Biographies
10,765 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0068536 | biography | S. S. Tema | – | – |
| B-0064851 | biography | Ian Mkhize | 1941-2011 | – |
| B-0068553 | biography | James M. Thaele | 1888-1948 | – |
| B-0073075 | biography | Ben Khoapa | – | – |
| B-0068545 | biography | Stephen Tefu | 1910 | – |
| B-0068549 | biography | Mike Terry | 1947-2008 | – |
| B-0065254 | biography | Isaac Zakes Nkosi | 1919 | – |
| B-0065256 | biography | Dr Thamsanqa Wilkinson ‘Wilkie’ Kambule | 1921-2009 | – |
| B-0065257 | biography | Rev George Wauchope | unknown-2011 | ✓ |
| B-0064865 | biography | Mpumelelo Paul “Cosmo” Grootboom | 1975 | ✓ |
| B-0065251 | biography | Luis Inácio Lula da Silva | 1945 | – |
| B-0064907 | biography | Marlene van Niekerk | 1954 | ✓ |
| B-0064872 | biography | Joe “Sdumo” Mafela | 1942-2017 | ✓ |
| B-0068303 | biography | Meshach Pelem | 1859-1936 | – |
| B-0064905 | biography | Mannie Manim | 1941 | ✓ |
S. S. Tema
S. S. Tema was a Dutch Reformed minister who was a founder and later president of the quasipolitical Interdenominational African Ministers'…
Ian Mkhize
Ian Mkhize was born on 3 October 1941 in Nhlazantshe Township in Pietermaritzburg. He spent his formative years in Ixopo and matriculated…
James M. Thaele
James M. Thaele was born in Basutoland in 1888 and was reputed to be the son of a Basuto chief and a Coloured mother. From 1906 until about…
Ben Khoapa
Ben Khoapa first became interested in politics while a student at a boarding school in Lesotho. This continued when he later went to study…
Stephen Tefu
Stephen Tefu was born about 1910, he was recruited to the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in Pretoria at a time when the party was…
Mike Terry
Terry was an active member of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM), which was born in 1960 after theSharpeville Massacre and succeeded…
Isaac Zakes Nkosi
Isaac Zakes Nkosi, known to his fans as Bra Zakes, was born in Alexandra Township early in 1919. He started his schooling in Alexandra at a…
Dr Thamsanqa Wilkinson ‘Wilkie’ Kambule
Rev George Wauchope
Rev George Wauchope was born in South Africa. He joined the South African Student Organisation (SASO) while studying at the University of…
Mpumelelo Paul “Cosmo” Grootboom
Mpumelelo Grootboom, controversial and liberal playwright was born in Meadowlands, Soweto in 1975, were he was raised by his grandparents…
Luis Inácio Lula da Silva
Luis Inácio Lula da Silva was born on 27 October 1945 in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil. He was the 35th President of Brazil.President…
Marlene van Niekerk
Marlene van Niekerk was born in 1954, on a farm in Tygerhoek near Caledon. An outstanding intellectual, philosopher and prodigious literary…
Joe “Sdumo” Mafela
Joe Mafela, actor, songwriter and film producer was born on 25 June in 1942 in Sibasa, Limpopo Province. His father worked as a shop…
Meshach Pelem
Meshach Pelem was born in Mxumbu near King William's Town in 1859 and studied at Healdtown, where he qualified as a primary school teacher…
Mannie Manim
Mannie Manim was born in June 1941, in Cape Town. With more than 50 years’ involvement in theatre, Manim has left indelible imprints in the…