Biographies
10,765 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0144716 | biography | Simon P. Mkalipi | 1913 | – |
| B-0144707 | biography | Balelekeng Sam Masemola | 1926 | – |
| B-0144698 | biography | Joshua Makue | 1909 | – |
| B-0144692 | biography | Aaron Mahlangu | 1914 | – |
| B-0144658 | biography | Andries (General China) Chamile | 1900 | – |
| B-0144640 | biography | Louis Botha | 1862-1919 | ✓ |
| B-0141694 | biography | Kgalabi Jafta Masemola | 1931-1990 | ✓ |
| B-0141682 | biography | Stephanie Kemp | 1941-2023 | ✓ |
| B-0141679 | biography | Ambrose Mzimkhulu Makiwane | 1921-2004 | ✓ |
| B-0141667 | biography | James Randolph Vigne | 1928 | ✓ |
| B-0141662 | biography | Stanley Basil Lollan | 1925-1987 | ✓ |
| B-0141659 | biography | Adrian Leftwich | 1940-2013 | ✓ |
| B-0141530 | biography | Abdullah Abdurahman | 1872-1940 | ✓ |
| B-0125899 | biography | Mmusi Aloysias Maimane | 1980 | ✓ |
| B-0125809 | biography | Surinarayan ‘Sonny’ Kala Venkatrathnam | 1935-2019 | ✓ |
Simon P. Mkalipi
One of the first-string accused in the Treason Trial, he was born in 1913 in Grahams town and completed the sixth grade. He worked as a…
Balelekeng Sam Masemola
Born in 1926, Masemola worked as a clerk. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1949 and helped to steer his branch in Alexandra…
Joshua Makue
Born in 1909 Makue was a teacher and tailor. He joined the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union after being refused enrolment as an…
Aaron Mahlangu
Born in 1914 Mahlangu was a trade unionist. As a domestic worker, Mahlangu took part in the 1942 anti-pass campaign and was sacked. Later…
Andries (General China) Chamile
Born in 1900, Johannesburg Chamile worked as a labourer. He was a member of the Newclare branch of African National Congress which he…
Louis Botha
Louis Botha was born near Greytown in Natal in 1862. He was the son of Voortrekker parents and was brought up on a farm in the Free State,…
Kgalabi Jafta Masemola
Kgalabi Jafta Masemola, “The Tiger of Azania”, also popularly known as “Bra Jeff” by many others, was born at Bon Accord near Pretoria on…
Stephanie Kemp
Stephanie Kemp was born in the Karoo in 1941 and grew up with her two sisters in Malmesbury in the Swartland. The town was dominated by the…
Ambrose Mzimkhulu Makiwane
Ambrose Makiwane was born in 29th of November in1921 near Cala in the Transkei. He attended Clarkebury School and was expelled after…
James Randolph Vigne
James Randolph Vigne was born in 1928 in Kimberley and grew up in Port-Elizabeth. He went to school at St Andrew’s College in Grahamstown…
Stanley Basil Lollan
Stanley Basil Lollan was born in Johannesburg in 1925, he became one of the few significant coloured activists in the Transvaal in the…
Adrian Leftwich
Adrian Leftwich grew up in Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape), in 1940 in a liberal Jewish family. His father was a doctor, and…
Abdullah Abdurahman
Abdurahman, who was born in Wellington (Cape Town ) on 18 December 1872 and graduated as a medical doctor from the University of Glasgow in…
Mmusi Aloysias Maimane
Mmusi Aloysias Maimane was born in Krugersdorp, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 6 June 1980 to Ethel and Simon Maimane but grew up in…
Surinarayan ‘Sonny’ Kala Venkatrathnam
Surinarayan ‘Sonny’ Kala Venkatrathnam was born on 27 July 1935 in Sea View, Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He had 12 siblings. He grew…