Biographies
4,760 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0099507 | biography | Virgile Joseph Bonhomme | 1944 | ✓ |
| B-0098479 | biography | Ebrahim Ismail Asvat | 1940 | ✓ |
| B-0096510 | biography | Dr. Oshadi Maphefo Jane Mangena | 1931-2015 | ✓ |
| B-0096465 | biography | Vesta Smith | 1922-2013 | ✓ |
| B-0096423 | biography | Jonathan Shapiro | 1958 | ✓ |
| B-0096277 | biography | Helen Kies | 1926-2017 | ✓ |
| B-0095947 | biography | Wonga Welile Bottoman | 1961 | – |
| B-0095734 | biography | Sipo Elijah Mzimela | 1935-2013 | – |
| B-0095599 | biography | Shirley Gunn | 1955 | ✓ |
| B-0095355 | biography | Basil Coetzee | 1944-1998 | ✓ |
| B-0095214 | biography | Hilary Mutch | 1941-2007 | ✓ |
| B-0095164 | biography | Anne-Marie Wolpe | 1930-2018 | ✓ |
| B-0095156 | biography | Ethel Walt | 1925-2010 | ✓ |
| B-0095148 | biography | Paul Trewhela | – | – |
| B-0095069 | biography | Dr. John Graham Meidinger | – | – |
Virgile Joseph Bonhomme
Virgile Joseph Bonhomme was born in Durban on 15 March 1944 and his parents were Patricia and Francoise Virgile Bonhomme.He attended St…
Ebrahim Ismail Asvat
Ebrahim Ismail Asvat (Aswat) was born in Surat, India. He was a committed passive resister from Vereeniging, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He…
Dr. Oshadi Maphefo Jane Mangena
Dr Oshadi Mangena was born in a toilet on 12 June 1931 when her father’s employer refused to allow her mother to wait for an ambulance…
Vesta Smith
Vesta Smith (affectionately known as Ma Vee) was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 20 July 1922. Her father…
Jonathan Shapiro
Born in Cape Town in 1958 and also known as Zapiro. Could not imagine a career in cartooning, so studied architecture at University of Cape…
Helen Kies
Helen Kies (née Abrahams) was born around 1926 in Athlone, Cape Town, Western Cape. Despite a very poor childhood, her father ensured that…
Wonga Welile Bottoman
Sipo Elijah Mzimela
Sipo Elijah Mzimela was born on 19 June 1935, in Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) to Allison and Maria Mzimela. The entire family was…
Shirley Gunn
Gunn enrolled for a degree in social work in 1977 and after completion proceeded to study for her Honors degree. While studying for her…
Basil Coetzee
Basil Coetzee ( ‘Ou B’ or 'Manenberg' as he was affectionately known) was born in District Six, Cape Town, on 2 February 1944. He grew up…
Hilary Mutch
Hilary Mutch (née Hilary Claire) was born on 4 November 1941 in Erith, south-east London into a Jewish family. Her father, a South African…
Anne-Marie Wolpe
Ann-Marie Wolpe was born on 1 December 1930 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. She was the daughter of Abraham and…
Ethel Walt
Ethel Walt was born on 22 November 1925 in Bothaville in the then Orange Free State (now Free State Province). Her family relocated to…
Paul Trewhela