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11,508 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0008770 | biography | Eric Ngcobo | 1933-1987 | – |
| B-0008498 | biography | Don Mattera | 1935 | – |
| B-0007967 | biography | Herbert Henry Curson | 1892 | – |
| B-0122744 | biography | Buchi Emecheta | 1944-2017 | ✓ |
| B-0067897 | biography | Alan Stewart Paton | 1903-1988 | ✓ |
| B-0008478 | biography | Dorothy Masuka | 1935-2019 | ✓ |
| B-0064865 | biography | Mpumelelo Paul “Cosmo” Grootboom | 1975 | ✓ |
| B-0008468 | biography | Bertha Gxowa (Mashaba) | 1934-2010 | ✓ |
| B-0064870 | biography | Isaiah Stein | 1931-2011 | ✓ |
| B-0008212 | biography | Ingrid Jonker | 1933-1965 | ✓ |
| B-0098483 | biography | Richard Feetham | 1874-1965 | – |
| B-0009113 | biography | Helen Suzman | 1917-2009 | ✓ |
| B-0095355 | biography | Basil Coetzee | 1944-1998 | ✓ |
| B-0008529 | biography | Peter McKenzie | 1955-2017 | – |
| B-0075473 | biography | Selaelo Charles 'Dan' Ramusi | 1954-1979 | – |
| B-0125716 | biography | Ronald (Ronnie) Britten | 2013 | ✓ |
| B-0068118 | biography | Alex Moumbaris | – | – |
| B-0121623 | biography | Michael Ngweyi | 2012 | – |
| B-0121629 | biography | Telang Mohai | 2012 | – |
| B-0009020 | biography | Reginald (Reggie) September | 1923-2013 | – |
| B-0065611 | biography | Satyandranath “Mac” Maharaj | 1935 | ✓ |
| B-0067934 | biography | Robert John McBride | 1963 | ✓ |
| B-0124548 | biography | David Dabede Mabuza | 1960 | ✓ |
| B-0071944 | biography | Abdul ‘Apamai’ Rahman Dawood | 1935-2012 | ✓ |
| B-0121281 | biography | Gertrude Hope (nee Posthumus) Cooper | 1924-2002 | ✓ |
| B-0099923 | biography | Bisho Jarsa | – | – |
| B-0088575 | biography | Paramount Chief Sabata Dalindyebo | 1928-1986 | ✓ |
| B-0068229 | biography | Peter (Petrus) Nchabeleng | 1986 | ✓ |
| B-0009064 | biography | Debi Singh | 1913-1970 | ✓ |
| B-0008317 | biography | Anthony James (Tony) Leon | 1956 | – |
BiographyEric Ngcobo
Ngcobo was born near Melmoth, Zululand. He was educated to secondary school level at Inkamane. In 1953 he attended Ndaleni Educational Training Centre, Natal,…
BiographyDon Mattera
Donato Francisco Mattera was born in Western Native Township, now called Westbury, Johannesburg in 1935. His grandfather was an Italian immigrant who married a…
BiographyHerbert Henry Curson
Herbert Henry Curson, the eldest son of Henry Charles Curson, was born on 22 September 1892 in Upper Umzimkulu, KwaZulu Natal. His schooling was completed at…
BiographyBuchi Emecheta
Florence Onyebuchi Emecheta Obe ‘Buchi Emecheta’ was born in the Nigerian city of Lagos on 21 July in 1944 to Jeremy Nwabudinke, a railway worker and Alice …
BiographyAlan Stewart Paton
Alan Stewart Paton was born in Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu Natal on 11 January 1903. His father, James Paton, a Scottish immigrant and civil servant, came to…
BiographyDorothy Masuka
Dorothy Masuka was born and raised in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), in 1935. Her father was originally from Zambia, and her mother, Liza Mafuyani, was…
BiographyMpumelelo Paul “Cosmo” Grootboom
Mpumelelo Grootboom, controversial and liberal playwright was born in Meadowlands, Soweto in 1975, were he was raised by his grandparents. He was a year old…
BiographyBertha Gxowa (Mashaba)
Bertha Gxowa was born on the 28th of November 1934, in Germiston Location where she spent her early childhood. She attended the Thokoza Primary School and then…
BiographyIsaiah Stein
Isaiah Stein was born to a Coloured family in Durban in 1931, the son of a pastor and property developer. After both his parents died, during his teens, he…
BiographyIngrid Jonker
Ingrid Jonker was born on 19 September 1933 on a farm in the rural area of Douglas, near Kimberley in the Northern Cape. After her parents’ divorce, Jonker…
