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BiographyNorman “Billy Holiday” Pietersen
Norman Pietersen (also known as Billy Holiday) was born in 1966 in Paarl, Western Cape. In 1982, he was recruited by uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) veterans and became…
ArchiveCHAPTER FIVE: The Politics Of Collaboration: The Campaign for Participation In The Tricameral Parliament by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
THE POLITICS OF COLLABORATION: THE CAMPAIGN FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE TRICAMERAL PARLIAMENT
… for the government-created South African Indian Council (SAIC) in November 1981 had seen a rejection of participatory … for a particular political party…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
… by dynamics within the South African Indian Congress (SAIC). There was a general feeling of the need to rejuvenate … Congress (ANC) , the South African…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Deputations
… of the Natal Indian Congress, has declared that the SAIC delegation to India will accept a compromise settlement … while the "radicals" had taken over the…
BiographyHemant Kumar Waghmarae
Hemant Kumar Waghmarae was born on 24 October 1948 in Mumbai, India to Vishnu Maroothi Waghmarae and Indumati Bane Waghmarae. He is one of seven children. …
BiographyMabaso Siqila
Mabaso Siqila and Nikisi Feni were said to be the leaders of ‘recalcitrant Natives’ in Xengxe Location, near King William’s Town, Eastern Province [now Eastern…
BiographyMolomo Ntwampe
Molomo Ntwampe, Ramonkung Mpihleng and Setswiki Matabata from Sekhukhuneland, Lydenburg District, [Northern Transvaal, now Limpopo Province], were allegedly…
BiographySetswiki Matabata
Setswiki Matabata, Molomo Ntwampe and Ramonkung Mpihleng from Sekhukhuneland, Lydenburg District, [Northern Transvaal, now Limpopo Province],were said to be…
BiographyNana Sita
Please note: this is an extract from E.S. Reddy collection of articles. Nana Sita was born in Matwadi, a village in Gujarat, India, in 1898, in a family…
BiographyNongqawuse
History is not kind to Nongqawuse. What we know of her is mainly related to the Cattle-Killing/Millenarian Movement of 1856-7 and her role and relations…
ArticleBantu education and the racist compartmentalizing of education
… under the Department of Indian Affairs. In 1976, the SAIC took over certain educational functions. Indian …
Passive Resistance, 1946 by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1948
… of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1948 SAIC in Court The refusal of the President and the Joint …
BiographySolomon Kalushi Mahlangu
Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu was born in Pretoria on 10 July in 1956. He was the second son of Martha Mahlangu. His father left him in 1962, and from then on only…
BiographySondeza Lugogo Mngomezulu
Sondeza Lugogo Mngomezulu, from the Ingwavuma district, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal], was said to be one of the ringleaders of the unrest that broke out in this…
BiographyMohandas Karamchand Gandhi
*Note: The focus of this biography is on Gandhi's life and times in South Africa. Early life and education Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born to a…
BiographyNimrod Sekeramane Nathale
Nimrod Sekeramane Sejake was born on 8 August 1920 in Evaton, south of Johannesburg, to Basotho parents. He attended a mission school in Evaton later went to…
BiographyPeter Moonsammy
Peter Moonsammy was born on 25 March 1928 in Market St, Johannesburg. Moonsamy was the elder brother of Paul and Dasu Joseph who were Transvaal Indian…
BiographyPrincess Magogo
Princess Magogo was born in 1900, the daughter of the Zulu King, Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868 – 1913) and Queen Silomo. In 1926 she married King Mathole…
BiographyMankopodi Sekhukhune
Mankopodi Sekhukhune’s partner was Morwamotse Sekhukhune, a Paramount Chief (PC) of the Bapedi people. He was suspended for not supporting the Native Affairs…
BiographyEla Gandhi
Ela Gandhi was born in 1940 in Phoenix Settlement in the Inanda district, KwaZulu Natal. Indians, Coloured, Whites and Africans lived here in harmony although…
BiographySimon Gqubule
Reverend Dr Simon Gqubule was born on 18 February 1928 at a place near Cookhouse, Transkei (now Eastern Cape). His family did not have a lot of money; his…
BiographyGibson Magwaza
Gibson Magwaza, from Nongoma District, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal] was banished for coming into conflict with Chief Cyprian Dinizulu and the state. A document…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… of the office of the Coordinating Committee. ANC and SAIC leaders are arrested and charged for promoting Communism … the National Party government. The ANC…
ArticleThe South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO)
… the Freedom Charter. The South African Indian Congress (SAIC) and the South African Congress of Democrats (SACOD) … also participated. The SACPO, the ANC,…
BiographyBenjamin Magson Kies
Benjamin Magson Kies Introduction Benjamin Magson Kies was an important South African political activist and theorist from about the middle of the 1930s…
BiographyHestrie Cloete
Hestrie Cloete (née Storbeck) was born in 1978 in Germiston, Transvaal (now Gauteng). She grew up in the small town of Coligny, Western Transvaal (now North…
BiographyGeorge Christopher Cato
George Christopher Cato was born in 25 February 1814, London. The eldest son of a Huguenot family called Caton who settled in London. His family, silk weaving…
BiographyLebo Mathosa
Lebo Mathosa was born in Daveyton in the East Rand. She began singing at the age of seven in the local church choir. The Mathosa family moved to Johannesburg…
BiographyKing Moshoeshoe I
Also known as Moshesh, Mosheshwe or Mshweshwe. His name was allegedly changed from Lepoqo after a successful raid in which he had sheared the beards of his…