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BiographyMary Sibande
… Shall Govern are on view. She has recently teamed up with Action Aid South African and the Young Urban Women Programme …
BiographyHenry Selby Msimang
… to the committee which had to draw up the Programme of Action. Early in 1949 he represented the ANC in discussions …
BiographyColine Williams
… or in hiding, and gave each of them a rose. This action represents Williams’ compassion and empathy, and …
BiographyReggie Williams
… left a lasting impact on him and prompted him to take action at a later point in his life. In 1976, he also made …
BiographyLouis Botha
… Peace Conference at the end of World War I. A great man of action, he was renowned for his simplicity, humanity, quick … crisis: what part should South…
BiographyEsther Barsel
… democracy and workers’ rights and was regularly seen in action at the headquarters of the Congress of South African …
BiographyFather Trevor Huddleston
… election. In 1995 Huddleston became the founding Patron of Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA), which was established as …
South Africa’s government re-imposes order prohibiting journalists from reporting actions of security forces.
BiographyAbdullah Abdurahman
… rights. In the 1920s and 1930s he led a rearguard action against state initiatives that undermined the economic …
BiographyMatthew Goniwe
… Minister of Police Adriaan Vlok chaired a meeting of the Action Committee at Police HQ. This “Secret” document, … a “works committee” that would recommend a…
BiographyAubrey Mokoena
… were expelled from Fort Hare and Durban-Westville. This action led to a reawakening of political activity, and the …
BiographyBenjamin Ulenga
… Union, he saw a disconnect between SWAPO rhetoric and action. On paper, SWAPO claimed great friendship with their …
BiographyJack Mkhuseli
… the consumer boycott in Port Elizabeth. Following police action and killings in the Port Elizabeth area, Jack was …
BiographyGraça Simbine Machel
… conflicts, and to stimulate much greater international action to this end. Machel is President of the Foundation for …
Mkhuseli Khusta Jack
… the consumer boycott in Port Elizabeth. Following police action and killings in the Port Elizabeth area, Jack was …
BiographyZachariah Keodirelang Matthews
… support to the writing of the ANC's 1949 Programme of Action . Though criticized by the Youth League for waiting …
BiographySheila Weinberg
… 1983, as a leading member of the Johannesburg Democratic Action Committee (Jodac), she popularised the United … Rights Committee, member of the Johannesburg…
BiographyMarimuthu Pragalathan “MP” Naicker
… with a militant policy of struggle and of unity of action of all the black people. In the 1946 Indian passive …
A faction of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force, led by Rocky Malebana Metsing, attempts to overthrow the government of Chief Lucas Manyane Mangope.
A faction of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force, led by Rocky Malebana Metsing, attempts to overthrow the government of Chief Lucas Manyane Mangope, who is held…
BiographyLillian Diedericks
Lillian Diedericks was born in 1925 in the oldest part of New Brighton township, Red Location (near the railway line), in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. Her…
Somali warlord Mohammed Farah Aidid rejects a peace agreement reached by 12 other faction leaders in Cairo.
Following a spate of court actions involving alleged assaults, tortures in detention and other irregularities, the KwaNdebele L
BiographyNorman Levy
… of the Public Service. He designed affirmative action frameworks for the Labour Relations Forum of the …
BiographyJennifer Schreiner
… has been my guide throughout. I am aware that the paths of action that each of you and I would choose would differ in a … 2012]| Schreiner, O.C. 1979. “…
Indemnity Act No 31, indemnifying the Ciskei administration against any court proceedings arising from its actions, commences.
Anglo-Boer War 2: Commandant Botha demotes Assistant Commandant-General Tobias Smuts because of his actions at Bremersdorp.
BiographyPregaluxmi (Pregs) Govender
… critical thinking and emphasised the importance of taking action against injustice. Due to the Group Areas Act , …
BiographyStephen Joel Chifunyise
… of the culture sector and the formulation of the National Action Plan for the Culture Sector in Botswana from 2004 to …
BiographyMagasvarie Govender
… a range of community issues called the Chatsworth Housing Action Committee (CHAC) and they got involved in that. It was … African Democratic Teachers Union,…
BiographyPixley ka Isaka Seme
Pixley Seme was born on 1 October 1881 in Natal, the son of Isaka Sarah (nee Mseleku) Seme. Little is documented of his early life as a primary school pupil…