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BiographyDr Nomava Eslinah Shangase
… participated actively in the struggle for the rights of African nurses, having suffered the indignities of racial discrimination herself. In 1962, the…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu and the organisations she was connected to
… ● Federation of South African Women The Defiance Campaign of 1952 would catapult … townships to become more politically aware and active. In 1955, FEDSAW…
BiographyGraham Goddard
… Stevens and Appolis invited him to a meeting of some South African photographers. This meeting was to discuss … For Vulmani and Afrapix (which is now housed…
EventDetectives testify against members of the ANC and the Congress Alliance in the infamous Treason Trial
… On 18 February 1960, South African Police (SAP) detectives continue to give evidence at … for having taken part in the Congress of the People in 1955,…
BiographyPeter Nkutsoeu Raboroko
… finish them. In 1935 he became president of the Transvaal African Students' Association and also joined the African National Congress (ANC). He was in the…
BiographyDerrick Vusimusi Nxumalo
… as a gardener on the Berea in Durban. He first went to the African Art Centre, Durban in 1985 where he received … has received various commissions…
BiographyJonathan Clegg
… emigrated to South Africa after her marriage to a South African journalist who worked as a crime reporter. His mother … worlds, the rural and the urban. The…
BiographySimon Petros (Peter) Matseke
… as a driver for the Boer commandos during the South African War. During his time there he learned to speak High … Middelburg, Transvaal, where he also…
BiographyAlec Erwin
… was also a visiting lecturer at the Centre of Southern African Studies at the University of York for a year between … group of White activists from the…
Henry Reed Ngcayiya
… North. In the 1890s he was ordained as a minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC), but after a split … political involvement started shortly…
BiographyGeorge Hallett
… and Guilds of London. He freelanced for the famous South African magazine Drum, but the politics of segregation made … moved to London where he made contact…
BiographyJoseph Booth
… unorthodox approach to mission work and his schemes for African self-help and advancement eventually created friction … around 1903 as an alleged supporter…
BiographyGuy Tillim
… Town in 1983, Tillim joined Afrapix, a collective of South African photographers, in 1986, and since then has seen his … His work has been included in many…
PlaceSutelong a township in the West of Mortele, Pretoria
… North-West, South Africa. People Percentage: Black African people are 4,044 making up 99.85% of population. Indian or Asian are 5 people. White is 1 person. …
BiographySipho Gumede
… explored the possibilities of mixing jazz and traditional African music. In 1982 he joined Khaya Mhlangu and together … Places, was released. The next year,…
BiographyBenjamin S. Rajuili
… a B.A. degree. After teaching, he became a minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Dube township, … 1962 he was general secretary of the…
BiographyVernom ‘Rogers’ Nkadimeng
… Vernom Nkadimeng was born in 1958 to the African National Congress (ANC) activist and trade unionist … in political training before was deployed to South…
BiographyPaul Weinberg
… removal. In late 1981 Weinberg was recruited by the South African exiled artists of the MEDU collective in Botswana to … and Double Vision, exploring the…
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… Nkosi Sikelel'i Africa, which later becomes the pan-African national anthem in South Africa during apartheid and, … Akwapim 6 is formed in Accra by six…
ArticleThe Black Sash: A History of Transformation
… University partnership project During the year of 1955 in Johannesburg, South Africa six white English speaking … women’s protests against the Senate Bill…
BiographyEnuga Sreenivasulu Reddy
… known as ES Reddy has been active in support of the South African freedom movement for more than half a century. He … in the 1920s, was a member of the Board…
BiographySolomon Tshekisho Plaatje
… German and Dutch, as well as English and all the major African vernaculars. Advancement in the civil service being … to the Kimberley Diamond Fields…
BiographyS. S. Tema
… later president of the quasipolitical Interdenominational African Ministers' Federation. On the periphery of organised … of a committee in the Transvaal…
Fifty Fighting Years by A. Lerumo. The Communist Party of South Africa, 1921 - 1971 - Foreword to Book, by Dr Yusuf M. Dadoo,1972
… We, South African communists and progressives, are very pleased that … time and again at the United Nations and in many Asian and Afro-Asian assemblies. We…
BiographyHyman Meir Basner
… he was a co-founder with Paul Ramotsoane Mosaka of the African Democratic Party in 1943 and a Natives' … Jones .He often defended Africans in court and aided…
BiographyBafana Cyril Dlamini
… activist. His father, Steven Dlamini was a member of the African National Congress (ANC)’s National Executive Committee (NEC) , President of South African…
BiographyDr. Jacob Mfaniselwa Nhlapo
… B.A. degree in journalism, he was the first black South African to be awarded a B.A. through private study at Unisa and the first black South African in the…
BiographyNokutela (nee Mdima) Dube
… Dube , the first President General of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC- later renamed the African National Congress ANC). As an equal…
BiographySolomzi Ashby Peter Mda
… Mda cut his teeth in politics when he attended the All-African Convention meeting in Bloemfontein in mid-1936. He … end of the latter part of the 1930s, Mda…
ArticleGrade 12 - Topic 3 - Civil Society protests 1950s to 1990s
… is launched and women step forward The Federation of South African Women ( FSAW or FEDSAW) Women’s role in the Congress of the Party and the Freedom Charter…