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BiographyFeziwe Bookholane
… that her stepson was murdered together with seven other African National Congress (ANC) members in the Maputo raid in Mozambique by South African Army. In…
BiographyAndrew Mokete Mlangeni
… conditions and a living wage. In 1951 he joined the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) and later in 1954 he joined the African National…
BiographyStella Margaret Nomzamo Sigcau
… student at the University of Fort Hare, Sigcau joined the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) . She … (Contralesa) , was nominated. She also…
BiographyJane Gool
… called the the All Native Convention it became the All African Convention (AAC). Jane, joined by political figures … Jane and her comrades moved for the…
BiographyJ. Nkampeni
… Commercial Union in 1925. In 1943 became a member of the African National Congress . Leader of the Korsten ratepayers … Member of the Industrial and…
BiographyAmichand Rajbansi
… on 14 January 1942. At the age of 14 he attended every African National Congress (ANC) rally addressed by Chief … Gastrow, S. (1985).Who's who in South…
ANC statement on the death of Adelaide Tambo, 31 January 2007
… is with deep regret and a profound sense of loss that the African National Congress has learnt of the death this … of the ANC, Tambo was a founder member of…
EventSA and British governments clash over interpretation of the Simonstown Agreement
… On 5 March 1960, the South African and British governments were in open conflict over … the interpretation of the Simonstown Agreement. The South African…
EventSA Journalist James Gray is born
… South African journalist, newspaper proprietor and former editor of … Prix de Journalisme Colonial award at Ghent, Belgium, in 1955, and Portugal honoured…
BiographyBessie Amelia Head
… prejudice she experienced was excessive, even by South African standards at the time, and continued to afflict her … political resistance in Johannesburg …
Sparks Mahamba
… Sparks Mahamba was a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto we Sizwe … African National Congress. (1996). List of ANC Members who …
BiographyJulius Phumelele Busa
… in organising textile workers in Worcester, and was an African National Congress (ANC) organiser for the Congress of …
BiographyMartha Mohlakoane
… in domestic service for 22 years. Mohlakoane joined the African National Congress in 1939 and was one of the leaders …
BiographyDr Gurunathen (Guru) Kistnasamy
… first brush with the notorious Special Branch of the South African Police occurred at school. He was called to the … (SRC). The SRC affiliated to the…
BiographyArnold Selby
… the early 1940s. Arnold Selby was elected Secretary of the African Textile Union, a post he held until his banning in … for both of them. Arnold, as General…
BiographyBerni Searle
… history, land-memory and place. Besides dealing with South African History, awareness of her own skin and of those … Award 2000 as well as the Daimler…
BiographyThambi Naransamy Naidoo
… moved during the Anglo-Boer War (also known as the South African War). He was the son of Govindasamy Krishnamy Thambi … From Protest to challenge: A…
BiographySiphiwo Maxwell “Congress” Mthimkhulu
… His political activism began with him joining the South African Student Movement (SASM) in 1977. … Blacks Civics Organisation (PEBCO) 3 and Congress of South…
BiographyPhilip Ata Kgosana
… Massacre , when he emerged as the spokesman for 30,000 African demonstrators who marched into the centre of Cape … been seen by some as a critical turning…
BiographyAmina Desai
… under the Terrorism Act for furthering the aims of the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) in 1972. On the first…
BiographyDorothy Ruth Boxall
… on the Research and Education Committee of the South African Society of Music Teachers; and was twice chairwoman … Boervrou, she also had articles published…
BiographyClive Edward Butler Rice
… time and that would have been an insult to one of South African greatest cricketers. Instead he was appointed as a … a career, spanning almost four decades,…
BiographyThulisile Nomkhosi Madonsela
… term. She was the only full-time commissioner in the South African law Reform Commission at the time. Of all her … the advancement of women, Madonsela is a…
BiographyLebo Mathosa
… and the best female vocalist awards at the 2001 South African Music Awards (SAMA). Her next album Drama Queen … and also made history when she was nominated…
BiographyAnderson Khumani Ganyile
… 1959. Ganyile’s interest in politics was sparked by the African National Congress (ANC) 1952 Defiance Campaign . In … a first year student at the UFH,he…
ArticlePassive Resistance Campaign Timeline
… established as the deadline for the registration of Asian immigrants 28 December: first arrests of Asians for … labour prohibited from 1 July. October, The…
EventArchibald Gumede, former President of the United Democratic Front, is born in Pietermaritzburg.
… 1 March 1914 in Pietermaritzburg. He studied at the South African Native College (now University of Fort Hare), but … out after two years. He returned to…
EventMartin Luther King, Junior, is born
… Martin Luther King, Junior, an African-American clergyman who orchestrated social change … 1960s. King led blacks in the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955-1956,…
EventSophiatown residents are forcefully moved to Soweto
… It was in the early hours on 9 February 1955 when around 2 000 policemen, armed with guns, … notice, residents were supposed to be moved on 12 February 1955,…
BiographySolomon Kalushi Mahlangu
… the school’s closure due to ongoing riots. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in September 1976, and left … after the uprising Mahlangu left the…