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BiographyNgwenduna Vanda
… National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) was from Peddie, Eastern Cape. He was killed in combat with the Transkeian forces. His body was exhumed…
BiographyJohn Beaver "J.B" Marks
… supply was very poor. This strike led to his expulsion from school.A political activist and trade unionist, he … when a fascist opened fire on the platform…
BiographyAziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad
… BA Degree with Majors in Sociology and Afrikaans, in 1963, from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. The … Act , which restricted their…
ArchiveAppendix 7 South Africa, the transition to democracy and the banning of torture, by Denis Goldberg
… it being repeated for eternity, as the Police Minister B J Vorster said, provided a certain pressure. To have my … grey with exhaustion, and his clothes…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Notes
… From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe … Legislation," South African Labour Bulletin 2. (6) (1976). Passed in 1856 in the Cape Colony,…
Intensify the Revolution by O. R. Tambo The 'Morogoro Conference', Morogoro, Tanzania, 25 April – 1 May 1969
… Contents Extracts from the Political Report of the National Executive Committee … of the ANC Strategy and Tactics of the ANC EXTRACTS FROM THE POLITICAL…
BiographyNomhle Nkonyeni
… degree in Theatre for Development in the United Kingdom from the King Alfred College. Nkonyeni was the first black … In 1999 she received a Diploma in…
BiographyJoseph (Anti-Pass) M. Kumalo
… of the 1927 Native Administration Act to Duiwelskloof. From there he was brought to stand trial. He was chairman of … Union Buildings on the 9 August 1956 .’…
BiographyKlaas Matlala
… [now Mpumalanga Province]. Initially, he earned his income from building houses; thereafter he found a job as a cleaner … wrote. She worked on a farm to earn…
BiographyLothar Neethling
… He gained two doctorates in chemistry, one of which was from the University of California. His scientific work earned him awards including a golden award…
BiographyBoy Seopa
… was 18 years old when he was banished on 21 July 1953 from his original residence at Matlala's Location, … by the Native commissioner (NC) about his …
African National Congress Press Statement by O. R. Tambo, 5 November 1979
… regime have inevitably led to the Soweto massacre of 1976, the intensified oppression and exploitation of the …
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Red Lives. Convenor: Arianna Lissoni
… Africa (CPSA) in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN) from the 1930s through to the early 1970s was Dawood Seedat (1916-1976). The signposts that light…
BiographyOupa Ronald Madondo
… (now Gauteng). With the advent of forced removals from Sophiatown, his family was relocated to Dube, Soweto, in 1958. After matriculating from Pimville High…
Nelson Mandela The World Celebrates the Mandela’s
… of silence was broken. She was in a sense pulled back from the dead. Durban welcomed her on Sunday, 12 October, at … and women who think fondly of you, who…
Statement at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggling People of South Africa (Soweto Day), 16 June 1989
… oppressed people of our country drew great encouragement from such demonstrative acts of international solidarity. It … the tenth anniversary of the uprising…
Doing Oral History
… of Education and the facilitator was Dr Wassermann from the University of KZN Compiled, collated, edited and … originated during the Oral History Workshop…
BiographyMothebang Mopeli
… to a certain Josiel Lefela, an ”opruier” (agitator) from Basutoland. Lefela was said never to work yet always had money. It was speculated this came from a…
BiographyVusumuzi Vitus Mvelase
… detained in terms of the Internal Security Act from Aug.-Dec.’76 and then banned; banning includes house arrest from dusk to dawn and during weekends. In…
BiographyRichard Owen Dudley
… school. In 1961, Dudley’s parents were forcibly removed from their family home in Newlands. His parents received … During the 1960s, Dudley was banned and…
Address by President Jacob Zuma to the Military Veterans Medals Parade Waterkloof Airforce Base, 27 October 2012
… "victory or death, we shall win and liberate our country from apartheid and colonial subjugation." Many of them did so … We are here to honour and celebrate…
BiographyFanele Mbali
… (ANC) Treasurer of the Cape Province (during the years from 1940 to 1954). It was Bokwe’s speech that inspired Mbali … in 1956, the following year (1957),…
BiographyMorris Ranoto
… Morris Ranoto was banished on19 January 1955 from Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, [Northern] … Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal]. He survived on support…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Socialism, Culture and Networks. Convenor: Omar Badsha
… traces international influences in South Africa’s culture; from awareness of Langston Hughes, WEB Du Bois, and the … On the occasion of the 100th Anniversary…
BiographyCharles W H Kohler
… leadership this organisation saved the wine industry from certain ruin. It was he who guided the KWV through good … him by his contemporaries. The creation…
BiographyPule Mabe
… 2019, Mabe was awarded a Master of Business Leadership from the University of South Africa (UNISA) School of … Youth League ( ANCYL ) then led by Julius…
BiographyMary Malete
… she was convinced by a family member to pursue nursing. From 1959, she trained in general nursing at Glen Cowie … courses and diplomas, culminating in her…
Mzukisi Nobhadula
… 6 days at the time of his death.The perjury charge arose from evidence he gave in a public violence trial which resulted from the frequent violent clashes…
BiographyVuyani Goniwe
… Vuyani Goniwe, also known as Jorissen (his MK name), from Ntselamanzi Location, Alice in the Eastern Cape, left … MK reconnaissance unit. The unit…
BiographyPhikinkani Zulu
… the system, had to flee to Swaziland when Zulu peasants from the Thomas district of Nongoma threatened to kill him for siding with the BA.” Arising from this…