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BiographySarah Carneson
… parents were founding members of South African Communist Party (SACP), and in 1931, at age 18, Carneson joined the … Carneson moved to Durban where she was…
Document 64 - Letter from the Workers' Party of South Africa to the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L), 1 July 1936
… Document 64 - Letter from the Workers' Party of South Africa to the International Secretariat of the …
Faith Gasa
… Buthelezi that was later formed into the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) . She is a teacher by profession and was elected … into peace talks with their…
ArchiveRegional seats in the National Assembly
… green map of South Africa, showing regional seats in the National Assembly. … Regional seats in the National Assembly …
ArchiveNational Womens Day, 9th Aug
… with artwork of a woman flying a banner which reads, National Womens Day, 9th Aug. … National Womens Day, 9th Aug …
BiographyBilly Nair
… to join the secretly reconstituted South African Communist Party . In 1955 Nair addressed the 3000 strong Congress of … of Trade Unions (SACTU) in March 1955…
BiographyWilliam H. "Bill" Andrews
… the first chairman of the all-white South African Labour Party and three years later was elected to parliament on the … and forceful speaker. After breaking…
ArchiveNational Manpower Commission - The Presidents Council?
… The composition of the National Manpower Commission a body which will advise the … National Manpower Commission - The Presidents Council? …
EventUnited Party MP for Benoni, D.G. Ross, dies in England after a long illness
… He was educated at King Edward School. The United Party (UP) was established after the Great Depression of 1929 … into being as a fusion between Jan Smut’s…
BiographyKenneth Kaunda
… for Northern Rhodesia of the: 'Northern Rhodesian African National Congress.' In 1953 he moved to Lusaka, to take up … broke from the organisation and formed…
BiographySifiso Nkabinde
… was a policeman and a local chairman of Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). Nkabinde attend the local primary school and … time in Zimbabwe doing some work tasked…
BiographyPatrick Baker Duncan
… in the Defiance Campaign . Unable to join the African National Congress (ANC), in 1955 he joined the new Liberal Party, of which he later became national…
EventNRP leader, Vause Raw announces that his party is ready to give the President’s Council a chance
… The leader of the New Republic Party (NRP), Vause Raw announced that his party was ready to give the President's Council a chance as a … it was voted out of…
EventThe Transvaal National Union is established
… The Transvaal National Union, a political organisation, was set up with J. … The Transvaal National Union is established …
BiographyJoseph Johannes Marks
… of the UDF in the Cape and a member of the UDF National Executive. He was also active in the South African Communist Party (SACP) and uMkhonto weSizwe (MK),…
BiographyProfessor Harold Jack Simons
… and a member of the central committee of the Communist Party (CPSA) when it decided to dissolve the party in 1950 on the eve of the enactment of the…
EventNational Housing Department introduces new plan
… National Housing Department Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu, … National Housing Department introduces new plan …
BiographyJosie Palmer
… Edwin Mofutsanyana , a leading member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) – which later became the South … African Communist Party (SACP) in 1953 –…
BiographyHilda Bernstein
… active in organisations associated with the struggle for National Union of Distributive Workers. She was a member of the South African Labour Party League of…
ArchiveA Speech to Displease All Parties by Imraan Coovadia, 11 October 2021
… also meant disfiguring our framework of good and evil in national politics. He was still an active member of the African National Congress in 2001 when he…
Chapter 23. How the United Party Betrayed South Africa - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… The Nationalist Party, though always claiming to have no association with … and had begun to play an important part in raising the national economy. The Poor…
EventNon military national service for objectors
… Defence Amendment Bill provides for an alternative form of national service for conscientious objectors who oppose … Non military national service for…
ArchiveWhy The EFF Is A Fascist Political Party by Gareth van Onselen, 26 March 2018
… But, there seems now to be a growing consensus that the party – and its leader in particular – is infected with a … punishment. In part, the 60% turnover…
BiographyZainunnisa “Cissie” Gool
… known as Cissie Gool. In 1935, she joined with Communist Party members Johnny Gomas and James La Guma in founding the multiracial National Liberation League …
BiographyBenjamin S. Rajuili
… appeal) on charges of furthering the aims of the African National Congress (ANC). The same year he joined the Progressive Party and was later a member of…
Document 10 - Letter from Nelson Mandela to Sir de Villiers Graaff, leader of the United Party
… We have called on the Government to convene an elected National Convention of representatives of all races without … talk it out, or shoot it out. Outside of…
BiographyRay Alexander Simons
… 13, she became active in the underground Latvian Communist Party. She arrived in South Africa on 6 November 1929, and … and were the first Whites to be…
BiographyClarence Mlami Makwetu
… found work in Cape Town where he joined the African National Congress Youth League 1954. Makwetu was drawn into … the Defiance Campaign of 1952 organised…
ArchivePaper on National Civic Movement delivered at UDF National General Conference held in 1 to 3 March 1991
… Paper on National Civic Movement delivered at UDF National General Conference held in 1 to 3 March 1991. It … Paper on National Civic Movement delivered at…
"The State of the Nation." Address by R. M. Sobukwe, on "National Heroes' Day," August 2, 1959
… "The State of the Nation." Address by R. M. Sobukwe, on "National Heroes' Day," August 2, 1959 …