Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(S.Afr.) a generic name for the stereotypical Jewish capitalist (esp. as based in Johannesburg); thus Hoggie.

c.1895		in G. Viney Col. Houses (1987) 142 : I’ll marry Hoggenheimer of Park Lane / And ev’ry one that sees me will explain That I’m Mrs Hoggenheimer of Park Lane.] [DSAE].
1908		Putnam’s Mag. 125: And yet it is England that has given to the world in the immortal Hoggenheimer a type of ‘the mere money-making machines’ .
1934		Sun. Times (Jo’burg) 25 Feb. (Swart) n.p.: That the leopard cannot change its spots — which is equivalent to saying that Dr. Malan cannot abandon his racialism — is shown by his current references to Parasites, Hoggenheimers and fusion [DSAE].
1943		‘John Burger’ Black Man’s Burden 238: He is fanatical in his anti-semitism, and [...] blames the Jews for both communism and capitalism. The name of ‘Hoggenheimer’, or ‘Hoggie’ for short, and the political cartoonists depict a fat Jew dictating to the Government [DSAE].
1951		M. Ardizzone Mistaken Land 123: Hoggenheimer, his favourite figure of fun, has the blood of Israel.
1967		R. Horowitz Political Economy of S. Afr. 4: He was to Afrikanerdom the lackey of British imperalism as much as the handmaiden of Hoggenheimer, that cartoon conception of profit-seeking.
1972		L. Herrman in Standard Encyc. of Southern Afr. V 559 : Hoggenheimer symbolised foreign capitalist exploitation and the less admirable aspects of acquisitive imperialism. The character first appeared as ‘Hoggenheimer of Park Lane’ in the musical comedy The girl from Kays, produced on 15 Nov. 1902 at the Apollo Theatre in London, running for 432 performances [DSAE].
1980		J.A. Michener Covenant 638: ‘Who’s Hoggenheimer?’ Detlev asked. ‘The Jew who owns the mines.’.
1995		G.H. LeMay Afrikaners 239: The choicer suburbs of Johannesburg, for so long regarded as the lair of Hoggenheimer, his co-conspirators and other enemies of the Volk.