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ArchiveWomen raise your voice in the future constitution
… people with fists raised. ANC logo. Produced by the ANC Womens League (PWV). …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of Women’’s Day: Ga-Motlatla, Ditsobotla Local Municipality, North-West Province, 9 August 2008
Programme Director, Minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan, Minister of Provincial and Local Government, Sydney Mufamadi, Premier of the North West,…
ArchiveFEDSAW - Western Cape Cultural Festival 27 May 1989 (Tape II)
… FEDSAW - Western Cape Womens' Festival was held to organise women group to go hand …
ArchiveFEDSAW - Western Cape Cultural Festival 27 May 1989 (Tape I)
… FEDSAW - Western Cape Womens' Festival was held to organise women group to go hand …
The Sweet Workers’ Union
The Sweet Workers’ Union (SWU) originated as an offshoot of the short-lived Women Workers’ Union, founded by Fanny Klenerman in the mid-1920s, when that…
BiographyJosiah Tshangana Gumede
… Makanya, who later became the President of the ANC Womens Congress. Both Josiah and Charlotte came from Fort …
BiographyNokukhanya Luthuli
Nokukhanya Luthuli, maiden name Bhengu, (also known as MaBhengu) was the wife of Chief Albert John Luthuli. Although she never became as public a figure as her…
Uncovering Josina Machel from obscurity: African women hidden in his-story by Ama Biney, 3 April 2014
Josina Mutemba Machel was a revolutionary Mozambican fighter for FRELIMO who like thousands of women fought for independence for her country until she died at…
Land Reform and Traditional Leadership in South Africa
INVITATION TO PANEL DISCUSSION Land Reform and Traditional Leadership in South Africa What does King Goodwill Zwelithini’s new…
ArticleElections in post Apartheid South Africa
1994: South Africa's first non racial, democratic electionsSouth Africa’s democratic system was endorsed by voters drawn from across the country’s racial…
ArticleANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s
… related transgressions. The African National Congress Womens League (ANCWL) was very much involved in the campaign. …
EventThe burghers were victorious in their struggle against Cape Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel and his officials
… their land. This was a resounding burgher victory. A coalition of burghers had overpowered the officials and …
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
In 1959 the Africanists broke away from the ANC and formed the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). The histories of these two organisations are inextricably linked…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Source-based Questions
Based on the 2012 Grade 10 NSC Exemplar Paper: Grade 10 Past Exam Paper Grade 10 Source Addendum Grade 10 Past Exam Memo Level 1 & 2…
ArticleHow did it influence the rise of Nazism?
… of the votes, and Hitler was appointed as Chancellor in a coalition government in 1933. When a fire broke out in the …
Article50 Facts on Africa
In the modern-day world the view people are given of Africa is often a narrow one. In this piece we present 50 facts about this continent that people may not…
Growth of African Nationalism and Defiance
The 1940s saw a growth of African nationalism that positioned itself to challenge the rising Afrikaner nationalism. The ANC which was weak in the 1920 and…
ArchiveBiography of Dulcie September by Claire Albin
Dulcie September was a fierce and ambitious anti-apartheid activist in South Africa. Her work with various resistance groups throughout her life, particularly…
EventGeneral De Wet is defeated by British forces
At the height of the South African War 1899-1902 (Anglo-Boer War), General Christiaan Rudolph De Wet was defeated at Bothaville, South Africa by British forces…
EventFeminist writer and activist, Diana E. H. Russell is born
Diana E.H. Russell was born in Cape Town on 6 November 1938. Her mother was British and her father South African. After completing her bachelors degree at the…
EventLillian Ngoyi, well-known anti-Apartheid activist, dies
Anti-Apartheid activist and founder member of the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL), Lilian Ngoyi died on 13 March 1980. She was 68 years old. …
BiographyNthato Harrison Motlana
Black business pioneer, community leader, altruistic medical practitioner, involved in several education initiatives, former secretary-general of the ANC Youth…
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati was born in Tlapeng Village, few kilometres from Ganyesa in Kagisano-Molopo area within the district of Bophirima, now called Dr Ruth…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… smaller, and in 1933 the two parties merged to form a coalition government. The two parties were named the United … National Party to form the Democratic…
ArchiveNUM, FEDTRAW, rural, parliament and miscellaneous
… Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW) did not just celebrate the 1956 womens's protest march , but also encourage women to unite …
EventWinnie Mandela is elected ANCWL president
Born Nomzamo Winfreda Zanyiwe Madikizela in the Eastern Cape, President Mandela’s former wife and politician was elected President of the African National…
ArticleThe Women of Marikana
The town of Marikana, formerly known as and still sometimes referred to as Rooikoppies (red hills), is based in Rustenburg, in the North West province of South…
EventFEDSAW Western Cape Region launched
The Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) was one of the women’s rights organisations that emerged in the 1950s and conducted a massive campaign against…
Black Peoples Convention - National Leadership
A. NATIONAL LEADERSHP OF THE BLACK PEOPLES CONVENTION First National Executive Committee: Interim Committee Mashwabada Mayatula - President Mthuli …
ArchiveBiography of Dorothy Nyembe by Thomas Boatman
An Unmistakable Figure In late December 1931, Dorothy Nomzansi Nyembe was born and she would become one of the premier freedom fighters in the…