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Faith Gasa
… Brigade into peace talks with their counterparts in the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) in a bid to … Africa. Gastrow S. 1995. “Who's Who in…
PlaceWoodstock
… in 1947. This was in the form of a House, but in 1955 the King of Egypt: 'Farouk" and his Government donated …
PlaceNyanga Township
… the Divco and CTCC made an abrupt decision to move all African squatters in their area to a controlled ‘transit … - had 46 ‘black spots’ - an official term…
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… a Kimberley schoolteacher, becomes the first South African Black woman to receive a Bachelor's degree. While on a choir trip to the United States (US)…
BiographyZwelinzima Joseph Vavi
… miners' strike. He then joined Congress of the South African Trade Unions (COSATU) as a volunteer in 1988. In 1988 … posts to access privileged information…
BiographyDiana Ferrus
… Internationally renowned South African poet, writer, and activist for marginalised groups, … (a poem dedicated to her mother who died in 1997), The African…
BiographyTheresa Solomon
… Solomon was elected chairperson of the Woodlands African National Congress (ANC) branch and nominated as a … tenure. She was then transferred to Canada as…
BiographyBongani Mnguni
… Bongani Mnguni was a South African photographer and photojournalist who dedicated his …
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 4: A Heritage trail through the provinces of South Africa
… Gleaming skyscrapers contrast with Indian bazaars and African medicine shops, and the streets throng with fruit … is best known for the famous siege during…
ArticleAhmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017
… Council under the mentorship of I.C. Meer. The South African Indian Congress (SAIC) launches the Passive … of the ANC and the Executives of the SAIC and the…
ArticleList of people banned under Apartheid
… graduate who had worked as a correspondent for the South African News Agency. The banning order set him under house … of 2 daughters. One of the accused in…
BiographyLouis Botha
… delivered a number of speeches stressing that South African interests should come before those of Empire and that … to raise any large issues of policy in…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Mercosur Heads of State Summit Ushuaia, 24 July 1998
… regional or continental associations - the Organisation of African Unity;the European Union;Caribbean Community and … the solidarity of the international…
BiographyPaul Mokabe
… introduction of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in African schools in 1976. In 1977, Mokabe skipped the country …
Dorothy Alexander
… on international politics. Dorothy went on to join the African People’s Democratic Union of South Africa (APDUSA), … Teacher, member of Teachers League of…
Joseph Zenzele Mavi
… as a truck driver,he was elected to the executive of the African Transport Worker's Union (ATWU),and in 1975 became …
Ntombikayise Priscilla Ngocobo (née Khubeka)
… , Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) and was affiliated with the African National Congress (ANC) armed wing uMkhonto weSizwe …
BiographyNosipho Dastile
… first president and also became the region’s African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) chairperson …
ArchiveOttilie Abrahams: An Honest and Upright Person by Harry Boesak (Pambazuka News), 14 July 2018
… a member of a student organization called the South West African Student Body, which eventually became South West African Progressive Association. She acted…
Beerhalls in Soweto from Soweto Heritage Survey Final Report compiled by Steven Lebelo and Elsabe Brink for the National Monuments Council, Northern Region
… centre of the waves of political turmoil in Johannesburg's African townships. The Johannesburg City Council JCC) opened … After much prevarication, the JCC…
PlaceSouth Sudan
… began that led to two prolonged periods of conflict (1955-1972 and 1983-2005) in which perhaps 2.5 Million people …
68. Passive resistance 1946-1947
… own community, and forgetting that it was among the South African Indians that Mahatma Gandhi first learned how to … end ultimately in triumph, in the same…
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… and demanded rights for 'coloured' people. The ANC or African National Congress was formed in 1912. The South African Indian Congress was formed in 1923 to…
Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, delivered by Mr. Tambo, at the funeral of Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo, 01 September 1983, London
… here to pay homage to an outstanding leader of the African liberatory struggle, a comrade and friend who devoted … oppression and economic exploitation of…
Appendix II: About Dr. Dadoo, delivered by Oliver Tambo
… here to pay homage to an outstanding leader of the African liberatory struggle, a comrade and friend who devoted … oppression and economic exploitation of…
Address of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the Inaugural session of the Twelth Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries Durban, 2 September 1998
… environment that neither we nor the visionaries of Bandung foresaw. This situation is compounded by the terrible … legacy of apartheid which defiles every…
BiographyCharles W H Kohler
… farmers and their dependants. At the end of the South African War in 1902, the large incidental markets for Cape … of, on condition that it was never sold…
ArticleThe Cape Malay
… and diversity of Cape Town. Origins The exploration of the African continent in the fifteenth century and the … European powers led to the enslavement of…
BiographyOscar Dumisani Dhlomo
… This enabled him to tour Britain, the United States and African countries where he researched current trends in … Dr OD Dhlomo .| Shelagh Gastro (1992) Who`s…
BiographyHendrik Jacobus (Kobie) Coetsee
… part in political negotiations after the unbanning of the African National Congress (ANC) would receive temporary … Gastrow, S. (1987). Who\'s Who in South…