Biographies
459 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0008402 | biography | Caesarina Kona Makhoere | 1955 | – |
| B-0008367 | biography | Elizabeth Mafekeng | 1918-2009 | ✓ |
| B-0008303 | biography | Lesley Lawson | 1952 | ✓ |
| B-0008230 | biography | Jeanette Eleanor Kasrils | 1936-2009 | ✓ |
| B-0008217 | biography | Helen Joseph | 1905-1992 | ✓ |
| B-0008117 | biography | Nadine Gordimer | 1923-2014 | ✓ |
| B-0008116 | biography | Dr. Kesaveloo Goonaruthnum Naidoo (Dr Goonam) | 1906-1999 | ✓ |
| B-0008113 | biography | Zainunnisa “Cissie” Gool | 1897-1963 | ✓ |
| B-0008090 | biography | Ela Gandhi | 1940 | ✓ |
| B-0008070 | biography | Molly Fischer | 1908-1964 | ✓ |
| B-0008068 | biography | Ruth First | 1925-1982 | ✓ |
| B-0008047 | biography | Virginia Engel | 1950-2015 | ✓ |
| B-0008011 | biography | Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma | 1949 | ✓ |
| B-0007991 | biography | Amina Desai | 1920-2009 | ✓ |
| B-0007988 | biography | Patricia De Lille | 1951 | ✓ |
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…
Elizabeth Mafekeng
Elizabeth Mafekeng was born in 1918 in Tarkastad and attended school until Standard 7. Living conditions in her birthplace forced her to…
Lesley Lawson
One of the founding members of Afrapix, Lesley Lawson was born in Durban in 1952. She matriculated from Durban Girls College and attended…
Jeanette Eleanor Kasrils
Eleanor Kasrils was born in Scotland in 1936. She came to Durban as an infant. In March 1960, Ronnie Kasrils, later, her husband, visited…
Helen Joseph
Helen Beatrice May Fennell was born in Easebourne, United Kingdom, in 1905. She grew up in London, with her parents and brother, Frank. She…
Nadine Gordimer
Nadine Gordimer was born in Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng), an East Rand mining town outside Johannesburg in 1923. Her father, Isidore…
Dr. Kesaveloo Goonaruthnum Naidoo (Dr Goonam)
Dr Kesaveloo Goonaruthnum Naidoo (Dr Goonam) was born in 1906 in Durban. She grew up in Grey Street, with three brothers and three sisters…
Zainunnisa “Cissie” Gool
Zainunnisa “Cissie” Gool was born in Cape Town in 1897. One of South Africa's most popular and renowned female political leaders, her…
Ela Gandhi
Ela Gandhi was born in 1940 in Phoenix Settlement in the Inanda district, KwaZulu Natal. Indians, Coloured, Whites and Africans lived here…
Molly Fischer
Susanna Johanna Fischer (nee Krige) was born on the 23rd of February, 1908 on the family’s smallholding in Silverton, near Pretoria. Her…
Ruth First
Journalist, academic and political activist, Ruth Heloise First was born on 4 May 1925. She was the daughter of Jewish immigrants Julius…
Virginia Engel
Virginia Engel was born on 27 April 1950 in Cape Town. She married Desmond Engel and they have three daughters, Tania, Kim and Liza. Her…
Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was born on 27 January 1949. She received her secondary education at Amanzimtoti Training College until 1967 and…
Amina Desai
When her husband, Suliman Mohammed Desai, a Transvaal Indian Congress activist died in 1969, Amina Desai took over the running of his…
Patricia De Lille
Patricia de Lille, a South African politician, was born the 17 February, 1951 in Beaufort West to Henry and Gertrude Lindt. She is the…