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BiographyStephen J.C. Dlamini
Stephen Dlamini was born in 30 November 1913 in Natal (KwaZulu-Natal). As a factory worker, Dlamini became a trade union member and rose through the ranks,…
BiographyVesta Smith
Vesta Smith (affectionately known as Ma Vee) was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 20 July 1922. Her father worked as a clerk at…
BiographyEdwin Cameron
Edwin Cameron was born on 15 February 1953 in Pretoria. He completed his schooling at Pretoria Boys’ High School and thanks to an Anglo-American Corporation…
BiographyIvan Toms
Ivan Toms was born in Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape) on 11 July 1953. He completed his medical degree at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in…
BiographyM. J. M. Williams Shope
M. J. M. Williams Shope was born in 1919 in the Letaba district of the northern Transvaal, he became a breadwinner for his family at an early age and received…
BiographyDaniel William Alexander
Daniel William Alexander was born on 23 December 1883 in Port Elizabeth, the son of a West Indian father and an African mother. Ordained as an Anglican…
BiographyGana Makabeni
Gana Makabeni was born in the Transkei. He attended a Communist night school and joined the Communist Party of South Africa (SACP) as a young worker in the…
BiographyMark Shope
Mark Shope, SACTU General Secretary Mark Shope was born in 1919 in the Letaba district of the Northern Transvaal, he became a breadwinner for his family at an…
BiographyAlois Mate
The Makoba’s Council was described as ‘a powerful and dangerous group of tribesmen.’ Alois Mate was considered to be ‘the brains of the Council although he…
BiographyAbednego Bhekabantu Ngcobo
Born in Natal in 1931, he studied at Adams College and Ohlange Institute, where he matriculated in 1950. After working some time in a Durban textile plant,…
BiographyH. A. Naidoo
H. A. Naidoo was born in Durban in 1915 and was recruited into the Communist Party in the mid-1930s by Edward Roux. He became an active trade unionist, and…
BiographyNaboth Monyandioe Moreleba Mokgatle
Naboth Monyandioe Moreleba Mokgatle was the eighth and youngest child of Setlhare Hebron Mokgatle, a skilled builder and carpenter, and Salome Mororo-Mokgatle…
BiographyAbdool Kader Hassim
Abdool Kader Hassim was born in Dundee, Northern Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) on 10th of November in 1934. Both his parents were born in India. He began schooling…
BiographyDora Taylor
Dora Taylor was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1899. At the age of six her mother died of tuberculosis. She was rejected by her father who regarded her as an…
BiographyJames Madhlope Phillips
James Philips was born in Sophiatown into a working class family on 11 December 1919. His father died while he was still young and this had negative socio…
BiographyIshwarlal Laloo Isu Chiba
Ishwarlal Laloo Isu Chiba was born on 5 November 1930 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa where he was also raised. His parents emigrated to…
BiographyHezekiel Sepeng
Hezekiel Sepeng was born on 30 June 1974 in Potchestroom, Western Transvaal. At primary school he began to show the natural talent of a good marathon runner. …
BiographySipho Samuel Hashe
Sipho Samuel Charles Hashe was born in Middledrift, Ngcabasa Village (Eastern Cape) in 1934. He relocated to Port Elizabeth in the 1950s. During this period…
BiographySibongile Susan Mkhabela
The youngest child of Mozambican immigrants, Sibongile (Bongi) Susan Mkhabela (nèe Mthembu) grew up in Zola, one of the poorest areas in Soweto, Transvaal…
BiographyWilliam George Ballinger
William George Ballinger was born on 21st of September in 1894 in Britain. In 1928 he was sent to South Africa by the British Independent Labour Party as an…
George John Golding
George John Golding was born in 1906 in Ladismith in the Cape, he attended Zonnebloem College and became a teacher and school principal in Oudtshoon,Heidelberg…
BiographyT W Thibedi
Before joining the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in the 1920s, Thibedi was a member of the International Socialist League in the Cape and, according…
BiographyYusuf Joe Jacobs
Yusuf (Joe) Jacobs was born in District Six, Cape Town on 17 September 1940. His father was Ismail Jacobs, a tailor. His paternal grandfather was Manan Jamie…
Speech by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the closing session of the Summit Meeting of Heads of State and Government of the Countries of the Non-Aligned Movement Durban, September 3, 1998.
Speech by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the closing session of the Summit Meeting of Heads of State and Government of the Countries of the Non-Aligned Movement Durban, September 3, 1998.
BiographyHalton Cheadle
Michael Halton Cheadle was born on 30 July 1949. He received a BA Honours and BProc from UNISA. Cheadle then completed a Bachelor of Law from Witwatersrand…
BiographyHannah Margaret Stanton
Hannah Margaret Stanton was born on 30 November 1913, Teddington, Middlesex, England. In 1956 she went out to visit her brother, Fr Tom Stanton CR, in South…
BiographyJohn Stephen Gomas
John Stephen Gomas was born on 8th April 1901 near Malmesbury in the Western Cape.He was the only child of divorced mother,he completed most of his school…
BiographyNyiko Floyd Shivambu
Nyiko Floyd Shivambu was born on 1 January 1983 in Malamulele, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo). He studied at Mphambo High School in Malamulele. In 2001, he…
BiographySarah Gertrude Holland
Sarah Gertrude Mary Christina Holland was born on 11 April 1952, in Durban. On 9 February 2010, Holland’s house was destroyed by a fire which claimed the lives…