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Chapter 7 - SANSCO:The Ideology and Politics of Non-Racialism, the Freedom Charter and National Liberation
… black higher education students of a national political student organisation. However, there were ongoing skirmishes … classes in protest against the…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… of Wales, later King Edward VIII, visits Johannesburg. Student hoaxers impersonate the Prince and his party, and … region, called for by Congress of South…
BiographyJoseph Fansio Mati
Joseph Faniso Mati was born on a farm near Adelaide, Eastern Cape and grew up in Port Elizabeth. During high school, teachers encouraged students to attend…
BiographyBenjamin Magson Kies
… served for many years on the APO Executive’. Kies was a student at Trafalgar High School, the foremost school for … from the beginning in 1937 when he would…
BiographyMokgadi Caster Semenya
… challenged it after failing the test at the 1985 World Student games. Maria's hyperandrogenic status was …
BiographyWilliam Andrew ‘Willie’ Hofmeyr
… to 1982, to produce a popular history of South Africa for student organisations [x] . Hofmeyr joined the United …
Displacing Hierarchies: Nation and Universities in India and Africa by Amrita Pande, Faisal Garba and Ruchi Chaturvedi
… spaces, a critical encounter between higher education, student protests and movements, broader society and polity … its parent body, the Rashtriya Swayam…
The people armed, 1984-1990
… the UDF © Rashid Lombard. In the 1980s community, civic, student, youth, cultural, sports and women’s organisations … While the UDF was non-aligned, most of…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… the UDF © Rashid Lombard. In the 1980s community, civic, student, youth, cultural, sports and women's organisations … While the UDF was non-aligned, most of…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement Timeline 1903-2009
… is hazardous, and university authorities are hostile to student political groups. Non-cooperation between peers in different student political groupings…
BiographyRay Harmel (nee Adler)
… home, by Eli Weinberg . Thabo Mbeki , then a young student in Johannesburg, was a frequent visitor to Ray and …
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
… They made contact with Congress of South African Students (COSAS), whose leaders visited the areas on various occasions. … formed a partnership with Richard…
Article#Am I Next? A Global Question
… Based Violence (GBV) peaked after Uyinene Mrwetyana, a student at the University of Cape Town (UCT), was brutally …
The strangulation of activity
… Front (UDF), Congress of South African Students (COSAS) and | the Azanian Students Organisation (AZASO) were … banned under the Internal Security Act. COSAS,…
EventYouth rage follows the funeral of Victoria Mxenge
… and liked by the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) and other youth organisations across the country. The … when it became fused with existing…
BiographyJob Shimankana Tabane
Job Shimankana Tabane (largely known as Cassius Make, his alias name) was born in Maile village (Diepkuil) just outside Rustenburg on 6 December 1942. Tabane…
BiographyVejaynand ‘Vejay’ Indurjith Ramlakan
Dr Vejaynand Indurjith Ramlakan, more popularly known as 'Vejay', was born in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa in 1957. He matriculated at…
BiographyGcinisizwe Sylvester Khwezi Kondile
… and a member of Umkhonto weSizwe. Going into exile While a student at the University of Fort Hare in 1980, Kondile was …
BiographyChris Ledochowski
… of Fine Arts in Poland for several months as a visiting student. In 1975 Ledochowski returned to South Africa to …
BiographyPoonoosamy Ruthnam Pather
Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather (PR) was born in Mauritius in 1895. His grandfather settled in that country after emigrating from Tanjore in India in the 1840s. PR…
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…
Chapter 8 - ‘Creative Organisers’ rather than ‘Powerful Speakers’: Education as a Site of Struggle
… campuses should take. One position was that affiliation by Student Representative Councils (SRCs) should be the ideal. … student body. The rejoinder to this…
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
… that Vorster would take further action against the student body. He advised the Nusas leaders to disband the organisation. Vorster had a difficult relation…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 4 Essay Questions and Answers
Shaka Zulu Legacy Essay questions on Shaka Zulu’s legacy will be asked as 8-mark questions where students have to use sources to answer the question. The…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… union, under the able leadership of Lawrence Ndzanga, affiliates to South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU). … South African Congress of Trade Unions …
ArticleThe Natal Workers Theatre Movement Timeline
… Acronyms BAWU, Black and Allied Workers Union COSAS , Congress of South African Students COSATU , Congress …
Article“The Dark and Heavy Shadow”: Gender Based Violence and Anti-Gender-Based-Violence Campaigns in South Africa
What is Gender-Based-Violence and who does it affect? Gender-Based-Violence (GBV) is any violent act or action directed at a person on the basis of their…
BiographyChief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi
… such as Robert Mugabe . In 1950, he participated in student protests against the visit of Governor General G … At the University of Zululand, in 1976, the…
BiographyAhmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada
… Transvaal Indian Youth Congress. In 1951, he enrolled as a student at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) but …
BiographyDorothy Cleminshaw
Dorothy Cleminshaw (nee Mullany) was born in Cape Town on the 15th of September 1922. She went to Ellersie College in Sea Point and matriculated with a full…