Biographies
4,760 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0067945 | biography | Pious Goodman Mei | – | – |
| B-0067934 | biography | Robert John McBride | 1963 | ✓ |
| B-0067753 | biography | Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge | 1952 | ✓ |
| B-0066421 | biography | Harriet Bolton | 1927-2009 | ✓ |
| B-0065024 | biography | Arthur Goldreich | 1929-2011 | ✓ |
| B-0064876 | biography | John James Issel | 1946-2011 | ✓ |
| B-0064875 | biography | Dr Essop Essak Jassat | 1932 | ✓ |
| B-0064868 | biography | Lutchmee Marie | 1923 | – |
| B-0064866 | biography | Jeffrey Thamsanqa Radebe | 1953 | ✓ |
| B-0064853 | biography | Henry Gordon ‘Squire’ Makgothi | 1928-2011 | ✓ |
| B-0009246 | biography | Madie Hall-Xuma | 1894-1982 | ✓ |
| B-0009229 | biography | Sophia Theresa Williams de Bruyn | 1938 | ✓ |
| B-0009191 | biography | Mbuyiselo Stanley Vanqa | 1923 | – |
| B-0009157 | biography | Dimitri Tsafendas | 14 January1918-1999 | – |
| B-0009139 | biography | T W Thibedi | – | – |
Pious Goodman Mei
Born in 1912, he joined the African National Congress in 1936. As an organiser for the Congress of the People and organising secretary of…
Robert John McBride
Robert John McBride was born on 6 July 1963 at the segregated Addington Hospital in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), in the section set…
Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge was born in KwaZulu-Natal on 29 June 1952. She attended Magog and Fairview Schools. Madlala-Routledge…
Harriet Bolton
Harriet Bolton was born in 1927 in Makwassie in Southern Transvaal, the eldest of four children – a younger brother and two sisters. Her…
Arthur Goldreich
Arthur Goldreich was born in Johannesburg on 25 December 1929. He grew up in Pietersberg in the Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo). One…
John James Issel
John James Issel was born on 17 August 1946 in the wine-growing area of Worcester outside Cape Town. At a tender age, he worked on a…
Dr Essop Essak Jassat
Dr Essop Essak Jassat, the second of three children, was born on 5 October 1932 in 11th Street Vrededorp, Johannesburg. Both of his parents…
Lutchmee Marie
Lutchmee Marie (popularly known as Aunty Doris) was born in 1923 in Mooi River but grew up in Clairwood. Her mother worked as a domestic…
Jeffrey Thamsanqa Radebe
Jeffrey Thamsanqa Radebe was born on 18 February 1953 in Cato Manor, Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal). In 1958, his family was evicted to…
Henry Gordon ‘Squire’ Makgothi
Henry Gordon "Squire" Makgothi was born on 25 December 1928 to Walter Mokowa, a school teacher and Martha Makgothi, a domestic worker,died…
Madie Hall-Xuma
A. B. Xuma's wife, Madie Hall-Xuma and a prestigious figure in middle-class social circles, she headed the African National Congress Women…
Sophia Theresa Williams de Bruyn
Sophia Theresa Williams-de Bruyn was born in 1938, in Villageboard, a mixed area that had different nationalities living side by side. She…
Mbuyiselo Stanley Vanqa
Mbuyiselo Stanley Vanqa was born in 1923. Inspired to join the African National Congress by the Defiance Campaign. Took an active part in…
Dimitri Tsafendas
Dimitri Tsafendas was the parliamentary messenger who assassinated Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd on 06 September 1966 by stabbing him…
T W Thibedi
Before joining the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in the 1920s, Thibedi was a member of the International Socialist League in the…