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BiographyMolly Fischer
… Fischer stood as the Communist Party representative for election to Ward 3 (Hospital/Braamfontein) on the Johannesburg City Council. However, she lost the…
BiographyLouis Luyt
… The FA took part in South Africa’s first democratic election in 1999 but won no seats, dissolving soon …
BiographyTony Sithembiso Yengeni
… for the ANC on the eve of South Africa’s first democratic election in1994, Yengeni adopted a militant leadership style, …
BiographyLennox Sebe
… came mainly from government appointed chiefs. After his election to the position of Chief Minister he formed the …
BiographyMolefi Paul Sefularo
Dr Molefi Paul Sefularo was born on 9 July 1957, in Potchefstroom, North West Province. In addition to public health management diplomas from the University…
BiographyPhillip Qipu Vundla
Philip Vundla was born in 1901 and attended Healdtown for some years before finding work in Johannesburg as a mine clerk. In the mid-1940s he was an organiser…
BiographyBabette Brown
… before going to the University of the Witwatersrand in 1948, where she completed a BA in Education. In 1953, she …
BiographyMichael Guthrie Scott
… traveled to Windhoek and spent the rest of 1947 and early 1948 traveling amongst the remaining Herero in South West … what would become his last trip to…
BiographyAziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad
Aziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad was born on 25 December 1940, Schweizer Reneke, North West Province, (formerly a part of the old Transvaal Province). In 1959, he…
Statement of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, After His Election by the National Assembly as President of the Republic, Cape Town 23 April 2004
… of the Republic of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, After His Election by the National Assembly as President of the …
BiographyKevin Dowling
… freedoms had been curtailed. After the democratic election of 1994, Bishop Dowling shocked the Catholic world …
BiographyProfessor Harry Ranwedzi Nengwekhulu
… was elected as the permanent organizer. After his election, he was in charge of the Reef SASO (REESO) Local …
BiographyHelen Zille
… April 2015 Zille announced that she would not stand for re-election as the DA's leader in its 2015 elections. Zille is …
BiographyMadhlangala Dukuza Ndabezitha
… Natal. They had three children, Mabandla, Khangekile (1948-2011) and Nomadhlangala. Between 1906 and 1938, …
BiographyKenneth Kaunda
… is now Harare), at the 'Salisbury Bindura Mines'. In 1948 became a teacher in Mufulira, for the United Missions to …
BiographyDr Arthur Elias Letele
… the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL). In 1948 he decided to move to Kimberley, where he immediately …
BiographyTheresa Solomon
Theresa Solomon was born in District Six, Cape Town, Western Cape, in 1945. Solomon lived in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town, where she worked as a community…
BiographyS .G. Sekano Ntoane
S.G. Sekano Ntoane was born on 14 April 1904 in Hebron, Pretoria. He was the second of the six children of Levy Ntoane, a minister of the Berlin Lutheran…
BiographyLeo Linda Sihlali
Leo Linda Sihlali was born on 9 September 1915 in Butterworth. He went to primary school in Tarkastad where his mother worked as a teacher. On completion he…
”India’s Step Most Timely”: Joint Statement By Dr. Dadoo And Dr. Naicker On The Decision Of The Government Of India To Raise The South African Indian Question Again Before The United Nations General Assembly, July 1948
… Again Before The United Nations General Assembly, July 1948 …
BiographyJackson Mphikwa Mthembu
… part of the leadership collective which supported SWAPO’s election campaign by providing, amongst other things, minibus …
BiographyFeroza Adam
… Relations in Holland. With the first democratic election of a new ANC led government in 1994, Adam moved to …
BiographySicelo Shiceka
Sicelo Shiceka was born on 8 June 1966 in the village of Ingquza Hill, near Flagstaff, Lusikisiki in the Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) His greatest…
BiographyNathaniel James Merriman
Born in Marlborough, England, on the 4th of April 1809, died in Grahamstown on the 16th of August 1882. Educated at Marlborough, at Winchester College and…
ArticleUnion, Segregation, apartheid and Democracy: From Union to non racial democracy
… The 1910 election: The Union of SA The first election that created the … of 1936. Consequently, “the elections of 1937, 1942 and 1948 were the only elections…
BiographyKerr Alexander
… Kerr's leadership to a roll of 330 post-matriculants in 1948, the year of his retirement. Kerr's influence in the …
BiographyReverend Zaccheus Richard Mahabane
… later president until his resignation in 1956. In October 1948 he was the AAC delegate at a meeting with the ANC where …
BiographyPresident Seretse Khama
… of a retired army officer. They were married in September 1948. Seretse’s Uncle Tshekedi ordered him to come home so …
BiographyFreda Levson
… South West Africa. When Scott left the United Nations in 1948, Levson put Scott’s paper together and published them as …
BiographyHarry Snitcher
… of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) until 1948. Snitcher stood for Parliament three times as a CPSA …