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17,291 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0080979 | biography | Zephania ‘Zeph’ Lekoane Mothopeng | 1913-1990 | ✓ |
| B-0121675 | biography | Isaiah Mdliwamafa Shembe | Approx 1870s-1935 | – |
| B-0095122 | biography | Bernard Lazarus Sigamoney | 1888-1963 | ✓ |
| B-0008450 | biography | J B Marks | 1903-1972 | ✓ |
| B-0068678 | biography | Florence Elizabeth Mnumzana | 1919-2020 | ✓ |
| B-0073091 | biography | Vuyani Mabaxa | 1967-1991 | ✓ |
| B-0123670 | biography | Dr Gurunathen (Guru) Kistnasamy | 1947 | – |
| B-0125539 | biography | Jeremy Vearey | 1963 | ✓ |
| B-0125398 | biography | DJ Ready D (Deon Daniels) | 1968 | ✓ |
| B-0007873 | biography | Marutle Flag Boshielo | 1920 | ✓ |
| B-0008810 | biography | Jeanie Noel | 1942 | – |
| B-0008557 | biography | Raymond Mhlaba | 1920-2005 | – |
| B-0098835 | biography | Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali | 1940 | ✓ |
| B-0008151 | biography | Ellen Phyllis Hellman | 1908-1982 | ✓ |
| B-0007947 | biography | Mimi Coertse | 1932 | ✓ |
| B-0009102 | biography | Irma Stern | 1894-1966 | ✓ |
| B-0008314 | biography | Anton Muziwakhe Lembede | 1914-1947 | ✓ |
| B-0095733 | biography | Professor Bernard Magubane | 1930-2013 | ✓ |
| B-0080909 | biography | Nandisile Thoko Mpumlwana | 1953 | – |
| B-0095146 | biography | Amy Thornton | 1932 | ✓ |
| B-0009215 | biography | Moebien Wadee | 1943 | – |
| B-0124047 | biography | Dora Nginza | 1891-1955 | ✓ |
| B-0008875 | biography | Milwa Mnyaluza “George” Pemba | 1912-2001 | ✓ |
| B-0007788 | biography | Phyllis Altman | 1919-1999 | ✓ |
| B-0008997 | biography | Olive Schreiner | 1855-1920 | ✓ |
| B-0125363 | biography | Athol Edwin Thorne | 1921-2001 | ✓ |
| B-0008704 | biography | Fholisani Sydney Mufamadi | 1959 | ✓ |
| B-0124732 | biography | Anna 'Sister Nannie' Tempo | 1870-1946 | – |
| B-0007805 | biography | Baden Powell | 1857-1941 | – |
| B-0008472 | biography | Nomkhitha Virginia Mashinini (née Boto) | 1935-2008 | – |
BiographyZephania ‘Zeph’ Lekoane Mothopeng
… town of Vrede. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to the Transvaal where his father had bought land. It was … his studies until matriculation in 1937…
BiographyIsaiah Mdliwamafa Shembe
… (near Giants Castle). His forefathers had settled there to escape the regiments of King Shaka. The family later moved … born at Mtimkulu. During his youth,…
BiographyBernard Lazarus Sigamoney
… Reverend Bernard Lazarus Emmanuel Sigamoney was a political activist, Christian minister, sportsman and … one of the few Indian leaders of his day who…
BiographyJ B Marks
… Transvaal (now North West Province). His father was a railway worker and his mother, a midwife. His father was a staunch supporter of the African … not good…
BiographyFlorence Elizabeth Mnumzana
… the Mhinga traditional royal family, where her father was a local chief. Mnumzana was a highly qualified nurse by profession. She obtained her … in 1943 and…
BiographyVuyani Mabaxa
… 1980s, he was one of many young people, who contributed to the building of the youth movement in Diepkloof that at … affiliated to the United Democratic…
BiographyDr Gurunathen (Guru) Kistnasamy
… His father, Thaniachallam Kistnasamy Naicker, worked as a builder at the local Huletts Sugar Mill and his mother, Shanbagavalli, was a housewife. Kistnasamy …
BiographyJeremy Vearey
… was born in 1963 in Elsies River. He describes the area as a ‘different Elsies River’ than today as it was only around 50% built houses. It was a working…
BiographyDJ Ready D (Deon Daniels)
… forcibly removed. Ready D and his family would be moved to Lentegeur, Mitchell’s Plain towards the end of the forced removals period. His father, however, …
BiographyMarutle Flag Boshielo
… Boshielo was born to a poor family in 1920 in Phokoane village, in the … Transvaal Executive Committee. The CPSA helped Boshielo to pursue his studies…
