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BiographyJeanette Carlson
… after being caught in cities without passes in the South African courts, and who was opposed to the apartheid state. …
BiographyTraci Mackie
… that would later culminate in her becoming a member of the African National Congress (ANC) following her retirement as a …
BiographyNorman “Billy Holiday” Pietersen
… was before he was killed. Gladile, her neighbour and African National Congress (ANC) veteran Winnie Nkosi and …
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
… multilingual and multicultural characteristics of a South African society. The constitutions favoured almost entirely … in order to possibly negotiate a…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 93th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2005
… comrades, On the occasion of the 93rd anniversary of the African National Congress, January 8th 2005, we extend our … Anniversary of the adoption of the…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… other militants, the conference discusses the war and how African people could render support for the war effort of the … call for an increase in wages among…
13 notable women in Cape Town’s history, 6 August 2015
… Along with the ANC, the NLL participated in the South African Communist Party’s United Front campaign of strikes, … as she was known there – became the first…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Foreword
… culminating in the adoption of the Freedom Charter in 1955 and the arrest of 156 Accused on a charge of high … at the expense of building the numerical…
Chapter 12
… already mentioned Dr. Xuma's ad hoc Convention for the African Charter-Bill of Rights. Then there was the National … staking their claim for full democratic…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement Timeline 1903-2009
… Africans throughout the world. 1919 19 February, The Pan African Congress is held in Paris, France and is headed by … in the United States of America,…
BiographyPeter Moonsammy
… Congress and United Democratic Front (UDF ). After the African National Congress (ANC) was unbanned, he joined the …
BiographyYusuf Joe Jacobs
… and was busy with a BA with UNISA. The formation of the African Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa ( APDUSA …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Contextual Overview
… the early 20th century South Africa, and elsewhere in the African context and also in the Middle East. One concept that … In essence, World War II (WWII)…
Intensify the Revolution by O. R. Tambo The 'Morogoro Conference', Morogoro, Tanzania, 25 April – 1 May 1969
… EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO THE CONSULTATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS The vital and central task of the … WFTU, WIDF, WFDY, IUS, the World…
PlaceMaynardville Open Air Theatre
… is often given to two beautiful and talented South African actresses – Cecilia Sonnenberg and Rene Ahrenson – … Molteno visited the two talented and well…
Document 58 - Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, “The Opening Address at the Africanist Inaugural Convention”, 4 April 1959 [….]
… Sons and Daughters of the Soil, fighters in the cause of African freedom, in an era that is pregnant with untold … Vos Malan policies for inferior education…
ArchiveChapter 4 Political activity 1950-1963 by Denis Goldberg
… Our daughter Hilary, always Hilly, was born on 24 January 1955. That made things difficult because I was so often at … we coordinated the activities of COD,…
ArchiveAppendix 2 The Political Landscape of Cape Town, by Dr Z. Pallo Jordan
… character from its earliest days. Though undoubtedly African, like the other historic African port cities: Cairo, Tunis, Mogadishu, Mombasa and … ANC; the…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Introduction
… Men's Social Centre in downtown Johannesburg to launch the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL). Motivatedby … for the promised land. At a Lembede…
BiographyBabette Brown
… 2019 at the age of 87. At the news of her passing, former African National Congress (ANC) Minister, Ronnie Kasrils , …
ArticleThe Early Cape Slave Trade
… with the exception of a few individuals, the only West African slaves to be brought to the Cape during VOC rule. The … 12 (1,064) 9 (779) 12 (977) 33 (2,820)…
Statement by Mfanafuthi Makatini in the Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly, 27 November 1981
… On behalf of the African National Congress, its National Executive Committee … on` majority rule guaranteeing the birthright of the South African people as a…
Chapter Seven - Re-examining the Past
… Alliance. The latter consisted of the ANC, the South African InÂdian Congress (SAIC), the Coloured People's … The adoption of the Freedom Charter in…
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
… rose from £7 million to £50 million between 1944 and 1955. Volkskas increased its control over all savings … sentiment with its claim to be the only real…
ArchiveLong live Ruth First by Gavin Williams, 17 August 2019
… The great South African writer and activist, Ruth First, was assassinated by a letter bomb sent by the South African Security Police in Maputo, Mozambique on…
Chapter 2 - Jewish Trade Unions in Cape Town 1903-1907: A Socio-Historical Study
… the tailors were members. The newly-established South African Commerce Journal of being socialist agitator who … and Louis Hotz, Jews in South Africa: A…
Address of Nelson Mandela at his Investiture as Doctor of Laws Soochow University, Taiwan, 1 August 1993
… really a recognition of the role of our organisation, the African National Congress and a tribute to the valiant people … We are witnessing the painful birth…
BiographyKing Cetshwayo
… was finally alleviated when the British annexed the South African Republic in April 1877. The arrival in March 1877 of …
BiographyJoseph Masobila Mdluli
… Mdluli earned his a living as a hawker. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1952, the year of the …
ArchiveThe Story of Jean Middleton by Grant Rohrmann
… [2] This is when she was invited to join the South African Communist Party (SACP). Making a change would not be … ally themselves with these organisations …