Biographies
10,764 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0067956 | biography | Bertha Mkhize | 1889 | – |
| B-0067949 | biography | Nzimeni Elliot Mfaxa | 1926-2008 | – |
| B-0067164 | biography | Julius Sello Malema | 1981 | ✓ |
| B-0066397 | biography | Danie du Plessis | – | – |
| B-0066332 | biography | Bob Hepple | 1934-2015 | – |
| B-0065611 | biography | Satyandranath “Mac” Maharaj | 1935 | ✓ |
| B-0065415 | biography | Walter Ulyate Sisulu | 1912-2003 | – |
| B-0065346 | biography | Professor Fatima Meer | 1928-2010 | – |
| B-0065300 | biography | Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela | 1918-2013 | ✓ |
| B-0064882 | biography | Michael Kitso Dingake | 1928 | ✓ |
| B-0064847 | biography | Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger | 1825-1904 | – |
| B-0064845 | biography | Chris Hani | 1942-1993 | ✓ |
| B-0064794 | biography | Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu | 1931-2021 | ✓ |
| B-0009268 | biography | Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma | 1942 | ✓ |
| B-0009245 | biography | Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma | 1893-1962 | ✓ |
Bertha Mkhize
Bertha Mkhize was born in 1889 in Embo, near Mkhomazi. Her father, an ox wagon driver died when Bertha was about four years old, after his…
Nzimeni Elliot Mfaxa
Nzimeni Elliot Mfaxa was born August 26, 1926 at KwaGusha Farm in Somerset West. He was orphaned at age 12,Mfaxa moved to the Eastern Cape…
Julius Sello Malema
Early years and Political involvement Julius Sello Malema was born on 3 March 1981, in Seshego, Limpopo, and raised by a single mother…
Danie du Plessis
Bob Hepple
Professor Sir Bob Hepple was born on 11 August 1934 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). His father, Alex Hepple, was a trade unionist…
Satyandranath “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…
Walter Ulyate Sisulu
Walter Ulyate Max Sisulu was born in the village of Qutubeni in the Engcobo district of the Transkei on 18 May 1912. Sisulu was born out of…
Professor Fatima Meer
Fatima Meer was born in Grey Street, Durban on 12 August 1928, the daughter of Moosa Meer and Rachel Farrel and the second born of their…
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Childhood in the Eastern CapeNelson Rolihlahla Mandela was the son of Nonqaphi Nosekeni and Henry Mgadla Mandela, a chief and chief…
Michael Kitso Dingake
Michael Kitso Dingake was born on 11 February 1928 in Bobonong Village, Bechuanaland Protectorate (now Botswana). He attended the Bobonong…
Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger
Paul Kruger is believed to have been born on 10 October 1825 on his grandfather's farm, Bulhoek, in the Cradock district, near the present…
Chris Hani
Thembisile Chris Hani was born in the rural village of Sabalele, in the Cofimvaba region of the former Transkei. He was the fifth of the…
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu (known fondly as the "Arch”) was born in Klerksdorp on 7 October 1931. His father, Zachariah, who was educated at a…
Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
Early LifeJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (Msholozi – his praise name) was born on 12 April 1942 at Nkandla in northern Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal)…
Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma
Alfred Bitini Xuma was born on 8 March 1893, in Manzana, Ngcobo District, in the Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape). Xuma was the seventh…