Biographies
10,763 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0007777 | biography | William Stewart Ainslie | 1934-1989 | ✓ |
| B-0007771 | biography | Adams Farid Ahmed | 1933 | ✓ |
| B-0153551 | biography | Edson Sithole | 1935-1975 | ✓ |
| B-0152039 | biography | Pule Mabe | 1980 | ✓ |
| B-0151989 | biography | Jonas Malheiro Savimbi | 1934-2002 | ✓ |
| B-0151242 | biography | Chief Justice Raymond Zondo | 1960 | ✓ |
| B-0150992 | biography | Jotello Festiri Soga | 1865-1906 | ✓ |
| 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-0150903 | biography | Leslie Rubin | 1909-2002 | ✓ |
| B-0150858 | biography | Diana Ferrus | 1953 | ✓ |
| B-0150806 | biography | Irene Menell (nee Manderstam) | 1932 | ✓ |
| B-0150697 | biography | Jackson Mphikwa Mthembu | 5 June1958-2021 | ✓ |
| B-0150485 | biography | Mabel Palmer | 1876-1958 | ✓ |
William Stewart Ainslie
William Stewart (Bill) Ainslie was born on 10 April 1934 in Bedford (Eastern Cape). Studied at the university of Natal, Pietermartizburg …
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…
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…
Jotello Festiri Soga
Dr Jotello Festiri Soga, the first South African of any race to obtain a degree in veterinary medicine, was born in 1865 at the Mgwali…
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…
Leslie Rubin
The son of a rabbi, Leslie Rubin was born on 5 August 1909 in District Six, Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape), then a multiracial…
Diana Ferrus
Internationally renowned South African poet, writer, and activist for marginalised groups, Diana Ferrus, was born on 29 August 1953 in…
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…
Jackson Mphikwa Mthembu
Jackson Mphikwa Mthembu was a Minister in the Presidency of South Africa and parliamentarian for the African National Congress (ANC). …
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…