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BiographyAbram Ramothibi Onkgopotse Tiro
… after the banning of the SASO/ Black Peoples Convention (BPC) leaders in 1973. In that same year, he was elected the … a leading role in the activities of…
BiographyBen Khoapa
… a result of his suspected involvement with the founding of BPC and the outbreak of the Durban strikes in that year. …
BiographyMthuli ka Shezi
… of the BCM affiliate, the Black People’s Convention (BPC). Through his writing, Shezi introduced his BCM ideas to …
BiographyAubrey Mokoena
… and the formation of the Black People’s Convention (BPC) and Black Communities’ Programme. At the insistence of … the links that they presumed existed…
ArchiveBanned ex-BPC man enters Wits 1982 B
… Banned ex-BPC man enters Wits 1982 B … Banned ex-BPC man enters Wits 1982 B …
Mashwabada Victor ''Castro'' Mayatula
… became an active member.At the founding conference of the BPC in July that year he was elected interim …
BiographyCyril Matamela Ramaphosa
… On his release he joined the Black People’ Convention (BPC) , holding posts on various committees. He obtained … with a Johannesburg firm of attorneys while…
BiographyKrishna Rabilal
… Merebank Community Centre (MCC), Black Peoples Convention (BPC) and the Natal Indian Congress (NIC). He was a founder … the national organiser of the Black…
BiographyPopo Molefe
… in South Africa, and joined the Black People’s Convention (BPC) in 1973 while still at school. The next year he joined …
BiographyVirginia Engel
… positions in various organisations. She was a Western Cape BPC delegate and attended a clinic facilitated by Dr. …
BiographyVesta Smith
… the Executive Committee of the Black People’s Convention (BPC). She was denied a passport by the South African …
BiographyDr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper
… At the launch of the Black People's Convention (BPC) in 1972 Cooper was elected as secretary. This forced him … of the NIC,Member of the BC movement,…
BiographyStrinivasa “Strini” Moodley
… assistance to SASO and the Black People's Convention (BPC). On 10 October 1974 he was arrested and detained in …
BiographyDullah Mohamed Omar
… limelight when he acted for the Black Peoples' Convention (BPC) and the South African Students' Organisation (SASO). His …
ArticleThe Crackdown on the Black Consciousness Movement in 1973
… they resolved to form the Black People’s Convention (BPC), which was launched in Edendale, Pietermaritzburg, Natal … filled many of the other official…
ArchiveBBC Goes to Bloemfontein
EventBBC reports demonstrations at a game ranch in SA
BBC News reported that hundreds of demonstrators have protested at a game ranch in South Africa over the ill-treatment of fourteen baby elephants from Botswana…
Black Peoples Convention - National Leadership
… Mphahlele B. A Khoapa - Executive Director D. LIST OF SASO/BPC TRIALISTS Sathsivani Cooper - BPC Public Relations Officer Maitshwe Nchaupe Aubrey Mokoape -…
BiographyFrank Alexander Landman
Raised in the close knit community of Dowerville, Port Elizabeth (P.E.), Frank was the youngest of three sons and the third of the six surviving children of a…
BiographyArthur Maimane
Arthur Maimane was born on 5 October 1932 in Pietersburg. He completed his matric at St Peter's College in Rosettenville, Johannesburg, which was also known as…
EventExecutive member of the Brits Action Committee (BAC),Abel Molokwane is murdered
Abel Molokwane (31), executive member of the Brits Action Committee (BAC), was shot dead in Oukasie, Western Transvaal by unknown gunmen. The BAC was formed to…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement Timeline 1903-2009
… result in the launch of the Black People’s Convention (BPC) in July 1972. July, Saso passes a resolution on Black … by white impresarios July, Black People’s…
ArchiveZuma rape case judge stands down (BBC News),13 February 2006
The judge presiding over the rape trial of South Africa's former Deputy President Jacob Zuma has said he is stepping down to protect the judiciary. Defence…
NBC aired BBC footage of the Ethiopian famine.
BiographyAndrew Clement Verster
Andrew Vester was born in Johannesburg in 1937. He obtained a National Diploma in Design (1959) from the Camberwell College of Art, London, and an Art Teacher…
ArchiveZuma's rape accuser questioned (BBC News), 07 March 2006
The woman accusing South African ex-Deputy President Jacob Zuma of rape is being cross-examined in court. The judge has agreed to the defence's request to…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)
… from the Soviet Union. In this context, the decision by BPC to establish a separate political formation was viewed … Mtintso arrived in Lesotho accompanied…
ArchiveCPC deserves support 1980 B
BiographyReverend Mcebisi Osman Xundu
The Reverend Mcebisi Osman Xundu was born on the 11 June 1934, at Engcobo, Transkei, one of seven children of Regina and Amos Xundu. He attended the local…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement (BCM)
… banned on 19 October 1977: Black People's Convention (BPC) South African Students' Organisation (SASO) South …