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BiographyJerry Dibanhlele Khumalo
… in Germiston and Wolmaransstad. He was active in the African National Congress (ANC) as a Freedom Volunteer in … organiser at the Congress of the People in…
BiographyAnthony Sampson
… the editorial staff of The Observer , where he worked from 1955-6. Sampson also wrote a book about Drum in 1955 entitled Drum: A Venture Into The New Africa …
BiographyLeo Linda Sihlali
… the programs and activities of the NEUM. Through the Cape African Teachers Association (CATA), he fought to integrate … he also served as President of the…
BiographyRahima Moosa
… with the Transvaal Indian Congress and thereafter the African National Congress as the Congress and the ANC had signed a pact for a common struggle. In 1955…
BiographyEric Miller
… Eric Miller was born 19th of May 1955 in Cape Town. He grew up in Johannesburg. After … rights and social development. He has worked in over 26 African…
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
… at Marikana, North West Province. 1913 A strike of 9000 African miners takes place at Jagersfontein Diamond mine, … employees join in brutally suppressing…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 4: Turning points in modern South African History since 1948
… have been selected to gain a deeper understanding of South African History. These key turning points in South African … Nationally, pupil:teacher ratios went…
BiographyIsmail Chota Meer
… of the “ Doctors’ Pact ” of 1947 between Dr AB Xuma of the African National Congress (ANC), Dr Yusuf Dadoo of the … with respect to the drawing up of the…
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… 1877 The first biography ever written about a black South African was published. It was written by John A. Chalmers on … his master). 1883 Olive Schreiner's…
BiographyPeter Hlaole Molotsi
… High School in Kroonstad. His teachers at Bantu High, all African, had a most profound influence on him. They taught … the ANC. Molotsi became the editor of…
BiographyMichael Davis
… Michael Davis was born in 1955 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). On completing … Davis served his compulsory one-year call-up in the South African…
BiographyHelen Joseph
… worker, exposed her to some of the realities of South African life. After the war she took a job with the Garment … and Anna Scheepers. Helen was a founder…
BiographyRas Thomas Mokoka
… [now North West Province] was banished on 19 December 1955 to Driefontein Native Trust Farm, Vryburg, [Western] … “inimical to the peace, order and good…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions 1994 - 2014
… In 1990, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP ) formed an…
The African Resistance Movement (ARM): An Organisational History
… on 21 March 1960. Political movements such as the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist … detention, Monty Berman, a former member of the…
South African Prime Ministers from the National Party
… South African Prime Ministers from the NP (equivalent to the … of government) was known simply as the President. South African State Presidents from the NP…
ArticleAfrican Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
… The African People’s Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA) … Roos as spokesperson for a group that included the South African Coloured People’s…
BiographySister Bernard Ncube
… Lesotho , where she received a diploma in Theology and in 1955 she entered the Companions Catholic Order, thereafter … as a member of the National Executive…
ArticleSouth African Association of Art Historians (founded 1984)
… Who is SAAAH? About SAAAH The South African Association of Art Historians (SAAAH), founded in … is committed to the pursuit of these aims for the South…
BiographyHelen Newton Thompson
… women comrades. Her political activism started on 19 May 1955, while having tea with five of her white English … “An historical analysis of aspects of the…
Presidential Address to the Eighth Annual Conference Of The Natal Indian Congress, Durban, March 25, 1955
… Of The Natal Indian Congress, Durban, March 25, 1955 …
BiographySatyandranath “Mac” Maharaj
… Student Call, from1955-56. Maharaj completed his BA in 1955. In 1956 the 'Non-European' section of the university … Vula. Following the unbanning of the ANC…
ArticleA History of the South African Film Industry timeline 1895-2003
… On 14 October, three days after the declaration of South African (Anglo-Boer) War, W.K.L. Dickson (who had perfected … Diamond Robbery was released. It was…
BiographyAudrey ‘Bobbie’ Cobden
… outbreak of the Second World War , she joined the South African army as a truck driver, driving all over the country … understand the reasons behind the…
BiographyDr. Wilson Zamindlela "Zami" Conco
… rose to become Luthuli's second-in-command in the Natal African National Congress (ANC)in the 1950s,and a defendant … as acting treasurer of the ANC. Several…
ArticleHistory of South African National Orders and Awards
… became part of the new culture that informs a South African rebirth. The new National Orders have been conceived … History of South African National Orders…
BiographyCaesarina Kona Makhoere
… Caesarina Kona Makhoere was born near Pretoria in 1955. Her father was a policeman and her mother worked as a … where two-thirds of the teachers were members…
BiographyFrances Baard
… came to Port Elizabeth to expand the membership of the African Food and Canning Worker's Union. She was the recruit … local secretary, thats where she came…
South African Congress of Democrats Founding Conference
… South African Congress of Democrats Founding Conference …
List of the South African Constitution negotiators
… List of the South African Constitution negotiators …