Biographies
282 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0068097 | biography | Elias Phakane Moretsele | 1897-1961 | – |
| B-0068090 | biography | Poomoney Moodley | 1926-1982 | ✓ |
| B-0067969 | biography | Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana | 1899-1995 | – |
| B-0065415 | biography | Walter Ulyate Sisulu | 1912-2003 | – |
| B-0065346 | biography | Professor Fatima Meer | 1928-2010 | – |
| B-0064847 | biography | Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger | 1825-1904 | – |
| B-0064845 | biography | Chris Hani | 1942-1993 | ✓ |
| B-0009268 | biography | Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma | 1942 | ✓ |
| B-0009245 | biography | Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma | 1893-1962 | ✓ |
| B-0009239 | biography | Gisele Wulfsohn | 1957-2011 | ✓ |
| B-0009223 | biography | Sheila Weinberg | 1945-2004 | ✓ |
| B-0009211 | biography | B J Vorster [John Vorster] | 1915-1983 | ✓ |
| B-0009202 | biography | Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd | 1901-1966 | – |
| B-0009182 | biography | Valliamma Munuswamy Mudaliar | 1898-1914 | ✓ |
| B-0009169 | biography | Rick Turner | 1941-1978 | ✓ |
Elias Phakane Moretsele
Little is known about Elias Moretsele's youth. At an early age he moved to Johannesburg where he joined the South African Native National…
Poomoney Moodley
Poomoney Moodley was born in Mooi River, Natal on 28 June 1926 to Ramsamy Dharamalingam Moodley and Kanniamah Moodley; who themselves were…
Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana
Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana was born in the Witzieshoek area of the Orange Free State in 1899. He worked at various times as a teacher, a…
Walter Ulyate Sisulu
Walter Ulyate Max Sisulu was born in the village of Qutubeni in the Engcobo district of the Transkei on 18 May 1912. Sisulu was born out of…
Professor Fatima Meer
Fatima Meer was born in Grey Street, Durban on 12 August 1928, the daughter of Moosa Meer and Rachel Farrel and the second born of their…
Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger
Paul Kruger is believed to have been born on 10 October 1825 on his grandfather's farm, Bulhoek, in the Cradock district, near the present…
Chris Hani
Thembisile Chris Hani was born in the rural village of Sabalele, in the Cofimvaba region of the former Transkei. He was the fifth of the…
Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
Early LifeJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (Msholozi – his praise name) was born on 12 April 1942 at Nkandla in northern Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal)…
Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma
Alfred Bitini Xuma was born on 8 March 1893, in Manzana, Ngcobo District, in the Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape). Xuma was the seventh…
Gisele Wulfsohn
Gisèle Wulfsohn was a freelance photographer specialising in portraiture, education, health and gender issues. Gisèle studied Graphic Fine…
Sheila Weinberg
Sheila Weinberg was born in Johannesburg on 1 October 1945, the daughter of Eli and Violet Weinberg who were both members of the ANC and…
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B J Vorster [John Vorster]
Overview Balthazar Johannes Vorster (also known as BJ Vorster or John Vorster) was the Prime Minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978,…
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on 8 September 1901. He was the second child of Anje Strik and Wilhelmus…
Valliamma Munuswamy Mudaliar
The participation of women passive resisters was a key element of the Satyagraha Campaign of 1913 - 1914. Angered by the Supreme Court…
Rick Turner
Rick Turner [Richard Albert David Turner] was a charismatic political philosopher and theorist who was also an activist and educationist…