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| B-0007920 | biography | Sarah Carneson | 1916-2015 | ✓ |
| B-0007921 | biography | Fred Carneson | 1920-2000 | ✓ |
| B-0007937 | biography | Janet Mary Cherry | 1961 | ✓ |
| B-0007955 | biography | Ernest Cole | 1940-1990 | – |
| B-0007957 | biography | Dr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper | 1950 | ✓ |
| B-0007958 | biography | Professor Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia | 1940-2023 | ✓ |
| B-0007963 | biography | Jeremy Patrick Cronin | 1949 | ✓ |
| B-0007970 | biography | Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo | 1909-1983 | ✓ |
| B-0007978 | biography | Bhawani Sannyassi Dayal | 1892-1950 | – |
| B-0007985 | biography | Frederik Willem de Klerk | 1936-2021 | ✓ |
| B-0007987 | biography | Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey | 1847-1914 | – |
| B-0007988 | biography | Patricia De Lille | 1951 | ✓ |
| B-0007991 | biography | Amina Desai | 1920-2009 | ✓ |
| B-0007997 | biography | Gille De Vlieg | 1940 | ✓ |
| B-0008011 | biography | Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma | 1949 | ✓ |
| B-0008013 | biography | Abdul Khalek Mohamed Docrat | 1915-2003 | ✓ |
| B-0008027 | biography | Patrick Baker Duncan | 1918-1967 | ✓ |
| B-0008047 | biography | Virginia Engel | 1950-2015 | ✓ |
| B-0008061 | biography | Walter Sidney Felgate | 1930-2008 | ✓ |
| B-0008069 | biography | Advocate Abram "Bram" Fischer | 1908-1975 | ✓ |
| B-0008070 | biography | Molly Fischer | 1908-1964 | ✓ |
| B-0008078 | biography | Lionel Forman | 1926-1959 | ✓ |
| B-0008089 | biography | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi | 1869-1948 | ✓ |
| B-0008090 | biography | Ela Gandhi | 1940 | ✓ |
| B-0008091 | biography | Manilal Gandhi | 1892-1956 | ✓ |
| B-0008102 | biography | Graham Goddard | 1956 | – |
| B-0008105 | biography | Denis Theodore Goldberg | 1933-2020 | ✓ |
| B-0008106 | biography | David Goldblatt | 1930-2018 | ✓ |
| B-0008113 | biography | Zainunnisa “Cissie” Gool | 1897-1963 | ✓ |
| B-0008116 | biography | Dr. Kesaveloo Goonaruthnum Naidoo (Dr Goonam) | 1906-1999 | ✓ |
BiographySarah Carneson
Sarah Rubin, later Carneson, was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) in 1916. Her parents were both immigrants; her father, Zelic Rubin, was…
BiographyFred Carneson
Fred Carneson was born on 13th January 1920 in Goodwood, Cape Town to Anthony and Annie Carneson, a poor Catholic working class family, the sixth of nine…
BiographyJanet Mary Cherry
Janet Mary Cherry was born in 1961 in Cape Town, where she was raised. Janet comes from a family committed to social justice. Her father, Robin, the Dean of…
BiographyErnest Cole
Ernest Cole was born on 21 March 1940 as Ernest Levi Tsoloane Kole, in Eersterust, Pretoria. He left school when Bantu Education was introduced, and…
BiographyDr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper
Sathasivian “Saths” Cooper was born on 11 December 1950 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa. He was the eldest child of Alimal and Appasamy…
BiographyProfessor Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia
Professor Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia was born in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal - KZN) on 2 August 1940. His grandparents had come to South Africa…
BiographyJeremy Patrick Cronin
Jeremy Patrick Cronin was born on 12 September 1949 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He grew up in Cape Town, the son of a naval officer who died when…
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo played an outstanding role in the South African liberation movement for over half a century - in persuading the Indian community to link…
BiographyBhawani Sannyassi Dayal
Bhawani Sannyassi Dayal was the son of the Jariam Singh, a former President of the Transvaal Indian Association. He received his early education at St Cyprian…
BiographyFrederik Willem de Klerk
