Biographies
279 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0150859 | biography | Dr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy | 1958-2021 | ✓ |
| B-0150649 | biography | Rajes Pillay | 1944-2020 | ✓ |
| B-0141531 | biography | Peter Sexford Magubane | 1932-2024 | ✓ |
| B-0125869 | biography | Jessie Yasmin Duarte | 1953-2022 | ✓ |
| B-0124272 | biography | Sunny Girja Singh | 1939-2025 | – |
| B-0099279 | biography | Saleem Badat | 1957 | ✓ |
| B-0098414 | biography | Chris van Wyk | 1957-2014 | ✓ |
| B-0096463 | biography | Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan | 1949-2024 | ✓ |
| B-0095270 | biography | Indres Naidoo | 1936-2016 | – |
| B-0093814 | biography | Aaron Mosibudi Mangena | 1947 | ✓ |
| B-0093134 | biography | Nana Henrietta Moabi | 1938 | – |
| B-0087605 | biography | Isaac ‘Ike’ Osler Horvitch | 1920-2005 | – |
| B-0084124 | biography | Kasturba Gandhi | 1869-1944 | ✓ |
| B-0084103 | biography | Dr. Abu Baker Asvat | 1943-1989 | ✓ |
| B-0082944 | biography | Roy Padayachie | 1950-2012 | ✓ |
Dr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy
Dr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy was born in Durban on 1 September 1958. He was the youngest of four sons. The family resided in Sea Cow…
Rajes Pillay
Rajaluxmi Pillay (also known as Rajes) was born on 4 August 1944 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN). Her parents were…
Peter Sexford Magubane
Peter Sexford Magubane was born on January 18, 1932 in Vrededorp (now Pageview) Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He is one of South…
Jessie Yasmin Duarte
Jessie Yasmin Duarte was born on 19 September 1953, one of nine children, in Newclare, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) to Julie and…
Sunny Girja Singh
Sunny Girja Singh was born in Cato Manor (uMkhumbane), Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), in 1939 to a working-class family. His father,…
Saleem Badat
Dr Saleem Badat holds Bachelors and Honours degrees in the Social Sciences from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, a Certificate in Higher…
Chris van Wyk
Chris van Wyk was born at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Soweto, Johannesburg in 1957 and grew up in Newclare, before moving to Riverlea…
Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan
The contribution of Pravin Gordhan may never be truly understood and appreciated by millions of South Africans. For those of us who have…
Indres Naidoo
Indrasena (Indres) Elatchininathan Naidoo worked as a clerk and became the main support of the family after the death of his father…
Aaron Mosibudi Mangena
Aaron Mosibudi Mangena was born on 7th of August 1947 in Tzaneen, in the Northern Province (now Limpopo) to Tlodipyane Makwela and Tebele…
Nana Henrietta Moabi
Nana Henrietta Moabi (nee Radadi) was born in Lichtenburg, Western Transvaal (now North West Province) on 18 September 1938. She completed…
Isaac ‘Ike’ Osler Horvitch
Isaac 'Ike' Osler Horvitch was born on 9 October 1920, in Cape Town, South Africa. Ike Horvitch's politics were fashioned out of his family…
Kasturba Gandhi
Kasturba Kapadia was born on April 11 1869 in Porbandar, in present day Gujarat. She was the daughter of Gokuldas Makanji Kapadia, a…
Dr. Abu Baker Asvat
This article was written by Michelle Hayman and forms part of the SAHO Public History Internship The ‘People’s Doctor’ ‘He…
Roy Padayachie
Radhakrishna Lutchmana "Roy" Padayachie was born on 1 May 1950. He attended Tagore High School in Clairwood, Durban and then went to study…