Biographies
279 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0068173 | biography | Dr Gangathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker | 1910-1978 | ✓ |
| B-0068105 | biography | Dr James Sebe Moroka | 1892-1985 | – |
| B-0068097 | biography | Elias Phakane Moretsele | 1897-1961 | – |
| B-0068090 | biography | Poomoney Moodley | 1926-1982 | ✓ |
| B-0067969 | biography | Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana | 1899-1995 | – |
| B-0065611 | biography | Satyandranath “Mac” Maharaj | 1935 | ✓ |
| B-0065415 | biography | Walter Ulyate Sisulu | 1912-2003 | – |
| B-0065346 | biography | Professor Fatima Meer | 1928-2010 | – |
| B-0065300 | biography | Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela | 1918-2013 | ✓ |
| B-0064847 | biography | Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger | 1825-1904 | – |
| B-0064845 | biography | Chris Hani | 1942-1993 | ✓ |
| B-0064794 | biography | Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu | 1931-2021 | ✓ |
| B-0009268 | biography | Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma | 1942 | ✓ |
| B-0009245 | biography | Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma | 1893-1962 | ✓ |
| B-0009239 | biography | Gisele Wulfsohn | 1957-2011 | ✓ |
Dr Gangathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker
Dr Gangathura Mohambry Naicker (more popularly known as Dr Monty Naicker) was the eldest son of Papiah Gangathura Naicker, a well-to-do…
Dr James Sebe Moroka
Dr. James Sebe Moroka was the great grandson of Chief Moroka I of the Barolong, from Thaba Nchu in the then Orange Free State. Moroka…
Elias Phakane Moretsele
Little is known about Elias Moretsele's youth. At an early age he moved to Johannesburg where he joined the South African Native National…
Poomoney Moodley
Poomoney Moodley was born in Mooi River, Natal on 28 June 1926 to Ramsamy Dharamalingam Moodley and Kanniamah Moodley; who themselves were…
Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana
Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana was born in the Witzieshoek area of the Orange Free State in 1899. He worked at various times as a teacher, a…
Satyandranath “Mac” Maharaj
Mac Maharaj was born on the 22 April 1935, the fourth of the eight children of Mr and Mrs NR Maharaj of Newcastle, Natal. He matriculated…
Walter Ulyate Sisulu
Walter Ulyate Max Sisulu was born in the village of Qutubeni in the Engcobo district of the Transkei on 18 May 1912. Sisulu was born out of…
Professor Fatima Meer
Fatima Meer was born in Grey Street, Durban on 12 August 1928, the daughter of Moosa Meer and Rachel Farrel and the second born of their…
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Childhood in the Eastern CapeNelson Rolihlahla Mandela was the son of Nonqaphi Nosekeni and Henry Mgadla Mandela, a chief and chief…
Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger
Paul Kruger is believed to have been born on 10 October 1825 on his grandfather's farm, Bulhoek, in the Cradock district, near the present…
Chris Hani
Thembisile Chris Hani was born in the rural village of Sabalele, in the Cofimvaba region of the former Transkei. He was the fifth of the…
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu (known fondly as the "Arch”) was born in Klerksdorp on 7 October 1931. His father, Zachariah, who was educated at a…
Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
Early LifeJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (Msholozi – his praise name) was born on 12 April 1942 at Nkandla in northern Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal)…
Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma
Alfred Bitini Xuma was born on 8 March 1893, in Manzana, Ngcobo District, in the Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape). Xuma was the seventh…
Gisele Wulfsohn
Gisèle Wulfsohn was a freelance photographer specialising in portraiture, education, health and gender issues. Gisèle studied Graphic Fine…