Biographies
10,763 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0148743 | biography | Graeme Craig Smith | 1981 | ✓ |
| B-0149295 | biography | Gibson Magwaza | – | ✓ |
| B-0144669 | biography | George Arthur Heard | 1906 | ✓ |
| B-0149448 | biography | Gary Jim Player | 1935 | – |
| B-0149600 | biography | Dr Morris Zwi | – | ✓ |
| B-0149409 | biography | Eric Maga | 1984 | – |
| B-0095834 | biography | Ephraim Nkwe | 2013 | ✓ |
| B-0149245 | biography | Elliot Shabangu | – | ✓ |
| B-0149458 | biography | Elijah H. Mdolomba | – | ✓ |
| B-0149495 | biography | Eddie J. Khaile | – | ✓ |
| B-0148082 | biography | Dundubela Aubrey Mokoena | – | ✓ |
| B-0148807 | biography | Duke Themba Machobane | 1985 | ✓ |
| B-0148786 | biography | Dingaan Bongani Thobela | 1966 | ✓ |
| B-0148817 | biography | de Villiers Graaff | 1913-1999 | ✓ |
| B-0149243 | biography | David Bruce | – | ✓ |
Graeme Craig Smith
Graeme Craig Smith was born to Graeme and Janet Smith on 1 February 1981. Graeme attended King Edward the VII School in Johannesburg,…
Gibson Magwaza
Gibson Magwaza, from Nongoma District, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal] was banished for coming into conflict with Chief Cyprian Dinizulu and the…
George Arthur Heard
Journalist George Arthur Heard was the elder son of Arthur Henry Heard, inspector of works in Bloemfontein, and his wife, Millicent Agnes…
Gary Jim Player
Please note: This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Laubscher, L. (1999) “Gary Player” from They Shaped our…
Dr Morris Zwi
Morris Zwi was born in South Africa and later moved to the United Kingdom. He began working in social documentary photography through his…
Eric Maga
Eric Maga (Jongile Mzwandile) was executed by order of the uMkhonto we Sizwe( MK) Military Tribunal in Angola in 1984.
Ephraim Nkwe
In the midst of the State of Emergency, the South African Youth Congress (SAYCO) was formed in March 1987 at a secret meeting in Cape Town…
Elliot Shabangu
Shabangu was an active organiser at the street level for the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Congress of Trade Unions…
Elijah H. Mdolomba
Elijah H. Mdolomba was born in the Cape and educated at Healdtown. At the time of Bhambatha Rebellion in 1906, he was chaplain to a…
Eddie J. Khaile
Little is known of his background except that he was a Msotho and became a qualified bookkeeper. In the early 1920s, he became financial…
Dundubela Aubrey Mokoena
Dundubela Aubrey Mokoena, was the former executive director of the Black Community Programmes (BCP). November 1978. Soweto. he was released…
Duke Themba Machobane
Duke Themba Machobane went into exile to Nigeria around 1977. He studied for his ‘A Levels’ in Ogoja, south eastern Nigeria. After…
Dingaan Bongani Thobela
Dingaan Bongani “The Rose of Soweto” Thobela was born at Baragwanath hospital on 24 September 1966. His mother named him Bongani, but his…
de Villiers Graaff
Sir de Villiers Graaff (Div) was born on 8 December 1913 in Cape Town, Western Cape. He attended Western Province Preparatory School,…
David Bruce
David Bruce received a call-up notice from the South African Defence Force (SADF) in July 1987. His choices were two years in the army,…