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| B-0007770 | biography | Raymond Ackerman | 1931 | – |
| B-0007767 | biography | Chief Rabbi Israel Abrahams | 1903-1973 | – |
| B-0099557 | biography | Kay Hassan | 1956 | ✓ |
| B-0098660 | biography | Patrice Émery Lumumba | 1925-1961 | – |
| B-0098558 | biography | Haile Selassie I | 1892-1975 | ✓ |
| B-0097304 | biography | Villa Baker | 1917-2004 | ✓ |
| B-0096424 | biography | Lindiwe Mazibuko | 1980 | ✓ |
| B-0096364 | biography | Glenn Moss | 1952 | – |
| B-0096312 | biography | Sara “Saartjie” Baartman | 1789-1815 | ✓ |
| B-0008675 | biography | Thomas Trevor (Tommy) Motswai | 1963 | ✓ |
| B-0008673 | biography | Leonard Matsoso | – | – |
| B-0008671 | biography | Mathews ‘’Loop-en-val’’ Motshwarateu | 1958-2001 | ✓ |
| B-0008669 | biography | Monty Johannes Motloung | 1957-2006 | – |
| B-0008666 | biography | Andrew Tshidiso Motjuoadi | 1935-1968 | – |
| B-0008664 | biography | Titus Moteyane | 1963 | – |
| B-0008663 | biography | Elizabeth Maria Molteno | 1852-1927 | ✓ |
| B-0008662 | biography | David Moteane | 1951 | – |
| B-0008661 | biography | Keable Mote | – | – |
| B-0008660 | biography | Lele Jacob Motaung | 1954 | – |
| B-0008659 | biography | Julian Motau | 1948-1968 | – |
| B-0008657 | biography | Mahomed “Chota” Motala | 1921-2005 | ✓ |
| B-0008655 | biography | Chief Jeremiah D Moshesh | – | – |
| B-0008654 | biography | Simon Moshapo | 1954 | – |
| B-0008652 | biography | Paul Ramotsoane Mosaka | 1911-1963 | – |
| B-0008651 | biography | H. Morstatt | – | – |
| B-0008646 | biography | James Smith Morland | 1846-1921 | – |
| B-0008634 | biography | George Montsioa | – | – |
| B-0008627 | biography | Ernest Sedumedi Moloto | 1916-1984 | – |
| B-0008625 | biography | Eric Molobi | 1947-2006 | – |
| B-0008619 | biography | Doe Molefe | 1950 | – |
BiographyRaymond Ackerman
Please note: This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Bell, P. (1999) “Raymond Ackerman” from They Shaped our Century: The Most…
BiographyChief 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 Sherman. As a young boy…
BiographyKay Hassan
Kay Hassan was born in the Johannesburg township of Alexandra in 1956. His mother brewed traditional beer at a shebeen, defying apartheid laws and repeated…
BiographyPatrice Émery Lumumba
Patrice Emery Lumumba was born on 2 July 1925, at Onalua village near the Katako-Kombe Town in the Sankuru district of north-eastern Kasai, Congo (modern day…
BiographyHaile Selassie I
Early years The 225th and last Ethiopian Emperor, Haile Selassie was born in Ethiopia in a region called Ejersa Gora on 23 July 1892. His birth name given…
BiographyVilla Baker
Villa Baker was born on 12 March 1917, the year of the Russian Revolution, while World War I was still raging . She grew up in Brakpan, East Rand Transvaal …
BiographyLindiwe Mazibuko
Lindiwe Mazibuko was born on 9 April 1980 in Swaziland. At the age of six she moved to KwaZulu-Natal with her parents. Her father was a banker and her mother a…
BiographyGlenn Moss
Glenn Moss was born in Pretoria on 5 May 1952, the second son of Solly Moss, a salesman, and Phyllis Moss, a secretary. He went to Waterkloof Primary School…
BiographySara “Saartjie” Baartman
Sara ‘Saartjie’ Baartman was born in 1789* at the Gamtoos river in what is now known as the Eastern Cape. She belonged to the cattle-herding Gonaquasub group…
BiographyThomas Trevor (Tommy) Motswai
Tommy Motswai was born on 27 May 1963 in Johannesburg. Although he was born deaf he ultimately became a prolific and successful artist portraying the world…
BiographyLeonard Matsoso
BiographyMathews ‘’Loop-en-val’’ Motshwarateu
Mathews Motshwarateu was born on 2 November 1958 in Soweto. His talent for athletics already became apparent in his primary school years, which he spent at…
BiographyMonty Johannes Motloung
Motloung started his primary schooling at Mmuso Lower Primary School in 1965. Ten years later, in 1975, Motloung went to pursue his secondary education at…
BiographyAndrew Tshidiso Motjuoadi
BiographyTitus Moteyane
BiographyElizabeth Maria Molteno
Elizabeth Maria was born into a privileged and protected environment as the oldest child of the Cape Colony’s first Prime Minister, John Molteno. With her…
BiographyDavid Moteane
BiographyKeable Mote
Keable Mote was born in 1898 in Leribe, Basutoland Lesotho. He was educated at Pietersburg in the Transvaal. He joined the Industrial and Commercial Workers'…
BiographyLele Jacob Motaung
Please note: This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Prisoners Of Apartheid , A biographical List of political prisoners and banned…
BiographyJulian Motau
Mahomed “Chota” Motala
Mahomed Motala was born in Dundee on 14 June 1921. In 1938 Motala matriculated at Sastri College and studied medicine in Bombay, India, from 1939. It was at…
BiographyChief Jeremiah D Moshesh
BiographySimon Moshapo
BiographyPaul Ramotsoane Mosaka
Paul Ramotsoane Mosaka was born in Johannesburg and received his early primary education there. His secondary education was at Headltown near Fort Beaufort in…
BiographyH. Morstatt
BiographyJames Smith Morland
Born Liverpool, England 1846, died Cape Town, 1921. Morland was descended from a family of British artists that includes the famous George Morland (1763 - 1804…
George Montsioa
Born at Mafeking in 1885, grandson of the great and distinguished Natural Ruler of the Barolong Tribe. He received his early education at his home and later he…
BiographyErnest Sedumedi Moloto
Ernest Sedumedi Moloto was the son of peasant farmers. He received his primary education at Moruleng and Mabieskraal, both in the Rustenburg district. In 1931…
BiographyEric 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 bachelor's degree from the…
BiographyDoe Molefe
Doe Molefe was born in 1950 in Dukathole, Germiston. Molefe began making highly original post-boxes at an early age. He is currently self-employed, running a…