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BiographyEric Mtshali
… workers. In 1955 he assisted in established Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (SACTWU). In the … he assisted in collecting ‘freedom…
PlaceBathurst, Eastern Cape
… conflict between White settlers moving Northwards and African pastoralists and refugees from the Mfecane moving … military relief arrived. The Wesleyan…
PlaceGroot Brakrivier, Mossel Bay Local Municipality
… of the new Municipal dispensation introduced by the South African Government, in December 2000. This Municipal Area now … and Little Brak River." It was…
Passive resistance in South Africa by Oliver Tambo, 2 June 1966
… resistance inspired a change of heart in the rulers. The African National Congress (ANC), on the other hand, expressly … reserves were subjected to heavy…
PlaceStrandfontein
Strandfontein is a pretty little coastal village situated on the West Coast at the mouth of the Olifants River. Strandfontein’s high cliffs provide excellent…
BiographyMampe Mosia Makhaya
… UK, Norway, Germany and Russia. In 1976, Makhaya join the African National Congress (ANC) and in 1992 became its Chief … on 1 August 1994, after which he…
BiographyNathaniel Impey Honono
… collegues to build a spirit resistance to the government's African education policies. In the 1940s Honono was a member … on 16 December 1943. He was an…
BiographyLuli Callinicos
… as part of a concerted campaign after the banning of the African National Congress (ANC). Callinicos wrote articles … Callinicos taught English literacy to…
Black consciousness and the land question by Pandelani Nefolovhodwe, 17 March 2015, South Africa
… and social institutions created by whites affected all African people, rural or urban, illiterate or educated. In the course of establishing … lives of the…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1800-1899
… economic impact profoundly changed South Africa and the African continent. Colonial conquest and rapid land … this period. Conversely, fierce resistance was…
BiographyNosipho Dorothy Ntwanambi
… ( Western Cape ). She was the Deputy President of the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL), was an African National Congress (ANC) National…
PlaceHeilbron, Free State
Although it was a small camp, Heilbron was unusual in several respects. This area in the northern Free State might appear flat and uninteresting but, the…
PlaceEastern Cape Province
… atmosphere of year-round holiday fun against a backdrop of urban activity. Its warm, welcoming nature is matched by a … The City's ancestry is evident…
First National Consultative Conference: The Freedom Charter revolutionary programme of the ANC, 26 April 1969, Morogoro
… For over two hundred and fifty years the African people fought wars of resistance against the European … join political organisations. The use of child…
BiographyHotep Idris Galeta
… years Geleta was drawn into a very active nucleus of South African jazz musicians, among them; Dollar Brand, Chris … Gertze, Makaya Ntoshoko and many other…
BiographyDavidson Don Tengo Jabavu
… His father was also a founding member of the South African Native College (later renamed the University of Fort … Hare's most prominent faculty member. He…
Submissions by the McGill University students 2014
… landclaim. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in African studies and philosophy in December 2014. Patricia has … studies in South Africa. Project: Timeline…
Call to A. N. C. Ranks by Albert Luthuli, 1 November 1954
… certain points which, he says, need clarification. "The African National Congress is a legal organisation. Some … expressed in such measures as the…
Article1956 Women Marchers
… of the Albertina and Walter Sisulu Foundation and South African History Online to gather the names and stories of the … who marched under the banner of the…
Leon Madakeni
… Leon Madakeni, star of the South African film Wanaka, a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK). …
PlaceWynberg, Southern Suburbs
… from 1836. The original home, Maynard Villa, stayed in the family until the City of Cape Town acquired the land and … situated nearby to the Old Wynberg…
Bheki Magubane
… A member of the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK). Was killed in a South African Defence Force (SADF) raid into Mozambique on 31 …
People Against Gangsterism and Drugs
… sentiments, as the organisation believes that the South African government poses a threat to Islamic values. It also … aims to create better political…
BiographyPrincess Magogo
… from abroad, like David Rycroft from the school of African and Oriental studies in London, and Henry Weman, … Hugh Tracy, director of the International…
BiographyMads Nørgaard
… providing editorial input and webmaster services for South African History Online, a website that aims to tell the … his home. Newspapers and publications…
BiographyVuminkosi Zulu
… Examples of his work can be seen in numerous South African and overseas collections. Zulu died in 1996. … (two-person exhibition with Judus Mahlangu). 1984:…
BiographyPeter Mokaba
… Front (UDF) . He became the first president of the South African Youth Congress in 1987 (see note below), which later … Peter Mokaba died on 9 June 2002…
BiographyRahima Moosa
… with the Transvaal Indian Congress and thereafter the African National Congress as the Congress and the ANC had … March , under the auspices of the …
BiographyEric Miller
… rights and social development. He has worked in over 26 African countries, plus many others further afield, producing … of European newspapers and magazines,…
ArticleColonial history of Nelspruit
… a seasonal cattle-grazing ground on the farm of a single family became first a railway siding and finally a proclaimed … that had until then lain on the…