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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 …
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 …
BiographyColine Williams
… or in hiding, and gave each of them a rose. This action represents Williams’ compassion and empathy, and …
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.
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…
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 …
BiographyAbdullah Abdurahman
… rights. In the 1920s and 1930s he led a rearguard action against state initiatives that undermined the economic …
BiographyAubrey Mokoena
… were expelled from Fort Hare and Durban-Westville. This action led to a reawakening of political activity, and the …
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…
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
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…
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…