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BiographyMartin Plaut
… of trade unions and ultimately Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). In 1978, Plaut worked for a … an easy task, as the Anti-Apartheid Movement…
BiographyKeorapetse William Kgositsile
… activist Ruth First . Kgositsile, being a member of the African National Congress (ANC), through the newspaper, … My Name is Afrika , which established him…
BiographyGeorge Msimang
… in 1968 after completing Standard VIII. He came to the African Art Centre in Durban and was encouraged by Jo Thorpe … He has exhibited a number of times at…
BiographyCameron Mbulelo Madikizela
… graduated from Fort Hare. He was a member of the Cape African Teachers Association (CATA) and the Society of Young … When the Bantu Education Department…
BiographyPhilemon Masinga
… In 1996 Masinga was in the Bafana Bafana side (South African National Soccer Team) when it won the African Cup of Nations final. He had also been in the…
BiographyEdwin Thabo Mofutsanyana
… In 1926 he joined the CPSA, becoming one of its most loyal African adherents in the years that followed. For a period in … School in Moscow. His wife, Josie…
BiographyJim Bailey
… the first woman to fly single-handedly from England to the African Continent. Born almost a year after the end of the … Robert Crisp to help finance a new…
BiographyAnton Theodor August Wilfried Lubowski
… father, “he took his first steps towards SWAPO (South West African Peoples Organisation) within hours after he had … As a SWAPO activist he was detained six…
BiographyNorman Stewart Middleton
… until the dawn of the country’s freedom in 1994. The South African Council on Sport (SACOS) was founded in 1973 when … time Middleton was also president of…
BiographyRichard Granville Baloyi
… of legislation to entrench the position of South African Railways and competition from the better funded … Committee, a committee trying to protect the…
Some of Gandhi’s Early Views on Africans Were Racist. But That Was Before He Became Mahatma by E.S Reddy (The Wire), 18 October 2016
… of John Langalibalele Dube – the first president of the African National Congress. Dube’s weekly called Ilanga lase … India which enabled Ghana (then Gold…
BiographyDaniel Kunene
… of short stories and poetry, Kunene also transcribed South African oral works and translated the work of South African writers. [v] In addition to teaching…
BiographyArchibald Campbell Jordan
… where he mastered seSotho and was elected President of the African Teachers' Association. During this period, he … In 1945 Jordan began teaching in the…
BiographyJodi Bieber
… elections in South Africa winning numerous South African Press Awards. After attending the World Press … after the floods, Bangladesh, 2001 "Soweto - A South…
BiographyMalusi Nkanyezi Gigaba
… student and youth organisations such as Congress of South African Students (COSAS) , the South African Youth Congress (SAYCO) , the South African Student…
BiographySipo Elijah Mzimela
… of South Africa that enabled him to teach. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) and became involved in … left South Africa in 1962 and went into…
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…
BiographyJohn David Rheinallt Jones
… wife,created the Wayfarers,a parallel organization for African girls in 1926. He was the first secretary and … Donaldson's Bantu Welfare Trust,the largest…
BiographyChristopher W. M. Gell
… in 1917. One of the most respected White champions of the African cause,After graduating from Cambridge University with … son of British navy captain.In 1947…
BiographyLionel Forman
… trial, 'You Can Hang For Treason'. Forman headed the South African Student delegation to international conferences. He … of Advance and New Age and a co…
ArticleResponse to the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising by organisations in exile
… Education, was quoted as saying: “I have not consulted the African people on the language issue and I’m not going to. An African might find that ‘the big…
BiographyDenis Mayer
… when he was awarded his “wings” in 1943 as a South African Air Force fighter pilot by Colonel Kalfie Martin, a … Loftus, whose silver Spitfire is displayed…
BiographyAlex Hepple
… (nee Borland) were founder members in 1908 of the South African Labour Pa rty (SALP). Alex Hepple was a committed … under Hepple's leadership. Hepple was…
Ntela Richard Sikhosana
… MK Commissar, Robben Island prisoner, member of the African National Congress and South African Communist Party and South African National Defence Force…
BiographyAnna Zieminski
… 'All our Children' joint Afrapix/Vumani project. South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa. 1990: … Brussels, Belgium. 1995: 'People's…
ArchivePress statement on the Industrial Conciliation Act following a joint meeting between the Federation of S.A. Trade Unions, The Western Province General Workers Union, The Food and Canning Workers Union and The African Food and Canning Workers Union.
… Workers Union, The Food and Canning Workers Union and The African Food and Canning Workers Union. …
BiographySydney Kumalo
… and chiefs, a contemporary work which incorporates both African and European traditions of sculpture. This praise … fitting memorial to the life and work of…
BiographyJacob Dumdum Nyaose
… about 1941 and took a job as organising secretary for the African Bakers and Confectioners Union. During World War II, … Nyaose opposed the formation of the…
BiographyMandla Langa
… Cape Province, and he was actively involved in the South African Students’ Organisation . He graduated with a … in Hungary and London. He wanted to expose…
BiographyCheryl Carolus
… as head prefect in matric. She was a member of the South African Black Students Association and immediately embarked … especially the Black Consciousness…