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BiographyMarthinus Wessel Pretorius
… Andries Pretorius, and the first president of the South African Republic and founder of Pretoria. He died on the 19th …
ArticleFootball in South Africa Timeline 1862-2012
… County Football Club (Whites-only) is established. 1880 African and Indian soccer clubs are active in Durban and … soccer match to be played on Sunday (SA…
BiographyDavid Sibeko
… person with the Freedom Committee of the Organization of African Unity. In 1968 Sibeko was appointed head of the PAC's … this capacity he was the first…
BiographySelaelo Charles 'Dan' Ramusi
… and dance. He was one of the organisers of the 1970 South African Student Organisation (SASO), Student Christian … for exile sometime in November/December…
BiographyNaboth Monyandioe Moreleba Mokgatle
… Some of these were run by members of the South African Communist Party and gave him the opportunity to learn … and led the Dairy Workers' Union and the…
BiographyEpainette Nomaka Mbeki
… years. MaMbeki was also a founding member of the National African Chamber of Commerce and was the secretary of the … Community Builder of the Year Award; the…
BiographyDurant Basi Sihlali
… of drawing on imaginative interpretations of traditional African sculptural forms. Instead, Sihlali worked from … Sihlali’s work, along with that of many…
BiographyRichard Msimang
… teeth. In 1912 Msimang was a founder member of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC, after 1923 ANC) . As … the issuing of passes to women…
BiographyJansie Lourens
… Niehaus , were found guilty of active participation in the African National Congress (ANC), the planting of bombs, …
BiographyFrank A. Pendla
… Frank A. Pendla was the president of the Cape African Congress in the early 1940s until suspended by A. B. … clerk, and a restaurant proprietor. President…
The historical significance of COSATU’s Workers’ Charter Campaign
… Charter became a leading item on the agenda of the South African labour movement. It developed as a response to … the Congress Alliance for unions to…
BiographyEsther Barsel
… Barsel dedicated her life to the struggle of the South African people from an early age, joining the Young Communist … Party of South Africa (CPSA) – later…
BiographyPeter McKenzie Brown
… university in his first year after being inspired by South African writer Peter Abrahams to return home. Back in South Africa, he studied African languages …
BiographyProfessor Emeritus Phillip Tobias
… politics, and was the chair of the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS). Tobias, then 19, while studying, … and Head of the Department of…
BiographyAbram Ramothibi Onkgopotse Tiro
… articles that they regarded as "objectionable”: the South African Students Organisation (SASO) Policy Manifesto and the … same year, he was elected the…
Durban Mayors and other city officials
… Osborn (1950 - 54) RA Carte (1954 - 55) G Vernon Essery (1955 - 56) Percy Osborn (1956 - 57) HW Jackson (1957 - 58) WE …
BiographyEdgar Arthur Deane
… Town City Council. Deane became the chairman of the South African Coloured People's Organisation in the 1950s. In 1962 …
Professor Sir Raymond Hoffenberg
… Two years later, he enlisted voluntarily in the South African Defence Force (SADF) and saw action in North Africa … He actively supported the National Union…
BiographyBishop Mmutlanyane Stanley Mogoba
… communist MP to read. As a consequence, Mogoba joined the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL). As his elder … this period, he was involved with…
BiographyJohn Xavier Merriman
… Africa in 1910. He was considered a liberal in the South African context but he also held fairly conservative views. … between English and Afrikaner, and saw…
ArticlePeter Henry Abrahams timeline 1919 - 1985
… Abrahams becomes acquainted with George Pandmore and other African intellectuals such as Kwame Nkrumah. Padmore works at … Allen and Unwin. He was the first…
EventAndré Phillipus Brink, well-known SA author, is born
… South African novelist, Andre Phillipus Brink was born on 29 May … degree in Literature at the University of Potchefstroom in 1955. 1n 1958 he earned his…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1947-Press Reports on the Campaign
… Saturday: Dr G.M. Naicker and Dr Y.M. Dadoo, the South African Indian leaders, arrived here yesterday and will leave … again to continue their talks after…
BiographyMargaret Nash
… the Anglican Board of Social Responsibility and the South African Council of Churches . Nash was driven by a … outrage and was a great embarrassment for the…
Jeanette Eva Schoon (née Curtis)
… as the Vice-President of the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) and President of its the social … Society . Curtis also worked as an archivist…
BiographyEmily Hobhouse
… In 1899 Emily Hobhouse was appointed secretary of the South African Conciliation Committee, which was a group that … in South Africa. Three months later she…
BiographyWilliam “Bloke” Modisane
… was published by Black Orpheus , was about an educated African, who is 'situated' above his people and finds he does not fit in neatly anywhere. Modisane was…
BiographyJames Mata Dwane
… to establish a link between the Ethiopians and the Black African Methodist Episcopal Church. The AME accepted … relationship of the American church with its…
BiographyNkosinathi Benson Fihla
… nearby University of Fort Hare, and in 1954 he joined the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL). He attended … and he was sentenced to 14 years…
BiographyNana Sita
… the ideal of Gandhi and have suffered the rigours of South African prison life and they are continuing to make further … resistance of all the oppressed…