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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
EventSA signs diplomatic relations with Vietnam
… diplomat in Tokyo, Elisabeth Erasmus, was appointed South African Charge d'Affaires, the country's highest … played an important role in the Association of…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
ArticleWomen’s resistance in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… As the 1950s gave way to the 1960s the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress … as a link between the minister of Indian Affairs and…
Esmé Berman
… Esmé Berman, a Jewish South African art historian, author and researcher, was born in … to write a comprehensive and well-researched book on South African…
BiographyDaniel William
… Port Elizabeth , the son of a West Indian father and an African mother. Ordained as an Anglican minister, he later became leader of the separatist African…
ArticleSharpeville Timeline
… 16 December 1959 - At the annual African National Congress (ANC) conference, Chief Albert … these things they must learn their lesson the hard way.”…