Biographies
10,763 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0008255 | biography | Jerry Dibanhlele Khumalo | 1922-1976 | ✓ |
| B-0008242 | biography | William Kentridge | 1955 | ✓ |
| B-0008231 | biography | Ahmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada | 1929-2017 | ✓ |
| B-0008230 | biography | Jeanette Eleanor Kasrils | 1936-2009 | ✓ |
| B-0008229 | biography | Ronald (Ronnie) Kasrils | 1938 | ✓ |
| B-0008226 | biography | Abdulla Ismail Kajee | 1896-1948 | ✓ |
| B-0008217 | biography | Helen Joseph | 1905-1992 | ✓ |
| B-0008200 | biography | Abdulhay Jassat | 1934 | – |
| B-0008199 | biography | Fanie Jason | 1953 | – |
| B-0008180 | biography | Father Trevor Huddleston | 1913-1998 | ✓ |
| B-0008174 | biography | Jan Hendrik Hofmeyer Hoogendyk | 1911-1990 | – |
| B-0008166 | biography | Percy John "Jack" Hodgson | 1910-1977 | ✓ |
| B-0008159 | biography | Baruch Hirson | 1921-1999 | – |
| B-0008156 | biography | James Barry Munnik Hertzog | 1866-1942 | – |
| B-0008136 | biography | Harry Themba Gwala | 1920-1995 | ✓ |
Jerry Dibanhlele Khumalo
Born in 1922, Jerry Dibanhlele Khumalo was a clothing designer and cutter. He served prison sentences as a volunteer in the 1952 Defiance…
William Kentridge
"I am interested in a political art, that is to say an art of ambiguity, contradiction, uncompleted gestures and uncertain ending - an art …
Ahmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada
Ahmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada was born on 21 August 1929, to Indian immigrant parents in Schweizer Reneke, a small town in Western…
Jeanette Eleanor Kasrils
Eleanor Kasrils was born in Scotland in 1936. She came to Durban as an infant. In March 1960, Ronnie Kasrils, later, her husband, visited…
Ronald (Ronnie) Kasrils
Ronald Kasrils was born in Yeoville, Johannesburg, on 15 November 1938. His grandparents were immigrants from Latvia and Lithuania, who…
Abdulla Ismail Kajee
Abdulla Ismail Kajee was born about 1896; Kajee was a politically moderate Moslem businessman and the dominant figure in the Natal Indian…
Helen Joseph
Helen Beatrice May Fennell was born in Easebourne, United Kingdom, in 1905. She grew up in London, with her parents and brother, Frank. She…
Abdulhay Jassat
Abdulhay Jassat became involved in politics as a member of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC), which was an affiliate of the Congress…
Fanie Jason
Fanie Jason was born on the 15 May 1953, Heathfield, Cape Town. Under the South African Group Areas Act, Jason's family was forced to move…
Father Trevor Huddleston
Father Trevor Huddleston was born on 15 June 1913 in Chaucer Road, Bedford, England to Ernest Huddleston and his wife. Soon after, the…
Jan Hendrik Hofmeyer Hoogendyk
Jan Hendrik Hofmeyer Hoogendyk was born in 1911 into a strict 'dopper' home. Hoogendyk was married to Jackie, an accountant. He enlisted…
Percy John "Jack" Hodgson
Percy John ‘Jack’ Hodgson born on 17 August 1910 in Roodepoort, was the eldest son of three children born to Jessy (nee Turner) and Percy…
Baruch Hirson
Baruch Hirson, named after his late grandfather, was born on 10 December 1921 at Doomfontein near Johannesburg in the Transvaal. His father…
James Barry Munnik Hertzog
James Barry Munnik (JBM) Hertzog was born in Soetendal Wellington on the 6 th of April 1866. Hertzog was the eighth child of Johannes…
Harry Themba Gwala
Harry (Mphephethwa) Themba Gwala was born on 30 July in 1920 near Piettermarizburg.He was a politician and teacher, Gwala known as Munt…