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BiographyJohannes Nkosi
A martyr for the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA and SACP after 1953), was the son of Jacobina Nkosi (no details of his father could be traced). Nkosi…
BiographyAudrey ‘Bobbie’ Cobden
… her involvement in anti-apartheid politics became her main focus. In the late 1950s, Cobden worked for the …
EventUN concerned about Fischer’s arrest
… to life imprisonment in May 1966. Click here to read a chronology of the United Nations and Apartheid Source: … L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political…
BiographyPoonoosamy Ruthnam Pather
… as the leading promoter of the Agreement was the main target of all the criticisms. During the negotiations … (UN). The meeting began on 23 October 1946 with…
BiographyJoseph Fansio Mati
… was also involved in organising bus boycotts, but Mati’s main focus, as he stated in Coetzee, Gilfillan and Hulec …
ArchiveProfile, Namibia
… .Booklet discussing: basic facts, churches, resources, chronology, political development and economic situations. …
Conflict among civic organisations
… residing near Koeberg nuclear power station in the late 1970s. After finding employment at the plant which was still … the third was concentration of…
BiographyJanet Mary Cherry
… and the International Centre on Human Rights Policy. Her main areas of research are human rights, democratic …
BiographyAlex la Guma
… violent response to the system. In A Walk in the Night the main character is depicted as … nursing a little growth of …
ArchiveReport on public conduct during township protests
… 1984, It also includes the pamphlet including chronology and testimonials by Yusuf Veriava and Abubakr …
ArticleSouth African Student Organisation (SASO)
… whites could play a role in the liberation of Blacks. “The main thing was to get black people to articulate their own … so many held different views. Towards…
ArchiveSummary of activities taken against the Christian Institute and Spro-Cas between August 1973 and January 1974
… Chronology of the Commission of Enquiry into Certain …
ArchiveWe will not move: the struggle for Crossroads
… support speeches, police statements, legal documents, chronology and a bibliography …
EventManilal Gandhi leads a resistance group across the Natal
… to three months hard labour. See our Defiance Campaign chronology and our feature on the History of Indians in South …
ArticleGrade 12 - Topic 3 - Civil Society protests 1950s to 1990s
… GRADE 12 Topic 3: Civil society protests 1950s to 1970s Online Resource: … .za/resources/history/grade-12/civil-society-protests-1950s-1970s [Accessed 25…
EventFour Indian leaders are sentenced under Terrorism Act
… J. A. et al (1999). Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to …
EventA Cape Passive Resistance Council is formed
… in South Africa. Source: http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/chronology/special-chrono/defiance-campaign.htm …
EventFifth banning order for Albertina Sisulu
… L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to …
BiographyRick Turner
… of a break with his orientation in the commission, whose main drivers – among them Halton Cheadle, Charles Nupen , … colonised people in a manner that would…
EventDraft laws are gazetted
… J. A. et al (1999). Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to …
EventPresident Mandela reshuffles Cabinet Ministers
… L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to …
BiographyAnna Johanna Dorothea De Villiers
… since 1951. For some time she has been a member of the main board of the Afrikaanse Taalbond. Five times she was …
BiographyZwelinzima Joseph Vavi
… as the trade union federation’s secretary general. The main reason for Vavi’s dismissal from Cosatu was his failure …
BiographyDavid Bruce
David Bruce received a call-up notice from the South African Defence Force (SADF) in July 1987. His choices were two years in the army, exile, or six years in…
BiographyWilliam Andrew ‘Willie’ Hofmeyr
… Parliament in 1994 where he served until 1999 [xxv] . His main involvement was on the Justice Portfolio Committee, …
BiographyImam Abdullah Haron
… In 1968 he undertook a journey to Mecca with the main objective of reviewing his relationship with the PAC and …
EventUN Special Committee releases its report
… Click here to read United Nations and Apartheid Chronology. Sources: South African History Online …
EventZwelakhe Sisulu is arrested
… L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to …
EventThe Democratic Party is founded
… L.E.(eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key events from independence to mid-1997, …
EventHeroic act by boer soldier Windvogel
… Source: Cloete, P.G. (2000). The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology , Pretoria: Lapa. …