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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…
BiographyBenjamin S. Rajuili
… township, Johannesburg . From 1959 to 1962 he was general secretary of the Interdenominational African Ministers Federation. He was elected to the…
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…
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 …
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…
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 …
BiographyAmbrose Mzimkhulu Makiwane
… enrolling at the University of Fort Hare. He became the secretary of the Laundry Workers Union as well as a member of … was transported together with other…
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…
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…
Leading member of SACP joins Bantustans - and some other renegades
… Leading member of SACP joins Bantustans - and some other renegades …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
EventSouth Africa's first multiracial elections start
… power. Nelson Mandela became the first democratically elected president of South Africa. The GNU system of …
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,…
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…
ArchiveComrade Andimba Toivo Ja Toivo: Secretary General of SWAPO
… full colour photograph; Comrade Andimba Toivo Ja Toivo: Secretary General of SWAPO … Comrade Andimba Toivo Ja Toivo: Secretary General of SWAPO …
BiographyMapetla Frank Mohapi
… the South African Students Organisation (SASO) regional secretary in the Eastern Cape . After students at several … released political prisoners. Three…