Frederik Willem de Klerk was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 18 March 1936. F.W. de Klerk grew up in a political family, with both his father…
BiographyJacobus Herculaas de la Rey
Jacobus Hercules de la Rey was the sixth child of Adrianus Johannes and Adriana (van Rooyen). He was born near Winburg on 22 October 1847. After the Battle of…
BiographyPatricia De Lille
Patricia de Lille, a South African politician, was born the 17 February, 1951 in Beaufort West to Henry and Gertrude Lindt. She is the third of seven children…
BiographyAmina Desai
When her husband, Suliman Mohammed Desai, a Transvaal Indian Congress activist died in 1969, Amina Desai took over the running of his business.Political…
BiographyGille De Vlieg
Gille de Vlieg was born Gillian Ruth Hemson in Plymouth, England in 1940 during a Nazi bombing raid on the city. After losing their home in a later bombing…
BiographyNkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was born on 27 January 1949. She received her secondary education at Amanzimtoti Training College until 1967 and began her tertiary…
BiographyAbdul Khalek Mohamed Docrat
Docrat was born in the village of Kathor, India on 15 September 1915. His grandfather was a pioneering businessman who traded in Burma and South Africa. Upon…
BiographyPatrick Baker Duncan
A controversial White champion of African rights, Patrick Duncan played a conspicuous role in opposition politics for over a decade, attracting notice from the…
BiographyVirginia Engel
Virginia Engel was born on 27 April 1950 in Cape Town. She married Desmond Engel and they have three daughters, Tania, Kim and Liza. Her exposure to apartheid…
BiographyWalter Sidney Felgate
Walter Sidney Felgate was born on 19 November 1930 in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng). Felgate graduated from Pretoria Boys High School in 1949. He studied…
BiographyAdvocate Abram "Bram" Fischer
Advocate Abram "Bram" Fischer was born on 23 April 1908 in the Orange Free State. He was born into a prominent Afrikaans family, son of Percy Ulrich Fischer,…
BiographyMolly Fischer
Susanna Johanna Fischer (nee Krige) was born on the 23rd of February, 1908 on the family’s smallholding in Silverton, near Pretoria. Her father, P.S. ‘Tottie’…
BiographyLionel Forman
Born in 1926 in Rosettenville Forman was a barrister and a journalist. He was author of the first book on the trial, 'You Can Hang For Treason'. Forman headed…
BiographyMohandas Karamchand Gandhi
*Note: The focus of this biography is on Gandhi's life and times in South Africa. Early life and education Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born to a…
BiographyEla Gandhi
Ela Gandhi was born in 1940 in Phoenix Settlement in the Inanda district, KwaZulu Natal. Indians, Coloured, Whites and Africans lived here in harmony although…
BiographyManilal Gandhi
Manilal Gandhi was born on 28 October 1892 in Rajkot, India, the second son of Kasturba and Mohandas Gandhi. He had three brothers, with whom he first came to…
BiographyGraham Goddard
Graham Goddard was born in 1956 in Woodstock, Cape Town. His parents were factory workers in the Woodstock/Salt River area. Goddard lived most of his life on…
BiographyDenis Theodore Goldberg
Denis Theodore Goldberg was born on 11th April 1933 in Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape). His parents, Sam and Annie, had both been born in London,…
BiographyDavid Goldblatt
David Goldblatt, one of South Africa’s most famous documentary photographers, is internationally acclaimed for his work. The grandson of Lithuanian-Jewish…
BiographyZainunnisa “Cissie” Gool
Zainunnisa “Cissie” Gool was born in Cape Town in 1897. One of South Africa's most popular and renowned female political leaders, her father was the prominent…
BiographyDr. Kesaveloo Goonaruthnum Naidoo (Dr Goonam)
Dr Kesaveloo Goonaruthnum Naidoo (Dr Goonam) was born in 1906 in Durban. She grew up in Grey Street, with three brothers and three sisters. Along with her…