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ArchiveFifty seven years of NUSAS - Have we learned our lessons?
… Critical overview of history of the National Union of South African Students in which the … the many successes. Paper presented at the 59th Annual Congress…
BiographyMohamed Farouk Asvat
… and 1978; and nominated an Amnesty International "Prisoner of Conscience" during this period. He was denied a passport … the apartheid regime; and then from…
EventDisclosure of 1982 SA
… Disclosure of 1982 SA-Swaziland pact It is disclosed that South Africa … Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from…
BiographyJohnstone Mfanafuthi Makhathini
… on to pursue further studies part time at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Makhathini joined politics and devoted his time to organizing the people as an…
BiographyWilliam Frederick Nkomo
… born in Makapanstad near Pretoria in 1915. He was the son of a Methodist minister, Abraham Nkomo, and attended primary … Hare). He also obtained his BA…
Speech by Oliver Tambo on the occasion of the award of an honorary Doctorate to Nelson Mandela by the Karl Marx University of the German Democratic Republic, 11 November 1987, Leipzig
… Comrade Professor Doctor Rathmann, esteemed rector of Karl Marx University, Members of the Central Committee of … comrades and friends, On behalf of the…
BiographyJeffrey Thamsanqa Radebe
… In 1958, his family was evicted to KwaMashu, north of Durban. He enrolled at the University of Zululand to study law. On campus he joined the Black … the…
BiographyNomhlangano Beauty Mkhize
… to Meadowlands in Soweto, Transvaal, at the hands of the apartheid government’s 1954 Natives Resettlement Act … – a founding member of the South African…
BiographyWilliam Sinclair Winship
… in 1953 and a Master’s Degree in 1962 at the University of Cape Town. Since the completion of his studies, Winship … of Child Abuse and Neglect, as well as…
Edendale and the birth of the ANC, 06 January 2012
… is a number that ought to be deeply etched in the minds of all Africans. For during 1912 achievement parted ways with … political body called the South…
BiographyJosie Palmer
… Potchefstroom in 1921. ‘Palmer’ is the anglicised version of her father’s Zulu name, ‘Mpama’. She would later adopt the … be with her husband, Edwin…
South Africa agrees to negotiate the future of the control of the enclave of Walvis Bay and several islands off the coast of Na
… South Africa agrees to negotiate the future of the control of the enclave of Walvis Bay and several islands off the coast of Na …
Remarks of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the Celebration of National Heritage Day, Galeshewe, Kimberley, 24 September 2004
… Remarks of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the Celebration of National Heritage Day, Galeshewe, Kimberley, 24 September …
Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, monarch of the British Empire (thus also of the Union of SA at the time), is born at
… Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, monarch of the British Empire (thus also of the Union of SA at the time), is born at …
EventWalter Sisulu arrested under the Suppression of Communism Act
… the ANC in 1940. He was elected to the executive committee of the ANC Youth League in 1944 and in 1949, was instrumental in the ANC's adoption of the Youth…
Nikiwe Deborah Matshoba
… Gauteng , in December 1950. She was the second eldest of four daughters and a brother. Her father was the nephew of Samuel Matshoba, an adviser to Gijima,…
BiographyCarl Niehaus
… education at Rand Afrikaans University (RAU). A student of theology, Niehaus was months away from his final exams in … and in July 1980 Niehaus joined the…
BiographyBertha Gxowa (Mashaba)
… Bertha Gxowa was born on the 28th of November 1934, in Germiston Location where she spent her … Primary School and then the Public Secondary School, both of…
BiographyEla Gandhi
… and iron house where she lived in for the first six years of her life. Her father later built a dwelling out of bricks. … at the university. In the 1970's…
EventThe Black Consciousness Movement of Azania is formed in London
… Following the waning of the influence of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), members of the … other liberation movements such as the African National…
Vusi Mahlasela
… high school. He started off by playing cover versions of popular songs until his late teens when he began to write … in his late teens, having been exposed…
BiographyElmon Malele
… in 1943, and stayed in Alexandra township. He was one of the residents forcibly removed by the apartheid regime to … Moroka Emergency Camp. Malele joined the…
Celebrating 62 years of struggle, 10 September 2006
… On the 10th of September each year, the ANC Youth League celebrates its … and create jobs", underpinning the broad analysis of the challenges of the day. We…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of 1956 Women’s March: Union Buildings, Tshwane, 9 August 2006
… Ntombazana Botha and Barbara Creecy, Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Your Excellency, Vice-President of the…
BiographyVirginia Engel
… in politics at Livingstone High School , where several of her teachers were involved in the Unity Movement and the … Affairs Department (Anti-CAD) activities…
BiographyBuzwe Stanley Mabizela
… Stanley Mabizela was born in 1934, 7th of March in Port Elizabeth, joined the liberation struggle … by his father to Mariazel in the Transkei, near the…
BiographyStephanie Kemp
… in the South African War, worked as a principal of the Swartland Laerskool. Her cousins were members of the Afrikaner Broederbond . Her mother came from a … …
Toast Remarks of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, in honour of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, H E Alhaji Umara Musa Yar’adua: Tuynhuys, Cape Town, 3 June 2008
… Toast Remarks of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, in honour of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, H E …
Address by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the closing event of the celebration of Ten Years of Freedom, Athlone Stadium, Cape Town, 11 February 2005
… Address by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the closing event of the celebration of Ten Years of Freedom, Athlone Stadium, …
EventPixley Seme, lawyer, journalist and co-founder of SANNC is born
… in Natal (now kwaZulu Natal). Seme was a founding member of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) in 1912, which was renamed the African…