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| Src | ||||
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| B-0068120 | biography | Oscar Mpetha | 1909-1994 | – |
| B-0008846 | biography | Albert Nzula | 1934 | ✓ |
| B-0007863 | biography | Isaac Bokala | 1929-2005 | ✓ |
| B-0098966 | biography | Nicholas Hlobo | 1975 | ✓ |
| B-0008126 | biography | John Watt (Jack) Grossert | 1913 | – |
| B-0008043 | biography | Heinrich Egersdorfer | 1853-1915 | – |
| B-0064878 | biography | Bonakele Milner Ntsangani | 1923-1989 | – |
| B-0095443 | biography | Jonas Mosa Gwangwa | 1941 | – |
| B-0068070 | biography | Zachius Botlhoko Molete | 1930 | – |
| B-0008278 | biography | Johann Christiaan Kriegler | 1932 | ✓ |
| B-0068677 | biography | Helene Marie Passtoors | 1942 | ✓ |
| B-0007899 | biography | Brian Percy Bunting | 1920-2008 | ✓ |
| B-0007994 | biography | Dawid (Dawie) Jacobus De Villiers | 1940 | ✓ |
| B-0096200 | biography | Arthur David Bensusan | 1921-2007 | – |
| B-0100300 | biography | Donald James Woods | 1933-2001 | – |
| A-0062409 | article | Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959 | 25 Sep 2018 | – |
| A-0016563 | article | Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959 | 21 Mar 2011 | – |
| A-0013844 | article | The Destruction of Sophiatown | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| B-0122211 | biography | Junaid Ahmed | 1959-2016 | ✓ |
| B-0008063 | biography | Walton Zacharias Fenyang | 1877-1957 | ✓ |
| B-0096556 | biography | Margaret Gazo | 1918-1974 | ✓ |
| B-0095262 | biography | Emmanuel Bonginkosi Nzimande | 1958 | – |
| B-0007879 | biography | Pieter Willem Botha | 1916-2006 | – |
| E-0011838 | event | Police swoop down on the homes of Congress of the People leaders across the country, the arrests led to the Treason Trial | 16 Mar 2011 | ✓ |
| B-0008562 | biography | Vuyisile Mini | 1920-1964 | ✓ |
| B-0007792 | biography | James Edward April | 1940 | ✓ |
| B-0007798 | biography | Professor Kader Abdul Asmal | 1934-2011 | ✓ |
| B-0098784 | biography | Patrick Vuyo Matshikiza | 1938-2014 | ✓ |
| B-0094976 | biography | Neville Wilson Curtis | 1947-2007 | ✓ |
| B-0008936 | biography | Mewa Ramgobin | 1932-2016 | ✓ |
BiographyOscar Mpetha
… worker. In the late 1940s he helped to organise the African Food and Canning Workers' Union and in 1951 became its general secretary. He joined the African…
BiographyAlbert Nzula
… secretary, with Edward Roux , of the short-lived League of African Rights, a Communist initiated organisation aimed in part at eclipsing the more…
BiographyIsaac Bokala
… from Newclare to Naledi in Soweto. Bokala was active in African National Congress campaigns from the 1952 Defiance … the Naledi area. He was also the…
BiographyNicholas Hlobo
… as a visual artist as another way of contributing to South African culture. He obtained a bachelor’s degree of … His work appears in the collections of the…
BiographyJohn Watt (Jack) Grossert
… he was Organiser of Arts and Crafts in Natal for the African Schools of the Natal Education Department; from 1954-62 he was an Inspector of Arts and Crafts…
BiographyHeinrich Egersdorfer
… at his trade in England. In 1884 he founded The South African Illustrated News in Cape Town with a few partners. … T he Cape Argus Weekly Edition supplement…
BiographyBonakele Milner Ntsangani
… He was an accomplished musician. Ntsangani joined the African National Congress (ANC) in the mid-1940s and joined the South African Communist Party at an…
BiographyJonas Mosa Gwangwa
… become a composer of note and became the first black South African to release an album. Gwangwa gained popularity in … Music. Gwangwa spent ten years as…
BiographyZachius Botlhoko Molete
… 1949 he met A. P. Mda at the annual conference of the African National Congress (ANC), and throughout the rest of … the PAC at the December 1960…
BiographyJohann Christiaan Kriegler
… He has also served as a judge in the final round of the African Human Rights Moot Court Competition. He is an … for Iraq (2005) and Swaziland (2005) and IBA …
