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BiographyPeter Nkutsoeu Raboroko
… the educational channels then open to Africans, going from St. Peter's Secondary School through Fort Hare in the … Accra. He was later among a group of PAC…
Godfrey Mokgonane Pitje
… was succeeded as president by Nelson Mandela and retired from active politics. When teaching lost appeal as a … qualifying as an attorney in 1959. He was…
BiographyMax Yergan
… he studied at Shaw University and Springfield College. From about 1920 to 1936 he lived in South Africa as a … praised the government's separate development…
Treaty Mahlouoe Mopeli
… Despite the banishment of her partner and other leaders from Witzieshoek, there continued to be opposition to state … be in the “general public’s interest”…
BiographyDaniel Francois Malan
… development. Malan was dour and unbending and retired from office in 1954 after achieving nearly all of the objectives that had originally drawn him away…
BiographyJames “Sofasonke” Mpanza
… Mpanza was born in 1889. Mpanza was founder and leader from the mid-1940s of the Sofasonke Party of Orlando … where in 1944 he led thousands of Africans,…
BiographyJames “Jobe” Hadebe
… Dar es Salaam, Tanzania reported that Hadebe ‘had resigned from the external mission of the Congress for personal and … membership of the Congress. He…
BiographyKesval “Kay” Moonsamy
… 1926. He was active in the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) from the mid-1940s onward. In the early 1950s he served as … hard labour. He was a defendant in the…
BiographyRamnie Dinat
… police. Dinat spent four months in detention and escaped from South Africa soon after release. Ramnie decided to leave … she obtained an "exit permit,"…
BiographySonja Schlesin
… of more than £6 was, “I am not here to draw a salary from you. I am here because I like to work with you and I … in which she said: “--- But I implore…
BiographyChris Ledochowski
… born in 1956 in Pretoria . He grew up in Johannesburg and from 1968 to 1974 he attended Waterford- Kamhlaba, a non … undergo conscription in the South…
Evelyn Ntoko Mase
… first wife - and much of what is known of her comes from his words or the words of their contemporaries. As a … There was an obsessional element to it that…
BiographySimon van der Stel
… Stel intensified his efforts to obtain cattle and sheep from indigenous groups in the most destructive of manners. In … was determined to prohibit the…
BiographyAdam Glasser
… on a cruise ship in the Caribbean, he asked for lessons from a harmonica player he had met, from there his interest was sparked to learn how to master ……
BiographyTielman Johannes de Villiers Roos
… Towards the end of 1912 Botha dismissed J B M Hertzog from his cabinet and Roos protested by demonstrating at the … put word into action when Hertzog…
BiographyPaul Stopforth
… He was born in 1945 in Johannesburg, South Africa. From the age of 19 he studied at the NATD, Johannesburg … in Fine Art at the Natal Technical College in…
BiographyMosima Gabriel (Tokyo) Sexwale
… West High School in 1972. His nickname “Tokyo" was derived from his involvement with the sport of karate in his youth. … Sexwale was appointed as premier of…
BiographyHarriet Bolton
… on 2nd of August 1934 by James Bolton, a furniture worker from the United Kingdom. It was during this time that Bolton … establish trade unions for black…
BiographyRobert John McBride
… maternal grandparents were a White Afrikaner bus driver from the rural village of Harding in southern Natal, and a … father. Robert grew up in Wentworth, a…
BiographyPiet Retief
… Jacobus, a farmer and Debora Retief. His ancestors were from Provence in France. Piet Retief lived with his father … leave the Cape Colony in search of a…
BiographyAndimba Herman Toivo Ya Toivo
… retrospectively to convict these political activists from Namibia. Toivo Ya Toivo made a speech at the trial which … prisoners were kept in Section D. He was…
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
… at the time. First, the practice protected young girls from becoming the object of sexual advances, and thus … home of her husband, it was best if she…
EventChief Mangosuthu Buthelezi calls for National Convention
… was rejected by Prime Minister Balthazar Johannes (B.J.) Vorster, however, it was supported as a constructive proposal … Political History: a chronology of…
BiographyRichard Granville Baloyi
… the position of South African Railways and competition from the better funded white-owned operations.Baloyi was often involved in disputes concerning bus…
BiographyMaggie Resha
… while living with her aunt, which was a three mile walk from her home. The school only had two rooms, shared … ANC Youth League. Thus began her involvement…
BiographyMagdaline ‘Maggie’ Resha
… while living with her aunt, which was a three mile walk from her home. The school only had two rooms, shared … League (ANCYL) . Thus began her involvement in…
Biography of Heinz Klug by Ashley Rogers
… man born in South Africa who vehemently fought apartheid from both within South Africa and outside in exile. Klug … active in the anti-apartheid movement on…
New year message to the ANC external mission by Oliver Tambo, 01 January 1971
… a new year is the occasion for the exchange of greetings. From this southern part of the world of progressive peoples, … powerful enemy attacks on our…
New Year Message to the ANC External Mission by O. R. Tambo, 1 January 1971
… a new year is the occasion for the exchange of greetings. From this southern part of the world of progressive peoples, … powerful enemy attacks on our…
Statement by the ANC on the Invasion of Angola by South African Troops by O. R. Tambo, 31 October 1975
… advantage of the economic and military strength of the Vorster fascist regime. For their part, the South African … In their criminal invasion of Angola, they…