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BiographyIsaac Osier Horvitch
Born in Cape Town in 1920. In the late 1930s while still at school he became an active member of the Communist Party, speaking at public meetings and selling…
BiographyJulius Louis Saks
Optometrist Julius Louis Saks was the first son of Sidney and Deborah Saks. His family emigrated to South Africa from England in 1905. Sidney Saks became a…
BiographyMary Moodley
… Bannings, Bannings. Chapter twelve from the Digital Imaging South Africa , …
BiographyAdams Farid Ahmed
Born in 30 November 1933, in India he came to South Africa with his family in June 1935. Adams joined South African Indian Congress (SAIC) and the South…
The Women’s National Coalition conference (25-27 February), where the Women’s Charter is adopted, starts.
ArchiveThe Freedom Charter as adopted at the Congress of the People on 26 June 1955
The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
Document 23 - The Freedom Charter adopted at the Congress of the People at Kliptown, Johannesburg on 25 and 26 June 1955
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 23 - The Freedom Charter adopted at the…
BiographyIrvin Jim
Irvin Jim was born in1968 in the Eastern Cape in Motherwell. He became a university student, active in the anti-apartheid movement but poverty forced him to…
BiographyIsmail Chota Meer
Ismail Chota Meer (known as IC) was born September 5, 1918 in the small town of Waschbank in Northern Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). His father was a trader. He…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Introduction
… own “turning points” to justify their actions. The third chapter - “It’s a Mystery. Or is it?” - focuses on three of the key archaeological sites mentioned…
BiographySonia Beryl Bunting
Born Sonia Isaacman in 1922, she joined the Communist Party in 1942 and gave up her university studies to do full-time political work. After the banning of the…
BiographyLionel Rusty Bernstein
Lionel “Rusty” Bernstein was born on 20th of March in 1920 Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) of European Jewish immigrants. He was the youngest of four…
Charter of the Organization of African Unity, 479 U.N.T.S. 39, entered into force Sept. 13, 1963.
Foreword - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
BETWEEN THE FREEDOM FRONT, THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN-GOVERNMENT/NATIONAL PARTY TAKING NOTE of the Constitution of the Republic of…
Conclusion - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
Preface - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
Introduction - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
African heads of state issue the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights at Casablanca, Morocco.
BiographyJohannes Gerhardus Strijdom
Born on 14 July 1893, J G Strijdom served as Prime Minister of South Africa from 30 November 1954 to 24 August 1958. During the 1920s Strijdom practised law in…
BiographyRahima Moosa
Rahima Moosa was born in the Strand, Cape Town on 14 October 1922. She attended Trafalgar High School in Cape Town. As a teenager, Rahima and her identical…
BiographyMiriam Tlali
… ENCA, [online] Available at: www.enca.com ,[Accessed: 12 March 2014]| UKZN (2009), “ Miriam Tlali (South Africa) … Available at: disabilityunit.ukzn.ac.za ,…
BiographyHelen Joseph
Helen Beatrice May Fennell was born in Easebourne, United Kingdom, in 1905. She grew up in London, with her parents and brother, Frank. She graduated with a…
BiographyAlan Robert Lipman
Alan Robert Lipman was born on 6 June, 1925 in Johannesburg into a wealthy Jewish family. After he served in the South African Air Force during World War II,…
BiographyAri Sitas
Ari Sitas (b.1952) is a creative socialist thinker, an activist and one of the key intellectuals of the post 1980s generation in South Africa. He is a…
The Freedom Charter is adopted in Kliptown, bringing the ANC together with Indian, Coloured and White organisations.
BiographyAziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad
Aziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad was born on 25 December 1940, Schweizer Reneke, North West Province, (formerly a part of the old Transvaal Province). In 1959, he…
BiographyWilfrid Edward Cooper
… Wednesday, 11 March 1970 ↵ [3] The O’Malley Archives, Chapter 2, Regional Profile Eastern Cape ↵ [4] …
The British Colonial Secretary addresses a dispatch that the Queen has approved a Royal Charter forming the British South Afric
BiographyBoy Mvemve
Boy Adolphus Mvemve died a very violent death in exile in Zambia in 1974. He was 43 years of age at the time, operating under the nom de guerre John Dube (or…