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… Ghana, formerly the Gold Coast, is the first sub-Saharan African country to …

… homeland representatives, anti apartheid movements and white business groupings particularly in the 1980s. From … 1984 onwards, a series of meetings between the exiled ANC and groupings from within South Africa began to take place, a … especially since the ANC had been banned since 1960 and was prohibited in any form inside the country. The …

… South African leaders South Africa has a long and very rich history. Many different cultures and communities live side by side and even together in South … against racism. In 1999 she received the Congressional Gold Medal for her major contribution to the movement. This …

… On the same day in Gobabis, Hereo chief Traugott Tjetjo and Lieutenant Streitwolf hold a meeting to discuss the … by a settler named Bulack. Tensions between the Herero and the Germans are high. 9 January, Sergeant Rademacher's … of Herero travelling towards the fort. With Rademacher’s and Jakobs’ information Lieutenant Zürn decides that the …

… Born in 1956, Mofokeng grew up in and around Soweto (Johannesburg), spending most of his … Johannesburg 1995: Distorting Mirror/Townships Imagined, Worker's Library, Johannesburg 1997: Chasing Shadows – … of Liberation: Murder and Ethnicity at a South African Gold Mine, 1994,  Duke University Press Books, 2011 Figures …

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… Mali. Often used as a popular term to describe a distant and mystical place, the city of Timbuktu was historically … trade. In the 12th century, slaves and goods such as salt, gold, and ivory were among the prime commodities traded.  … and North Africa into Mali where they were exchanged for gold, slaves, ivory and ostrich feathers In the ancient …

… (now Mpumalanga ). He grew up with a passion for music, and started playing the guitar at a very tender age, inspired …  play a variety of music instruments, including the piano and drums. Phiri got his first break in 1962 when he danced … he founded Stimela (Steam Train), with whom he produced gold- and platinum-winning albums like Fire, Passion and …

… a Minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and moved around with the family. He began school in Ermelo, … parents in Soweto. He completed Primary School in Soweto and went on to Orlando North Secondary School and Isaacson … He also became involved with the General and Allied Worker’s Union, and it was through this that he participated …

… Revolution has shaped the societies we live in today and more so in Britain and in Southern Africa. It brought … in the late nineteenth century--diamonds in 1867 and gold in 1886- dramatically changed the economic and political … capital and large-scale immigration. Discoveries of gold and diamonds in South Africa exceeded those in any other …

… Archbishop Mpilo Desmond Tutu, world renowned preacher and strident voice against apartheid, first Black Secretary … Church in South Africa , Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, and chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission , is … of Cape Town. 1996 – Order for meritorious Service (Gold) from State President, Nelson Mandela. 1989 – Robert R …

… influential group of socialists, including  Eddie Roux , and this impacted on the life of Podbrey. She used to listen to meetings from the balcony and learned about the political situation and discrimination … became secretary of the African Commercial Distributive Worker’s Union. In the 1940s, when she was very involved with …

… in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. He was one of eight children, and spent most of his youth living with his aunt. His mother was a domestic worker and his father a labourer, and he grew up poor. Molefe is …

… Johannesburg in 1929. In the early 1930s, she and her family were forcibly removed to Orlando in Soweto ; … arrival that their homes were flattened by bulldozers and people were forcibly moved back to Soweto. Her parents … of a new union, the Commercial, Catering and Allied Worker's Union of South Africa (CCAWUSA) that she had to set …

… Afrikaner nationalism. The ANC which was weak in the 1920 and 1930s was consolidated under the leadership of Alfred … in 1944 which demanded freedom from white domination and political independence laid down the foundation for the … Daphne MacLachlan (19 years old) who worked as domestic worker in Greepoint joined the bus boycott and walked from …

… © Bailey's African History Archives During the 1970s, and particularly in the late 1970s after the Soweto uprising … of 1976, there was increasing pressure, both internal and international, on the apartheid state. The riots also … led to an economic recession. To counteract widespread worker dissatisfaction Vorster appointed two commissions of …

… Growing up, she quickly developed an inquisitive mind and was always asking questions – much to the delight of her … he was not always around, they were still very close and she would later describe that moment as the most tragic … where she started working as a childminder and domestic worker. It was at this time that she became highly aware of …

… for art which his father encouraged by buying him pencils and crayons. The young Pemba became notorious for escaping … in the school library. As a 16 year old pupil, he entered and won an art competition at a local agricultural show. … bestowed George Pemba with the Order of Ikhamanga in Gold at the National Orders awards on 19 October 2004, for …

… Cheadle was born on 30 July 1949. He received a BA Honours and BProc from UNISA. Cheadle then completed a Bachelor of … along with David Hemson, David Davies, Foszia Fisher and Karel Tip established the General Factory Workers Benefit … unions. The aim of GFWBF was to provide the basis for worker organisations by making workers aware for their rights …

… as a result of her commitment to helping the sick and downtrodden and adopting homeless children. She laid the foundation of … tribute to her years of service, she was presented with a gold wristwatch by the New York Council of African Affairs in …

… 1896. After their five-year contract was over, his parents and grandparents settled in Natal with their families.  They … His father previously worked on the sugar estates and was then employed by the Tramways Department, laying … his death in 1921. George’s father was quite a militant worker.  He had many encounters with the sirdars (overseers) …

… Western Cape, South Africa. She was a transgender woman, and a prominent activist, who focused on the rights of black transgender sex workers. She was a sex worker for 26 years and was still active in the industry at the time of her …

… After completing standard seven, Matthews began to work and held a variety of jobs, including newspaper boy, office messenger, clerk and telephonist. However, for Matthews, the lure of words and … chosen path as an independent thinker, writer and cultural worker despite official repression and harassment. His brand …

… Celebrating 50 Years Conference The first shoots of worker culture emerged in the early eighties with the first … experiments in workshopped worker theatre productions [1] and was given conscious form and voice in the mid eighties after the establishment of the …

… known, was soon confronted with the discriminatory laws and exploitative conditions which people experienced under … labour laws. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) and soon became an active member. His area of political … in the struggle for democracy. He was awarded the Order of Gold by the Military Veterans.  …

… 1929. He was one of five children born to Parvathy and Ittynian (Kisten) Nair, an engineer's assistant in a … the Essendene Road Primary school in Sydenham, Durban and Matriculated at M.L. Sultan Technicial College, Durban in … In 1951 he became the full time secretary of the Dairy Worker's Union. Nair's political awareness was fired by …