Biographies
459 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0008578 | biography | Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka | 1955 | ✓ |
| B-0008595 | biography | Connie Mofokeng | – | – |
| B-0008663 | biography | Elizabeth Maria Molteno | 1852-1927 | ✓ |
| B-0008756 | biography | Jeannette Ndhlovu | 1953 | ✓ |
| B-0008810 | biography | Jeanie Noel | 1942 | – |
| B-0008849 | biography | Kate O’Regan | 1957 | ✓ |
| B-0009063 | biography | Margaret Singana | 1938-2000 | ✓ |
| B-0009128 | biography | Anna Tempo | – | – |
| B-0009142 | biography | Jo Thorpe | 1921-1995 | – |
| B-0009199 | biography | Leonora van den Heever | 1926 | ✓ |
| B-0009198 | biography | Rosalie van der Gucht | – | – |
| B-0009212 | biography | Dr. Susan Vosloo | – | – |
| B-0064873 | biography | Freda Levson | 1911-2004 | ✓ |
| B-0067163 | biography | Maggie Mikula | 1941-1989 | ✓ |
| B-0067467 | biography | Basetsana Julia, aka “Bassie” Kumalo | 1974 | ✓ |
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka was born on 3rd November 1955 in Claremont, Durban in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). She matriculated from Ohlange High…
Connie Mofokeng
Mofokeng was a member of the Soweto Student Representative Council (SSRC) at the time of the Soweto uprising. After the uprising she was…
Elizabeth Maria Molteno
Elizabeth Maria was born into a privileged and protected environment as the oldest child of the Cape Colony’s first Prime Minister, John…
Jeannette Ndhlovu
Jeannette Ndhlovu was born on 2nd October 1953 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng Province). Ndhlovu obtained her primary and…
Jeanie Noel
Jeanie Noel was born in Durban as one of twelve children, however her family was fortunate enough to own property, something that was not…
Kate O’Regan
Kate O’Regan was born in Liverpool, England. She grew up in Cape Town. She obtained her B.A. from the University of Cape Town in 1978 and…
Margaret Singana
Margaret Singana was born Margaret Mcingana on 1st January in 1938 in Queenstown in the Eastern Cape. In the 1950s Margaret moved to…
Anna Tempo
Tempo started off working by looking after Henrietta Schreiner’s nephews. She soon converted to Christianity and began helping Schreiner…
Jo Thorpe
Jo Thorpe was born in 1921, in Fishoek in Cape Town. She grew up in Mooi River and completed her high school education at Pietermaritzburg…
Leonora van den Heever
Van den Heever was born in Windhoek in 1926 but attended school in Bloemfontein. She went on to complete her MA in English at the…
Rosalie van der Gucht
Van der Gucht moved to South Africa in 1939 and took up a position at the Grahamstown Training College where she started a career in speech…
Dr. Susan Vosloo
Dr Vosloo was South Africa's first female heart surgeon. She joined the heart team at the Groote Schuur hospital in 1984, and completed her…
Freda Levson
Freda Levson was born on 21 November 1911 in Pretoria, South Africa. Her father was a prominent physician in Johannesburg. She was educated…
Maggie Mikula
Maggie Mikula was born in Durban on 19 August 1941. She attended St Mary’s School in Durban and matriculated in 1959. She then went on to…
Basetsana Julia, aka “Bassie” Kumalo
Basetsana Makgalemele, former Miss Soweto and Miss Black South Africa, was crowned Miss SA in 1994. The event is memorable as it coincided…