BiographyJeanie Noel
… twelve children, however her family was fortunate enough to own property, something that was not common in coloured … communities at the time. She attended…
BiographyRaymond Mhlaba
… in the Eastern Cape.He was one of eight children of a policeman. Five of his siblings died in childhood. Mhlaba attended school at Healdtown,a Methodist…
BiographyOswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali
… High School. His parents were schoolteachers. He moved to Johannesburg after secondary school, hoping to study … him from enrolling at the university, but he…
BiographyEllen Phyllis Hellman
… She was the daughter of Bernard Kaumheimer, who emigrated to South Africa from Bavaria, Germany in 1894, and Chlothilde … attended the University of the…
BiographyMimi Coertse
… chief female vocalist in an opera company. It signifies a vocalist of high reputation and earning power. For … of the famed State Opera. "Prima donna" can…
BiographyIrma Stern
… her inaugural exhibition in Berlin in 1919. On her return to South Africa, equipped with influences from German … well known for her oil paintings, she has…
BiographyAnton Muziwakhe Lembede
… On 21 March 1914, Lembede was born into a peasant family living on the farm in Eston in Natal. He was … baptised as an Anglican. His father, Mbazwana Martin…
BiographyProfessor Bernard Magubane
… Bernard Makhosezwe Magubane was born on 26 August 1930 on a farm near Colenso in Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal). He was the son of labour tenants on a white-owned…
BiographyNandisile Thoko Mpumlwana
… born in Melmoth , Zululand, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal ). A co-founding member of the Black Consciousness Movement … of Durban , KwaZulu-Natal , where she was…
BiographyAmy Thornton
… in the struggle, and it did not take long for Thornton to follow suit, taking part in her first campaign in 1948 … Communist Party (SACP) ) as well as the…
BiographyMoebien Wadee
… in 1943. He schooled in the area before his family moved to Kliptown. He studied medicine at Glasgow University in … his internship. He returned to South…
Dora Nginza
… affectionately known as the “Mother of New Brighton” as a result of her commitment to helping the sick and downtrodden and adopting homeless … Nginza was…
BiographyMilwa Mnyaluza “George” Pemba
… into his private world of drawing. In 1924, Pemba won a Grey Scholarship to Paterson School, where he devoured the art books in the school library. As a 16…
Phyllis Altman
… Phyllis Altman was born on 25 September 1919. She went to Jeppe High School for Girls. As her mother could not afford university fees she accepted a loan…
BiographyOlive Schreiner
… Olive Schreiner was a writer and feminist and one of the first campaigners for women’s rights. She was also a pacifist. She did not agree with British…
BiographyAthol Edwin Thorne
… South Africa on 15th October 1921. His family soon moved to Durban where he attended school and university. His … He was attracted to Marxism at 19 years and…
BiographyFholisani Sydney Mufamadi
… as did his mother who sold home-brewed alcohol to supplement the family income. Mufamadi’s mother was … Uprising, into other areas of the country, Mufamadi…
BiographyAnna 'Sister Nannie' Tempo
… Anna 'Sister Nannie' Tempo, was born of a slave mother and father who were kidnapped as children off … the late 1870s and grew up in Worcester. One day in…
BiographyBaden Powell
… when he was 3 years old and his mother devoted herself to bringing up a rather large family of 10. Baden Powell and his brothers … Charterhouse School during…
BiographyNomkhitha Virginia Mashinini (née Boto)
… her father, Daniel married his second wife, Notuthuzelo to whom Nomkhitha was the first child. He was a wealthy man who owned livestock. When she was 13, she…