Biographies
4,760 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0008087 | biography | D Fuyani | 1924 | – |
| B-0008052 | biography | Abdool Karrim Essak | 1932-1997 | ✓ |
| B-0008028 | biography | Sheena Duncan | 1932-2010 | ✓ |
| B-0007976 | biography | Ayesha Bibi “Asa” Dawood | 1927 | – |
| B-0007956 | biography | Dr. Wilson Zamindlela "Zami" Conco | 1919 | ✓ |
| B-0007916 | biography | Edwin Cameron | 1953 | ✓ |
| B-0007903 | biography | Julius Phumelele Busa | 1927 | – |
| B-0007900 | biography | Sonia Beryl Bunting | 1922-2001 | – |
| B-0007863 | biography | Isaac Bokala | 1929-2005 | ✓ |
| B-0007860 | biography | Molly Blackburn | 1930-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0007856 | biography | Diana (Di) Bishop | – | – |
| B-0007849 | biography | Pieter Arnoldus Beyleveld | 1916-1988 | ✓ |
| B-0007800 | biography | Zainab Ebrahim Asvat | 1920-2013 | ✓ |
| B-0007799 | biography | Mohamed (Bob) Suleman Asmal | 1923-1966 | – |
| B-0007791 | biography | William H. "Bill" Andrews | 1870-1950 | ✓ |
D Fuyani
Born in 1924 Fuyani was a factory worker. He was the rural organiser of the African National Congress, and prominent in New Brighton, Port…
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…
Sheena Duncan
Sheena Duncan was born in Johannesburg on 7th of December in 1932 and was the eldest of the five children in her family. She was educated…
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…
Dr. Wilson Zamindlela "Zami" Conco
Wilson Zamindlela "Zami" Conco, the son of a semi-literate but wealthy cattle farmer in the Ixopo district of Natal in 1919, Conco rose to…
Edwin Cameron
Edwin Cameron was born on 15 February 1953 in Pretoria. He completed his schooling at Pretoria Boys’ High School and thanks to an Anglo…
Julius Phumelele Busa
Born in 1927 Busa was a trade unionist. He played an important part in organising textile workers in Worcester, and was an African National…
Sonia Beryl Bunting
Born Sonia Isaacman in 1922, she joined the Communist Party in 1942 and gave up her university studies to do full-time political work…
Isaac Bokala
Isaac Bokala was born in 1929 in Newclare, Johannesburg. Bokala qualified as a teacher at the Wilberforce Institute, and in 1950 he began…
Molly Blackburn
Molly Blackburn was born in 1930. She was the daughter of Elgar Bellhouse who was at one time the chairperson of the Progressive Party (PP…
Diana (Di) Bishop
Diana Bishop was born in Cape Town. She made her first political statement at age eleven in 1961 when South Africa became a republic…
Pieter Arnoldus Beyleveld
Pieter Beyleveld was born in 1916 in the Orange Free State and educated at farm schools. He joined the army at the outbreak of World War II…
Zainab Ebrahim Asvat
Zainab Ebrahim Asvat was born 1920 in Johannesburg, daughter of EI Asvat, came under the tutelage of her father as a young girl. She…
Mohamed (Bob) Suleman Asmal
Mohamed (Bob) Suleman Asmal was born in 1923 in Piet Retief. He was accused in the Treason Trial, and the trial that was run parallel to…
William H. "Bill" Andrews
William H."Bill" Andrews was born in Suffolk, England, on 20 March in 1870 into a working-class family,he left school at the age of 13…