Biographies
4,760 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0009175 | biography | Simon Tyeku | 1904 | – |
| B-0009056 | biography | Pitness (Stalwart) H. Simelane | 1910 | – |
| B-0009009 | biography | Bennett Seitshiro | 1916 | – |
| B-0008949 | biography | Maggie Resha | 1923-2003 | – |
| B-0144733 | biography | Mannie V. S. Pillay | 1918 | – |
| B-0008821 | biography | Logan K. Ntlabati | – | – |
| B-0007833 | biography | Hyman Meir Basner | 1905-1977 | ✓ |
| B-0008218 | biography | Jack Joseph | 1927 | – |
| B-0008299 | biography | Louise Latsky | 1901-1980 | ✓ |
| B-0008660 | biography | Lele Jacob Motaung | 1954 | – |
| B-0145825 | biography | Cele Bhekokwakhe Hamilton | – | – |
| B-0008625 | biography | Eric Molobi | 1947-2006 | – |
| B-0008549 | biography | Roelof Petrus (Roelf) Meyer | 1947 | – |
| B-0008522 | biography | Sibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa | 1952-2008 | – |
| B-0141690 | biography | John Beaver "J.B" Marks | 1903-1972 | ✓ |
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…
Pitness (Stalwart) H. Simelane
Pitness Simelane was born in 1910. He was a leader of the African National Congress in Natal in the 1950s. As a teacher in the 1930s he…
Bennett Seitshiro
Born 1916. Factory worker. Active in the ANC since 1937; helped the 1946 African miners' strike; and a key Congress figure in Newclare.
Maggie Resha
Magdaline Resha was born on the 5th of May 1923 in Matatiele, Eastern Cape. She was the second daughter of Mr. Oziel Tsekiso and Lidia…
Mannie V. S. Pillay
Logan K. Ntlabati
Logan K. Ntlabati was a prominent member of the African National Congress (ANC) national executive committee in the 1940s, he was born in…
Hyman Meir Basner
Hyman M Basner was born in Russia in 1905, and moved to South Africa at an early age. Basner and his mother joined other family members…
Jack Joseph
Born in 1927 Joseph was a photographer. He served two months' imprisonment during the Defiance Campaign for defying railway apartheid…
Louise Latsky
Latsky was an author and zoologist. She studied at the University of Stellenbosch, and was the first woman to be awarded a doctorate at…
Lele Jacob Motaung
Please note: This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Prisoners Of Apartheid , A biographical List of political…
Cele Bhekokwakhe Hamilton
Eric Molobi
Eric Molobi was born on June 5, 1947. Molobi was imprisoned on Robben Island during the apartheid era. While in prison he obtained a…
Roelof Petrus (Roelf) Meyer
Roelof Petrus (Roelf) Meyer was born in Port Elizabeth on 16 July 1947, the son of Hudson and Hannah Meyer. His father was a farmer in the…
Sibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa
Sibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa was born in 1952. After joining the African National Congress’ military wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in 1977,…
John Beaver "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…