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BiographyAbdul Samad Minty
… where he completed his schooling. He left South Africa in June 1958, for Britain, to further his studies. His … the defence strategy of the apartheid…
Henry Reed Ngcayiya
… split in the AMEC he joined the Ethiopian Church in South Africa and by 1910 served as the secretary of that church. … to obtain a better dispensation for…
BiographyJohn Taolo Gaetsewe
… easy compromises. At a time when white workers in South Africa,organisedas they were in the Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) and in other all…
Address at Conference on Southern Africa of the Socialist International and the Socialist Group of the European Parliament with the Frontline States, ANC and SWAPO by O. R. Tambo, Arusha, 4 September 1984
… of a process of positive change taking place in South Africa. But he has been out of Tanzania since August 1962 and … this great centre of struggle for…
BiographyAhmed Gora Ebrahim
… in 1957 and went into exile in 1963, returning to South Africa after the unbanning of the organisation in 1990.He was … (ANC) as the only representative of…
BiographyT W Thibedi
… Before joining the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in the 1920s, Thibedi was a member of the … Roux, for some years the only African Communist in…
BiographyBonisile John Kani
… Kani was also nominated for his role in My Children My Africa! On his return to South African from touring overseas, … Johannesburg. The play is set in post…
BiographyCyril Matamela Ramaphosa
… degree through correspondence with the University of South Africa (Unisa) in 1981. He completed his articles in the same year, and joined the Council of…
EventDay of the African Child
… laid down their lives for the cause of freedom in South Africa. By adopting this day as the Day of the African … attention to the plight, not only of…
BiographyAlexander Lionel Boraine 'Alex'
… and Youth Ministry in the Methodist Church of South Africa. In 1962, Boraine received his Masters Degree from … was elected President of the Methodist Church…
BiographyBusisiwe Victoria Mhlongo
… popular Afro-jazz band Osibisa . Mhlongo returned to South Africa in 1979 during an African tour with the singer Letta … for Best Female Artist, Best Adult…
BiographyChristopher W. M. Gell
… He had published over 500 articles and letters in South Africa,United States and Europe,including regular columns in … race discrimination, contributing to …
Address of the president of the republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, to the summit meeting of the OAU heads of state and government Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, June 8 1998
… recognition by ourselves, found expression in the Africa Telecom `98 Forum held in my country recently. Our … Continent the very many talented intellectuals…
BiographyCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart
… such as the constitutional status of the Union of South Africa, neutrality and secession. He was considered one of a … had undertaken to proclaim a British…
EventAfrican Mineworkers’ strike starts
… The strike was initiated by the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), which was active in distributing pamphlets and … Sharma, K., (1989), Women of Africa:…
BiographyHendrik Frensch Verwoerd
… and a deeply religious man who decided to move to South Africa in 1903 because of his sympathy towards the Afrikaner … Reformed Church. After four years they…
BiographyMotsamai Keyecwe Mpho
… after completion went to further his education in South Africa at Tiger Kloof, Vyrburg, matriculating in 1944. He … telegraph operator. However in 1948, he…
BiographyRoy Padayachie
… negotiating team at Congress for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) in 1991. After the dismantling of apartheid, … served as Deputy Minister of…
BiographyRev. Mangena Maake Mokone
… founded the first branch of the Ethiopian church in South Africa. The church was formerly opened on the 5th November … and led to a call from the Ethiopian…
BiographyAugust Aime Balkema
… refuge for Jews.) When Balkema decided to settle in South Africa after the war, he brought with him a background of … the finest work ever to have been…
BiographyReverend Zaccheus Richard Mahabane
… himself to the problems of Christianity and its place in Africa. He put across his thoughts in this connection at various conferences in South Africa and…
BiographyBilly Paddock
… argued strongly for Christian social justice in South Africa. He later returned to the university and enrolled as a … important record of popular campaigns…
BiographyChris Hani
… rural home in search of work in the urban areas of South Africa. This had a profound influence on the young Chris, who … Hani, who was active in the ANC and…
BiographyMary Eveline Fincken
… health, however, and she was advised to visit South Africa. She arrived in 1908 and eventually decided to settle … of her advancement of a musical culture in…
BiographyRobert Carl-Heinz Shell
… Robert Shell was born in Cape Town, South Africa on 13 February 1949, the only child of a German … history and comparative slavery. On his return to South…
The Spirit of Bandung - Address to the International Conference in Support of the Liberation Movements of Southern Africa and in Support of the Frontline States by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 10 April 1979
… hands with representatives of the peoples of the rest of Africa and of Asia to bring into being what has proved itself … in the liberation of all oppressed…
BiographyWilliam “Bloke” Modisane
… to advance the objectives of the non-racial Union of South Africa Artists and the Arts Federation. His short stories, … play No-Good Friday . In 1959,…
BiographyMichael Davis
… magazine and to various group exhibitions in South Africa including the Staffrider exhibition in 1985, the … by Joseph Alfers, Davis’ images included in…
BiographyJacob Dumdum Nyaose
… the Federation of Free African Trade Unions of South Africa as an all-African non-Communist union organisation, … and eventually made his way via Swaziland …
EventSouth African GMO Act implemented
… 1999.[i] The Act was aimed at regulating all South Africa’s genetically modified activities. More specifically, … Restrictions on Genetically Modified…