Biographies
4,760 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0068700 | biography | Arnold Selby | 1918-2002 | ✓ |
| B-0068677 | biography | Helene Marie Passtoors | 1942 | ✓ |
| B-0068521 | biography | Isaac Bangani Tabata | 1909 | ✓ |
| B-0068453 | biography | David Sibeko | 1938-1979 | ✓ |
| B-0068443 | biography | Fatima Seedat | 1922-2003 | – |
| B-0068437 | biography | Sydney Shall | 1932 | – |
| B-0068317 | biography | Vera Ponnen | 1915-1979 | ✓ |
| B-0068163 | biography | Marimuthu Pragalathan “MP” Naicker | 1920-1977 | ✓ |
| B-0068157 | biography | Shulamith Muller | 1922-1978 | ✓ |
| B-0068143 | biography | Saul Msane | 1856-1919 | – |
| B-0068120 | biography | Oscar Mpetha | 1909-1994 | – |
| B-0068118 | biography | Alex Moumbaris | – | – |
| B-0068113 | biography | Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe | 1949 | ✓ |
| B-0068000 | biography | Reggie Vandeyar | 1931-2015 | ✓ |
| B-0067961 | biography | Johnson Phillip Mlambo | 1940 | ✓ |
Arnold Selby
Arnold Selby was born on 14 November 1918 in South Africa. He joined the liberation struggle in the 1940s. His experience as a miner…
Helene Marie Passtoors
Hélène Passtoors, a Belgian national was born in the Netherlands (from a Belgian-Dutch family) on 9 August 1942. She immersed herself in…
Isaac Bangani Tabata
Isaac Bangani Tabata (known as I.B. Tabata) was born near Queenstown in the Cape in 1909 and received his secondary schooling at Lovedale…
David Sibeko
David Maphgumzana Sibeko was born on 26 August 1938 in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. He received his schooling at the St Cyprian's Anglican…
Fatima Seedat
Fatima Seedat was born in the Strand, Cape Town on 14 October 1922. She attended Trafalgar High school up to what was standard 8 in those…
Sydney Shall
Sydney Shall was born 1932. Volunteer in the Defiance Campaign. Active in student affairs at University of the Witwatersrand
Vera Ponnen
Vera Ponnen (nee Vera Gwendoline Alberts) was born in 1915 in England. She came to South Africa in 1938 as a governess. The next year, she…
Marimuthu Pragalathan “MP” Naicker
He was born in Natal in 1920, and although his family was poor he managed to complete high school. He worked as a truck driver, a union…
Shulamith Muller
Shulamith Muller (nee Movshowitz) was born in Pretoria in December 1922. She studied law at the University of Pretoria, and was admitted as…
Saul Msane
Msane was born in Natal, but very little is known about his early life. He was educated at the Edendale Mission in Pietermaritzburg, and at…
Oscar Mpetha
Oscar Mpetha was born at Mount Fletcher in the Transkei in 1909 and in 1934 sought work in Cape Town, where he was employed as a dock…
Alex Moumbaris
Alex Moumbaris was born in Egypt to French parents and later became a naturalised Australian. He worked as a trade unionist and came to…
Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe
Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe was born on 19 July 1949 at the Boksburg-Benoni Hospital. He grew up in Alexandra, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now…
Reggie Vandeyar
Reggie Vandeyar was born into a poor family on 15 July 1931 in Newclare. His father was originally from India, who had come to South Africa…
Johnson Phillip Mlambo
Johnson Mlambo was born in Johannesburg on 22 February 1940. He did his secondary school education at Kilnerton. After completing his…