Biographies
279 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0008492 | biography | Simon Petros (Peter) Matseke | 1878-1941 | – |
| B-0008411 | biography | Daniel Francois Malan | 1874-1959 | ✓ |
| B-0008391 | biography | Gana Makabeni | 1955 | – |
| B-0008389 | biography | James J. Majoro | – | – |
| B-0008267 | biography | Horst Gerhard Hermann Kleinschmidt | 1945 | ✓ |
| B-0008225 | biography | Sam Kahn | 1911 | – |
| B-0008219 | biography | Plaatjies Joseph Paul | 1930 | ✓ |
| B-0008205 | biography | Abdullah Haji Adam Jhaveri | – | – |
| B-0008182 | biography | Gopallal Hurbans | 1915 | – |
| B-0008145 | biography | Frederick John Harris | 1937-1965 | ✓ |
| B-0008110 | biography | John Gomas | – | – |
| B-0008062 | biography | Dumile Feni | 1942-1991 | – |
| B-0008052 | biography | Abdool Karrim Essak | 1932-1997 | ✓ |
| B-0007976 | biography | Ayesha Bibi “Asa” Dawood | 1927 | – |
| B-0007951 | biography | Jameson Gilbert Coka | 1910-1960s | ✓ |
Simon Petros (Peter) Matseke
Simon Peter Matseke was born in Pretoria in 1878, but little is known about his early life except that he was a member of the Bakgatlo…
Daniel Francois Malan
D.F. Malan was born in 1874 in Riebeeck West in the Cape. He completed his doctorate of divinity at the University of Utrecht in 1905 and…
Gana Makabeni
Gana Makabeni was born in the Transkei. He attended a Communist night school and joined the Communist Party of South Africa (SACP) as a…
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…
Horst Gerhard Hermann Kleinschmidt
Horst Gerhard Hermann Kleinschmidt was born on 17 October 1945 in Swakopmund, Namibia. At the age of four his family moved to Johannesburg…
Sam Kahn
Born in 1911 in Cape Town, he earned an LL.B degree from the University of Cape Town in 1932. He was a lawyer, a leader in the Communist…
Plaatjies Joseph Paul
Plaatjies Paul Joseph was on 1st of June in 1930 in Ferreirastown,Johannesburg.Joseph joined the Transvaal Indian Congress Youth League as…
Abdullah Haji Adam Jhaveri
He was commonly referred to as Dada Abdulla. His brother, Abdul Karim Jhaveri, and himself, were the directors of Dada Abdulla and Company…
Gopallal Hurbans
Born in 1915 Hurbans was a businessman and sugar farmer. He took the lead in establishing four Indian schools in the Tongaat district and…
Frederick John Harris
Frederick John Harris was born in 4th of July in 1937. He was a teacher, a member of the executive committee of the Liberal Party In 1962…
John Gomas
John Gomas was born in Cape Town. He was a tailor by profession and a member of the Garment Workers' Union. He served as secretary of the…
Dumile Feni
Zwelidumile Geelboi Mgxaji Mslaba “Dumile” Feni was born on 21 May 1942 in Worcester, Western Cape. His mother died when he was only five…
Abdool Karrim Essak
Abdool Karrim Essak was born in 1925 in India. He was the third child of Fathima and Ishaq Hashim. His father was an adventurer and left…
Ayesha Bibi “Asa” Dawood
Ayesha Bibi "Asa" Dawood was born in Worcester, Cape Province on the 31 January, 1927 to an Indian Merchant and a Malay woman. As a young…
Jameson Gilbert Coka
Jameson Gilbert Coka was born in 1910 on a white farm near Vryheid, Natal, the son of a sharecropper. He won a bursary to Adams College,…