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BiographyFrank Chikane
… Thus, he became involved in the activities of the South African Student Organisation (SASO) at university. His … in July 1987 he was elected General…
BiographyAmy Thornton
… Communist Party of South Africa (now known as the South African Communist Party (SACP) ) as well as the Springbok … Thornton got involved in night school…
BiographyAndimba Herman Toivo Ya Toivo
… He was part of the Native Military Corps for the South African Defence Force in the Second World War between 1942 … some of whom had deserted the…
BiographyJeremiah W Dunjwa
… passes in the Transvaal, secretary of the Transvaal African National Congress (ANC) and, in the early 1920s, a secretary-general of the African National…
BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… running. He also developed a great interest in African culture (under the influence of his teacher, Mr … in the Eastern Cape , the only university for Blacks…
ArticleKKNK – Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees
… a heated issue as it pertains to myths of origins and claims to authenticity. The KKNK in its early years was often … to positioning the KKNK as relevant to…
Address given by Ronald First, brother of Ruth First and brother in law of Joe Slovo, on the occasion of the tribute paid to Ruth and Joe by the African National Congress, in the holding of a Torchlight ceremony on the 21st of October 2012, at the Johanne
… rallies held at Trafalgar Square opposite the South African Embassy. The influence that Ruth and Joe acquired … and condemned corruption post independence by…
BiographyPaul Shipokosa Mashatile
… from his student days as a member of the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) . He co-founded the Alexandra Youth … a leading role in re-establishing…
BiographyVice Admiral Refiloe Johannes Mudimu
… 6 March 1954 in Sophiatown (Johannesburg). He joined the African National Congress (ANC) and Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK) in … until the integration of the forces…
BiographyFezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo (Khwezi)
… Judson Khuzwayo , was the Chief Representative of the African National Congress (ANC) in Zimbabwe . He died on 1 … During the trial, Fezekile was called a…
BiographyWilliam H. "Bill" Andrews
… 1909 he became the first chairman of the all-white South African Labour Party and three years later was elected to … he was elected the first general…
BiographyStella Madge Damos
… the police and fined £20. She was a member of the South African Congress of Trade Unions and member of the … and, in 1954 to1955, a committee member of the…
BiographyLogan K. Ntlabati
… Logan K. Ntlabati was a prominent member of the African National Congress (ANC) national executive committee … Cape and the Orange Free State, becoming…
BiographyChristopher Ndodebandla Dlamini
… These arrests, together with an incident when South African authorities forced Dlamini's 16-year-old brother to … brass foundry, where he remained from 1963…
Dan Tloome
… mid-1950s, also serving for some time as secretary of the African Milling Workers' Union. Active in the African National Congress (ANC) as well as the…
BiographyZacharia Solly Shoke
… joined Umkhonto we Sizwe , the military wing of the African National Congress (ANC) , in the 1970s. In the 1980s … commander during the liberation struggle…
BiographyLaurence Neill Nathan
… Province (now Western Cape ) in 1959 to Jewish South African parents. He grew up in Sea Point where he attended Weitzman Primary School and then went to…
Sefofane Samuel "Solly Smith" Khunyeli
… and later in Soweto.He became a trade unionist and an African National Congress (ANC) member, and was issued a … Soviet Union ,and at one time was a member…
BiographyGovan Mbeki
… Govan Mbeki (Oom Gov) joined the South African Communist Party (SACP) in the 1950's and remained a … people by cementing strong relations between the SACP,…
BiographyZainunnisa “Cissie” Gool
… politician, Dr Abdullah Abdurahman , leader of the African Peoples Organisation (APO) which he had helped to form in 1902. Abdurahman was also the first…
BiographyRobert Carl-Heinz Shell
… (Heinz) Schelowsky (later changed to Shell) and South African-born mother, Louie Shell née Bosman. Robert, who grew … Tamboerskloof and later in Kommetjie,…
BiographyAlex la Guma
… la Guma (James), who was centrally involved in the South African Communist Party (SACP), the African National Congress (ANC) and the chief architect of ……
BiographySantu Mofokeng
… as a documentary photographer and researcher for the African Studies Institute’s Oral History Project, at the … MOMO, Johannesburg 2006: Invoice Iziko, South…
EventApartheid bomb kills Zimbabwean and injures six ANC members
… Mr Obed Amon Mwanza, a Zimbabwean, was killed and six African National Congress (ANC) members were injured when the … outside an ANC transit house in…
BiographyErnest Sedumedi Moloto
… He matriculated in 1938 and then enrolled at the South African Native College (University of Fort Hare) for a BA … Through private study he obtained a BA …
BiographyElsa Joubert
… both in the literary world as well as in broader South African society. In that novel, Joubert chose to portray … internationally recognized for her…
BiographyJohn Tengo Jabavu
… 1883 he passed the Matriculation Examination of the South African University. In 1885 he married Elda Sakuba. Jabavu … Province. Jabavu used his influence to…
BiographyHelen Suzman
… Helen Suzman (nee Govronsky) was born in the South African mining town of Germiston on 7 November 1917 to Samuel … in 1989, but remained actively involved in…
BiographyWillie Esterhuyse
… own community of the need to open negotiations with the African National Congress (ANC). These initial talks, at … the Thabo Mbeki Foundation , involved in…
BiographyVesta Smith
… Smith was eighteen years old. She became a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and worked closely with … Convention (BPC). She was denied a…