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| Src | ||||
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| B-0008591 | biography | Thandi Modise | 1959 | ✓ |
| B-0007833 | biography | Hyman Meir Basner | 1905-1977 | ✓ |
| B-0008311 | biography | Joseph Engenas Matlhakanye Lekganyane | 1931-1972 | – |
| B-0007954 | biography | Harriette Emily Colenso | 1847-1932 | – |
| B-0096207 | biography | Francois Roux | 1927-2013 | – |
| B-0079873 | biography | Dorothy Hazel Alexander | 1938 | ✓ |
| B-0064868 | biography | Lutchmee Marie | 1923 | – |
| B-0121622 | biography | Molefi Osiel Ntsoele | 2012 | – |
| B-0008853 | biography | John O’ Malley | 1922-2005 | – |
| B-0008843 | biography | Dorothy Nomzansi Nyembe | 1931-1998 | ✓ |
| B-0007787 | biography | Joseph Alfers | 1949 | – |
| B-0007920 | biography | Sarah Carneson | 1916-2015 | ✓ |
| B-0008807 | biography | Zamazulu Thembekile Nkosi | 1923 | ✓ |
| B-0125655 | biography | Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld | 1905 | – |
| B-0008427 | biography | Joseph Manana | 1964 | – |
| B-0008328 | biography | Neville Allan Lewis | 1895-1972 | – |
| B-0008019 | biography | Kevin Dowling | 1944 | – |
| B-0068299 | biography | Dawood Parker | 1936-2009 | – |
| B-0008928 | biography | Andries Raditsela | 1956-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0093906 | biography | Nokutela (nee Mdima) Dube | 1873-1917 | ✓ |
| B-0007793 | biography | Jacqueline (Jackie) Arenstein | 1921 | ✓ |
| B-0121603 | biography | Thembinkosi Gwelani | 2012 | – |
| B-0007910 | biography | Ahmed Mahomed Cachalia | – | ✓ |
| B-0093744 | biography | Michael Davis | 1955 | – |
| B-0008925 | biography | Gaur Radebe | – | – |
| B-0009139 | biography | T W Thibedi | – | – |
| B-0097055 | biography | Elza Miles (Botha) | 1938 | – |
| B-0067466 | biography | Millicent Fawcett | 1847-1929 | ✓ |
| B-0094966 | biography | Max Coleman | – | – |
| B-0124602 | biography | Laurent Kabila | 1939-2001 | ✓ |
BiographyThandi Modise
Thandi Modise, the youngest of six children, was born on 25 December 1959 in Huhudi township near Vryburg in the North West. Her father, Frans Modise, a…
BiographyHyman 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 in South Africa in…
BiographyJoseph Engenas Matlhakanye Lekganyane
Joseph Lekganyane was born in 21 January 1931 in Moria. His father is the founder of the Zion Christian Church (ZCC) in 1910. He attended school up to standard…
BiographyHarriette Emily Colenso
Harriette Emily Colenso was She was born in Norfolk, England, in 1847, the oldest child of Bishop John William Colenso of Natal. Until her father's death in…
BiographyFrancois Roux
Francois Roux was born in 1927 at Fort Victoria, Masvingo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). He attended the Boys High School, Stellenbosch from 1940 to 1946. …
Dorothy Hazel Alexander
Dorothy Alexander was born on 7 August 1938 in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape, the third of six children[1]. One of her siblings was Neville Alexander…
BiographyLutchmee Marie
Lutchmee Marie (popularly known as Aunty Doris) was born in 1923 in Mooi River but grew up in Clairwood. Her mother worked as a domestic worker, washing…
BiographyMolefi Osiel Ntsoele
Molefi Osiel Ntsoele (40) was from Ha Tebese, Semonkong, Maseru Lesotho. He began working for Lonmin around 2007. On 16 August 2012 Mr Ntsoele was killed at…
BiographyJohn O’ Malley
John O'Malley was born on 6 October 1922 in what was then called Robert Heights, later Voortrekkerhoogte, in Pretoria. His father was a colonel in the army and…
BiographyDorothy Nomzansi Nyembe
Dorothy Nomzansi Nyembe was born on the 31st of December 1931 near Dundee in northern KwaZulu-Natal. Her mother, Leeya Basolise Nyembe was the daughter of…
