Biographies
4,539 records
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0007799 | biography | Mohamed (Bob) Suleman Asmal | 1923-1966 | – |
| B-0007791 | biography | William H. "Bill" Andrews | 1870-1950 | ✓ |
| B-0007785 | biography | Benny (!Khoisan X) Alexander | 1955-2010 | ✓ |
| B-0007771 | biography | Adams Farid Ahmed | 1933 | ✓ |
| B-0153551 | biography | Edson Sithole | 1935-1975 | ✓ |
| B-0152576 | biography | Christopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu | 1962 | ✓ |
| B-0152039 | biography | Pule Mabe | 1980 | ✓ |
| B-0151989 | biography | Jonas Malheiro Savimbi | 1934-2002 | ✓ |
| B-0151242 | biography | Chief Justice Raymond Zondo | 1960 | ✓ |
| B-0150954 | biography | Nomhlangano Beauty Mkhize | 1940 | ✓ |
| B-0150940 | biography | Thembi Shange Nobadula | 1927-2021 | ✓ |
| B-0150936 | biography | Rebecca Makgomo Masilela (nee Kekana) | 1928-2007 | ✓ |
| B-0150806 | biography | Irene Menell (nee Manderstam) | 1932 | ✓ |
| B-0150485 | biography | Mabel Palmer | 1876-1958 | ✓ |
| B-0150439 | biography | Achmat Dangor | 1948-2020 | ✓ |
Mohamed (Bob) Suleman Asmal
Mohamed (Bob) Suleman Asmal was born in 1923 in Piet Retief. He was accused in the Treason Trial, and the trial that was run parallel to…
William H. "Bill" Andrews
William H."Bill" Andrews was born in Suffolk, England, on 20 March in 1870 into a working-class family,he left school at the age of 13…
Benny (!Khoisan X) Alexander
Benny Alexander, the third child of Estelle and Johann Alexander, a labourer, was born on 4th of March 1955 in Kimberley, where he also…
Adams Farid Ahmed
Born in 30 November 1933, in India he came to South Africa with his family in June 1935. Adams joined South African Indian Congress (SAIC)…
Edson Sithole
Edson Sithole was born in what was then Southern Rhodesia in 1935. He was the first black person in Southern Africa to obtain a Doctor of…
Christopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu
Christopher Daluxolo Mpofu (popularly known as Dali Mpofu) is a South African advocate, legal expert, and former African National Congress …
Pule Mabe
Puleng Peter Mabe (Pule Mabe) was born on 19 March 1980 in Namakgale, Phalaborwa, Northern Transvaal (now known as Limpopo Province). He…
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi was born in Munhango, Moxico Province in eastern Angola on 3 August 1934. Savimbi's primary education took place at…
Chief Justice Raymond Zondo
Chief Justice Raymond Mnyamezeli Mlungisi Zondo (popularly known as Judge Raymond Zondo) was born in the rural town of Ixopo, Natal (now…
Nomhlangano Beauty Mkhize
Nomhlangano Beauty Mkhize was born on 12 April 1940 in Sophiatown, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng). Her family’s forced removal from…
Thembi Shange Nobadula
A stalwart of the African National Congress (ANC) and the liberation movement, Thembi Shange Nobadula was born on 23 December 1927. She was…
Rebecca Makgomo Masilela (nee Kekana)
Affectionately known as ‘Magogo’ (meaning grandmother – a title bestowed to her for her motherly, nurturing character), Rebecca Makgomo…
Irene Menell (nee Manderstam)
Born in 1932, Irene Menell (nee Manderstam) spent her early life moving from one place to the next, completing her primary and secondary…
Mabel Palmer
Dr Mabel Palmer (nee Mabel Atkinson) was born on 22 May 1876 near Stocksfield in Northumberland, England. Her father, J.B. Atkinson, was a…
Achmat Dangor
Achmat Dangor, an award winning novelist and poet, was born in Newclare, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now known as Gauteng), South Africa in…