Biographies
10,765 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0067945 | biography | Pious Goodman Mei | – | – |
| B-0067934 | biography | Robert John McBride | 1963 | ✓ |
| B-0067757 | biography | Margaret Nash | 1929-2011 | ✓ |
| B-0067753 | biography | Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge | 1952 | ✓ |
| B-0067724 | biography | Benjamin Magson Kies | 1917-1979 | ✓ |
| B-0067723 | biography | Dr Mathume Joseph “Joe” Phaahla | 1957 | ✓ |
| B-0066421 | biography | Harriet Bolton | 1927-2009 | ✓ |
| B-0065504 | biography | Nöel Robb | 1913-2009 | ✓ |
| B-0065040 | biography | Dr Daniel Alexander Jordaan | 1951 | ✓ |
| B-0065039 | biography | Dr Irvin Khoza | 1948 | ✓ |
| B-0065024 | biography | Arthur Goldreich | 1929-2011 | ✓ |
| B-0064903 | biography | Enoch Mgijima | 1868-1928 | ✓ |
| B-0064876 | biography | John James Issel | 1946-2011 | ✓ |
| B-0064875 | biography | Dr Essop Essak Jassat | 1932 | ✓ |
| B-0064868 | biography | Lutchmee Marie | 1923 | – |
Pious Goodman Mei
Born in 1912, he joined the African National Congress in 1936. As an organiser for the Congress of the People and organising secretary of…
Robert John McBride
Robert John McBride was born on 6 July 1963 at the segregated Addington Hospital in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), in the section set…
Margaret Nash
Margaret Nash was born at Milford-on-Sea in England on 1 March 1929. In 1931, her family moved to South Africa and settled in Durban,…
Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge was born in KwaZulu-Natal on 29 June 1952. She attended Magog and Fairview Schools. Madlala-Routledge…
Benjamin Magson Kies
Benjamin Magson Kies Introduction Benjamin Magson Kies was an important South African political activist and theorist from about the…
Dr Mathume Joseph “Joe” Phaahla
Mathume Joseph Phaahla was born on 11 July 1957 in Ga-Phaahla, Limpopo. Phaahla studied for a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery…
Harriet Bolton
Harriet Bolton was born in 1927 in Makwassie in Southern Transvaal, the eldest of four children – a younger brother and two sisters. Her…
Nöel Robb
Nöel Robb (nee Barrow) was born on 25 December 1913, in Plymouth, England. She was the third child of Benjamin Wingate Barrow, a naval…
Dr Daniel Alexander Jordaan
Dr Daniel “Danny” Jordaan was born on 3 September 1951 in Port Elizabeth. He is a renowned sports administrator and a former lecturer,…
Dr Irvin Khoza
Dr Irvin Khoza, known as the “Iron Duke”, was born on 27 January 1948 in Alexandra Township. He began his education at the Roma Mission…
Arthur Goldreich
Arthur Goldreich was born in Johannesburg on 25 December 1929. He grew up in Pietersberg in the Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo). One…
Enoch Mgijima
When government police ordered Mgijima's followers to remove their settlement from crown lands, they resisted and police opened fire,…
John James Issel
John James Issel was born on 17 August 1946 in the wine-growing area of Worcester outside Cape Town. At a tender age, he worked on a…
Dr Essop Essak Jassat
Dr Essop Essak Jassat, the second of three children, was born on 5 October 1932 in 11th Street Vrededorp, Johannesburg. Both of his parents…
Lutchmee Marie
Lutchmee Marie (popularly known as Aunty Doris) was born in 1923 in Mooi River but grew up in Clairwood. Her mother worked as a domestic…