Biographies
284 records
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| B-0120811 | biography | Devikarani Priscilla Jana | 1943-2020 | ✓ |
| B-0096465 | biography | Vesta Smith | 1922-2013 | ✓ |
| B-0084115 | biography | Dr. Neville Edward Alexander | 1936-2012 | ✓ |
| B-0080909 | biography | Nandisile Thoko Mpumlwana | 1953 | – |
| B-0080477 | biography | Dr Ahmed Ismail Limbada | 1922-1988 | ✓ |
| B-0080306 | biography | Viola Hashe | 1926-1977 | ✓ |
| B-0080096 | biography | Ruth Gosschalk | 1929-1994 | ✓ |
| B-0080054 | biography | Sadie Forman | 1929-2014 | ✓ |
| B-0079929 | biography | Achmad Cassiem | 1945 | ✓ |
| B-0074116 | biography | Jean Clarice Middleton | 1928-2010 | ✓ |
| B-0068443 | biography | Fatima Seedat | 1922-2003 | – |
| B-0068317 | biography | Vera Ponnen | 1915-1979 | ✓ |
| B-0064875 | biography | Dr Essop Essak Jassat | 1932 | ✓ |
| B-0009105 | biography | Harold Strachan | 1925-2020 | ✓ |
| B-0009021 | biography | Dulcie Evonne September | 1935-1988 | ✓ |
Devikarani Priscilla Jana
Devikarani Priscilla Jana was born on 5 December 1943, in Westville, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), to a middle class Indian family.[i] From an…
Vesta Smith
Vesta Smith (affectionately known as Ma Vee) was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 20 July 1922. Her father…
Dr. Neville Edward Alexander
Neville Edward Alexander was the first of six children of Dimbiti Bisho Alexander, a primary-school teacher, and David James Alexander, a…
Nandisile Thoko Mpumlwana
Nandisile Thoko Mpumlwana (nèe Mbanjwa) was born in Melmoth, Zululand, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). A co-founding member of the Black…
Dr Ahmed Ismail Limbada
Dr Ahmed Ismail Limbada grew up in Dundee, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He studied at Sastri College in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal)…
Viola Hashe
Viola Hashe was born in 1926, in Gabashane in the Orange Free State (now Free State Province). Hashe was a teacher by profession. Hashe…
Ruth Gosschalk
Ruth Gosschalk was born on 27 July 1929 in Muizenburg, Cape Town. She was one of four children. Her parents were immigrants from Eastern…
Sadie Forman
A fierce non-sectarian and advocate for racial equality and women’s rights, Sadie Forman (nee Kreel) was born in 1929. Her father, Bunim…
Achmad Cassiem
Imam Achmad Cassiem was born 12th of December in 1945 and grew up in an Islamic environment. He became politicised in the 1960s when the…
Jean Clarice Middleton
Jean Clarice Middleton was born in Durban. She attended Durban Girls' College and received an MA in English from Natal University (now the…
Fatima Seedat
Fatima Seedat was born in the Strand, Cape Town on 14 October 1922. She attended Trafalgar High school up to what was standard 8 in those…
Vera Ponnen
Vera Ponnen (nee Vera Gwendoline Alberts) was born in 1915 in England. She came to South Africa in 1938 as a governess. The next year, she…
Dr Essop Essak Jassat
Dr Essop Essak Jassat, the second of three children, was born on 5 October 1932 in 11th Street Vrededorp, Johannesburg. Both of his parents…
Harold Strachan
Robert Harold Lundie "Jock" Strachan was born in 1925 in Pretoria. He obtained a BA (FA) from the University of Pretoria, and won an Emma…
Dulcie Evonne September
Dulcie Evonne September, the second eldest daughter of Jakobus and Susan September was born on the 20th August 1935 in Royal rd, Maitland…