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BiographyDolly Rathebe
Dolly Rathebe was born in Randfontein, west of Johannesburg in 1928, but grew up within the unique cultural and political milieu of Sophiatown in the 1930s and…
Nikiwe Deborah Matshoba
Deborah Nikiwe Matshoba was born in Munsieville, Krugersdorp, western Gauteng, in December 1950. She was the second eldest of four daughters and a brother. Her…
BiographyBertha Solomon
Bertha Solomon was born on 1 January 1892 in Minsk, Russia. At four years, she and her older sister were taken by their mother, Sonia Schwartz, to join their…
BiographyPregaluxmi (Pregs) Govender
Pregaluxmi (Pregs) Govender was born on 15 February 1960 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). Her father – a writer and, mother, a teacher – valued critical…
President Thabo Mbeki unveils the Women’s Monument at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. Its aim is to commemorate the role of wo
SA tennis player Liezel Huber and Cara Black of Zimbabwe win the women’s doubles on Wimbledon. Huber also reached the semi-fina
Adelaide Tambo, wife of ANC president Oliver Tambo, arrives in SA after thirty years abroad, to re-establish the ANC Women’s Le
The African National Congress Women’s League (ANCL) states crime has gone far enough, and the government has to pull up its soc
Kenyans dominate the 106th Boston Marathon, winning both men’s and women’s titles and capturing the four top spots and six of t
ArchiveWomen and migration in South Africa: historical and literary perspectives by Kalpana Hiralal
BiographyMabel Palmer
Dr Mabel Palmer (nee Mabel Atkinson) was born on 22 May 1876 near Stocksfield in Northumberland, England. Her father, J.B. Atkinson, was a mine inspector, and…
Trade unions, politics and the working class struggle: the Food and Canning Workers Union, 1975 to 1986
… Trade unions, politics and the working class struggle: the Food and Canning Workers Union, 1975 to 1986 …
9th August: International Day of Solidarity with the struggle of women of South Africa and Namibia
… 9th August: International Day of Solidarity with the struggle of women of South Africa and Namibia …
’Seventy-five years of struggle’, Address by Oliver Tambo at the LA Trobe University, Australia, 3 April 1987
… ’Seventy-five years of struggle’, Address by Oliver Tambo at the LA Trobe …
United States closes its mission in Angola because of the violent struggle between three rival liberation groups.
… States closes its mission in Angola because of the violent struggle between three rival liberation groups. …
An ANC spokesman in Lusaka calls for increased participation by White sympathisers in the Black emancipation struggle.
… by White sympathisers in the Black emancipation struggle. …
Winnie Mandela tells a 3000-strong crowd in Welkom that the ANC is committed to the armed struggle.
… crowd in Welkom that the ANC is committed to the armed struggle. …
Central Committee statement: We pledge to fulfil his last wish to carry on the struggle for freedom
… We pledge to fulfil his last wish to carry on the struggle for freedom …
The ANC in exile in Lusaka calls on its supporters to take the struggle into White areas.
… ANC in exile in Lusaka calls on its supporters to take the struggle into White areas. …
BiographyNowongile Cynthia Molo
Nowongile Cynthia Molo was born in 1949 in the former Transkei (now Eastern Cape). She completed the Junior Certificate (Form 3) at Bethel College. She has…
BiographyRonald “Ron” Press
… his formative years he learnt about trade unionism, about struggle, poverty and how to fight and organise. Trade union … by a Black lawyer in those days. It…
Winifred Seqwana
… She became chairwoman of the African National Congress Womens League (ANCWL) in Langa in 1954, a founding member of … Africa in Langa, member of the African…
ArchiveMcBride apologises to family of those slain in armed struggle, SAPA, 5 October 1999
… McBride apologises to family of those slain in armed struggle, SAPA, 5 October 1999 …
BiographyLydia Kompe
Lydia (nee Ngwenya) Kompe was born in 1935 in Matlala, near Pietersburg in the Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo Province). Her father was a small-scale farmer…
BiographySusan Shabangu
Susan Shabangu was born on 28 February 1956. She attended Madibane High School in Soweto, Transvaal (now Gauteng). From 1980, she became involved in politics…
BiographyEvelina de Bruin
Evelina de Bruin was born on 25 December 1933, and she grew up in the small town of Postmasburg, Northern Cape. In the early days of her life, her parents…
BiographyDiana Ferrus
Internationally renowned South African poet, writer, and activist for marginalised groups, Diana Ferrus, was born on 29 August 1953 in Worcester, Cape Province…
Document 115 - Hawa H. Ahmed (Halima Gool), Address Delivered at Inaugural Meeting of the Non-European Women’s Suffrage League, Cosmopolitan Hall, Cape August--1938
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Galeshewe Stadium, Kimberley during the Women’s Day Celebrations, 9th August 2007.
BiographyMary Elizabeth Davis
Mary Elizabeth Davis was born in Portobello County, Edinburgh, Scotland on 26 December 1858. She was a business person and supporter of women’s causes. Davis…