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The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… for Power: The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946 4. War Issue In February 1933, the two main white political … met in Bloemfontein on 5 December 1934 to…
BiographyJoe “Sdumo” Mafela
… brother was also born. Mafela’s family moved to Kliptown, south of Johannesburg in 1947. The family remained in … also directed by Peter Hunt, In 1974…
BiographyHenry Burton
… Burton was born on 2 June 1866 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa and went to school at St Andrews in Grahamstown, … before the start of the South…
Address by the Chairperson of the Non-Aligned Movement, President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, to the NAM Ministerial Meeting United Nations, New York, 23 September 1999
… of colonialism. We have emerged into a new post Cold War era where power still continues to determine the pattern … and powerful. We must seek dialogue and…
BiographyCyril Matamela Ramaphosa
… Samuel Ramaphosa, a retired policeman. He grew up in the South Western Native Township (Soweto), attending a local … degree through correspondence with the…
BiographyFezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo (Khwezi)
… the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) , spat upon by the Zuma … left the Netherlands for Tanzania…
A growing urban African population
… so did its need for African labour. After the First World War, a large number of factories were being established and … clearance programme. Buoyed by…
BiographyJames “Jobe” Hadebe
… the State of Emergency in 1960. After this, he left South Africa and went into exile to Bechuanaland (Botswana) enroute … his ordinary membership of the…
BiographyLuis Inácio Lula da Silva
… to the Washington Post, “Under Lula, Brazil became the world’s eighth-largest economy, more than 20 million people … Summer Olympics, the first time the…
BiographyPhyllis Naidoo
… was also involved in making her contribution to the war effort – knitting socks for soldiers. After she … TB. This is when Rev Sykes made her aware of…
BiographyJoyce Piliso-Seroke
… course in Social Policy and Administration in Swansea, South Wales, a course designed for students from developing countries. On her return to South Africa,…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1970 - 1979
… 1970 Early in 1970, the South African Communist Party (SACP) convenes a special … Party applauding their resistance as an event of "immense world…
BiographyCheryl Carolus
… as head prefect in matric. She was a member of the South African Black Students Association and immediately … Mbeki also met with the delegation.On her…
ArchiveChief Albert Luthuli Lecture, Africa and Freedom, delivered by the patron of the TMF, Thabo Mbeki, 10 December 2021
… for so long. It can only be on behalf of the people of South Africa, all the people of South Africa, especially the … of right-thinking people in my country…
BiographyZuleika Sarojini Christopher
… Christopher, a member of the moderate grouping of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC), had been involved in politics during Gandhi’s stay in South…
BiographyMosima Gabriel (Tokyo) Sexwale
… Consciousness supporter and a member and leader of the South African Students’ Movement (SASM). Sexwale completed a … Sexwale to join a group already acting…
BiographyVernon Celliers Berrange
… left wing radical. Berrangé joined the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in Johannesburg of his own free volition. At … country. A reconstituted…
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts 1600s-1800s
… over territory and control of certain areas of the world caused several wars. In 1812 American and British … the Mfecane was thoroughly exploited and a great…
BiographyJürgen Schadeberg
… for two years. In 1950, at the age of 19, he moved to South Africa to join his mother and stepfather. In September 1951 … very international and their images…
BiographyVictor Sidney Norton
… as a cricketer and a much decorated soldier of the Second World War), made their way to Cape Town with the idea of earning their passage to South America on…
BiographyMpumelelo Paul “Cosmo” Grootboom
… had written a play about polygamy titled “What a wonderful world”. Grootboom’s writing career was beginning to pick-up. … took up the position of Development…
BiographyDawid Kruiper
… to Kagga Kamma and led the way for land claims in South Africa for the San people. About 40 000ha of land were handed … Messages of well wishes were received…
BiographyGertrud Theiler
… College in Grahamstown and from there went to the South African College in Cape Town, from where she graduated … regarded and frequently consulted. On her…
BiographyDirk Johannes Coetzee
… 20km west of Pretoria, Gauteng, as the headquarters of the South African Police counterinsurgency unit working for the Apartheid Government in South Africa…
BiographyJames Edward April
… by teachers who were members of the Teachers League of South Africa (TLSA) and the Cape African Teachers Association … parliamentary representatives for…
BiographyLillian Diedericks
… leaders who took charge of the political scene. Here the South African Communist Party (SACP) had for decades run … would go on to become the cosponsors of…
Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… dream for her to become an educated Black woman in South Africa. Her journey led her to become a founding member … 1999. Today, she lectures over women’s…
Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike
… Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike A Salute by the South African Communist Party to South Africa's Black Mine … camps. These are not the casualty figures…
BiographyPierre Jacy Fourie
… recorded White boxer to fight against a Black opponent in South Africa. Fourie was the son of Petrus Fourie and his Welsh … the guaranteed purse of 200 000…
BiographyAdvocate Abram "Bram" Fischer
… Free State judge.The Fischers were a sixth-generation South African family. Percy's father was Abram Fischer, a … (BA LLB degree) at Grey, then part of the…