Biographies
4,539 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0068317 | biography | Vera Ponnen | 1915-1979 | ✓ |
| B-0068246 | biography | Jordan Kush Ngubane | 1917-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0068220 | biography | James Madhlope Phillips | 1919-1987 | – |
| 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-0068069 | biography | Dr Silas Modiri Molema | 1891-1965 | – |
| B-0068000 | biography | Reggie Vandeyar | 1931-2015 | ✓ |
| B-0067963 | biography | Margaret Chuene Mncadi | – | – |
| B-0067961 | biography | Johnson Phillip Mlambo | 1940 | ✓ |
| B-0067945 | biography | Pious Goodman Mei | – | – |
| B-0067934 | biography | Robert John McBride | 1963 | ✓ |
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…
Jordan Kush Ngubane
Jordan Kush Ngubane was born 15 November 1917 near Ladysmith in Natal, the son of a policeman. After receiving his early education in…
James Madhlope Phillips
James Philips was born in Sophiatown into a working class family on 11 December 1919. His father died while he was still young and this had…
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…
Dr Silas Modiri Molema
Dr. Silas Modiri Molema (Silas Modiri) was born in 1891 in Mafikeng, South Africa. His father was a member of the Royal family of the…
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…
Margaret Chuene Mncadi
Margaret Chuene Mncadi was born in the Eastern Transvaal, she graduated from Fort Hare and the medical school of the University of the…
Johnson Phillip Mlambo
Johnson Mlambo was born in Johannesburg on 22 February 1940. He did his secondary school education at Kilnerton. After completing his…
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…