Biographies
4,760 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0008562 | biography | Vuyisile Mini | 1920-1964 | ✓ |
| B-0008556 | biography | David H Mgugunyeka | 1906 | – |
| B-0008504 | biography | C. J. Mayekiso | 1913-1969 | – |
| B-0008468 | biography | Bertha Gxowa (Mashaba) | 1934-2010 | ✓ |
| B-0008444 | biography | Gill Marcus | 1949 | ✓ |
| B-0008437 | biography | Trevor Andrew Manuel | 1956 | ✓ |
| B-0008416 | biography | Elmon Malele | 1920-1977 | ✓ |
| B-0008403 | biography | Charles Makhohliso | 1918 | – |
| B-0008393 | biography | Vusumzi (Vusi) Linda Make | 1934-2006 | ✓ |
| B-0008389 | biography | James J. Majoro | – | – |
| B-0008360 | biography | Sakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma | 1957 | – |
| B-0008332 | biography | Stanley B. Lollan | 1925 | – |
| B-0008321 | biography | Dr Arthur Elias Letele | 1916-1965 | ✓ |
| B-0008307 | biography | Leonard (Len) Lee-Warden | 1913-1998 | ✓ |
| B-0008295 | biography | Pius Nkonzo Langa | 1939-2013 | ✓ |
Vuyisile Mini
Vuyisile Mini was born in 1920 in the coastal city of Port Elizabeth. Mini's father was a Port Elizabeth dockworker active in labour and…
David H Mgugunyeka
Born 1906. Commercial traveller. Prominent in the defiance campaign in Cape Western, and in Langa Congress activities.
C. J. Mayekiso
Born in 1913 in Idutywa in the Transkei, Mayekiso was a textile worker and later became president of the African Textile Workers' Union. He…
Bertha 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…
Gill Marcus
Gill Marcus was born in 10 August, 1949 to parents who were active members of the African National Congress (ANC). She grew up in…
Trevor Andrew Manuel
Trevor Manuel was born 31 January,1956 in Kensington, Cape Town. His father, Abraham Manuel, worked for the Cape Town City Council.Manuel…
Elmon Malele
Elmon Malele was born in Mapulaneng in the Limpopo Province (Transvaal) in 1920. Malele came to Johannesburg in 1943, and stayed in…
Charles Makhohliso
Charles Makhohliso was born in 1918. As a trade unionist he was responsible for organising better conditions for brick workers. The…
Vusumzi (Vusi) Linda Make
Vusimuzi Linda Make was born in Boksburg in 1934, the son of a priest, and later moved to Evaton.the son of an African Methodist Episcopal…
James J. Majoro
A clerk and ex-miner, Majoro was instrumental in establishing the African Mineworkers' Union. He later became its secretary and was one of…
Sakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma
Please note: This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Gastrow, S. (1992) Who`s Who in South African politics Number…
Stanley B. Lollan
Stanley B. Lollan was born in Johannesburg in 1925, he became one of the few significant coloured activists in the Transvaal in the 1950s…
Dr Arthur Elias Letele
Arthur Elias Letele was born on 2nd October 1915 in Maseru, Lesotho. His father, Elias Letele, was a school inspector. His mother,…
Leonard (Len) Lee-Warden
Leonard (Len) Lee-Warden was born in 1913. A linotype operator, he came to South Africa in 1936 from England after serving a five year…
Pius Nkonzo Langa
Pius Nkonzo Langa was born in Bushbuckridge in the eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), South Africa, on 25 March 1939, the second of seven…