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BiographyFlorence Elizabeth Mnumzana
… on the other. She joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1952 at the beginning of the Defiance Campaign . … small family, at the same time, she was…
ArticleWomens Rights
… Womens Rights …
ArchiveANC Women’s League: South African Women March To Freedom! By SPEAK, June 1990, Johannesburg
… ANC Women’s League: South African Women March To Freedom! By SPEAK, June …
ArchiveANC Youth League in the 1990s
… Youth Section Secretariat regarding launching the youth league and formulating a Provisional Constitution of the ANC Youth League. … ANC Youth League in the…
ArticleUnited Women’s Congress (UWCO)
… (FEDTRAW) . Ongoing project in commemoration of the 1956 womens' march against pass laws …
BiographyGertrude Shope
… old she decided to join the African National Congress (ANC) , and soon afterwards left teaching as part of the … Shope got to know Bram Fischer very well,…
BiographyBertha Gxowa (Mashaba)
… Signing up to join the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) during the anti-Bantu education campaign … parties, Bertha was called upon to re…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) was established on 2 April 1944, by Anton … boycotts, strikes and other defiance tactics. In 1949, the ANC…
BiographyPamela dos Santos (nee Beira)
… calling for support for the African National Congress (ANC) and its leaders, their release from prison and a … her book ‘If this be treason’ and worked for…
ArchiveANC Womenss League : National Conference Ral
… Black, green and yellow poster. ANC Women's League Logo. White and black lettering. Rally at Galeshewe … ANC Womenss League : National Conference Ral …
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
… involved even before then through the Bantu Women’s League in 1931. This was the start of women promoting their … officially allowed into the African…
ArticlePAC’s African Women’s Organisation
… fully conscious of their conditions. The African Women's league was formed in April 1986 in Katlehong and has ever …
BiographyNosipho Dorothy Ntwanambi
… Deputy President of the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL), was an African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee (NEC) member…
BiographyMary Goitsemang Ranta
… Union . She joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1948, was elected to the Transvaal executive of the ANC Women’s League in 1954, and in 1955…
BiographyFaith Nonhlanhla Mazibuko
… In her youth, she was a member of the Soweto Students League (SSL), Soweto Youth Congress (SOYCO), Young Christian … Branch and was re-elected as an African…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March, Pretoria, 9 August
… present their point of view. The request was refused. The ANC then sent Helen Joseph and Bertha Mashaba on a tour of … the main urban areas, accompanied by…
Winnie Mandela resigns from the Executive of both the ANC and the Organisation’s Women’s League.
… Winnie Mandela resigns from the Executive of both the ANC and the Organisation’s Women’s League. …
ArchiveA Long And Difficult Road Ahead: Building The ANC Women’s League by SPEAK, 1991 – 1994, Johannesburg
… A Long And Difficult Road Ahead: Building The ANC Women’s League by SPEAK, 1991 – 1994, Johannesburg …
The International Socialist League (ISL)
… The International Socialist League (ISL) was formed in September 1915. It was created by … socialists and other progressives began the War on War League…
ArticleWomen’s Revolts in Natal: 1959
Most people credit the abolition of apartheid to many organisations and leaders, such as the African National Congress and Nelson Mandela. It is, however,…
Women’s National Coalition
ArticleUDF Women’s Congress
ArticleBlack Women’s Federation
In 1973, Natal women formed a federation of Black women after Fatima Meer returned from the USA, where Black American women were moved by the problems faced by…
ArticleThe Women’s Charter
Adopted at the Founding Conference of the Federation of South African WomenJohannesburg, 17 April 1954. The Charter expressed the philosophy and aims of the…
Women’s Resistance Against the Pass Laws
… During its long history of struggle, the ANC has always been in the vanguard of the struggle against … formed in 1954, and the African National Congress…
ArticleWomen’s resistance in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… gave way to the 1960s the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) both announced plans … hundreds of arrests were made and in…
EventCharlotte Maxeke, politician and founder of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa, is born
… in political activities in the African National Congress (ANC). She co-founded the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa, later renamed the ANC Women’s League…
ArchiveDe Klerk Stop The Violence! ANC Women’s League Takes Mass Action by SPEAK, May 1991, Johannesburg
… De Klerk Stop The Violence! ANC Women’s League Takes Mass Action by SPEAK, May 1991, Johannesburg …
BiographyRuth Mompati
… husband was a member of the African National Congress (ANC) . From 1953 to 1961 she worked as a typist for Nelson … law practice in Johannesburg. In 1954,…
ArchiveThe Women’s League: A Fighting Force! by SPEAK, 1991, Kimberley
… The Women’s League: A Fighting Force! by SPEAK, 1991, Kimberley …