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BiographyFlorence Mophosho
… from the 1952 Defiance Campaign and joined the African National Congress (ANC) . She came into contact with … for the Transvaal demonstrations against the…
BiographyThandi Modise
… West . Her father, Frans Modise, a railworker, was an African National Congress (ANC) activist. The students … committed to the Huhudi community. She started…
BiographyPopo Molefe
… while still at school. The next year he joined the South African Students’ Movement (SASM) , and in 1976 was involved … it in 1989. In 1990 Molefe became…
BiographyFlorence Elizabeth Mnumzana
… the one hand, and apartheid on the other. She joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1952 at the beginning of … 1960 she became the secretary of the…
BiographyNomadhlangala Cosy Europa Ndabezitha
… principal in Natal was a founding member of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) later renamed the African National Congress (ANC). He was a…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter III - Dr. Philip - 'Defendre of the Hottentots'
… In the comprehensiveness of the general statements in his Preface it is obvious that he is not confining himself to the … to us, therefore, to follow his…
BiographyKate Dinkwetsi Molale
… as Secretary General of the Sophiatown branch of the African National Congress (ANC) . She was actively involved …
EventHundreds of White-owned farms are seized by homeless people and pro-Mugabe war veterans in a violent campaign in Zimbabwe
… economical consequences for Zimbabwe. There have also been claims that the programme has only benefited Zimbabwe's elite …
Winifred Seqwana
… 1897 and settled in Cape Town , where she became the first African woman member of the Communist Party of South Africa … introduced until May 1962. She…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Essay Questions
… and how did this reality pave the way for the rise of African Nationalism? Present an argument in support of your … 1910. Britain had defeated Boer…
BiographyLesetja Kganyago
… at the University of London’s school of Oriental and African studies where he completed it in 1994. In addition to … National Bank (FNB). He served as an…
EventAttempts of sabotage are made in Secunda
… failed to successfully hit their target. Though the African National Congress (ANC) military wing, (MK), did not claim responsibility for these acts, the…
BiographyEla Gandhi
… and in particular you being an Indian cannot teach African children”. In 1952, when Ela was 12 years old, her … with her brother, sisters and friends in and…
BiographyHenry Burton
… Colony in general. Sol Plaatje, one of the founders of the African National Congress (ANC), would state in his Mafeking … Burton left Kimberly before the…
BiographyJulius C. Malie
… He worked at various times for the YMCA, the South African Institute of Race Relations, and the Bantu World. … He was a participant in the Consultative…
Khela Ngobese
… been Arthur Buthelezi, one of the earlier generation of African artists along with Gerard Bhengu and the Ntuli …
BiographySibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa
… (Sihle) R. Mbongwa was born in 1952. After joining the African National Congress’ military wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe …
BiographyColonel Sibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa
… (Sihle) R. Mbongwa was born in 1952. After joining the African National Congress’ military wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe …
BiographyJopie (Josef Johannes) Fourie
… 1878. He was a scout and dispatch rider during the South African War , and was wounded and captured in an action north … Scout and dispatch rider during the…
BiographyNise Bulelwa Malange
… for the complaints services of the Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU), which was arguably succeeded by the Congress of South African Trade…
BiographyJames Kantor
… that Wolpe was involved with uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the African National Congress’s (ANC) military wing. Nor, he … movement, someone whom Ivan Schermbrucker…
BiographyWalter Kefuoe Fikeleph Chakela
… this changed once he was introduced to a number of African writers who ignited his passion for literature. … Chakela discovered the works of some of the most…
BiographyJ. E. Malepe
… A leader of the African National Congress Youth League during the 1940s, he was elected to the African National Congress (ANC) national executive committee…
BiographyMaggie Bopalamo
… School, and by 1988 she was appointed as the head of the African Studies Department. In 1985, she passed exams for the … Police Station in Zeerust, and…
BiographyVusamazulu Credo Mutwa
… gained experience that only those who walk the path of an African healer could experience. He listened to stories told … from the public eye. Much of Mutwa’s…
BiographyEnver Hassim
… study and theory. Hassim also interacted with a number of African National Congress (ANC) stalwarts including Walter … elected to the treasury. At a 1956…
BiographyAbdul ‘Apamai’ Rahman Dawood
… Consequently Dawood joined an underground cell of the African National Congress (ANC) and its armed wing uMkhonto … ammunition. As a key leader in the…
BiographyWilliam Khanyile
… circles on the issue. Very soon after, he joined the South African Communist Party (SACP) and became particularly … and charged with belonging to a banned…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
… country to appeal to the UN on the basis of how South African Indians were being wrongfully racially segregated and treated unjustly. At that stage the UN…
BiographyAnton Edward Rupert
… Between 1958 and 1959, the Congress Alliance and the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), called for the … be remembered for his immense…