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BiographyJohannes Maisha (Stanza) Bopape
… politically aware. He joined South African Students’ Organisation and the local African National Congress Youth … General Secretary of the South African…
BiographyMeshach Pelem
… some years, and in 1919 Pelem founded the Bantu Union, an organisation aimed at filling the political vacuum in the … between Xhosas and Fingoes. The Bantu…
BiographyMartin Plaut
… same way that it recognised the South West African Peoples Organisation (SWAPO) as the ‘sole legitimate representative … same basis as the ANC, just as the…
BiographyAmy Thornton
… (SACP) ) as well as the Springbok Legion , a progressive organisation made up of former soldiers who had recently … of the South African delegation to an…
BiographyAndimba Herman Toivo Ya Toivo
… South West African Native Labour Association (SWANLA). The organisation also mobilised against the incorporation of … of Namibia by South Africa at the…
BiographyTrevor Andrew Manuel
… Party Youth with the blessing of his father, but left the organisation as a result of peer pressure. He also felt that … Tenants and Ratepayers Association,…
BiographyAlbert Nzula
… League of African Rights, a Communist initiated organisation aimed in part at eclipsing the more conservative … supported the abortive efforts of J. T…
BiographyIsaac Bokala
… he was arrested and charged for being a member of a banned organisation. He was imprisoned for six months. Upon his … He was also the chairperson of the…
BiographyEdgar Dumile Ngoyi
… Ngoyi and Henry Fazzie joined Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organisation (PEBCO) in 1984, soon after their release from … to death one of Ngoyi’s visitors a…
BiographyLetta Mbulu
… member of the South African Artists United (SAAU) an organisation which was established in 1986. This organisation launched the musical Buwa that carried a …
BiographyFholisani Sydney Mufamadi
… country, Mufamadi became a member of Zoutpansberg Students Organisation, which led the boycotts in Venda during October … next year he was a founder member…
Henry Mutile Fazzie
… in the formation of the Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organisation (PEBCO) along with people such as Champion … later served on the South African National Civic…
BiographyJosie Palmer
… the first Black woman to play a significant role in the organisation. In 1944, she began working with the National … it was decided that a racially all…
Address by Oliver Tambo to the 21st session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity, 19 July 1985
… of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity, 19 July 1985 …
ArticleSASO till SASCO
… Sono was elected president of the South African Student Organisation (SASO). He was also co-founder of the Black … The president of SASO Themba Sono is…
ArticleStudent Politics: SASO till SANSCO
… Sono was elected president of the South African Student Organisation (SASO). He was also co-founder of the Black … The president of SASO Themba Sono is…
BiographyDali Tambo
… with musician Jerry Dammers founded an anti-apartheid organisation called Artists Against Apartheid , which … States by Little Steven (Steven van Zandt)…
Speech by Oliver Tambo on behalf of the Liberation Movements, at the twenty-third session of the assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity, 27 July 1987, Addis Ababa
… morning that one of our compatriots, a functionary of the organisation which helped to organise the recent meeting … Frontline States of Zimbabwe, Zambia and…
BiographyIvan Toms
… against Oppression, which by 1988 had been renamed as the Organisation of Lesbian and Gay Activists (OLGA). That same … director of the Students' Health and…
Yunus Ismail Mahomed
… class boycott organised by the South African Students’ Organisation (SASO) in 1972. But the strategic acumen for … Student Representative Council (SRC) and…
BiographyDorothy Nomzansi Nyembe
… Natal Rural Areas Committee where she participated in the organisation of anti-government demonstrations by rural … released on 23 March 1984, and become…
Ronald (Ronnie) Britten
… UMSA members in guerrilla warfare, and to provide the organisation with financial assistance. The UMSA was also … he became the chief conduit of…
Hettie Du Preez
… she worked on launching a left-wing, non-racial women’s organisation. Du Preez, Lucy Mvubelo , Sybil Hedley, and … a prominent role in the founding of the…
BiographyDr Abdullah Abdurahman
… brothers. It was, as president of the African Political Organisation (APO) that Abdurahman made his most important … The APO, the first substantive Coloured…
Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather
… of the Aryan Young Men's Progressive Association, an organisation that was to later establish the Aryan Benevolent … on 8 October 1939 at Curries Fountain…
BiographyMax Coleman
… Committee (DPSC). They were founding members of this organisation of parents that was formed to provide food, …
BiographyEdgar Arthur Deane
… became the chairman of the South African Coloured People's Organisation in the 1950s. In 1962 he attended an …
BiographyStanley B. Lollan
… he was secretary of the South African Coloured People's Organisation in the Transvaal in the mid-1950s and was a …
BiographyJacobus du Toit
… , he pushed for the formation of a cultural and political organisation that became known as the Afrikaner Bond. However …
Benjamin Johnson Langa
… Province) was elected as the South African Students Organisation (SASO) General Secretary and after that served … As a result, after a series of meetings, a…