SAHO global search

1933

Joyce Piliso-Seroke

… ). The YWCA had programmes and projects for women and one of the major challenges for the organisation was that …

B-0122528

1931-2011

Isaiah Stein

… Stein (England and Luton Town) and Mark Stein who earned one England cap and starred for Chelsea in the early 1990s. …

B-0064870

1916-1984

Ernest Sedumedi Moloto

… which produced the 1980 standard orthography. At one time he served as General Secretary of the Transvaal …

B-0008627

1922

Elsa Joubert

… a fellow of that society. Poppie is commonly regarded as one of the best novels to have emerged on the African …

B-0008221

1948

Patrick Holo

… buses with tin-wheels, held together with long wires were one of his favourites. Holo grew up in Cape Town, and …

B-0008172

1952

Barbara Anne Hogan

… that ushered in a democratic South Africa. Hogan became one of the leading figures in organizing the ANC in the …

B-0008169

1928-2007

Lawrence Folley

… Africa with his wife and three daughters, where he became one of the country’s first full-time professional opera …

B-0008076

1903-1957

Dr. Jacob Mfaniselwa Nhlapo

… Episcopal Church (AME). With his wife, Winnie, he had one daughter, Pearl Thokozile. He died on 25 May 1957 when he …

B-0008789

Harry Moyaga

… who asked Moyaga to show him some drawings. He bought one of them and then introduced Moyaga to Brother Bral, who …

B-0008677

1933-2009

Anton Ndoda Xaba

… sentence. After his release in 1975, his family was woken one morning at 2am by police. They searched the house and …

B-0068894

1798-1853

Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius

… were three factions within the Transvaal Voortrekkers. One group supported Pretorius, while another followed Andries …

B-0068324

1955

Bantu Holomisa

… Defence Force in 1976 and was commissioned in 1978. He was one of the first blacks to undertake the South African staff …

B-0088574

1874-1965

Richard Feetham

… had a deep interest in child welfare and was in 1907, one of the sponsors of the Children’s Adoption Act, assisted …

B-0098483

1933-2012

Evelina de Bruin

… a family with ten members and they shared a house with one bedroom and a kitchen. There was no electricity in the …

B-0094076

1928-2011

Henry Gordon ‘Squire’ Makgothi

… According to the City Press , even at the age of 83 one would find Makgothi working full time as the Chairperson …

B-0064853

1925-2020

Andrew Mokete Mlangeni

… Orange Free State (now Free State Province) district, as one of a twin (he has a sister). He grew up in Soweto, …

B-0008579

1937-2006

Stella Margaret Nomzamo Sigcau

… in African National Congress (ANC) structures and at one stage headed the African National Congress Women's League …

B-0009051

1942-1991

Dumile Feni

… for a number of years in Johannesburg and was selected as one of the artists to represent South Africa at the 1967 Sao …

B-0008062

1927

Sydney Brenner

… highly intelligent and learned to read at an early age. One of his father's customers convinced Mr. Brenner senior to …

B-0007885

1953-2008

Ivan Toms

… 150 community health workers. In July 1987, Toms defied a one-month SADF camp conscription, consequently suffering …

B-0095150

1929-2011

Arthur Goldreich

… up in Pietersberg in the Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo). One morning, his secondary school headmaster announced that …

B-0065024

1932

Harold Rubin

… in 2007, entitled Diary Pages, was accompanied by a one-hour documentary that was partially filmed on the …

B-0008969

1921

Jacqueline (Jackie) Arenstein

… to suppress my fear of gaol, yet knowing that I might one day have to spend time there. Once there, it did not seem …

B-0007793

1919-1998

George Naicker

… George Naicker, was one of six sons. He was born on 1 June 1919. He joined the  …

B-0068192

1932-2002

Curnick Muzuvukile Ndlovu

… area between December 1961 and June 1963. For instance, one of the sabotage operations that Ndlovu and his comrades …

B-0070371