Biographies
152 records
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| Src | ||||
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| B-0008038 | biography | Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim | 1937-2021 | ✓ |
| B-0007855 | biography | Stephen Bantu Biko | 1946-1977 | ✓ |
| B-0065300 | biography | Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela | 1918-2013 | ✓ |
| B-0149415 | biography | Mohammed Tikly | – | ✓ |
| B-0098479 | biography | Ebrahim Ismail Asvat | 1940 | ✓ |
| B-0007910 | biography | Ahmed Mahomed Cachalia | – | ✓ |
| B-0065611 | biography | Satyandranath “Mac” Maharaj | 1935 | ✓ |
| B-0151969 | biography | Govin Reddy | 1943-2017 | ✓ |
| B-0150453 | biography | Hettie Du Preez | – | ✓ |
| B-0150401 | biography | Paul David | 1940-2020 | ✓ |
| B-0150385 | biography | Terry Bell | 1942 | ✓ |
| B-0150327 | biography | Hettie McCleod | 1922-1997 | ✓ |
| B-0150170 | biography | Lillian Diedericks | 1925 | ✓ |
| B-0148806 | biography | Aziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad | 1940-2023 | ✓ |
| B-0148782 | biography | Dorothy Nomazotsho Zihlangu | 1920-1991 | ✓ |
Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim
Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim was born in Durban on 1st July in 1937, the second of five children. When he was a few months old Ebrahim's mother…
Stephen Bantu Biko
IntroductionStephen (Steve) Bantu Biko was a popular voice of Black liberation in South Africa between the mid 1960s and his death in…
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Childhood in the Eastern CapeNelson Rolihlahla Mandela was the son of Nonqaphi Nosekeni and Henry Mgadla Mandela, a chief and chief…
Mohammed Tikly
Mohammed Tikly became involved in the liberation struggle in South Africa when he was in secondary school, in the 1950s. He lived in…
Ebrahim Ismail Asvat
Ebrahim Ismail Asvat (Aswat) was born in Surat, India. He was a committed passive resister from Vereeniging, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He…
Ahmed Mahomed Cachalia
Ahmed Mohamed Cachalia joined the Satyagraha struggle in the Transvaal. He was an extremely wealthy man and was used to a life of luxury…
Satyandranath “Mac” Maharaj
Mac Maharaj was born on the 22 April 1935, the fourth of the eight children of Mr and Mrs NR Maharaj of Newcastle, Natal. He matriculated…
Govin Reddy
Govindasamy Reddy (Govin Reddy) was born on 16 June 1943 in Kranskloof, a farming area next to Claremont on the outskirts of Durban, Natal …
Hettie Du Preez
Hettie du Preez has made an outstanding contribution to the struggle against political and economic injustice in South Africa. She was a…
Paul David
Devadas Paul David ( Paul David) was born on 26 August 1940 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal - UKZN) into a devout Catholic…
Terry Bell
Terence Albert Bell (Terry Bell) was born in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa on 12 September 1942. He married his…
Hettie McCleod
Hettie McCleod was born on 27 June 1922 in Goodwood, Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape). She was the youngest of five children …
Lillian Diedericks
Lillian Diedericks was born in 1925 in the oldest part of New Brighton township, Red Location (near the railway line), in Port Elizabeth,…
Aziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad
Aziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad was born on 25 December 1940, Schweizer Reneke, North West Province, (formerly a part of the old Transvaal…
Dorothy Nomazotsho Zihlangu
Dorothy Nomazotsho Zihlangu was born in 1920 at Dyamala Village in Alice in the Eastern province (now Eastern Cape). She received her…