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BiographyJohn James Issel
… John James Issel was born on 17 August 1946 in the wine-growing area of Worcester outside Cape Town … [Accessed: 24 January 2011] |Anon, John James Issel…
BiographySam P. Sesedi
Sam P. Sesedi was born in 1895 in Kimberley and qualified as a teacher in 1916. He later obtained a B.A. degree by private study at the age of 50. After…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela on the 50th anniversary of the 1946 Passive Resistance campaign and the launch of the commemorative publication Durban, 13 June 1996
… by President Nelson Mandela on the 50th anniversary of the 1946 Passive Resistance campaign and the launch of the …
ArticleManto Tshabalala-Msimang timeline 1940 - 2009
1940 9 October, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang is born in Durban, KwaZulu Natal. 1959 Tshabalala-Msimang matriculates from Inanda Seminary. 1961 Tshabalala…
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad 1906 - 1990
1906 The African National Congress (ANC) sends a delegation to the UK in response to the implementation of new land laws in the Orange Free State, which had…
BiographyBhekisisa Harold Nxasana
… as a mine clerk, was killed in the Zulu-Indian riots of 1946. Nxasana attended the local mission school until grade …
BiographyDr Mamphela Aletta Ramphele
Mamphela Ramphele was born on 28 December 1947 in Bochum District, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo). Her mother, Rangoato Rahab, and her father, Pitsi Eliphaz…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
1948 May 26, The National Party (NP) wins election and immediately introduces apartheid (separateness) measures against Blacks, Indian immigrants and those…
ArticleTreason Trial 1956 - 1961
For some time there had always been a question in peoples' minds as to why the government had allowed the Congress of the People in 1955, to take place. In…
BiographyJohn Beaver "J.B" Marks
… for the Tranvaal and the Orange Free State, On 12 August 1946, over 100,000 miners struck work. They were joined by …
BiographyFrancis Wilson
Francis Aylmer Hunter Wilson is the oldest son of the anthropologists, Monica and Godfrey Wilson. He was born in May 1939 in Livingstone, Zambia. During this…
BiographyMadhlangala Dukuza Ndabezitha
View the Ndabezitha Genealogical Tree Madhlangala Dukuza Ndabezitha, the son of Dukuza, was born on 19 July 1879 at the Noodsberg Mission Station in the…
Statement Made In Court When Charged With 46 Other Passive Resisters under Riotous Assemblies Act, June 1946
… Other Passive Resisters under Riotous Assemblies Act, June 1946 …
Message To The People While Awaiting Sentence To Imprisonment In The Passive Resistance Campaign, June 27, 1946
… Imprisonment In The Passive Resistance Campaign, June 27, 1946 …
Circular Letter To Trade Unions, Progressive Organisations, Democrats And Anti-Fascists by Yusuf Dadoo, June 10, 1946
… Democrats And Anti-Fascists by Yusuf Dadoo, June 10, 1946 …
Letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Trygve Lie from Alfred Xuma, 25 November 1946
… United Nations, Trygve Lie from Alfred Xuma, 25 November 1946 …
Report on Passive Resistance, June 1947-May 1948
Evelyn Ntoko Mase
… in Soweto at 719 Orlando East and thereafter 8115, in 1946. [9] Their house had three rooms, with no electricity or …
BiographyEric Magamana Lubisi
… Eric Magamana Lubisi was born on 11 October 1946 in Highlands, near Eastwood in Pretoria , Transvaal (now …
BiographyEssop Goolam Pahad
… of Indian Political Movements in South Africa - 1924-1946” . Just like his father Essop joined the Transvaal …
BiographySandile Ngcobo
Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo was born on 1 March 1953 in Durban, South Africa. Ngcobo was the beneficiary of a scholarship from Barclays Bank between 1973 and…
BiographyBongiwe (Bongi) Dhlomo-Mautloa
Bongiwe Dhlomo was born on 25 June 1956 in Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal, and grew up in nearby Bergville. Dhlomo matriculated in 1974 from St Chad's School in…
BiographyWilliam George Ballinger
William George Ballinger was born on 21st of September in 1894 in Britain. In 1928 he was sent to South Africa by the British Independent Labour Party as an…
BiographyOliver Kgadime Matsepe
Oliver Kgadime (Phukubjane) Matsepe was born on 22 March 1932 in Tafelkop, Groblersdal district. He was the son of Malua Matsepe, senior police sergeant and…
BiographyJosie Palmer
Josephine ‘Josie’ Palmer (Mpama) was born in 1903 in Potchefstroom, Transvaal (now North West Province), to Georgina Garson and Stephen Bonny Mpama, an…
BiographyBernard Lazarus Sigamoney
… He was a team member and manager of the Transvaal team. In 1946, Sigamoney in partnership with Albert Luthuli founded …
BiographyJ B Marks
… which grew to a membership of over 50,000. On 12 August 1946, over 100,000 miners struck work. They were joined by …
BiographyMadie Hall-Xuma
A. B. Xuma's wife, Madie Hall-Xuma and a prestigious figure in middle-class social circles, she headed the African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL)…
BiographyC. J. Mayekiso
Born in 1913 in Idutywa in the Transkei, Mayekiso was a textile worker and later became president of the African Textile Workers' Union. He was a trade…
Durban Mayors and other city officials
… Brown (1939 - 45) SJ Smith (1945 - 46) R Ellis Brown (1946 - 47) Leo Boyd (1947 - 49) Ken Clarke (1949 - 50) Percy …