Biographies
10,764 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0150859 | biography | Dr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy | 1958-2021 | ✓ |
| B-0150858 | biography | Diana Ferrus | 1953 | ✓ |
| B-0150852 | biography | Magasvarie Govender | – | ✓ |
| B-0150806 | biography | Irene Menell (nee Manderstam) | 1932 | ✓ |
| B-0150804 | biography | Nithianandan ‘Elvis' Ganese Govender | 1958-1995 | ✓ |
| B-0150799 | biography | Harriet Ngubane | 1929-2007 | ✓ |
| B-0150697 | biography | Jackson Mphikwa Mthembu | 5 June1958-2021 | ✓ |
| B-0150649 | biography | Rajes Pillay | 1944-2020 | ✓ |
| B-0150644 | biography | Susan Shabangu | 1956 | ✓ |
| B-0150643 | biography | Jeanette Carlson | 1929-2020 | ✓ |
| B-0150555 | biography | Stephanie Urdang | – | ✓ |
| B-0150485 | biography | Mabel Palmer | 1876-1958 | ✓ |
| B-0150480 | biography | Frances Rix Ames | 1920-2002 | ✓ |
| B-0150475 | biography | Henrietta Rebecca Stakesby Lewis | 1850-1912 | ✓ |
| B-0150470 | biography | Eve Hall | 1937-2007 | ✓ |
Dr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy
Dr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy was born in Durban on 1 September 1958. He was the youngest of four sons. The family resided in Sea Cow…
Diana Ferrus
Internationally renowned South African poet, writer, and activist for marginalised groups, Diana Ferrus, was born on 29 August 1953 in…
Magasvarie Govender
Magasvarie ‘Maggie’ Govender was born in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), and grew up in Durban Central. When she was eleven years old,…
Irene Menell (nee Manderstam)
Born in 1932, Irene Menell (nee Manderstam) spent her early life moving from one place to the next, completing her primary and secondary…
Nithianandan ‘Elvis' Ganese Govender
Nithianandan Ganese Govender (Elvis) was born on 1 November 1958 in Esperanza, a village on the south coast of Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal –…
Harriet Ngubane
Harriet Ngubane was born in 1929 at Inchanga, a rural area near Pietermaritzburg, kwaZulu-Natal (KZN). She was brought up as a Roman…
Jackson Mphikwa Mthembu
Jackson Mphikwa Mthembu was a Minister in the Presidency of South Africa and parliamentarian for the African National Congress (ANC). …
Rajes Pillay
Rajaluxmi Pillay (also known as Rajes) was born on 4 August 1944 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN). Her parents were…
Susan Shabangu
Susan Shabangu was born on 28 February 1956. She attended Madibane High School in Soweto, Transvaal (now Gauteng). From 1980, she became…
Jeanette Carlson
Jeanette Levinson Carlson was born on 21 June 1929, in Muizenberg, Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape Province). She was the…
Stephanie Urdang
Stephanie Urdang was born in Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape), to a family staunchly opposed to apartheid. Her father, a lawyer,…
Mabel Palmer
Dr Mabel Palmer (nee Mabel Atkinson) was born on 22 May 1876 near Stocksfield in Northumberland, England. Her father, J.B. Atkinson, was a…
Frances Rix Ames
Frances Rix Ames was born in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng), on 20 April 1920. Her father deserted the family when she was still an…
Henrietta Rebecca Stakesby Lewis
Henrietta (Ettie or Het) Rebecca Stakesby Lewis was born in 1850 at the Umpukani Mission Station, Orange Free State (now Free State…
Eve Hall
Eve Hall was born on 20 March 1937 in Paris, France, to a Jewish father and a German mother. When the Second World War broke out, her…