Biographies
42 records
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| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0096739 | biography | Nomvula Paula Mokonyane | 1963 | ✓ |
| B-0007768 | biography | Elizabeth Adriana (Nanna) Abrahams | 1925-2009 | ✓ |
| B-0068085 | biography | Ruth Mompati | 1925-2015 | ✓ |
| B-0068245 | biography | Lillian Masediba Ngoyi | 1911-1980 | ✓ |
| B-0068382 | biography | Mary Goitsemang Ranta | 1922 | – |
| B-0068385 | biography | Magdaline ‘Maggie’ Resha | 1923-2003 | ✓ |
| B-0068449 | biography | Gertrude Shope | 1925 | ✓ |
| B-0074124 | biography | Faith Nonhlanhla Mazibuko | 1965 | ✓ |
| B-0080054 | biography | Sadie Forman | 1929-2014 | ✓ |
| B-0083813 | biography | Mildred Lesiea | 1933 | ✓ |
| B-0096368 | biography | Mavivi Myakayaka-Manzini | 1956 | ✓ |
| B-0150389 | biography | Selloane Ethel Leisa | 1914-2016 | ✓ |
| B-0150323 | biography | Mary Margaret Ngalo | 1973 | ✓ |
| B-0150379 | biography | Lettie Malindi | 1922-2010 | ✓ |
| B-0150276 | biography | Winifred Seqwana | 1897-1961 | ✓ |
Nomvula Paula Mokonyane
Nomvula Paula Mokonyane was born on 28 June 1963 in Kagiso on the West Rand, Transvaal (now Gauteng). She is the youngest in a family of 12…
Elizabeth Adriana (Nanna) Abrahams
Liz Adriana Abrahams (nee Joseph) was born on 19 September 1925 in Paarl, in the Western Cape. She was born into a large family of 8…
Ruth Mompati
Ruth Mompati was born on 14 September 1925 in the village called Khanyesa in the North West Province. She was the daughter of Seli Seichoko…
Lillian Masediba Ngoyi
Lillian Masediba Ngoyi was born in Pretoria in 1911 to a family of six children, and obtained her primary schooling in Kilnerton. She later…
Mary Goitsemang Ranta
Ranta was born in 1922 and grew up in the Pretoria area. After leaving school, she worked as a ‘tea girl’ at the Pretoria mint, and later…
Magdaline ‘Maggie’ Resha
Magdaline Resha was born on the 5th of May 1923 in Matatiele, Eastern Cape. She was the second daughter of Mr. Oziel Tsekiso and Lidia…
Gertrude Shope
Gertrude Shope was born in Johannesburg, but grew up in Zimbabwe. She was trained as a teacher, and went on to teach in Natal and Soweto…
Faith Nonhlanhla Mazibuko
Faith Nonhlanhla Mazibuko was born on the 2 April 1965, at Charteston Location, Nigel. She completed her junior primary education at the…
Sadie Forman
A fierce non-sectarian and advocate for racial equality and women’s rights, Sadie Forman (nee Kreel) was born in 1929. Her father, Bunim…
Mildred Lesiea
Mandu Mildred Ramakaba-Lesiea was born on 28 January 1933 in Langa, Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape), the only official area…
Mavivi Myakayaka-Manzini
Mavivi Manzini was born in Alexandra Township, outside of Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) in 1956, and then moved to Soweto. Manzini…
Selloane Ethel Leisa
Selloane Ethel Leisa was born on 22* February 1914 in Ga-Marishane, Northern Transvaal, (now Limpopo Province). Upon completing her…
Mary Margaret Ngalo
Mary Margaret Ngalo was born in Cradock, Transkei (now Eastern Cape Province) to Tom and Leah Plaatjie. As the niece of Reverend Canon…
Lettie Malindi
Lettie Malindi was born in Firgrove, near Stellenbosch, on 26 March 1922, the fifth of eleven children. Her father, John Matibi, was a…
Winifred Seqwana
Winifred Seqwana was born in 1897 and settled in Cape Town, where she became the first African woman member of the Communist Party of South…