Biographies
4,760 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0008474 | biography | Teboho “Tsietsi” Mashinini | 1957-1990 | – |
| B-0008450 | biography | J B Marks | 1903-1972 | ✓ |
| B-0008431 | biography | Winnie Madikizela-Mandela | 1936-2018 | ✓ |
| B-0008402 | biography | Caesarina Kona Makhoere | 1955 | – |
| B-0008386 | biography | Advocate Israel “Isie” Aaron Maisels | 1905-1994 | ✓ |
| B-0008382 | biography | Yunus Ismail Mahomed | 1950-2008 | ✓ |
| B-0008374 | biography | Humphrey Phakade “Pax” Magwaza | 1962-2007 | – |
| B-0008367 | biography | Elizabeth Mafekeng | 1918-2009 | ✓ |
| B-0008353 | biography | Moses Mabhida | 1923-1986 | ✓ |
| B-0008345 | biography | Chief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli | 1898-1967 | ✓ |
| B-0008327 | biography | Norman Levy | 1929-2021 | – |
| B-0008326 | biography | Leon Levy | 1929-2026 | ✓ |
| B-0008313 | biography | Mosiuoa Gerard Patrick "Terror" Lekota | 1948-2026 | ✓ |
| B-0008292 | biography | James la Guma | 1894-1961 | ✓ |
| B-0008291 | biography | Alex la Guma | 1925-1985 | ✓ |
Teboho “Tsietsi” Mashinini
Tsietsi Mashinini was born on 27 January 1957 in Central Western Jabavu, Soweto. Mashinini was the second son of Ramothibi, a lay preacher…
J B Marks
John Beaver (JB) Marks was born on 21 March 1903, Ventersdorp, Western Transvaal (now North West Province). His father was a railway…
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Early YearsNomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela was born, the fifth of nine children, in the village of Mbongweni, Bizana, in the Transkei…
Caesarina Kona Makhoere
Caesarina Kona Makhoere was born near Pretoria in 1955. Her father was a policeman and her mother worked as a domestic worker. At a young…
Advocate Israel “Isie” Aaron Maisels
Advocate Israel “Isie” Aaron Maisels was born on 19 November 1905 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. His father, Henry…
Yunus Ismail Mahomed
Yunus Ismail Mahomed was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 30 December in 1950 to Amina and Ismail Mahomed.Mahomed grew up…
Humphrey Phakade “Pax” Magwaza
Humphrey Phakade ‘Pax’ Magwaza was born on 4 April 1962, in Lamontville, one of the oldest Durban townships, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN…
Elizabeth Mafekeng
Elizabeth Mafekeng was born in 1918 in Tarkastad and attended school until Standard 7. Living conditions in her birthplace forced her to…
Moses Mabhida
Moses Mbheki Mncane Mabhida was born in Thornville near Pietermaritzburg on 14 October 1923, into a poor family which was later forced off…
Chief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli
Chief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli, Africa’s first Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in 1960, was President-General of the African National Congress…
Norman Levy
Born on 7 August 1929 in Johannesburg to Mary and Mark Levy, immigrants from Lithuania, Norman Levy and his twin brother, Leon (a founding…
Leon Levy
Leon Levy was born on 7 August 1929 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng Province), South Africa, to Mary and Mark Levy, immigrants from…
Mosiuoa Gerard Patrick "Terror" Lekota
Mosiuoa Gerard Patrick "Terror" Lekota was born in Kroonstad, Orange Free State (now Free State Province) on 13 August 1948, into a working…
James la Guma
James Arnold la Guma (Jimmy) was born on 23 August 1894 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now Free State Province). A trade unionist and…
Alex la Guma
Alex la Guma is known as one of South Africa’s foremost activist writers, both for his reportage and fiction writing depicting the…