Biographies
169 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0098782 | biography | Robert Moffat | – | ✓ |
| B-0067421 | biography | Chief Dingiswayo | 1770 | – |
| B-0066513 | biography | King Cetshwayo | 1826-1884 | ✓ |
| B-0065256 | biography | Dr Thamsanqa Wilkinson ‘Wilkie’ Kambule | 1921-2009 | – |
| B-0065257 | biography | Rev George Wauchope | unknown-2011 | ✓ |
| B-0009232 | biography | Monica Hunter Wilson | 1908-1982 | – |
| B-0009175 | biography | Simon Tyeku | 1904 | – |
| B-0009134 | biography | Ngoako David Thebehali | 1938 | – |
| B-0009103 | biography | Hendrik Pieter Marthinus Steyn | 1886-1963 | – |
| B-0009088 | biography | Sobhuza I | 1795 | – |
| B-0009012 | biography | Chief Sekonyela | 1804-1856 | – |
| B-0008995 | biography | Georg Schmidt | 1709-1785 | – |
| B-0008773 | biography | Sandile Ngcobo | 1953 | – |
| B-0007770 | biography | Raymond Ackerman | 1931 | – |
| B-0007767 | biography | Chief Rabbi Israel Abrahams | 1903-1973 | – |
Robert Moffat
Robert Moffat was born on 21 December 1795 in Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland. His parents were not wealthy. He was father-in-law to the…
Chief Dingiswayo
Paramount Chief of the Mthethwa and leader of various northern Nguni groups who lived in the Zululand area before Shaka brought them under…
King Cetshwayo
King Cetshwayo’s place of birth was his father’s (Mpande) kraal of Mlambongwenya, near Eshowe. He was born in 1826, a very troubled period…
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…
Monica Hunter Wilson
Monica Wilson's parents, Scots Presbyterian missionaries, emigrated to Lovedale at the end of the 19th century; Monica was born there on…
Simon Tyeku
Chairman of the Sophiatown African National Congress in the mid-1950s and a first-string accused in the Treason Trial of 1956-1961. Tyeku…
Ngoako David Thebehali
David Thebehali was born on 3 June 1938 in Orlando East, Soweto. His parents were among the earliest residents of Soweto. From 1945 to 1952…
Hendrik Pieter Marthinus Steyn
Hendrik Pieter Marthinus Steyn was born in Utrecht, Natal, 9 September, 1886. He was a Minister of the NG Kerk and secretary of the British…
Sobhuza I
Sobhuza I was the first king of the Swazi people as we know the group today. He was born in Swaziland in 1795 and succeeded his father,…
Chief Sekonyela
Sekonyela was born in 1804 in Harrismith next to the Wilge River. He was born in the royal family and later became the Chief of the…
Georg Schmidt
Georg Schmidt was born in Kunewalde on 30 September 1709 as the son of a peasant family. He was converted to Christianity at the age of 16…
Sandile Ngcobo
Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo was born on 1 March 1953 in Durban, South Africa. Ngcobo was the beneficiary of a scholarship from Barclays…
Raymond Ackerman
Please note: This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Bell, P. (1999) “Raymond Ackerman” from They Shaped our…
Chief Rabbi Israel Abrahams
Chief Rabbi Israel Abrahams was born on 12 March 1903 in Vilna, Lithuania. He was the son of Zecharya Alter Abramowich and Rachel Leah…