BiographyRichard Feetham
Richard Feetham was born on 22 November 1874, Penrhos Monmouthshire, England. His father was the Reverend William Feetham, Vicar of Penrhos, Raglan, England…
BiographyHelen Suzman
Helen Suzman (nee Govronsky) was born in the South African mining town of Germiston on 7 November 1917 to Samuel and Frieda Gavronsky, both immigrants from…
BiographyBasil Coetzee
Basil Coetzee ( ‘Ou B’ or 'Manenberg' as he was affectionately known) was born in District Six, Cape Town, on 2 February 1944. He grew up in the area, and as a…
BiographyPeter McKenzie
Peter Michael McKenzie was born on 10 February 1955, in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He was the youngest child of Duggie and Hilda McKenzie. He attended…
BiographySelaelo Charles 'Dan' Ramusi
Selaelo Charles "Dan" Ramusi was born 14 November 1954 in Dube Village, Soweto, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He was the first born son of the late Collins…
Ronald (Ronnie) Britten
At a young age, while a student at the University of Cape Town, Ronald (Ronnie) Britten was an active member of the then Non-European Unity Movement, later to…
Alex Moumbaris
Alex Moumbaris was born in Egypt to French parents and later became a naturalised Australian. He worked as a trade unionist and came to South Africa in 1973. …
BiographyMichael Ngweyi
Michael Ngweyi (39) was from Umtata in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin around 2009. On 16 August 2012 Michael was killed at scene 1 after being…
BiographyTelang Mohai
Telang Mohai (37) was from Lithabaneng, Maseru in Lesotho. He had been working for Lonmin since 2003. Telang was killed at scene 2 after he was shot twice in…
BiographyReginald (Reggie) September
Reginald September was born in Wynberg in Cape Town on 13 June 1923, the son of Florence, a housewife, and Nicholas September, a carpenter. He first attended…
BiographySatyandranath “Mac” Maharaj
Mac Maharaj was born on the 22 April 1935, the fourth of the eight children of Mr and Mrs NR Maharaj of Newcastle, Natal. He matriculated at St Oswald's School…
BiographyRobert John McBride
Robert John McBride was born on 6 July 1963 at the segregated Addington Hospital in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), in the section set aside for Coloured…
BiographyDavid Dabede Mabuza
David Dabede Mabuza was born 25 August, 1960 in Brondal, Mpumalanga. He matriculated from Khumbula High School. He obtained a National Teacher’s Certificate…
BiographyAbdul ‘Apamai’ Rahman Dawood
Abdul Rahman Dawood or 'Apmai' as he was affectionately known was born in India to a family of progressive community activists in October 1935. He was brought…
BiographyGertrude Hope (nee Posthumus) Cooper
Gertrude Hope (nee Posthumus) Cooper, the second-youngest of eight children was born in King Williamstown but grew up Worcester where her father, an engineer…
BiographyBisho Jarsa
Article by Sandra Rowoldt Shell, University of Cape Town. When Neville Alexander used to visit his maternal grandmother Bisho Jarsa as a boy, he never…
BiographyParamount Chief Sabata Dalindyebo
Paramount Chief Sabata Dalindyebo was born on 25 November 1928. His father died suddenly some five months earlier before marrying his official Great Wife. He…
BiographyPeter (Petrus) Nchabeleng
Peter (Petrus) Nchabeleng was president of the Northern Transvaal region of the United Democratic Front (UDF). He was convicted of sabotage in 1962 and served…
BiographyDebi Singh
He was born in 1913 and became a teacher and later a farmer near Durban. As secretary of the Anti-Segregation Council in the mid-1940s he was instrumental in…
BiographyAnthony James (Tony) Leon
Tony Leon was born on 15 December 1956 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He was born to Sheila Schulz and Ramon Leon. His father was an Advocate and later…