Biographies
169 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0008909 | biography | Victor Poto | 1897-1974 | – |
| B-0008814 | biography | Nongqawuse | 1841-1898 | ✓ |
| B-0008481 | biography | Kaiser Daliwonga Matanzima | 1915-2003 | ✓ |
| B-0008413 | biography | Nise Bulelwa Malange | – | ✓ |
| B-0008280 | biography | Krotoa (Eva) | 1643-1674 | ✓ |
| B-0008006 | biography | King Dingane ka Senzangakhona | 1795-1840 | – |
| B-0008005 | biography | Justice John Mowbray Didcott | 1931-1998 | ✓ |
| B-0007819 | biography | Chief Bhambatha kaMancinza Zondi | 1865 | – |
| B-0007766 | biography | Abraham Faure | 1795-1875 | – |
| B-0068430 | biography | King Sekhukhune | 1814-1882 | ✓ |
| B-0065037 | biography | Pambani Jeremiah Mzimba | 1850s-1911 | – |
| B-0153110 | biography | Patrick Chamusso | – | – |
| B-0153093 | biography | Narriman Gadija Bazier Samuels | 1964-2025 | ✓ |
| B-0094629 | biography | Epainette Nomaka Mbeki | 1916-2014 | ✓ |
| B-0121675 | biography | Isaiah Mdliwamafa Shembe | Approx 1870s-1935 | – |
Victor Poto
Victor Poto was born in 1897 at Libode in western Pondoland, attended Healdtown and the' South African Native College (later Fort Hare),…
Nongqawuse
History is not kind to Nongqawuse. What we know of her is mainly related to the Cattle-Killing/Millenarian Movement of 1856-7 and her…
Kaiser Daliwonga Matanzima
Kaiser Daliwonga Matanzima was a chief of the Thembus. Matanzima was born June 15,1915 in Qamata in Eastern Cape. When the South African…
Nise Bulelwa Malange
Nise Malange was born in 1960, in Cape Town Western Province (now Western Cape Province), South Africa and grew up in Clovelly. As a young…
Krotoa (Eva)
Krotoa (known as Eva to the Dutch and English settlers) was the niece of Autshumao, a Khoi leader and interpreter to the Dutch (he was…
King Dingane ka Senzangakhona
Dingane ka Senzangakhona was born in 1795 to father Chief Senzangakhona and mother Mpikase kaMlilela Ngobese who was Senzangakhona's sixth…
Justice John Mowbray Didcott
John Mowbray Didcott was born on 14 August 1931, Durban, Natal. After matriculating at Hilton College, outside Pietermaritzburg, Natal …
Chief Bhambatha kaMancinza Zondi
Chief Bhambatha (sometimes spelled Bhambada) was born in Mpanza near the town of Greytown, Natal Colony. He was the son of Chief Macinga of…
Abraham Faure
Abraham Faure was born on 29 August 1795 in Stellenbosch. Faure was one of the leading personalities of his tune in church and intellectual…
King Sekhukhune
Sekhukhune was King of the Marota people (commonly called Bapedi) who originated from the Bakgatla of the Western Transvaal. Sekhukhune,…
Pambani Jeremiah Mzimba
Pambani Jeremiah Mzimba was born in the 1850s at Ngqakayi in the Eastern Cape. His father, Ntibane Mzimba, was educated in Lovedale and…
Patrick Chamusso
Patrick Chamusso will be remembered for his role in the bombing of Sasol’s Secunda power plant in the 1980s as a protest against the…
Narriman Gadija Bazier Samuels
Narriman Gadija Bazier Samuels, affectionately known as "Ma G" throughout Mitchells Plain, grew up during the height of apartheid in South…
Epainette Nomaka Mbeki
Epainette Nomaka Mbeki (née Moerane), known as MaMbeki, was born in February 1916 in Mangoloaneng, in the Sotho-speaking section of the…
Isaiah Mdliwamafa Shembe
Isaiah Shembe was born at Ntabamhlophe near Escourt in the Drakensberg region (near Giants Castle). His forefathers had settled there to…