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BiographyAbdool Karrim Essak
… Ivan Stoller (later Advocate), Jennifer Heyman (later ANC) Bernard Berman, Jesse Berman, Leslie Martin, Andrew … early 1960s. This period coincided with the…
BiographyHorst Gerhard Hermann Kleinschmidt
… legal profession inside South Africa. The intention of the ANC was to build a united front between the underground and … state. From 1992 to 1994,…
EventBrett Kebble is shot dead
… Andile Nkuhlu, Kebble's business partner and member of the ANC Youth League, who was expecting Kebble at dinner, said that Kebble …
ArchiveLong live Ruth First by Gavin Williams, 17 August 2019
… of Race Relations on behalf of the Young Communist League and also with Mandela and Walter Sisulu of the ANC Youth League. She continued to differ from…
BiographySicelo Mhlauli
… Naude, Victoria Mxenge and Steve Tshwete. A message from ANC leader-in-exile Oliver Tambo was read to the tens of …
BiographyReverend Beyers Naudé
… 1987 he formed part of the Afrikaner group that met with ANC representatives in Senegal. After hearing F W de Klerk …
BiographyFort Calata
… the Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1936 to 1949. In 1956, when Fort was born, Canon …
ArchiveReminiscences of the Arrest of Fikile Bam & Marcus Solomon in 1963 by Roseinnes Phahle, August 2019
… his affiliation to the African National Congress (ANC). Back in South Africa in the aftermath of the 1960 … had declared a state of emergency. Leaders of the…
Freedom Charter sold out the dispossessed by Motsoko Pheko (The Sowetan), 2 Feb 2012
… THE present ANC is not 100 years old. It abandoned the fundamental objectives of the original 1912 ANC more than 50 years ago. In 1955, a section of the 1912…
Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
… 1960s witnessed attempts by the African National Congress (ANC) to establish infiltration routes back to South Africa … Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) , the military…
BiographyReggie Williams
… At the same conference, the African National Congress (ANC) also called for the nationwide boycott of all businesses …
Biographyde Villiers Graaff
… Klerk surrendered office to the African National Congress (ANC). After a few years, Smuts had handed over the UP …
BiographyPremanathan “Prema” Naidoo
… Plaatje Award for Best Branch received on behalf of the ANC Lenasia Branch at the national conference in Cape Town …
13 notable women in Cape Town’s history, 6 August 2015
… 1897 – 1 July 1963) founded the National Liberation League (NLL) in 1936 and served as the organisation’s first president. Along with the ANC, the NLL…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: Impact on the Indian Working class: the Growth of Indian trade unions
… as chairman, both members of the International Socialist League. In the same year the Indian Printers Union was … June 1916, a mass meeting was organised by…
PlaceZambia
On 24 October, 1964 Northern Rhodesia (now known as Zambia) gained independence from Britain with Kenneth Kaunda as the country’s first president, and…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… roll and gave them a communal franchise. At that time, the ANC had rejected the communal franchise, which, with the … of the Union and of the Natives Land…
Country Divided in Black and White by Holland Cotter, 1 July 2010
… afternoon tea at home with his wife. The Women’s Zionist League meets for a monthly discussion. A Dutch Reformed … keep Boksburg white. The progressive women…
ArticleChanging Perceptions of Nelson Mandela
… the group that formed the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) , a group that continuously pushed its parent … Due to his meteoric rise in the…
Interview with Harry Gwala conducted by Tony Karonat, January 1989, Dambuza Pietermaritzburg
… that he did a lot of work both in the trade unions and the ANC, it was after the Party was banned. In 1944, the Party … in the early SOs the municipal…
EventProtest against pass laws in Langa
… a fiery speech to the crowd Dora Tamana, a member of the ANC Women's League and later a founding member of the Federation of South …
Funeral arrangements afoot for Mama Dideka Mhlaba, 20 January 2010
… preparation for the funeral of African National Congress (ANC) veteran, Mama Dideka Mhlaba (85) - wife of the late Rivonia Treason trialist and ANC stalwart…
ArticleThe World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born
… and revolution.In the course of this unrest the Spartacist League led by Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht played a leading role. The Spartacist League was…
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… the national elections with the African National Congress (ANC) topping the list with 54 percent, while the National … Judge Johan Kriegler . The African…
Chapter 7 - Gumede keeps the bright fire burning, 1928-29
… As the first President-General to represent the ANC officially in Moscow, Gumede’s Russian hosts remained … undoubtedly very high. Many of the old guard…
EventFirst Egyptian woman to file for divorce under new law
In 2000, a 32 year old Egyptian housewife became the first woman to file for a divorce without having to prove physical or psychological abuse. Under Egypt’s…
ArticleMandela and the South African Communist Party
… way forward in light of the African National Congress’ (ANC) ban and the imposition of a state of emergency. Among … , Govan Mbeki , Mhlaba , Kotane and a…
EventThabo Mbeki, former President of SA, is born in Idutywa, Transkei
… was a prominent member of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape. The young Mbeki joined the ANC Youth League at the age of 14 and became…
BiographyMafika Pascal Gwala
… The leaders of BPC realized the potential for bringing ANC and PAC leaders into the wider BC movement. After careful negotiations between SASO, BPC, BC, ANC…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… The party then asked the African National Congress (ANC) to help, and party members Mofutsanyana and Gaur Radebe approached the ANC. Radebe, who was a member…