BiographyJoseph Alfers
Joseph Alfers was born in 1949 in Umbumbulu, where his father was the Assistant Native Commissioner. He attended school and university in Pietermaritzburg,…
BiographySarah Carneson
Sarah Rubin, later Carneson, was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) in 1916. Her parents were both immigrants; her father, Zelic Rubin, was…
BiographyZamazulu Thembekile Nkosi
Nkosi became the first Black matron in the Natal Provincial Administration and in KwaZulu-Natal. Her decision to nurse was motivated by a wish to help the sick…
BiographyDag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld was a Swedish citizen born 29th July, 1905 in Jönköping City, Southern Sweden. He was the youngest of the four sons of Agnes…
BiographyJoseph Manana
Manana was born in Escourt, KwaZulu-Natal. He has been working as an artist since the mid 1980s and is largely self-taught. A few years ago he received an…
BiographyNeville Allan Lewis
Neville Allan Lewis was in born Cape Town, 1895. Considered in the 1940s to be South Africa’s premier society portraitist, Lewis was steeped in the tradition…
BiographyKevin Dowling
Kevin Patrick Dowling was born in Pretoria and was ordained as a priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer on 9 July 1967. He was appointed the…
BiographyDawood Parker
Dawood Parker was the Chairman of the Wynberg Civic Association. He played a prominent role in local civic affairs. He was a leading voice in the struggle…
BiographyAndries Raditsela
In 1982, Raditsela became deeply engaged in politics after becoming a member of the Chemical Workers' Industrial Union (CWIU), an affiliate of the Federation…
BiographyNokutela (nee Mdima) Dube
Nokutela Dube was the first wife of Reverend John Langalibalele Dube, the first President General of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC- later…
BiographyJacqueline (Jackie) Arenstein
As a young person, Arenstein joined the left wing Book Club in Durban where, among other authors, Marx and Lenin were read and discussed. At the age of 21,…
BiographyThembinkosi Gwelani
Thembinkosi Gwelani (27) was from Makhwaleni, Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape. On 16 August he was not employed at Lonmin but had gone to the Koppie to take…
BiographyAhmed Mahomed Cachalia
Ahmed Mohamed Cachalia joined the Satyagraha struggle in the Transvaal. He was an extremely wealthy man and was used to a life of luxury and comfort, yet he…
BiographyMichael Davis
Michael Davis was born in 1955 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). On completing his schooling in Johannesburg, Davis served his compulsory one-year…
BiographyGaur Radebe
Gaur Radebe was born in 1908 and completed about seven years of schooling. As an activist in both the Communist Party of South Africa and the African National…
BiographyT W Thibedi
Before joining the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in the 1920s, Thibedi was a member of the International Socialist League in the Cape and, according…
BiographyElza Miles (Botha)
Elza Miles (nee Botha) was born in 1938. In 1960 Miles obtained a BA in Fine Arts at the University of Pretoria, followed by a BA Honours in Afrikaans…
Millicent Fawcett
Fawcett was part of the Ladies’ Committee that was sent over from Britain during the Anglo Boer War in order to inspect the conditions in the concentration…
BiographyMax Coleman
Max Coleman was the Human Rights Commissioner,a businessman .He was married to Audrey Coleman, they had four sons, and became active members of the Detainees…
BiographyLaurent Kabila
Laurent Desire Kabila was born on 27 November 1939 into the Luba tribe in the Katanga Province in the Belgian Congo. In 1960 Kabila became a leader of a youth…