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Three commandos under the newly appointed Combat General Viljoen, attack about 4 650 British soldiers with twenty field guns an
Following the interim Schlebusch report tabled earlier the day, banning orders under the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950 a
UK students start a campaign to force British universities and colleges to divest up to R650m in South Africa.
Three commandos under the newly appointed Combat General Viljoen, attack about 4 650 British soldiers with twenty field guns an
Three commandos under the newly appointed Combat General Viljoen, attack about 4 650 British soldiers with twenty field guns an
Three commandos under the newly appointed Combat General Viljoen, attack about 4 650 British soldiers with twenty field guns an
US Marines evacuate 900 civilians from Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, wracked by looting and violence after a military
ArchiveIndian Opinion Vol.50 No.40 and No.41 Oct 1952
BiographyEbrahim Ismail Ebrahim
Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim was born in Durban on 1st July in 1937, the second of five children. When he was a few months old Ebrahim's mother became ill and he…
Document 50 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: The Trade Union Question (No division On this question) (1934)
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 50 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: The Trade Union…
Masango Caleb job Mayekiso
Masango Caleb Job Mayekiso was born 1913 in Idutywa Transkei. He was a factory worker in Port Elizabeth.He was a genuine working-class leader.In 1940's…
BiographySantu Mofokeng
Born in 1956, Mofokeng grew up in and around Soweto (Johannesburg), spending most of his childhood in Orlando East. Mofokeng’s initial experiences with…
BiographyMary Goitsemang Ranta
Ranta was born in 1922 and grew up in the Pretoria area. After leaving school, she worked as a ‘tea girl’ at the Pretoria mint, and later took employment as a…
BiographyFather Trevor Huddleston
Father Trevor Huddleston was born on 15 June 1913 in Chaucer Road, Bedford, England to Ernest Huddleston and his wife. Soon after, the family moved to Golders…
BiographyDaniel Cornelis Boonzaier
Born in Patatsrivier, Carnarvon District, Cape, 1865 and died in Cape Town in 1950. D.C. Boonzaier was a SASA member, but there is no surviving record of…
BiographyPoomoney Moodley
Poomoney Moodley was born in Mooi River, Natal on 28 June 1926 to Ramsamy Dharamalingam Moodley and Kanniamah Moodley; who themselves were children of Indian…
BiographyYusuf Cachalia
Yusuf Cachalia was born in Johannesburg on 15 January 1915. A leading figure in the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) in the 1940s and 1950s, who was…
BiographyLauretta Ngcobo
Lauretta* (1) Ngcobo was born and brought up in a rural area of Kwazulu Natal called Ixopo. She is well known as a feminist writer during the early 50’s…
BiographyLorna Peirson
She was born in Beckenham, London. The family emigrated to South Africa in 1927. She obtained a BA(FA) in 1950 from UN(P). From 1941 to 1950 she taught at…
BiographyStanley Basil Lollan
Stanley Basil Lollan was born in Johannesburg in 1925, he became one of the few significant coloured activists in the Transvaal in the 1950s. A clerk by…
Address at 90th brthday celebration, by Nelson Mandela, 25 June 2008, London United Kingdom
Friends, thank you for joining us here this evening, and your support for our causes. It is a great privilege having been able to travel here in our 90th year…
BiographyTamsanqa Tasque Tshume
Stalwart of the Cape African National Congress in the 1950s. He was born in 1925 in Port Elizabeth, and inherited the political inclinations of his two uncles,…