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Document 34 - Letter from the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, to the Executive Committee, Comintern
… Document 34 - Letter from the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, to the Executive Committee, Comintern … he was here in June) to try to unite…
EventNational Day of Prayer is observed peacefully
… A National Day of Prayer was peacefully observed, despite fears … forces in Soweto and other major townships. Called by the National Initiative for…
National Day of Protest and Mourning. The first national political strike called by the ANC as an act of national mourning and
… National Day of Protest and Mourning. The first national political strike called by the ANC as an act of national mourning and …
ArchiveLetter from D Nokwe to Botswana National Front
… Letter from D Nokwe, African National Congress Secretary-General, to the Central Committee of the Botswana National Front, in reply to their accusation that…
BiographyDawid (Dawie) Jacobus De Villiers
… Dawie’s father was a railway clerk, organiser for the National Party (NP), and Member of Parliament for Vasco from 1953 to … Council. He was opposed to the…
ArchiveNational Presidents report at the Black Sash
… National President's Report at the Black Sash National Conference in East London 7 to 8 November 1961. … National Presidents report at the Black Sash …
BiographyRay Harmel (nee Adler)
… brothers, she joined the-then illegal Lithuanian Communist Party. She eventually had to flee the political police and … but with little success. Cornelius…
BiographyReginald (Reggie) September
… Moses Kotane and James La Guma the two leading communist party leaders in the Western Cape. I n 1938, a t the age of 15, he joined the National Liberation…
BiographyAmy Thornton
… was just sixteen years old. She worked with the Communist Party of South Africa (now known as the South African … against fascism in Europe, campaigning…
EventSouth African Communist Party leader Abram Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of communism
… Committee and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of South Africa (later SACP). In 1943, he helped A. B. Xuma revise the African National Congress …
BiographyJennifer Schreiner
… Else and Deneys were active members of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA). Deneys did not join any … the Liberal Party of South Africa , the Black…
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…
BiographyChief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi
… of Fort Hare, Eastern Cape, where he joined the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL). Buthelezi studied … met Professor Z K Mathews , Robert…
August 9: National Womens Day: 25th Annivers
… (pledges) in zulu on right. Notice of 25th Anniversary of National Women's Day, 1956 - 1981. Cartoon Strip giving the … on right with text 'we remember...'. …
EventSir de Villiers Graaff and Theo Gerdener jointly express their agreement to form a new party
… In a joint declaration the leaders of the United Party (UP), Sir de Villiers Graaff and the Democratic Party (DP), Theo Gerdener, expressed their agreement…
Document 28 - Letterfrom E. R. Roux to the Central Executive, Communist Party of South Africa, 25 September 1928
… Letterfrom E. R. Roux to the Central Executive, Communist Party of South Africa, 25 September 1928 … which exploitation is predominantly of colonial type…
PlaceSouth African National Museum of Military History
… South African war art (also listed under museums). National Collection of Guns, aircraft & army Vehicles, plus … of the Country’s involvement in WWII, the…
BiographyH. A. Naidoo
… in Durban in 1915 and was recruited into the Communist Party in the mid-1930s by Edward Roux. He became an active … common cause with Africans. In 1939 he…
Mooroogiah Dhanapathy Naidoo
… South African Indian Congress, the South African Communist Party (SACP), the African National Congress (ANC) and its military wing, uMkhonto … and for other…
BiographyJohnson Phillip Mlambo
… (PAC) at its formation in 1959. He was appointed as the party branch leader in Daveyton Township near Benoni. Two … in Maseru late in 1962. Together with…
Document 59 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa to N. J. Barclay, 21 February 1936
… by Allison Drew Document 59 - Letter from the Workers' Party of South Africa to N. J. Barclay, 21 February 1936 141 … two of which had been expelled from the…
PlaceSouth African National Archive in Cape Town
… Wedding, Birth and Death Certificates. The South African National Archive has repositories in: Cape Town; Pretoria ; … Free State , in Bloemfontein . The Old…
ArchiveLetter from Cape Town Branch of the South African Communist Party to Moses Kotane
… from the Cape Town branch of the South African Communist Party to Moses Kotane, outlining the state of the … Letter from Cape Town Branch of the South…
Letter from Cape Town Branch of the South African Communist Party to Moses Kotane
… from the Cape Town branch of the South African Communist Party (SACP) to Moses Kotane, outlining the state of the … Letter from Cape Town Branch of the South…
BiographyJ B Marks
… midwife. His father was a staunch supporter of the African National Congress (ANC). In 1919, his parents succeeded in … activist and trade unionist, he…
BiographyMagnus Malan
… positions. In 1980 he became the Defence Minister in the National Party government of P.W. Botha . During his time in … Africa, he deployed troops on…
BiographyHelen Suzman
… election. She won the contest and represented the United Party (UP) in Parliament that year. In 1959, 12 MPs, including Helen, broke away from the United…
BiographyHarry Heinz Schwarz
… Fritz, an anti-Nazi campaigner of the Social Democratic Party, left Germany on the night Hitler was elected into … considered to be his hero. Schwarz later…
BiographyJames Madhlope Phillips
… . That same year Phillips also joined the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) . He became actively involved in … Abdurahman in the Cape in 1902. He was…
ArchiveLamontville: Paper presented at National Conference 1984
… Lamontville: Paper presented at National Conference on 16 March 1984 discussing labour, … Lamontville: Paper presented at National Conference 1984 …