Biographies
10,765 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0122343 | biography | Nicolaas Cornelius Carstens | 1926-2016 | ✓ |
| B-0122211 | biography | Junaid Ahmed | 1959-2016 | ✓ |
| B-0122055 | biography | Khela Ngobese | 1960 | ✓ |
| B-0121850 | biography | Kobera Manual | 1918-2016 | – |
| B-0121732 | biography | Emile Maurice | 1955-2016 | – |
| B-0121674 | biography | Anton Edward Rupert | 1916-2006 | – |
| B-0121658 | biography | M. J. M. Williams Shope | 1919 | – |
| B-0121410 | biography | Rupert Taylor | – | – |
| B-0121084 | biography | Daniel Kunene | 1923-2016 | – |
| B-0121056 | biography | Muntu Myeza | 1950-1990 | – |
| B-0120752 | biography | Hermanus Gabriel Loots | 1936-2016 | ✓ |
| B-0120698 | biography | Mohamed Ismail Dinat | 1937-2015 | – |
| B-0099833 | biography | Ndeutala Selma Hishongwa | – | – |
| B-0099749 | biography | Jomo Kenyatta | – | ✓ |
| B-0099633 | biography | Percy Ndithembile Konqobe | 1939 | ✓ |
Nicolaas Cornelius Carstens
Nico Carstens was a popular South African composer of accordion music. He got his first accordion at the age of 13 and won an adult music…
Junaid Ahmed
International award winning filmmaker Junaid Ahmed was born in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) South Africa in 1959. He attended…
Khela Ngobese
Ngobese was born in 1960 in KwaMashu but he later moved to Cator Manor Township outside Durban in KwaZulu Natal. He attended the Dumani…
Kobera Manual
Aunty Kobera Manual of Ocean View died at the age of 98 on Wednesday 27 July 2016. In 2009 I interviewed her at her home in Ocean View,…
Emile Maurice
Born in 1955 and based most of his life in Cape Town, Emile Maurice was an artist, curator, author educator and Nation builder. He received…
Anton Edward Rupert
Anton Edward Rupert was born on 4 October 1916 in Graaff-Reinet in the south-central Karoo. He enrolled at the University of Pretoria for a…
M. J. M. Williams Shope
M. J. M. Williams Shope was born in 1919 in the Letaba district of the northern Transvaal, he became a breadwinner for his family at an…
Rupert Taylor
Daniel Kunene
On 27 May 2016, surrounded by his beloved family, Kunene died peacefully at his home in Madison, America. He was 93 years old.[i] Daniel…
Muntu Myeza
Muntu Myeza was born on 3 December 1950 to Jacob and Julia Myeza in Natal where he also did his early education. Myeza attended part of his…
Hermanus Gabriel Loots
Hermanus Gabriel Loots, also known as James Stuart, is most noted for his role in exposing brutality at African National Congress camps in…
Mohamed Ismail Dinat
Early Years and Politicisation Mohamed Ismail (‘Issy’) Dinat was born on 14 October 1937 in Krugersdorp. As a child, Dinat would often…
Ndeutala Selma Hishongwa
Ndeutala Hishongwa was born in 1952 in Okalili, northwest Namibia. She trained as a nurse and in 1974 joined SWAPO-in-exile in Zambia. She…
Jomo Kenyatta
Jomo Kenyatta was born Kamau to parents Moigoi and Wamboi ”” his father was the chief of a small agricultural village in Gatundu Division,…
Percy Ndithembile Konqobe
Percy Ndithembile Konqobe was born in 1939 in Nigel, Transvaal (now known as Gauteng Province). He completed school through standard six …