Biographies
4,539 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0008640 | biography | Mohammed Valli Moosa | 1957 | – |
| B-0008636 | biography | Strinivasa “Strini” Moodley | 1946-2006 | – |
| B-0008632 | biography | Leslie Sonny Thuso Monnanyane | 1928 | – |
| B-0008629 | biography | Molly Wolton | 1906-1947 | – |
| B-0008620 | biography | Popo Molefe | 1952 | – |
| B-0008617 | biography | Patrick Mosell Molaoa | 1925-1968 | – |
| B-0008604 | biography | Martha Mohlakoane | 1906 | – |
| B-0008588 | biography | Frank Modiba | 1909 | – |
| B-0008574 | biography | Nhlumba Bertha Mkhize | 1889-1981 | ✓ |
| B-0008564 | biography | Nomkhosi Mary Mini | 1959-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0008562 | biography | Vuyisile Mini | 1920-1964 | ✓ |
| B-0008556 | biography | David H Mgugunyeka | 1906 | – |
| B-0008546 | biography | John Xavier Merriman | 1841-1926 | ✓ |
| B-0008492 | biography | Simon Petros (Peter) Matseke | 1878-1941 | – |
| B-0008468 | biography | Bertha Gxowa (Mashaba) | 1934-2010 | ✓ |
Mohammed Valli Moosa
It was, however, only at university that Moosa got involved in politics. He attended the University of Durban-Westville, where he obtained…
Strinivasa “Strini” Moodley
Strinivasa "Strini" Moodley was born on 29 October 1946 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He was the eldest child of Joyce Margaret and…
Leslie Sonny Thuso Monnanyane
Monnanyane was born in 1928. He was a labourer. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) during the Defiance Campaign and became a…
Molly Wolton
Born Molly Selikowitz in Lithuania in 1906, she came to South Africa as an immigrant in 1919. Petite, excitable, forceful, and a brilliant…
Popo Molefe
Molefe was born in 1952 in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. He was one of eight children, and spent most of his youth living with his aunt. His…
Patrick Mosell Molaoa
Born in Johannesburg in 1925, he grew up in Alexandra Township and attended schools in Basutoland, Johannesburg, and Kimberley until…
Martha Mohlakoane
Mohlakoane was born in 1906 to a family of farm squatters. She worked in domestic service for 22 years. Mohlakoane joined the African…
Frank Modiba
Born in 1909 Modiba was a cabinetmaker. While a youngster in the Tzaneen district, he refused to tend the sheep of a European cattle farmer…
Nhlumba Bertha Mkhize
Bertha Mkhize was born in 1889 in Embo, near Mkhomazi. Her father, an ox wagon driver, died when Bertha was about four years old. After his…
Nomkhosi Mary Mini
Nomkhosi Mary Mini was born in 1959, the daughter of Vuyisile Mini, South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) activist and first…
Vuyisile Mini
Vuyisile Mini was born in 1920 in the coastal city of Port Elizabeth. Mini's father was a Port Elizabeth dockworker active in labour and…
David H Mgugunyeka
Born 1906. Commercial traveller. Prominent in the defiance campaign in Cape Western, and in Langa Congress activities.
John Xavier Merriman
John Xavier Merriman was a politician, businessman, and the last Prime Minister of the Cape Colony before the four provinces became the…
Simon Petros (Peter) Matseke
Simon Peter Matseke was born in Pretoria in 1878, but little is known about his early life except that he was a member of the Bakgatlo…
Bertha Gxowa (Mashaba)
Bertha Gxowa was born on the 28th of November 1934, in Germiston Location where she spent her early childhood. She attended the Thokoza…