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17,297 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0008062 | biography | Dumile Feni | 1942-1991 | – |
| B-0095730 | biography | Cassim Amra | 1919-1984 | – |
| B-0007898 | biography | Vuyani “The Beast” Bungu | 1967 | ✓ |
| B-0095274 | biography | Simon Nkabinde | 1937-1999 | – |
| 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-0124047 | biography | Dora Nginza | 1891-1955 | ✓ |
| B-0008875 | biography | Milwa Mnyaluza “George” Pemba | 1912-2001 | ✓ |
| B-0007788 | biography | Phyllis Altman | 1919-1999 | ✓ |
| B-0009215 | biography | Moebien Wadee | 1943 | – |
| B-0008997 | biography | Olive Schreiner | 1855-1920 | ✓ |
| B-0125363 | biography | Athol Edwin Thorne | 1921-2001 | ✓ |
BiographyDumile Feni
… died when he was only five or six years old and he went to live with relatives in Cape Town until the age of eleven. He then began working for his father, a…
BiographyCassim Amra
… he represented the senior cricket team. Amra was exposed to George Singh and other activists who played a crucial role in charting a more confrontational…
BiographyVuyani “The Beast” Bungu
… primary and high school before dropping out at grade nine to follow his passionate sport, boxing. During his amateur … years after turning professional…
BiographySimon Nkabinde
… father died while he was young, and later he was forced to leave school because he could not afford to pay for his fees. Mahlathini then found work in a…
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…
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…
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…
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…