Biographies
4,539 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0094343 | biography | Jean Bernadt (nee Alkin) | 1914-2011 | ✓ |
| B-0093814 | biography | Aaron Mosibudi Mangena | 1947 | ✓ |
| B-0093589 | biography | Thenjiwe Mtintso | 1950 | ✓ |
| B-0093139 | biography | Jennifer Schreiner | 1956 | ✓ |
| B-0093134 | biography | Nana Henrietta Moabi | 1938 | – |
| B-0087605 | biography | Isaac ‘Ike’ Osler Horvitch | 1920-2005 | – |
| B-0085150 | biography | Mafika Pascal Gwala | 1946-2014 | ✓ |
| B-0084124 | biography | Kasturba Gandhi | 1869-1944 | ✓ |
| B-0084103 | biography | Dr. Abu Baker Asvat | 1943-1989 | ✓ |
| B-0083820 | biography | Justice Zac Yacoob | 1948 | ✓ |
| B-0083813 | biography | Mildred Lesiea | 1933 | ✓ |
| B-0082944 | biography | Roy Padayachie | 1950-2012 | ✓ |
| B-0082253 | biography | Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy | 1924-2020 | – |
| B-0081284 | biography | Joseph Royeppen | – | – |
| B-0080979 | biography | Zephania ‘Zeph’ Lekoane Mothopeng | 1913-1990 | ✓ |
Jean Bernadt (nee Alkin)
Jean Alkin was born on 19 May 1914 in Panevezys, Lithuania. She was the eldest of four children. Jean’s family moved to South Africa when…
Aaron Mosibudi Mangena
Aaron Mosibudi Mangena was born on 7th of August 1947 in Tzaneen, in the Northern Province (now Limpopo) to Tlodipyane Makwela and Tebele…
Thenjiwe Mtintso
Thenjiwe Mtintso, was born on 7 November 1950 in Soweto, Johannesburg where she also grew up. Her mother Hanna Mtintso was a domestic…
Jennifer Schreiner
Jennifer Schreiner (known as Jenny) was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) in 1956 to G.D.L. Deneys and Else Schreiner. Else…
Nana Henrietta Moabi
Nana Henrietta Moabi (nee Radadi) was born in Lichtenburg, Western Transvaal (now North West Province) on 18 September 1938. She completed…
Isaac ‘Ike’ Osler Horvitch
Isaac 'Ike' Osler Horvitch was born on 9 October 1920, in Cape Town, South Africa. Ike Horvitch's politics were fashioned out of his family…
Mafika Pascal Gwala
Mafika Pascal Gwala was born on 5 October 1946 in the town of Verulam, a region predominantly inhabited by Zulus and Indians, in what was…
Kasturba Gandhi
Kasturba Kapadia was born on April 11 1869 in Porbandar, in present day Gujarat. She was the daughter of Gokuldas Makanji Kapadia, a…
Dr. Abu Baker Asvat
This article was written by Michelle Hayman and forms part of the SAHO Public History Internship The ‘People’s Doctor’ ‘He…
Justice Zac Yacoob
Justice Zakeria “Zac” Mohammed Yacoob was born on 3 March 1948. He became blind at 16 months because of meningitis. Yacoob attended Durban…
Mildred Lesiea
Mandu Mildred Ramakaba-Lesiea was born on 28 January 1933 in Langa, Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape), the only official area…
Roy Padayachie
Radhakrishna Lutchmana "Roy" Padayachie was born on 1 May 1950. He attended Tagore High School in Clairwood, Durban and then went to study…
Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy
Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy affectionately known as ES Reddy has been active in support of the South African freedom movement for more than…
Joseph Royeppen
in 1910, Joseph Royeppen, a Cambridge University graduate and a barrister, and his companions are imprisoned for their opposition to…
Zephania ‘Zeph’ Lekoane Mothopeng
Zephania ‘Zeph’ Lekoane Mothopeng, was born on 10 September 1913, in the Orange Free State (now Free State) near the town of Vrede. Shortly…