BiographyHelene Marie Passtoors
… and justice. At the time of her involvement in the South African liberation struggle, she held dual nationality, … following negotiations between the Belgian…
BiographyBrian Percy Bunting
… newspaper called Fighting Talk. Bunting joined the South African Communist Party (SACP) in 1940 at age 20. In 1946 he … central committee. He was arrested…
BiographyDawid (Dawie) Jacobus De Villiers
… in 1979. In April 1979 De Villiers became the South African Ambassador in London. On his return in October 1980 … the Liquor Act was passed which…
BiographyArthur David Bensusan
… at Witwatersrand University (Wits). He joined the South African Air Force at the outbreak of World War II and served … the SA College of Medicine), and…
BiographyDonald James Woods
… from Maseru, under United Nations passports, over South African territory, into Botswana before proceeding to London. … in exile, Woods continued to publish…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
… in Johannesburg prior to its dissolution. February, At an African National Congress (ANC) meeting of 10 000 people, at … plays a leading role in the Congress…
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
… at Indians, Law 3 of 1885 , is passed in the South African Republic, or the Transvaal. 1. This law shall apply … passages. Bonus doubled in 1931, and finally…
ArticleThe Destruction of Sophiatown
… Soweto. And once Africans were resettled in Soweto between 1955 and 1960, the NRB acted as a local authority in respect … removals. It is often argued that…
BiographyJunaid Ahmed
… Ahmed was the General Secretary of the Congress of South African Writers (COSAW) from May 1986 to November 1990. Over … and directed short films for Channel…
BiographyWalton Zacharias Fenyang
… in the Orange Free State. An early treasurer of the African National Congress (ANC) and for some years the ANC … 1913 he was in a delegation of nine…
BiographyMargaret Gazo
… bigger national march. Margaret Gazo, a stalwart of the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL), died on 8 April 1974 of natural causes. In 2011,…
BiographyEmmanuel Bonginkosi Nzimande
… mass and labour struggles. Nzimande joined the South African Communist Party (SACP) in 1988. He has held the … of the SACP since July 1998. He is also a…
BiographyPieter Willem Botha
… from Luanda. They were overruled and in August 1975, South African troops entered southern Angola to supposedly protect … suddenly withdrew its support. By…
EventPolice swoop down on the homes of Congress of the People leaders across the country, the arrests led to the Treason Trial
… multi-racial Congress of the People Conference in June 1955, the South African Police raided the homes and offices of those who had … number of documents. …
BiographyVuyisile Mini
… repressive 1950s. Mini was tasked by the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) to organise the … with another activist, Stephen Tobia, they founded…
BiographyJames Edward April
… of the Teachers League of South Africa (TLSA) and the Cape African Teachers Association (CATA) as well as Jewish … representatives for Coloureds, which the…
BiographyProfessor Kader Abdul Asmal
… responded by leading the school stay-at-home. Asmal met African National Congress (ANC) President and Nobel Peace … Asmal effectively opposed apartheid on…
BiographyPatrick Vuyo Matshikiza
… Eastern Cape home, will go down in the annals of South African music as one of the jazz pioneers who played a … tune has since occupied pride of place in the…
BiographyNeville Wilson Curtis
… working in the mining industry and served in the South African Air Force during World War II. Jack Curtis eventually … [Schoon] were very active in National…
BiographyMewa Ramgobin
… and was active in the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS), heading the non-European section of … Nokukhanya Luthuli, the wife of Chief Albert…