Biographies
4,760 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0068419 | biography | Dawood Seedat | 1916-1976 | ✓ |
| B-0068389 | biography | Sorabjee Rustomjee | 1895-1960 | – |
| B-0068382 | biography | Mary Goitsemang Ranta | 1922 | – |
| B-0068322 | biography | David Pratt | 1909-1961 | – |
| B-0068316 | biography | George Gangen Ponnen | 1913-1996 | ✓ |
| B-0068272 | biography | Philemon Pearce Nokwe | 1927-1978 | – |
| B-0068262 | biography | John Kgwana Nkadimeng | 1925-2020 | – |
| B-0068245 | biography | Lillian Masediba Ngoyi | 1911-1980 | ✓ |
| B-0068206 | biography | Thambi Naransamy Naidoo | 1901-1953 | ✓ |
| B-0068196 | biography | Manonmoney "Ama" Naidoo | 1908-1993 | ✓ |
| B-0068193 | biography | Narainsamy Thumbi Naicker | 1922-2003 | – |
| B-0068192 | biography | George Naicker | 1919-1998 | ✓ |
| B-0068173 | biography | Dr Gangathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker | 1910-1978 | ✓ |
| B-0068097 | biography | Elias Phakane Moretsele | 1897-1961 | – |
| B-0068090 | biography | Poomoney Moodley | 1926-1982 | ✓ |
Dawood Seedat
Dawood Seedat (1916-1976) was the grandson of a Ladysmith, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) trader M.E. Seedat, who had nine children, one of whom…
Sorabjee Rustomjee
Sorabji Rustomjee, son of Parsee Rustomjee, was born in Durban on 25 December 1895. He went to India to study and soon after returning to…
Mary Goitsemang Ranta
Ranta was born in 1922 and grew up in the Pretoria area. After leaving school, she worked as a ‘tea girl’ at the Pretoria mint, and later…
David Pratt
David Beresford Pratt was born on 1 October 1909 to Arthur and Georgina Pratt. The family immigrated from London in the United Kingdom to…
George Gangen Ponnen
Gangen George Ponnen was born on 1 June 1913 in the district of Rooikopjes near Durban, in the then Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). His father…
Philemon Pearce Nokwe
As a child he grew up in a working-class environment - his father was a shoemaker - and attended primary schools in Evaton. He matriculated…
John Kgwana Nkadimeng
John Kgwana Nkadimeng was born in Sekhukhuniland in the rural eastern Transvaal in 1925 and after completing primary school he worked as a…
Lillian Masediba Ngoyi
Lillian Masediba Ngoyi was born in Pretoria in 1911 to a family of six children, and obtained her primary schooling in Kilnerton. She later…
Thambi Naransamy Naidoo
Narainsamy Thambi Naidoo, also known as “Naran” or “Roy.” was born in 1901 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) where the family…
Manonmoney "Ama" Naidoo
Manonmony Pillay was born in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 30 November 1908. Her family was originally from the Thanjavur district…
Narainsamy Thumbi Naicker
Born 4 April 1922 in Pinetown, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). Attorney prominent in the South African Indian Congress. He was active in Natal…
George Naicker
George Naicker, was one of six sons. He was born on 1 June 1919. He joined the Natal Indian Congress in 1941 and became an executive member…
Dr Gangathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker
Dr Gangathura Mohambry Naicker (more popularly known as Dr Monty Naicker) was the eldest son of Papiah Gangathura Naicker, a well-to-do…
Elias Phakane Moretsele
Little is known about Elias Moretsele's youth. At an early age he moved to Johannesburg where he joined the South African Native National…
Poomoney Moodley
Poomoney Moodley was born in Mooi River, Natal on 28 June 1926 to Ramsamy Dharamalingam Moodley and Kanniamah Moodley; who themselves were…