Biographies
10,765 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0008720 | biography | Victoria Nonyamezelo Mxenge | 1942-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0008696 | biography | Richard Msimang | 1884-1933 | ✓ |
| B-0008695 | biography | Henry Selby Msimang | 1886-1982 | – |
| B-0008682 | biography | Es’kia Mphahlele | 1919-2008 | ✓ |
| B-0008680 | biography | James “Sofasonke” Mpanza | 1889-1970 | – |
| B-0008670 | biography | Obed Tseko Motshabi | 1925 | – |
| B-0008650 | biography | Lionel Morrison | 1935-2016 | – |
| B-0008649 | biography | Joseph Morolong | 1927 | – |
| B-0008647 | biography | Murphy Morobe | 1956 | – |
| B-0008640 | biography | Mohammed Valli Moosa | 1957 | – |
| B-0008636 | biography | Strinivasa “Strini” Moodley | 1946-2006 | – |
| B-0008632 | biography | Leslie Sonny Thuso Monnanyane | 1928 | – |
| B-0008629 | biography | Molly Wolton | 1906-1947 | – |
| B-0008620 | biography | Popo Molefe | 1952 | – |
| B-0008617 | biography | Patrick Mosell Molaoa | 1925-1968 | – |
Victoria Nonyamezelo Mxenge
Victoria Nonyamezelo Mxenge was born in 1942 in Tamara Village in King William’s Town, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) to Wilmot Goso…
Richard Msimang
Richard Msimang was the son of Joel Msimang, founder of the Independent Methodist Church of South Africa. He was among the first pupils of…
Henry Selby Msimang
Selby Msimang was born on 13 December 1886 in Edendale, Pietermaritzburg. He and his elder brother, Richard Msimang,were born to Joel…
Es’kia Mphahlele
Extract from media statement on the passing of Dr. Es’kia Mphahlele (1919 - 2008): By Minister of culture & society, Dr Z. Pallo JordanEs…
James “Sofasonke” Mpanza
James "Sofasonke" Mpanza was born in 1889. Mpanza was founder and leader from the mid-1940s of the Sofasonke Party of Orlando township,…
Obed Tseko Motshabi
Born in 1925, Motshabi worked as a clerk. He took part in the 1944 Alexandra Township bus boycott movement and the shantytown movement…
Lionel Morrison
Born in 1935, he became a clerk and a journalist. In 1955 he was elected secretary of the Cape Town branch of the South African Coloured…
Joseph Morolong
Born in 1927 in the Northern Cape, Morolong participated in ANC campaigns in the Cape Town area and was a member of the South African…
Murphy Morobe
Morobe was born on 2 October 1956 in Soweto. When he was young he spent a lot of time with his uncle, a Minister in the African Methodist…
Mohammed Valli Moosa
It was, however, only at university that Moosa got involved in politics. He attended the University of Durban-Westville, where he obtained…
Strinivasa “Strini” Moodley
Strinivasa "Strini" Moodley was born on 29 October 1946 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He was the eldest child of Joyce Margaret and…
Leslie Sonny Thuso Monnanyane
Monnanyane was born in 1928. He was a labourer. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) during the Defiance Campaign and became a…
Molly Wolton
Born Molly Selikowitz in Lithuania in 1906, she came to South Africa as an immigrant in 1919. Petite, excitable, forceful, and a brilliant…
Popo Molefe
Molefe was born in 1952 in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. He was one of eight children, and spent most of his youth living with his aunt. His…
Patrick Mosell Molaoa
Born in Johannesburg in 1925, he grew up in Alexandra Township and attended schools in Basutoland, Johannesburg, and Kimberley until…