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BiographyDr. Jacob Mfaniselwa Nhlapo
… an active membership of the African National Congress (ANC), and became propagandist for the National Executive of the ANC, then led by Dr A.B. Xuma. He was…
BiographyThandi Modise
… Modise, a railworker, was an African National Congress (ANC) activist. The students uprising in 1976 in her area … 1976 she slipped over the border into…
Document 40 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi to the Communist League of America’, 26 April 1932
… Document 40 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi to the Communist League of America', 26 April 1932 … April 26,1932. Secretary Communist League of America 84 East…
ArticleThe ANC’s MK Special Ops Unit Material - Yunus Carrim Collection - 6 November 2025
… The ANC’s MK Special Ops Unit Material Yunus Carrim Collection … put together a book, Attacking the Heart of Apartheid: The ANC’s MK Special Operations…
EventTryphina Mboxela Jokweni is honoured by the ANC
… Jokweni was a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and was part of the 1956 Union Buildings March which saw … (MK) cadre in 1962, working under the…
BiographyFrances Baard
… Florence Matomela and others. The two women formed an ANC Women's League in Port Elizabeth in the 1950s. In 1954 the two women … was later charged and…
EventThe General Assembly of the League of Nations meets in Geneva for the first time
… On 15 November 1920, the General Assembly of the League of the Nationsmet in Geneva, Switzerland for the first time. The League was an international body…
Closing speech by ANC President Jacob Zuma by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
… Closing speech by ANC President Jacob Zuma Cde Chairperson, Cde Deputy … of the National Executive Committee, Leadership of the ANC Women's League and…
BiographyZachius Botlhoko Molete
… at Kroonstad High School, where he was drawn into Youth League politics. In December 1949 he met A. P. Mda at the annual conference of the African…
BiographyIsaac Bokala
… the petrol company, in the same year that he joined the ANC Youth League. In 1952 Bokala married Margaret, with whom he had … Teacher, member of the African…
Leonora van den Heever
Van den Heever was born in Windhoek in 1926 but attended school in Bloemfontein. She went on to complete her MA in English at the University of Pretoria, and…
BiographyStanley Mabizela
… struggle at an early age when he first joined the ANC Youth League. A son to a farm worker, Mabizela did his primary … expelled him when they discovered that…
EventIFP proposes a truce with ANC
… proposed a truce with the African National Congress (ANC) as an effort to distil violent clashes between members … the IFP, Oscar Dhlomo, communicated the…
The General Assembly of the League of Nations meets in Geneva for the first time. The headquarters of the League of Nations has
… The General Assembly of the League of Nations meets in Geneva for the first time. The headquarters of the League of Nations has …
EventVerwoerd's grandson joins ANC
… wife Melanie Verwoerd was a card-carrying member of the ANC even before he joined the organisation. His main aim of … ideologies, while hoping that his…
League of Nations Council approves mandates for Palestine and Egypt.
… League of Nations Council approves mandates for Palestine and …
The League of Nations is officially dissolved in Geneva, Switzerland.
… The League of Nations is officially dissolved in Geneva, …
Ethiopia asks League of Nations to guarantee peace with Italy.
… Ethiopia asks League of Nations to guarantee peace with Italy. …
BiographyShanthivathie (Shanthie) Naidoo
… with furthering the aims of the African National Congress (ANC). That was the first time the family could see her since … Aid Fund in London for many years…
BiographyJoe Mkhwanazi
… political activism in the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL). When the Africanists within the ANC broke way to form the Pan Africanist Congress …
ArchiveWomen's Organisations in the Western Cape
ArchiveUnited Women’s Congress Constitution
ArchiveExtracts of 3 Interviews from the 1956 Women’s Anti-Pass March
In the year, 2000, four young oral historians interviewed fourteen women who participated in the 1956 March. Here are extracts from three interviews (Q:…
Statement on the Occasion of National Women’s Day, 9 August 2001
Address To The Nation On National Women’s Day, 9 August 1999
Fellow South Africans, Today, August 9th is National Women's Day. On this day, as a nation, we re-commit ourselves to the advancement of women at all levels of…
MESSAGE BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA ON WOMEN’S DAY 9 August 1995
ArchiveTaking The Women’s Struggle Forward by SPEAK, March 1989, Johannesburg
ArchiveUDF Women’s Congress Is Launched by SPEAK, 1990 – 1994, Johannesburg
Chapter 1 - The Promise of the Impossible Revolution: The Cape Town Industrial Socialist League, 1918 - 1921
… in 1914, namely the Cape Town based Industrial Socialist League, which in 1920 adopted the name of South African … which led to the formation of the…
BiographyRev. James Arthur Calata
… was influencial in the African National Congress (ANC) in the 1930s to 1940s.After primary school Calata … prevailed.He joined the African National Congress…