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ArticleA Spiral of Trials by Norman Levy
… the miners’ strike in 1946. In that instance the Communist Party committed itself entirely to the strike, assisting the … the Chamber of Mines or provide…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
… followers and the United Democratic Front and African National Congress (ANC). The violence claimed nearly 20,000 lives during the last decade of racist …
ArticleA History of the Springbok Legion
… became radicalised by members of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) who joined it and served in its … instance, Peter Kaya Selepe , an organiser of…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… on 5 December 1934 to form the United South African National Party, commonly known as the United Party. In the general … of struggle. Pirow preached the…
Into the Fifties: Defiance by Norman Levy
… in Australia, Menzies promised to renew the Communist Party Dissolution Bill, which had been rejected in 1946. Like … or nationalist movements such as the…
BiographyDumisani Abraham Mabaso
… USA 1988 Torrensville, Australia 1990 Cape Town National gallery, Zimbabwe 1991 Maputo, Mozambique …
BiographyConstance Greaves
… Darling St., 6 Feb. 1931: 1st Annual Exh. of Contemp. National Art, SAAG (SANG) with SASA, 7 Dec. -31 Mar. …
BiographyKevin Dowling
… again summoned to see Mangope, and accused of giving the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) a platform and meeting …
BiographyViolet Sarah Matlou (née Phiri)
… tutelage of Reverend Selope Thema , a prominent African National Congress (ANC) leader. She completed her high school … Anon, (2011), Presentation Of…
BiographyZimasile Ngqawana
… African cowbells. Ngqawana later enrolled and completed a National Diploma in jazz studies at the University of Natal . …
BiographyBen Baartman
… Vigilant Association and in 1947, he joined the African National Congress (ANC). In 1953, keen to get involved in …
BiographyDavid Perumal
… Ismail Ebrahim (Ebie) recruited Perumal into the African National Congress’s (ANC) military wing, uMkhonto weSizwe …
BiographyZondeni Veronica Sobukwe
… after being sent there by the then Fort Hare African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) to deliver a letter to …
ArticleChieftaincy and Kingship in South Africa
… 212 of the Constitution of South Africa states that: (1) National legislation may provide a role for traditional … of communities observing a system of…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1940s
… Dr. A.B. Xuma is elected President-General of the African National Congress (ANC). Walter Sisulu joins the African National Congress. The population of…
BiographyPatrick “Bra Pat” Matanjana
… known, was a member of the armed wing of the African National Congress , Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) and in 1967 he …
BiographyGopal Krishna Gokhale
… Bombay Legislative Council and presided over the Indian National Congress Session in Benaras. He championed the cause …
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
… 21 March, a breakaway organisation from the African National Congress (ANC), the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) … on the planning and control headquarters…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Essay Questions
… NSDAP (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei = National Socialist German Workers’ Party, which is popularly known as the Nazi party in English) … by…
Growth of African Nationalism and Defiance
… under the leadership of Alfred Xuma into a mass based party pursuing a more radical campaigning agenda. The … Town’s African areas of settlement became…
BiographyProfessor Brij Maharaj
… is a senior professor of geography and a B-rated NRF (National Research Foundation – South Africa) researcher in … South Africa. He is the Chairperson of the…
Carol Moses
… students from three schools in Oudtshoorn to join a national three months classroom protest that COSAS called.. … woman president. In addition, she worked…
BiographyMlungiseleli Velaphi
… member. He left South Africa in 1985 to join the African National Congress (ANC) and mKhonto we Sizwe (MK), the … the assistance of the Missing Persons Task…
BiographyVivienne Ncakeni
… speaker at some of the foundation meetings of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL). … Transvaal African Teachers' Association and the African…
ArticleA history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
… years after the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War in 1899, a National Convention of white representatives from the four … the convention. This, in part, laid…
ArticlePass laws in South Africa 1800-1994
… began moving to towns to look for work. Local and national government tried to dissuade Black and Coloured … Passes. The Bantu Women’s League, precursor of…
ArticleArmed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990
… These riots continued until 1986, when the African National Congress (ANC) called on South Africans to make the … of Emergency was declared in 1985, and this…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… In 1948, the National Party (NP), representing Afrikaners, won the national election on a platform of racism and segregation …
Biography of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile by Brianna T. Hogg
… paid off, especially after her introduction to the African National Congress, (ANC). After actively participating in the … after her return from exile, Mbete…
BiographyMoses Mphahlele
… Moses Mphahlele was the Secretary of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Transvaal during the 1920s, … Secretary of the African National Congress in…