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EventWinnie Mandela is dismissed from government
… parties as well as the African National Congress (ANC) and its aligned structures, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and ANC Youth League…
ArchiveElizabeth van der Heyden by Allison Drew
… In 1957 she joined the Athlone branch of the Teachers League of South Africa (TLSA), a NEUM affiliate. But the … public order or safety. The African National…
EventInkatha Freedom Party is formed
… caused by the banning of the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). It was the precursor … Party (IFP). Most of the founders of…
ArchiveNational Forum
… formed in June 1983 from organizations to the left of the ANC. They comprised Azapo, Azasm, Soya, Action Youth, Cape Action League and several others. …
Intersex South Africa (ISSA)
Intersex South Africa (ISSA) is an organization founded in 2010 by late activist Sally Gross. According to ISSA’s manifesto, the goals of their mission include…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 4: A Heritage trail through the provinces of South Africa
… rights of workers, and she was also an organiser of the ANC’s Women’s League. Her actions included participation in the Defiance …
References and links: Local History
… /showme.co.za/pretoria/tourism/tourist-attractions/the-1956-womens-march-to-the-union-buildings/ [Accessed: 12 January …
ArchiveLet our people go!
… open. List of demands for political prisoners. Issued by ANC Youth League. Black border. …
ArticleGertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… emotional. As a member of the African National Congress (ANC), Fester was charged for treason in 1988 and went to …
ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
… included protests by the African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL) in 1950, and the women's march to the Union … of pass laws Planning the 1960 anti…
EventThe PAC is formed
… multi-racial character of the African National Congress (ANC). They echoed the sentiments of Anton Lembede, one of the founders of the ANC Youth League …
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
… 1949 he briefly joined the African National Congress Youth League. He was expelled from the university in 1950 for his … to be negotiated. With the African…
ArchiveBiography of Ellen Kuzwayo by Laura Wilson, 3 May 2018
… women as full members into the African National Congress (ANC) in 1943, Kuzwayo’s beginning in political movements was … admission of women followed by the…
BiographyAbdul Samad Minty
… an important voice within the African National Congress (ANC) and its allies against South Africa’s nuclear weapons …
EventDipuo Peters is born
… and member of the National Executive Committee of the ANC Women's League, Elizabeth Dipuo Peters, was born in the Kimberley …
The start of mass campaigns
… Barbie Schreiner In 1948, the same year that I joined the ANC and the trade union the Nationalists won the election and … to talk about all of them. Also it…
ArchiveInterview with Ambrose Makiwane
… a student strike. At Fort Hare he became Chairman of the ANC Youth League branch, and in 1957 the president of the SRC …
BiographyPeter McKenzie Brown
… Forum, Brown was included in discussions with the exiled ANC leadership in Lusaka. In the 1990s Brown, a successful …
BiographyVernon Celliers Berrange
… as a tour operator as a cover to deliver weapons to the ANC. From Swaziland, Vernon Berrange was to charter a plane …
BiographyManilal Gandhi
… married political activist Mewa Ramgobin and served as an ANC member of Parliament from 1994 to 2004. …
BiographyFather Trevor Huddleston
… the highest award given by the African National Congress (ANC) to people who have made an outstanding contribution to …
ArticleAnti-Pass Campaign
… As we have seen, the Africanists, and the early Youth League before them, believed that the African rank and file … more advanced than their leaders. The…
ArticleRuth Robb and her involvement with Black Sash
… was first called The Woman’s Defense of the Constitution League and was started in Johannesburg. Back then, the … who was a member of the African National…
EventJoyce Kgoali dies
… (NEC) member of the African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL) and a Provincial Executive Committee member of the African National Congress (ANC) in…
EventCharlotte Maxeke dies
… social worker, politician and founder of the Bantu Women's League of South Africa, died in Johannesburg at the age of … be the President-General of the…
EventCalvin Thusago is stabbed to death
… injuries to his hands, arms and back. Members of the ANC Youth League turned over suspects in the killing to police the …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
… dissolution. February, At an African National Congress (ANC) meeting of 10 000 people, at Newtown Market Square, Dr … away from work to demonstrate support…
ArticleCongress of South African Students (COSAS)
… a clandestine member of the African national Congress (ANC) and was later to be convicted of furthering the aims of the ANC. At the time of its formation the…
BiographyNarriman Gadija Bazier Samuels
Narriman Gadija Bazier Samuels, affectionately known as "Ma G" throughout Mitchells Plain, grew up during the height of apartheid in South Africa. While her…
BiographyPetros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize (Mkize)
… Campaign organized by the African National Congress (ANC) and South African Indian Congress, when thousands of … shot dead by police[3] - and the subsequent…