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BiographyJeremiah Rakoko Mabe
There had been periodic unrest at Mabieskraal (Pilansberg), Rustenburg District, Transvaal (now North West Province) from the 1930s onwards. During the 1950s,…
BiographyJoey Fourie
… African Communist Party (SACP) – until its suppression in 1950. Her experiences in the trade union movement helped to …
BiographyChris Hani
… itself in response to the Suppression of Communism Act (1950). Ex-Communist Party members had to operate in secret, … AWB. With him was his daughter,…
BiographyMargaret Roach Killie Campbell
… Later she sponsored similar competitions, in 1942 and 1950, assisted by D. Mck. Malcolm, for Zulus to write essays … received honorary degrees from the…
BiographyZachariah Keodirelang Matthews
… African Institute of Race Relations , and from 1942 to 1950, the Natives' Representative Council (NRC). Though he …
BiographyMarimuthu Pragalathan “MP” Naicker
He was born in Natal in 1920, and although his family was poor he managed to complete high school. He worked as a truck driver, a union organiser for sugar…
BiographyEdson Sithole
… Rhodesian press club at a downtown hotel in Salisbury on 15 October 1975, and was never seen again. Sithole was an … Africa. On Sithole’s last day as an…
BiographyS .G. Sekano Ntoane
… the ministry and served at Klerksdorp from 1941 until 1950, when he moved to Johannesburg to serve as a hospital …
BiographyReginald Dudley Forde
Reginald Dudley Forde was born in Johannesburg on 20 April 1940. He completed his schooling at Clifton School in Nottingham Road and obtained three degrees at…
BiographyZola Budd
… previously by more than ten seconds to set a new mark of 15 minutes 1.83 seconds. Budd stunned the sporting fraternity …
BiographyEdgar Harry Brookes
… by Africans in Natal and served in Parliament for about 15 years and he was re-elected in 1943 and 1948.In 1945 he …
BiographyGertrud Theiler
… return to South Africa in 1924 Theiler taught Biology for 15 years. After two years at Jeppe High School for Girls in …
BiographyNomvula Paula Mokonyane
… in the struggle against Apartheid at the young age of 15. She joined the Young Christian Students (YCS). She was a …
BiographyEdward “Eddie” Roux
… Although "named" as a former member of the CPSA in 1950, he was not singled out for persecution by the …
BiographyLouis Luyt
Louis Luyt was born on 18 June 1932, and grew up in modest circumstances in the Karoo. In the 1940s Luyt was employed as a railway clerk. During his rugby…
BiographyLeo Rbc Francois
… Vitae Exhibitor on SASA-related exhibitions c.1898 - 1950: 1923: SASA 22nd Annual Exh., RH, City Hall, Darling …
BiographyMichael Sedgwick
Michael Sedgwick was born on the 20th February 1958 in Claremont in the Western Cape. He grew up in Hanover Park on the Cape Flats. His school career started…
BiographyEdwin Thabo Mofutsanyana
… Party of South Africa when it was banned and dissolved in 1950, and was one of the foremost among those who worked to …
BiographyBen Turok
… 1934. After graduating from the University of Cape Town in 1950, he worked as a surveyor and a lecturer at a London …
BiographyJean Bernadt (nee Alkin)
Jean Alkin was born on 19 May 1914 in Panevezys, Lithuania. She was the eldest of four children. Jean’s family moved to South Africa when she was about six…
Testimony of Chief Stephen Mini, J. T. Gumede, and the Rev. Abner Mtimkulu of the Natal Native Congress, before the Select Committee on Native Affairs, June 15 and 18, 1917 [Extracts]
… before the Select Committee on Native Affairs, June 15 and 18, 1917 [Extracts] …
Speech by the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the Banquet hosted by the President of the Republic of India New Delhi, 15 October 1990
… by the President of the Republic of India New Delhi, 15 October 1990 …
To All Fathers and Mothers, Brothers and Sisters, Friends and Workers, in All Cities, Towns and Villages in the Republic of South Africa. Flyer in English and Sesotho by the Soweto Students’ Representative Council, 15 October 1976
… by the Soweto Students' Representative Council, October 15, 1976 We appeal to you to align yourselves with the … Sesotho by the Soweto Students’…
BiographySaul Sibusiso “Minus Khosing” Mashinini
… plan political actions. He left the country at the age of 15 but he had a more or less two year service in underground … When the June 16 uprising started,…
Matthews Mabelane
… On 15 February 1977 Mr Matthews Mabelane,aged 23,fell to his … interrogated by two warrant officers and a sergeant on 15 February when one of the warrant…
BiographyWilfrid Edward Cooper
… Movement was arrested under the Terrorism Act on 15 July 1976 and was found dead in his cell at the Kei Road …
BiographyGünther Komnick
… end of the war in a Russian labour camp, from the ages of 15 to 18, together with his mother and younger sister. It was … in the category "Book-Other” for…
BiographyHendrik Pieter Marthinus Steyn
… in Cape Town, 14 August.1963. Obituaries: Die Burger, 15.8.1963; Cape Times, 15.8.1963; n. B. KEET, ‘Huldeblyk Ban dSteyn H.P.M. Steyn’, …
BiographyTrevor Andrew Manuel
… under the Internal Security Act from 22 October 1985. On 15 November he was banned from attending any meetings until … Due to his political activities he was…
BiographyMakholeka Matthews Meyiwa
Matthews Meyiwa was born on 24 August 1924 in Georgedale, near Hammersdale in Natal (now KwaZulu Natal). He was born to George and Anne Meyiwa who were peasant…