Biographies
4,760 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0008090 | biography | Ela Gandhi | 1940 | ✓ |
| B-0008089 | biography | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi | 1869-1948 | ✓ |
| B-0008078 | biography | Lionel Forman | 1926-1959 | ✓ |
| B-0008070 | biography | Molly Fischer | 1908-1964 | ✓ |
| B-0008069 | biography | Advocate Abram "Bram" Fischer | 1908-1975 | ✓ |
| B-0008027 | biography | Patrick Baker Duncan | 1918-1967 | ✓ |
| B-0008011 | biography | Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma | 1949 | ✓ |
| B-0007991 | biography | Amina Desai | 1920-2009 | ✓ |
| B-0007970 | biography | Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo | 1909-1983 | ✓ |
| B-0007963 | biography | Jeremy Patrick Cronin | 1949 | ✓ |
| B-0007958 | biography | Professor Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia | 1940-2023 | ✓ |
| B-0007957 | biography | Dr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper | 1950 | ✓ |
| B-0007955 | biography | Ernest Cole | 1940-1990 | – |
| B-0007937 | biography | Janet Mary Cherry | 1961 | ✓ |
| B-0007921 | biography | Fred Carneson | 1920-2000 | ✓ |
Ela Gandhi
Ela Gandhi was born in 1940 in Phoenix Settlement in the Inanda district, KwaZulu Natal. Indians, Coloured, Whites and Africans lived here…
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
*Note: The focus of this biography is on Gandhi's life and times in South Africa. Early life and education Mohandas Karamchand…
Lionel Forman
Born in 1926 in Rosettenville Forman was a barrister and a journalist. He was author of the first book on the trial, 'You Can Hang For…
Molly Fischer
Susanna Johanna Fischer (nee Krige) was born on the 23rd of February, 1908 on the family’s smallholding in Silverton, near Pretoria. Her…
Advocate Abram "Bram" Fischer
Advocate Abram "Bram" Fischer was born on 23 April 1908 in the Orange Free State. He was born into a prominent Afrikaans family, son of…
Patrick Baker Duncan
A controversial White champion of African rights, Patrick Duncan played a conspicuous role in opposition politics for over a decade,…
Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was born on 27 January 1949. She received her secondary education at Amanzimtoti Training College until 1967 and…
Amina Desai
When her husband, Suliman Mohammed Desai, a Transvaal Indian Congress activist died in 1969, Amina Desai took over the running of his…
Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo played an outstanding role in the South African liberation movement for over half a century - in persuading the…
Jeremy Patrick Cronin
Jeremy Patrick Cronin was born on 12 September 1949 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He grew up in Cape Town, the son of a naval…
Professor Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia
Professor Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia was born in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal - KZN) on 2 August 1940. His grandparents had come…
Dr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper
Sathasivian “Saths” Cooper was born on 11 December 1950 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa. He was the eldest child of…
Ernest Cole
Ernest Cole was born on 21 March 1940 as Ernest Levi Tsoloane Kole, in Eersterust, Pretoria. He left school when Bantu Education was…
Janet Mary Cherry
Janet Mary Cherry was born in 1961 in Cape Town, where she was raised. Janet comes from a family committed to social justice. Her father,…
Fred Carneson
Fred Carneson was born on 13th January 1920 in Goodwood, Cape Town to Anthony and Annie Carneson, a poor Catholic working class family, the…