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BiographyJunaid Ahmed
… Ahmed was the General Secretary of the Congress of South African Writers (COSAW) from May 1986 to November 1990. Over … and directed short films for Channel…
BiographyMargaret Gazo
… bigger national march. Margaret Gazo, a stalwart of the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL), died on 8 April 1974 of natural causes. In 2011,…
BiographyEmmanuel Bonginkosi Nzimande
… mass and labour struggles. Nzimande joined the South African Communist Party (SACP) in 1988. He has held the … of the SACP since July 1998. He is also a…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Glossary
… banning order ”” a document issued in terms of South African security legislation by which a person’s freedom of … and control imposed on the movement of…
BiographyVuyisile Mini
… repressive 1950s. Mini was tasked by the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) to organise the … with another activist, Stephen Tobia, they founded…
BiographyMewa Ramgobin
… and was active in the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS), heading the non-European section of … Nokukhanya Luthuli, the wife of Chief Albert…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1900 - 1909
… Indians from residing or conducting business in mining areas. 1909 March 25, Mrs Thumbi Naidoo, Mrs Patel and Miss … is born to Mahomed Momoojee and Fatima…
Address to the National Council Of Provinces, 11 November 2003
… our population, incorporates the poorest of our rural and urban poor, is structurally disconnected from both the First … and sanitation, maintenance of…
Indian South Africans timeline 1950-1959
… Chief Luthuli . Sisulu was anxious to emphasise Indo-African unity and was ‘dismayed by the attitudes he encountered in his discussions with African National…
BiographyMoses Josiah Madiba
… He obtained the latter two qualifications from the South African Native College (later University of Fort Hare). … in the Pietersburg West Circuit, the…
BiographyJohannes Jane Tane Kekana
… the education of his people, by inter alia appointing an African teacher and later obtaining the services of a … He had considerably more education than the…
BiographyIsmail Chota Meer
… of the “ Doctors’ Pact ” of 1947 between Dr AB Xuma of the African National Congress (ANC), Dr Yusuf Dadoo of the … as secretary. They took over the…
BiographyStrinivasa “Strini” Moodley
… in English and Speech and Drama. The banning of the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress … the College's affiliation to the National…
Biography of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile by Brianna T. Hogg
… has played a major and vital role in the history of South African politics and the impact that women have had in … and attended pre-school. At the age of…
PlaceUpington, Northern Cape
… to the Augrabies Falls which is arguably the king of South African Waterfalls. As the Commercial and Educational centre … wine-tasting tours and tours of the…
BiographyBarend de Wet
… Biennale, Dada South? Exploring Dada Legacies in South African Art 1960s to the present co-curated by Kathryn Smith and Roger van Wyk at the IZIKO South…
BiographySydney Alex Kumalo
… he was instrumental in shaping a generation of Black South African artists who studied under his guidance during this … methods, seen through his art, showed…
BiographyWinnie Motlalepule Kgware
… came home inspired by the projects and organizations of African-American women. She was active in the Young Women's … Kgware encouraged the youth to form a…
BiographyProfessor Carel Boshoff
… of Pretoria. He later left there to join the South African Bureau of Race Relations. The South African Bureau of Race Relations was formed to advance ……
BiographyJustice Sfiso Mkame
… of these works gave Ka-Mkame a high profile in South African art. Beyond the struggle and protest themes, he still … - group). Paul Mikula and Associates,…
BiographyLetsau Nelson Diale
… he was harassed by his employer. In 1956 Diale joined the African National Congress (ANC) where he was taught basic … joined the domestic workers union…
BiographyJames Matthews
… as the launch-pad for the continuing development of South African writing. Matthews was elected patron of the Congress of South African Writers at its…
BiographyJosie Palmer
… of South Africa (CPSA) – which later became the South African Communist Party (SACP) in 1953 – and the African National Congress (ANC) , using both surnames …
Refiloe Jackie Phelile Sedibe
… uncle, Ben Sedibe, in Barberton . Her uncle was an African National Congress (ANC) activist, he became her role … Council. She attended a historic meeting…
BiographyBaruch Hirson
… he worked for the Workers International League, a South African Trotskyist group, as a full-time political organiser … Hirson's participation in politics…
ArchiveEulogy at funeral of Dr Mantombazana Tshabalala-Msimang, by Jacob Zuma, 22 December 2009, The Cathedral of Sacred Heart, Pretoria
… Comrade Mendi Msimang and the family and relatives, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, … of her work in the continent, she was appointed the African Union…
ArticleRuth First timeline 1925-2012
… is born. 1953 First is a founder member of the South African Congress of Democrats (COD). First becomes the … the State of Emergency having been lifted,…
Ahead of the Bushfire Festival: Five things you might not know about Swaziland
… on its beautiful landscapes ”” highly favoured by South African tourists ”” and the actions of its head of state, … land Over two thirds of the population…
PlaceBerg River
… limiting animal and plant biodiversity in the riparian areas, the encroachment narrows the width of the river, … Wild Almonds to name a few. Restios which…
PlaceNatures Valley, Garden Route
Nature's Valley, and the surrounding Coastline, was occupied by Old Stone Age or Paleolithic, 1 Million Years ago. Paleolithic man lived in the Area in caves…