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BiographyJohn Gomas
John Gomas was born in Cape Town. He was a tailor by profession and a member of the Garment Workers' Union. He served as secretary of the Cape Town branch of…
BiographyEmil Sachs
… legislation Sachs, as a member of the SATLC, gave evidence before the Industrial Legislation Commission in 1935. The … Council for the Clothing Industry to…
BiographyDr Abdullah Abdurahman
… a seat on the council from 1905 until his death in 1940. Abdurahman was the grandson of industrious Muslim Malay … there can be little argument that in the…
O. R. Tambo Interviewed by Radio Freedom on Visits of Multi-National Corporations to the ANC, before February 1986
… on Visits of Multi-National Corporations to the ANC, before February 1986 …
John H. Amschewitz, SA art painter and cartoonist, dies three days before his sixtieth birthday in Muizenberg, Cape.
… Amschewitz, SA art painter and cartoonist, dies three days before his sixtieth birthday in Muizenberg, Cape. …
Isaac Baumann, SA pioneer and trader in Bloemfontein, dies a week before his 68th birthday in Bloemfontein.
… SA pioneer and trader in Bloemfontein, dies a week before his 68th birthday in Bloemfontein. …
The Mandela document: A document presented by Nelson Mandela to P.W. Botha before their meeting on 5 July 1989
… A document presented by Nelson Mandela to P.W. Botha before their meeting on 5 July 1989 …
State President John Vorster, former Prime Minister, appears before the Erasmus Commission in connection with the Information s
… President John Vorster, former Prime Minister, appears before the Erasmus Commission in connection with the …
John H. Amschewitz, SA art painter and cartoonist, dies three days before his sixtieth birthday in Muizenberg, Cape.
… Amschewitz, SA art painter and cartoonist, dies three days before his sixtieth birthday in Muizenberg, Cape. …
There are four centuries for South Africa as they make 7-644 vs Queensland before a 6,180 crowd.
… for South Africa as they make 7-644 vs Queensland before a 6,180 crowd. …
BiographyEugène Ney Terre’Blanche
… leaders. The men had resigned from the movement shortly before the start of the trial. One of them was Jacob … broadcaster Channel 4 in 1992 in the London…
BiographyJohnson Ngwevela
Johnson Ngwevela was a longtime activist in the African National Congress (ANC) and the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in the Western Cape, and in the…
BiographyIlse Naude
… Maths and Education which she successfully completed. In 1940, Illse and Beyers Naude got married at Genadendal a …
BiographyAnthony Sampson
… have given the African National Congress (ANC) salute in court. In 1966, Sampson quit his job at The Observer , and … Award. Sampson wrote his autobiography,…
Refiloe Jackie Phelile Sedibe
… role model. Sedibe then took his surname. It was not long before she was politically involved. At eight, she was … board of control, the Department of…
BiographyDirk Johannes Coetzee
… he summoned a human rights lawyer and launched an urgent court application for a stay of execution. In 1981 he began … Nofemela made a last-minute appeal for…
ArchiveTestimony of Bishop Manas Buthelezi in the court proceedings: The State versus W.W.C. Twala and 10 others (SSRC Trial)
… Evidence given by the Bishop Manas Buthelezi in the court proceedings the State versus W W C Twala and 10 others. … Testimony of Bishop Manas Buthelezi in…
BiographyDaniel Simon Letanka
… failed to produce sufficient income, Letanka became a court interpreter, working between 1902 and 1909 in the Supreme Court in Pretoria and at courts in…
EventPresident Cyril Ramaphosa appears before protesters against gender- based violence in South Africa
… As he began to speak, the crowd booed the president, before allowing him to speak. President Ramaphosa agreed that … President Cyril Ramaphosa appears before…
BiographyDorothy Cleminshaw
… of banned documents. Cleminshaw was summoned to appear before the Schlebusch Commission which was tasked with … was overturned in a successful appeal to the…
BiographySelby Bangani Ngcobo
… and Yale University, where he obtained an M.A. degree in 1940. In 1957-1958 he was a British Commonwealth Fellow at …
BiographyGladstone Xala Tshume
Gladstone Xala Tshume was born on 1912, he joined the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in the late 1930s while working for a coal dealer in Grahamstown…
EventPrime Minister, B.J.Vorster, states that South Africa is still committed to granting independence to Namibia before the end of 1978
… Africa promised to grant South West Africa independence before the end of the year. This was to occur after South … is still committed to granting…
Leonora van den Heever
… and from 1982–1985 was part of the Bophuthatswana Appeal Court. In 1991 she became the first female judge to be … to the appellate division of the South…
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
… return to South Africa, his father, became engaged in a court battle against the Krugersdorp Municipality. White … an “imperialist war.” In two letters…
BiographyDullah Mohamed Omar
… was withdrawn by the apartheid government three days before he was to leave for London to begin studying for a … In 1982.Omar was admitted as an advocate to…
BiographyMohandas Karamchand Gandhi
… ruler. India was then under British rule. His father died before Gandhi could finish his schooling. At thirteen, the … called to the Bar on 10 June 1891. He…
BiographyJustice John Mowbray Didcott
… Town, but then joined the Cape Argus for a year as Supreme Court reporter. That experience alerted him to the … appointment on the Bench he was appointed a…
BiographyJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
… law in solitary confinement at Hercules police station before being transferred to the Hercules Police Station near … was taken from Pretoria to Leeukop…
BiographyErnst Heinrich Daniël Arndt
… technical committee on banking legislation in the early 1940’s Arndt was appointed as the first Registrar of Banks in … the Stock Exchange. Arndt gave…