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BiographyMfoloe Ramokgadi
… was revoked on 14 May 1952. An order dated 19 December 1955 banishing him from Rustenburg to Vryburg, Western …
BiographyAbel Mabe
… was revoked on 14 May 1952. Another order of 19 December 1955, which banished him from Rustenburg to Vryburg in the …
A Message to Every Voter from the African National Congress, April 1958
… You may be surprised to receive this message from the African National Congress: surprised because this is … unusual and because you have no connexion with…
BiographyBenny (!Khoisan X) Alexander
… and Johann Alexander, a labourer, was born on 4th of March 1955 in Kimberley, where he also grew up. Following his … his job to take up full time employment…
BiographyVesta Smith
… Smith was eighteen years old. She became a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and worked closely with … Walter Sisulu . As an ANC volunteer,…
ArticleSouth African History Online and the University of York Collaborative Project
… exciting experience of working collaboratively with South African History Online (SAHO). Students on the course … Professor Drew’s course on ‘Power and…
BiographyOliver Kgadime Matsepe
… also attending confirmation classes at Botshabelo. In 1955 he completed his secondary education when he …
BiographyAhmed Gora Ebrahim
… the organisation as a liberation movement in favour of the African National Congress (ANC) as the only representative of … from the Non-Aligned Movement, the…
BiographyTheo Mthembu
… a career as a trainer and later as a boxing writer. In 1955, he moved to Dube Village, Soweto where he set about … boxing - is a legend who became the first…
BiographyCleopas Madoda Nsibande
… unionist and was later a founding member of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU). He was also one of … people for the adoption of the Freedom…
Cleopas Madoda Nsibande
… unionist and was later a founding member of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU). He was also one of … people for the adoption of the Freedom…
BiographyFlorence Mophosho
… from the 1952 Defiance Campaign and joined the African National Congress (ANC) . She came into contact with … of the People, which adopted the Freedom…
South African anti-apartheid activist Meer dies at 81
… South African anti-apartheid activist Meer dies at 81 …
The Impact of HIV/AIDS on the African Renaissance
… The Impact of HIV/AIDS on the African Renaissance …
Liberation League Acfivities", Soufh African Worker, 17April 1937
… Liberation League Acfivities", Soufh African Worker, 17April 1937 …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) Timeline 1944-2011
… African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) Timeline …
South African History Online and Principia College Partnership Project - 2018 submissions
… biographical essays are selected from students in a South African history survey course that sought to put Africans back at the center of their history and…
BiographyJomo Kenyatta
… amongst the Maasai, where he worked as a clerk for an Asian contractor. It was around this time that he took to … a well educated and respected Kikuyu, had…
BiographyTom Lebekoe
… was revoked on 14 May 1952. Another order of 19 December 1955, which banished him from Rustenburg to Vryburg, Western …
BiographyMartinus Boshomane
… District, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal] on 19 January 1955. He professed to be extremely puzzled by his banishment …
BiographyIrvin Jim
… General Secretary. Jim also held a position in the South African Communist party and the African National Congress. He is now the Secretary of the … ANC…
BiographyOprah Winfrey
… grade she was then skipped to third grade. First Black African woman billionaire in history! A DNA test on the show African American Lives (2006) stated that…
Mahomed “Chota” Motala
… and others, he forged close relations with the local African National Congress (ANC) branch, led by Archie Gumede … was used regularly for meetings by the…
BiographyStephen J.C. Dlamini
… the ranks, ultimately becoming the Chairperson of the African Textile Workers’ Union in the 1950s. Together with … to earning two diplomas in music. A…
BiographyStephen Vukile Tshwete
… at school that Tshwete became politically aware, when, in 1955 he stated following the Treason Trial reports in the … School in King William's Town, he was…
BiographyRonald “Ron” Press
… 1953, after finishing his Ph.D. was as a chemist for African Film Productions. Ronnie was appointed as a plant … of the Witwatersrand. It lasted from…
South African History Online and Principia College Partnership Project - 2017 submissions
… and Anthropology. Project: Women Participation in African Litterature Pre and Post-Colonialism: The Life of … because of this passion. She has a…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister Strijdom dies
… Advocate J. G. Strijdom dies. It was during his tenure in 1955 in Kliptown near Johannesburg, that the Freedom Charter, which embraced the ideological…
ArticleThe South African Society of Artists and its exhibitors, 1902-1950
… non-practioners to join as lay members, the South African Society of Artists made a major contribution to the … The South African Society of Artists and its…
What are the challenges that face the South African film industry?
… we can produce indigenous stories that are uniquely South African. Our narrative is primarily dictated by foreign … What are the challenges that face the…