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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…
BiographyAnthony Sampson
… with then editor Jim Bailey, Sampson became editor of Drum magazine in Johannesburg. During this time, Sampson … On his return to Britain he joined 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…
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…
BiographyNgoako David Thebehali
… Soweto . His parents were among the earliest residents of Soweto. From 1945 to 1952 he was a pupil at St. Mary’s … (now St. Martin’s, Victoria) until 1955…
BiographyJames Matthews
… standard seven, Matthews began to work and held a variety of jobs, including newspaper boy, office messenger, clerk and telephonist. However, for Matthews,…
Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
… at the Centre for Adult Education (CAE) at the University of Natal (now University of KwaZulu-Natal). While at CSDS, she produced a manual on … In 1979,…
BiographyRuth Mompati
… Khanyesa in the North West Province . She was the daughter of Seli Seichoko and her father was Khaonyatse/Gaonyatse … Teachers’ Union. The issues then were…
BiographyRefiloe Jackie Phelile Sedibe
… Sedibe, in Barberton . Her uncle was an African National Congress (ANC) activist, he became her role model. Sedibe … fast-tracked for advanced training in…
BiographyPaul Ramotsoane Mosaka
… Fort Beaufort in the eastern Cape. He read for a Bachelor of Arts degree with the University of Fort Hare. While still studying, Mosaka became involved … to…
BiographyHilda Bernstein
… associated with the struggle for National Union of Distributive Workers. She was a member of the South African Labour Party League of Youth until 1940. ……
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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, …
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…
BiographyHarry Heinz Schwarz
… Growing up in a Jewish family, Schwarz witnessed the rise of the Nazi regime. He was subject to the Third Reich’s … Genoa, Italy. His father, Fritz, an anti…
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…
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,…
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…
ArchiveMinutes of the 42nd Annual Student Assembly of the National Union of South African Students, University of Natal, Durban, 3rd-14th July, 1966
… Minutes of the 42nd Annual Student Assembly of the National Union of South African Students, University of Natal, Durban. … Minutes of the 42nd Annual…
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…