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BiographyRebecca Makgomo Masilela (nee Kekana)
… of the struggle. She received similar praise from various leaders and government officials, including the former …
BiographyNöel Robb
… in Cape Town, up Adderley Street to the Gardens, where the leaders carried a model of a book, the Constitution, draped …
BiographyAshley James Kriel
… unit to the area. Kriel was one of ‘The Five’ student leaders who were specifically targeted by this unit. They …
BiographyFather Trevor Huddleston
… and the Law in Apartheid’, which brought together leaders of the South African Liberation Movement. In 1988 …
BiographyHaile Selassie I
… He gradually grew more cautious and allowed few new leaders into his new government. In 1962 he managed to …
BiographyArchie Mafeje
… law. His removal sparked a protest by UCT student leaders and some academic staff members. In August 1968 an …
EventThe National President of the Black People’s Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… in the establishment of the BPC, which was founded by leaders of the South African Student Organisation (SASO). Rachidi joined the BPC in 1972, and was…
EventThe National President of the Black People's Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… in the establishment of the BPC, which was founded by leaders of the South African Student Organisation (SASO). Rachidi joined the BPC in 1972, and was…
BiographyHelen Newton Thompson
… to suppress political activists, by banning political leaders and sending them into exile. However, the Black Sash …
BiographyZwelinzima Joseph Vavi
… Shilowa, former the Gauteng Premier, now one of the leaders of Congress of the People (COPE) as general secretary …
BiographyHarriet Ngubane
Harriet Ngubane was born in 1929 at Inchanga, a rural area near Pietermaritzburg, kwaZulu-Natal (KZN). She was brought up as a Roman Catholic but grew to…
BiographyFrances Rix Ames
Frances Rix Ames was born in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng), on 20 April 1920. Her father deserted the family when she was still an infant, leaving her…
BiographyVejaynand ‘Vejay’ Indurjith Ramlakan
Dr Vejaynand Indurjith Ramlakan, more popularly known as 'Vejay', was born in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa in 1957. He matriculated at…
BiographyShaka Zulu
… of identity in the kingdom as a whole. The traditional leaders of the subject chiefdoms still held local … far north of the Zambezi River. Because they…
BiographyWalter Ulyate Sisulu
… the family. She also functioned as a link between the ANC leaders in jail and those in exile. The security police … a fitting tribute to two of South Africa…
BiographyBenjamin Ulenga
… with their allies in the Soviet Union, but SWAPO leaders would tell him to be wary and not get too involved in …
BiographyAhmed Gora Ebrahim
… in Africa where he had close friendships with many leaders. The government agreed, and had him in mind as a …
BiographyOlive Schreiner
… In 1909, he accompanied a delegation of Black and Coloured leaders to London to ask for a better deal for black people …
BiographyGerald Patrick Kearney
… Inkatha, were nervous of getting close to Diakonia. Church leaders began to put pressure on Diakonia to review its UDF …
BiographyStephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger
… were released to stand trial in London and the ‘uitlander’ leaders, most of who had been convicted of treason, had their …
BiographyMichael Kitso Dingake
… Bantu Education, Congress of the People , We Stand by Our Leaders, the Alexandra Bus Boycott of 1957, Potato Boycott, …
BiographyFort Calata
… shops for a week in protest against the detention of their leaders. As a result the government buckled under pressure …
BiographyReverend Beyers Naudé
… way. He continued on to West Germany for talks with church leaders there. In September 1972 he was awarded an honorary …
BiographyGovin Reddy
… leading Indian business people, educators and political leaders. Reddy was a bright student graduating in history and …
EventCol. Muammar Gaddafi seizes power in Libya
… his deposition the king went into exile in Egypt. In 1970, leaders of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) visited Libya to … (BPC) and the South African…
BiographyOliver Tambo
… memorandum, upon their release, of various senior ANC leaders and accused Tambo of failing to adhere to democratic … BCM activists meant that a planned…
ArchiveLetter from Barney Pityana to Neville Curtis
… Letter from Barney Pityana (President, SASO) to Neville Curtis (NUSAS) regarding NUSAS and SASO relations. …
BiographyChristopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu
… of seven of his fellow workers at CDA, who were also leaders of the South African Allied Workers Union (SAAWU), … Ibid. [18] Richards, N. 2017. List: Top 5…
BiographyKgalema Petrus Motlanthe
… a political school and policy institute to educate leaders. To date there has been no success in this direction. … However, by 2008, Motlanthe warned that…
ArchiveDeborah Matshoba’s fight against Apartheid by Alec Russo
… Nhlapo, Saths Cooper , and many other future prominent leaders of the anti-apartheid movement in literacy workshops. … movement was speeding, it easily…