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… the profound appreciation of the National Executive Committee to the National Preparatory Committee, the Regional … this objective. The Place of Women in the Struggle During 1984, our Year of the Women, we devoted even more attention … brutal face of the counter-revolution for many years, by 1984 the independent countries of our region had to take some …

… Ben Martins. His poetry anthologies ‘baptism of fire (1984) and ‘prison poems (1992) published by Ad Donker press … of MK. He was made the chief coordinator of the visual art committee in South Africa for assisting artists to attend the … and tortured by the security police during this period. In 1984 while he was in detention and on trial, his book of …

… song "Mayibuye." A member of the Transvaal ANC executive committee from the late 1920s, Tantsi became official … age of 66, together with other members of the continuation committee, following the second conference. Their conviction …

… secretary. In 1990, she worked with the Detainees Support Committee and thereafter got involved with the National … South Africa. Hersheela was the chairperson of the women’s committee of the Teachers’ Association of South Africa and …

… his release in 1989 to join the ANC Special Executive Committee that negotiated with the National Party government … In 1991 he was elected into the ANC National Executive Committee and in 1994 he became the Premier of the Eastern …

… of Mineworkers (NUM) in 1982, a position he held until 1984. He was then elected NUM Regional Secretary in 1985. … (SACP) and also served as a member of the Party’s Central Committee. At the 52nd ANC National Conference held in … General of the ANC, he serves as a Central Executive Committee member of the Congress of the South African Trade …

… a friend who asked him to become a member of the “National Committee for Liberation”, a secret sabotage group. After … a member of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) committee on human rights violations in Gauteng, in the …

… that he considered unsuitable, and supported the Hill Committee.* He was accused by state officials of being … generally referred as “Nonqulwana” after the first Hill Committee.  While this movement clearly involved African …

… of apartheid. In 1975, she was appointed to the Executive Committee of the World YWCA in Geneva, Switzerland, a … Africa erupted in protest in 1976 . She and the Executive Committee, including the president, Oshadi Phakathi, visited … Commission (TRC). As a member of the Human Rights Committee, she helped people understand the effects of the …

… disguised as churchgoers. Koka served on an ad hoc committee formed in 1971 which precipitated the formation of … Black People’s Convention  (BPC). Later, when an interim committee was formed that would serve until an executive committee was elected, Koka was elected secretary-general. …

… its support structures. Smith also served on the Executive Committee of the Black People’s Convention (BPC). She was … (UDF). She was co-chair of the Anti-President’s Council Committee and participated in door-to-door work to dissuade … until it was banned. She also worked at the South African Committee for Higher Education as an administrator before …

… and Dorrie Pillay formed the Anti­Centenary Celebration Committee in response to those who wanted to celebrate one … of Indians’ arrival in South Africa. The NEUM oriented Committee’s position was that there was nothing for Indians … of Greenwood Park where the Anti-Centenary Celebrations Committee was launched were exposed to radical ideas through …

… member of the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and an executive committee member of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in … a leading role in forming the Chatsworth Housing Action Committee (CHAC), an affiliate of the Durban Housing Action Committee (DHAC) that built non-racial unity in the struggle …

… the  African National Congress  (ANC) national executive committee in 1946. He was a university graduate and was a …

… and several years later a member of the Central Committee of the SACP. In 1993, he was made Deputy Chairman … served as a member of the ANC's provincial executive committee in Gauteng. In the run-up to the ANC’s conference … he became a member of the ANC’s national executive committee. In 2008, he was appointed as the Minister of the …

… deputy-speaker. He was a member of the  Africans' Claims  committee. In the late 1950s he left South Africa and settled …

… the oppressed.  September was elected to APDUSA’s finance committee. Due to internal strife, APDUSA was divided into … (IYC), September was elected as chairperson of the IYC Committee of the ANC Women’s Section in London. Other members who served on the Committee with her were Ilva McKay, Tessa Wolpe, Hilda …

…  (SACP). He was previously a member of the SACP’s Central Committee. In 1974 he completed his pharmacy internship at … for the NIC's anti- tricameral parliament  campaign in 1984 and was arrested with other leaders of the NIC a week … and was appointed NIC/TIC delegate to the steering committee responsible for organising Codesa 1 , which became …

… Once the election was over, she helped form a Food Committee with fellow-CPSA activist John Morley Turner and … Christmas Club and was active in the Cape Factory Workers’ Committee and the Cape Housewives’ League as well. In 1950, …

… Denis Hurley. He led the Detainees’ Parents Support Committee in Pietermaritzburg and was a member of the Natal … joined the ANC and became a member of its Policy Studies Committee and met, again, with the ANC in Lusaka. Professor …

… was one of the leaders of Johannesburg's Reform Committee which conspired to overthrow Paul Kruger's …

… in 1991 Momberg joined, becoming a member of the Executive Committee of the ANC in the Western Cape in 1992. Through his … as the ANC House WHIP and Chairperson of the Programming Committee. He imparted numerous parliamentary skills to the …

… Africa. She was appointed into the Transitional Executive Committee and thus became an active participant in the … of the ANC. Mtintso also served as a member of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party (SACP). …

… Indian Congress (TIC). Moosa served on the executive committee of the congress. In 1983, with the launching of the … Transvaal region and a member of the National Executive Committee. In 1985, after the arrest of Popo Molefe , Moosa …

… of the Transvaal Congress for many years, a member of the committee that drafted the 1919 constitution, and a secretary … 1917 he helped to organise the election of a new executive committee for the Congress when a dispute between Seme and  …

… and Coloured Eisteddfods; was a member of the Music Committee of the School Teachers’ Music Association; served on the Research and Education Committee of the South African Society of Music Teachers; and …

… Statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the … Statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the …

… of the Secretariat, to the Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, October 1973 … report adopted by the last Plenary Session of our Central Committee. In that report we noted that the special … the dispute has not been resolved by a specific Works Committee. We do not doubt the Government's claim when …

… to promote joint action as a leader of the Youth Action Committee, co-ordinating the youth wings of the African, … Kathrada served on the Alliance's General Purpose Committee.In 1956, he was among the 156 Congress activists … In 1961, Kathrada was arrested for serving on a strike committee that opposed Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd 's …

… and became active members of the Detainees Parents Support Committee (DPSC). They were founding members of this …