyns
Penny Heyns was born on 8 November 1974 to a deeply religious family in Springs, Gauteng Province. She attended the local primary school…
P. S. J. Manana
Born in 1913, Manana was a businessman. He played a leading role in campaigns against higher rentals and passes in Durban.
Mono Badela
The biography below is from a tribute to Badela written by Prof Guy Berger, the head of the department of Journalism and Media Studies at…
Sheik Yusuf
Sheik Yusuf, ruler of Gowa on the Islands of Celebes in South East Asia, was born in 1626. He was also the brother of the Sultan of…
Shadrack Fuba Zibi
Chief of the Mbuto (Mbuthweni) section of the Hlubi group of tribes, was the son of Fuba III and the grandson of Zibi II. He was educated…
Self Mampuru
Self Mampuru was born in 1908 into the leading family of chiefs of Sekhukhuneland. In the 1930s in Johannesburg he met William Ballinger,…
Sarah Gertrude Holland
Sarah Gertrude Mary Christina Holland was born on 11 April 1952, in Durban. On 9 February 2010, Holland’s house was destroyed by a fire…
Samuel Makama Martin Masabalala
Samuel Makama Martin Masabalala was born in 6th December 1877, in Uniondale in the Cape and was educated in Grahamstown and Port Elizabeth…
Sammy Marks
The entrepreneur Samuel Marks was born in Lithuania in 1843. He arrived on African shores in 1868 where he began his career by hawking…
S. Mac Lepolesa
As a trader in the Orange Free State in the 1940s, he organized for the African National Congress (ANC) and served as the national ANC…
S. J. J. Lesolang
S. J. J. Lesolang was born and educated in the Transvaal, he taught at Kilnerton during the 1940s and was president of the Transvaal…
S .G. Sekano Ntoane
S.G. Sekano Ntoane was born on 14 April 1904 in Hebron, Pretoria. He was the second of the six children of Levy Ntoane, a minister of the…
Robert Tunsi
Robert Tunsi was born in 1914. He was a businessman and he joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1937. He was chairman of the…
Robert Broom
Professor Robert Broom was born on 30 November 1866 Paisley, Scotland to a poor family. He was educated as a doctor and received his degree…