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BiographyCedric Nunn
… exhibition in 1984. His work was includes a book on South African women entitled Vukani Makhosakazi in 1985 as well as … Amsterdam, Netherlands. 2002. Group…
BiographyMichael Alan Harmel
… MK’s High Command. He inspired generations of young South African communists through his own passion and … Harmel also collaborated in the formation of the …
PlaceOriental Plaza, Fordsburg, Johannesburg
… of goods from traditional Indian saris and colourful south-Asian fabrics to curtains, linen, accessories and home-ware. The Oriental Plaza is unique among…
The United Nations adopts resolution 1375 (XIV) on Apartheid
… affair. The adoption occurred as newly independent African and Asian states were joining the UN, shifting the organization's …
BiographyJohannes Maisha (Stanza) Bopape
… High where he became politically aware. He joined South African Students’ Organisation and the local African National Congress Youth League branch. After ……
BiographyMeshach Pelem
… Africans. He was one of the four vice-presidents of the African National Congress at its founding, and a prominent … with the ANC at the time of its founding…
BiographyMthuthuzeli Tom
… age through his father, an active member of the South African Allied Workers Union (SAAWU).While a pupil at Khulani … got his first job at Mercedes-Benz. He…
BiographyJohn Stephen Gomas
… (CPSA ) and despite being a coloured person,the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) later the African National Congress (ANC).In 1920 Gomas moved…
BiographyChris Ledochowski
… to South Africa to undergo conscription in the South African Defence Force. From 1977 to 1980 Ledochowski studied … Inquiry into Poverty and Development as…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… leadership ability) virtually leaving women out of South African history. The reason for this ‘invisibility' of women, … the courts “standing by their…
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…
BiographyRonald (Ronnie) Kasrils
… The Sharpeville massacre prompted Kasrils to join the African National Congress (ANC) in 1960, serving as the … Executive Committee (NEC) from 1987 and…
BiographyEnoch Mankayi Sontonga
… married Diana Mgqibisa, the daughter of a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, who passed away in 1929. … rendition of the song after a…
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…
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…
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…
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…
ArchiveMemorandum to the Minister of Plural Relations from the Congress of the Ciskei National Independence Party held at Ntabakandoda, Zwelitsha as from 13 - 15 April 1979
… division of land among, Black people, Coloured people, Asian people and White people. …
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…
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…
BiographyRandolph Hartzenberg
… was featured alongside other notable contemporary South African artists. Randolph Hartzenberg takes each project, … for the Venice Biennale, Italy…
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,…