Biographies
4,539 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0141668 | biography | Appiah Saravanan (AS) Chetty | 1929-2000 | ✓ |
| B-0141660 | biography | Amos Ndwalane | – | ✓ |
| B-0125519 | biography | Vondela Landingwe | 2018 | – |
| B-0125201 | biography | Sam Tambani | 1953-1993 | ✓ |
| B-0123703 | biography | Sindiso Mfenyana | 1940 | – |
| B-0123686 | biography | King Sarhili kaHintsa | 1815-1892 | ✓ |
| B-0121658 | biography | M. J. M. Williams Shope | 1919 | – |
| B-0121084 | biography | Daniel Kunene | 1923-2016 | – |
| B-0120752 | biography | Hermanus Gabriel Loots | 1936-2016 | ✓ |
| B-0120698 | biography | Mohamed Ismail Dinat | 1937-2015 | – |
| B-0098638 | biography | Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa | 1941-1995 | ✓ |
| B-0095262 | biography | Emmanuel Bonginkosi Nzimande | 1958 | – |
| B-0148716 | biography | Anthony “Tony” Holiday | – | – |
| B-0095199 | biography | Peter Hain | 1950 | ✓ |
| B-0148696 | biography | Ruth Williams | – | – |
Appiah Saravanan (AS) Chetty
Appiah Saravanan (A.S.) Chetty was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) on 3 April 1929. He was the second of five children…
Amos Ndwalane
Struggle veteran Amos Ndwalane, who escaped the noose by seven days due to the unbanning of the African National Congress (ANC) in 1990,…
Vondela Landingwe
Vondela Landingwe played rugby for Crusaders in Gugulethu and Western Province under the auspices of the non-racial South African Rugby…
Sam Tambani
Sam Tambane was born in the village of Tshiozwi Ha-Sinthumele in Venda on 23 August 1953. Sam was the first child of Kutama Fridah Tambani…
Sindiso Mfenyana
Background and Childhood Sindiso Mfenyana is descended from the Bhele clan, which is an offshoot of the Hlubi tribe. He traces his roots…
King Sarhili kaHintsa
King Sarhili was the last King to rule over Xhosaland before it was fragmented by the consequences of the ‘Cattle Killing Movement’ of 1856…
M. J. M. Williams Shope
M. J. M. Williams Shope was born in 1919 in the Letaba district of the northern Transvaal, he became a breadwinner for his family at an…
Daniel Kunene
On 27 May 2016, surrounded by his beloved family, Kunene died peacefully at his home in Madison, America. He was 93 years old.[i] Daniel…
Hermanus Gabriel Loots
Hermanus Gabriel Loots, also known as James Stuart, is most noted for his role in exposing brutality at African National Congress camps in…
Mohamed Ismail Dinat
Early Years and Politicisation Mohamed Ismail (‘Issy’) Dinat was born on 14 October 1937 in Krugersdorp. As a child, Dinat would often…
Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa
Ken Saro-Wiwa was a prominent Nigerian author, activist and television producer. He garnered attention by leading a nonviolent campaign…
Emmanuel Bonginkosi Nzimande
Dr Emmanuel Bonginkosi "Blade" Nzimande was born in Kwa-Dambuza, Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) on 14 April 1958. In the 1980s…
Anthony “Tony” Holiday
Peter Hain
Peter Gerald Hain was born on 16 February in 1950 in Nairobi Kenya but he grew up in Pretoria after his south african born parents returned…