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BiographySimon Nkoli
“If you are Black and gay in South Africa, then it really is all the same closet…inside is darkness and oppression. Outside is freedom.”— Simon Tseko…
BiographyShanthivathie (Shanthie) Naidoo
… and later in the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW), established in 1954. After the death of her father …
ArticleFederation of South African Women by Skylar Jayes
… run successful protests, giving women a voice. Though FEDSAW was unable to recover after going underground in the … Africa could be. The Federation of South…
BiographyChristopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu
Christopher Daluxolo Mpofu (popularly known as Dali Mpofu) is a South African advocate, legal expert, and former African National Congress (ANC) stalwart…
BiographyProfessor Fatima Meer
… founding member of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW), the women’s organisation that organised the famous …
BiographyColine Williams
Coline Williams was born on 30 May 1967 and grew up in Bonteheuwel, a township in the Western Cape, South Africa. The eldest of three siblings, Coline, her…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu and the organisations she was connected to
… alliance building came Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) . FEDSAW was launched on 17 April 1954 in Johannesburg. It was … but she was actively…
BiographyMakhosi “Tholi” Nyoka
Makhosi “Tholi” Nyoka was born on 3 April 1957 and grew up in KwaMashu, a township north of Durban, where she attended Umzuvele Secondary School. Nyoka was…
BiographyNontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza
Nontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza was born at King Edward Hospital, Umbilo, Durban, in June 1967. The second child of Zizile Cothoza, Nontsikelelo Cothoza, or…
ArticleUnited Women’s Congress (UWCO)
… and their aftermath, ex-Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) members in the Western Cape began organising … of re-establishing the Federation of South…
BiographyStephen Joel Chifunyise
Stephen Joel Chifunyise[i] was born on 21 September 1948 in Nhema, Shurugwi, in the Midlands province of Zimbabwe (then Southern Rhodesia). He started school…
Other organisations related to the ANC
… Democratic Front (UDF) Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) South …
ArticleFederation of Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW)
… of its mother body Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) and also in commemoration of Women's Day, August 9th …
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… Women's League. 1949 Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) founder and chief architect of the 1956 historic … joins the ANC and is sent by the committee…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… The formation of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) On 9 August 1956, Women marched to the Union … against the pass laws. This march was also…
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
… was mainly due to the actions of women. The Role of the FEDSAW The Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) was created in 1954 to create the first diverse…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
… China. 1954 The Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) was established, Albertina was a founding member, but … of his travels through Russia and…
EventFatima Meer is banned for a second time
… Federation of South African Women (FSAW or FEDSAW) President and the first person to be banned under the … petrol bombed. Her second ban followed the re…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Matomela by Maximiliano Rubio
… (ANCWL) and in the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW). Moreover, she was pivotal in the organization of the … 1950s, such as the Defiance Campaign ,…
BiographyBheki Cele
Life and Early Career Bhekokwakhe (Bheki) Hamilton Cele was born on 22 April 1952 to Albertina Mtshali and Gillford Cele at uMuzumbe Mission Hospital near…
ArticleApartheid crumbles, Women in the turmoil of the 1980s
… and their aftermath, ex-Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) members in the Western Cape began organising … as its mother body the Federation of South…
ArticleBlack Sash
… Front (UDF) , The Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) and the End Conscription Campaign. After the 1994 …
ArchiveWelcome Dorothy Nyembe
… Green and black poster issued by FEDSAW. Artwork of an African woman's head. …
ArchiveThe unity we need is peoples unity : Organis
… Small map of africa with womans head on it, initials FEDSAW underneath it. …
ArchiveSearch warrant
… the activities of the UDF, TIC, NIC,RMC, AYCO, SOYCO and FEDSAW with regard to the Commission of the offence of …
EventRay Simons dies
… in the formation of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) and the drafting of the Women's Charter. …
ArticleThe Seriti Commission
Background Terry Crawford-Brown petitioned the Constitutional Court in 2011 to compel former president Jacob Zuma to establish a commission of inquiry into…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Glossary
Note: All definitions are acquired through Google’s online English Dictionary. Nationalism: Nationalism is the feeling of belonging to a nation. Nationalism…
EventRay Alexander Simons, founder of Food and Canning Workers Union, arrives in South Africa
… Mkhize helped found the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) which fought for women's rights. She was issued with … a banning order in 1954 which…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Mkhize by Rachel Manak
… including the Federation of South African Wome n (FEDSAW), the African National Congres s (ANC), the … Mkhize founded the Federation of South African…