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BiographyJoseph (Joe) Mbuku Nhlanhla
… and its youth wing the ANC Youth League in 1957 and was elected onto the ANCYL's Transvaal executive a year later. … him to its Lusaka headquarters as…
BiographyGoolam Hoosein Ismail Pahad
… Whilst in India, he married Amina Tilley in 1933 and was elected in 1934 as Hon. Secretary of the Kholvad Madressa Anjiman Islamia, the … that position. He…
Cornelius Judah Fazzie
… Youth League (ANCYL) in East London in the late 1940s and secretary of the Cape Youth League during the 1952 Defiance … of the Africanist Bureau of African…
BiographyAziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad
… ANC’s Kabwe Conference in Zambia, in June 1985, Pahad was elected to the ANC’s National Executive Committee (NEC). … South Africa’s democratic elections in…
ArchiveThe ‘Hani Memorandum’ – introduced and annotated by Hugh Macmillan
… The ‘Hani Memorandum’ – introduced and annotated … The ‘Hani Memorandum’ – introduced and annotated by Hugh Macmillan …
BiographyNancy Graham Dick
… that she began to join the trade unions. She became the secretary of the Textile Workers Union, a position that … she never joined the South African…
EventDr Chris Barnard performs second heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital
… Renowned surgeon, Dr Chris Barnard, performed his second heart transplant … Dr Chris Barnard performs second heart transplant at Groote …
BiographyPopo Molefe
… the formation of the United Democratic Front (UDF). He was elected Secretary for the Transvaal region, and later served as … which had just been unbanned. In…
ArchiveWhat kind of ANC does the SACP want?
… What kind of ANC does the SACP want? …
ArchiveIs the SACP travelling in the right direction?
… Is the SACP travelling in the right direction? …
ArchiveThe SACP demands an affordable public transport system
… The SACP demands an affordable public transport system …
When Ho Chi Minh received the SACP delegation
… When Ho Chi Minh received the SACP delegation …
ArchiveSACP Webninar 2021: The SACP and Early Socialist Traditions, 27 July 2021
… SACP Webninar 2021: The SACP and Early Socialist Traditions, 27 July 2021 …
BiographyJan Gerritze Bantjes
… State , during the Great Trek in 1837. He was appointed secretary to the provisional Voortrekker administration which had been elected just before his…
BiographyMark Shope
… Mark Shope, SACTU General Secretary Mark Shope was born in 1919 in the Letaba district … Union in the years after World War II. In 1952 he was elected its…
Heart transplant pioneer Professor Chris Barnard is born in Beaufort West, CP.
… Heart transplant pioneer Professor Chris Barnard is born in Beaufort West, CP. … Heart transplant pioneer Professor Chris Barnard is born in Beaufort West,…
BiographyJ B Marks
… incident served only to steel his determination. He was elected to the Central Committee of the Communist Party in 1932 and eventually became Chairman of the…
BiographyAhmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada
… the World Youth Festival in Berlin in 1951 and was elected leader of the large multi-racial South African … to combat the Group Areas Act, and he was duly…
EventZach de Beer is elected as leader of the PFP
… year old executive of Anglo American, Dr Zach de Beer, was elected as leader of the anti-Apartheid Progressive Federal … Zach de Beer is elected as leader of…
BiographyGeorge Gangen Ponnen
… to Black workers on strike, Harry Rochlin, the first secretary of the Textile Workers Union in Natal, Jimmy … of the Party held a meeting at which Mike…
Lionel Morrison
… 1935, he became a clerk and a journalist. In 1955 he was elected secretary of the Cape Town branch of the South African … Journalist, Secretary of the Cape…
BiographyPious Goodman Mei
… an organiser for the Congress of the People and organising secretary of the African Textile Workers' Union, Goodman was elected to the Natal executive…
BiographyIndres Naidoo
… of the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress and he became Secretary in 1953. He was elected an Executive Committee member of the Transvaal Indian … in 1961 and…
EventGeneral Gamal Abdel Nasser is officially elected President of Egypt
… On 23 June 1956 General Gamal Abdel Nasser was officially elected President of Egypt. He had been the effective leader … General Gamal Abdel Nasser is…
BiographyTito Mboweni
… He served from 1999 to 2009 succeeding Governor Dr. Chris Stals. Accolades Tito Mboweni holds many prestigious … by the University of Natal in 2001. In 2002,…
BiographyNellie Jibiliza
… Congress Women’s League (ANCWL), and was subsequently elected as regional secretary. She also became deeply involved in the Federation … of South African…
BiographyAmina Cachalia
… when she was about twelve and it was Mervy Thandray, later secretary of the TIC, who became Amina’s mentor. When she was … , a dynamic member of the South…
BiographyKenneth Hlaku Rachidi
… branch of BPC, but in 1973 after the banning of the Secretary General and Vice Chairperson he became the national … Congress held the following year, Rachidi…
BiographySifiso Nkabinde
… of this. After the unbanning of the ANC, Nkabinde was elected Chairman of the organisation's Richmond branch. This was followed by his election as the…
BiographyTheresa Solomon
… activist from the 1970s to the 1990s before being elected Cape Town’s first black woman mayor from 1996 to … movement. Between 1976 and 1979, she worked as…