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BiographyMarimuthu Pragalathan “MP” Naicker
… and other organisations. In the meantime, he had served as secretary of the council that organised the 1946 Passive … about cooperation and unity all black…
BiographyPaul David
… 17, joined the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and became the secretary of the NIC Youth Congress (NICYC) while still a … in the revival of the NIC in the early…
BiographyJohanna (Joey) Hendrina Scheepers
… made her successful in this task. In 1933 Scheepers was elected as Secretary of the Fordsburg/West Rand No. 1 branch of the GWU. … of its local committee in…
BiographyAdriaan Vlok
… and Upington. Between 1959 and 1966 he served as an under-secretary at the department’s head office in Pretoria. During … on entering active party politics…
BiographyBen Turok
… Africa in 1953, he joined the COD and in 1955 became its secretary for the Cape western region, acting as a full-time … he remained active as a trade union…
BiographyBenjamin S. Rajuili
… township, Johannesburg . From 1959 to 1962 he was general secretary of the Interdenominational African Ministers Federation. He was elected to the…
BiographyJohannes Gerhardus Strijdom
… now known as Modimolle, in the Limpopo Province. He was a secretary of the National Party's district committee. In 1929 Strijdom was elected to Parliament as…
About Agnes, smashed windows and chickens Chris van Wyk
… About Agnes, smashed windows and chickens Chris van Wyk …
BiographyTrevor Andrew Manuel
… to the Cape Areas Housing Action Committee. Manuel was elected secretary of the organisation. He remained involved in … selected as secretary of his area…
EventUN Secretary General is killed in a plane crash
… United Nations (UN) Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold was killed with twelve … UN Secretary General is killed in a plane crash …
EventNP Secretary-General Stoffel Van der Merwe resigns
… de Klerk to take up the appointment of National Party (NP) secretary-general, a post which he held for only thirteen … NP Secretary-General Stoffel Van der…
Leading member of SACP joins Bantustans - and some other renegades
… Leading member of SACP joins Bantustans - and some other renegades …
BiographyDr. Zacharias “Zac” Johannes De Beer
… at Groote Schuur Hospital, and the following year was elected as Member of Parliament for Maitland. At age 23 he became the youngest MP. In 1958 he was re…
EventCharles Nqakula , Minister of Safety and Security and Chairperson of the SACP, is born
… current Chairperson of the South African Communist Party (SACP), Charles Nqakula, was born to a poor family in the … , Minister of Safety and Security and…
BiographyDag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld
… in 1933 at the University of Stockholm and he became the secretary for the Bank of Sweden in 1935.This was how … to the United Nations in several years since…
ArchiveSimon Conco: general secretary of UWUSA
… Simon Conco: general secretary of UWUSA …
BiographyGeorge Matthias Winkles
… on Plein Street in 1897 when SASA was first founded, and elected Secretary. He was again present on 26 September 1902 when SASA was re-initiated, this time…
BiographyThomas Mtobi Mapikela
… (SANNC) was lauched in January 1912,Mapikela who was secretary general of the OFSNCwas elected national deputy treasurer and also designated as … contracts…
BiographyDr Mathume Joseph “Joe” Phaahla
… Johannesburg, in 1981. At the conference Phaahla was elected President of AZASO a post he held until 1983. During … the United Democratic Front (UDF) in…
Ntela Richard Sikhosana
… Mnandi Dladla, the Inkatha Freedom Party ( IFP) deputy-secretary in Wembezi, Estcourt, was shot near his home by an … be an activist of the South African…
BiographyRay Alexander Simons
… involved in trade union activity. Alexander Simons was the Secretary of the Communist Party in 1934 and 1935, and … Minister Swart, and this forced her to…
Countdown to the elections July 1993 – April 1994
From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman In July 1993, the date for South Africa's first non…
BiographyEbrahim Ismail Asvat
… of the Committee of British Indian Association (BIA) and Secretary of its Johannesburg branch. On 1 February 1909, he was elected Acting Chairman of BIA when…
EventSouth Africa's first multiracial elections start
… power. Nelson Mandela became the first democratically elected president of South Africa. The GNU system of …
BiographyM. J. M. Williams Shope
… Union in the years after World War II . In 1952 he was elected its chairman, a position he held until 1963. In 1954 … its executive committee, eventually…
BiographyJaydew Nasib Singh
… At the time of the Indian protests of 1946, he served as secretary of the Transvaal Passive Resistance Council. Moving to Durban about 1947, he was elected…
BiographyNimrod Sekeramane Nathale
… Noted for his ability as a union organiser, he became secretary of the non-racial, though mainly African, Iron and … of the ANC, SACTU and the South African…
EventVan Zyl Slabbert is elected as the leader of the PFP
… On 3 September 1979, Dr. Frederik van Zyl Slabbert was elected as the leader of the opposition party, the … Party (PFP). He took over from Colin Wells Eglin,…
BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… After he rejected the university’s ultimatum to take his elected seat or face expulsion, the university gave him until … of the South African Communist Party…
EventBoutros Boutros Ghali, former UN Secretary General, is born
… moving to the United Nations (UN). Ghali's role as UN Secretary General has been marked with controversy. During … his term in the UN. These include his role…