Biographies
10,763 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0122503 | biography | Cecil Sols | – | ✓ |
| B-0099279 | biography | Saleem Badat | 1957 | ✓ |
| B-0098835 | biography | Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali | 1940 | ✓ |
| B-0098414 | biography | Chris van Wyk | 1957-2014 | ✓ |
| B-0097205 | biography | Miriam Tlali | 1933-2017 | ✓ |
| B-0096867 | biography | Lawrence Schlemmer | 1936-2011 | – |
| B-0096739 | biography | Nomvula Paula Mokonyane | 1963 | ✓ |
| B-0096463 | biography | Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan | 1949-2024 | ✓ |
| B-0096411 | biography | Zuleika Sarojini Christopher | 1924-1992 | – |
| B-0096368 | biography | Mavivi Myakayaka-Manzini | 1956 | ✓ |
| B-0096208 | biography | Vernon Celliers Berrange | 1900-1972 | – |
| B-0095996 | biography | Andimba Herman Toivo Ya Toivo | 1924 | – |
| B-0095730 | biography | Cassim Amra | 1919-1984 | – |
| B-0095356 | biography | Douglas Chadwick Thompson | 1905-1985 | – |
| B-0095282 | biography | Elias Mathope Motsoaledi | 1924-1994 | – |
Cecil Sols
Cecil Sols worked as a freelance photographer with a collective of social documentary photographers in the 1980s to early 1990s, helping to…
Saleem Badat
Dr Saleem Badat holds Bachelors and Honours degrees in the Social Sciences from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, a Certificate in Higher…
Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali
Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali was born on 17 January 1940 in Vryheid, Natal, where he attended Inkmana High School. His parents were…
Chris van Wyk
Chris van Wyk was born at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Soweto, Johannesburg in 1957 and grew up in Newclare, before moving to Riverlea…
Miriam Tlali
Miriam Tlali was born in Doornfontein in Johannesburg, Transvaal (Gauteng). She grew up in Sophiatown. Miriam wanted to study literature at…
Lawrence Schlemmer
Eminent sociologist and political analyst Professor Lawrence Schlemmer was born in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 11 September 1936…
Nomvula Paula Mokonyane
Nomvula Paula Mokonyane was born on 28 June 1963 in Kagiso on the West Rand, Transvaal (now Gauteng). She is the youngest in a family of 12…
Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan
The contribution of Pravin Gordhan may never be truly understood and appreciated by millions of South Africans. For those of us who have…
Zuleika Sarojini Christopher
Zuleika (Zulei) Sarojini Christopher, the eldest daughter of Advocate Albert Christopher and Ghadija Gool, was born in 1924 in Greenwood…
Mavivi Myakayaka-Manzini
Mavivi Manzini was born in Alexandra Township, outside of Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) in 1956, and then moved to Soweto. Manzini…
Vernon Celliers Berrange
Advocate Vernon Celliers Berrangé was born on 25 November 1900 in the Transvaal (now Gauteng). His lived and worked all his life in…
Andimba Herman Toivo Ya Toivo
Andimba Herman Toivo Ya Toivo was born on 22 August 1924 in Omangundu near Ondangwa in the Oshikoto Region in northern Namibia. He attended…
Cassim Amra
Cassim Amra was born in 1919 in Durban Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal). He attended Sastri College, Durban where he represented the senior…
Douglas Chadwick Thompson
Douglas Chadwick Thompson was born on 8 August 1905 to David Chadwick Thompson and Kitty Brettle in Manchester, England. In 1907 the family…
Elias Mathope Motsoaledi
Elias Motsoaledi was born on the 26 July 1924 in Phokoane in the Nebo District in Sekhukhuneland, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo), South…