Cassim Mohammed Bassa, estate agent, community leader and sport activist, died in his sleep in a hotel in Johannesburg, where he had been attending a meeting of the South African National Council for the Deaf.
eventREF E-0012513Revised
25 March 1983
Cassim Mohammed Bassa dies
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- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1, Pretoria: HSRC.
- 02who's who, Mohammed Bassa, from who's who southern africa, [online], Available at whoswho.co.za [Accessed: 24 March 2014]
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
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