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EventCharlotte Maxeke, politician and founder of the Bantu Women's League of South Africa, is born
… in political activities in the African National Congress (ANC). She co-founded the Bantu Women's League of South Africa, later renamed the ANC Women's League…
ArticleTeachers League of South Africa (TLSA) conference in 1925
… Background The establishment of the Teachers’ League of South Africa (TLSA) emerged out of increasing … “The APO's role as midwife in the birth of the…
BiographyPule Mabe
… when he was in the African National Congress Youth League ( ANCYL ) then led by Julius Malema . From 2008, he … Malema was expelled from the African National…
EventThe ANC Youth League is re-established at Orlando stadium in Soweto
… The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) was re-established at Orlando stadium in … the South African Youth Congress (SAYCO) and the ANC Youth…
ArticleThe Women’s struggle Timeline 1905-2006
A decade by decade events account of the women's struggle in South Africa. 1905 Charlotte Maxeke, formerly a Kimberley schoolteacher, becomes the first…
ArticleContemporary issues: Women’s struggle, 1900-1994
A tumultuous history has left women in present day South Africa with a number of challenges to overcome. Most obstacles to the development of women can be…
BiographyNowongile Cynthia Molo
… which later evolved into the African National Congress (ANC) Women’s League in the Transkei Region. From 1993 to 1997, she served on the National Executive…
BiographyDr. Frene Noshir Ginwala
… background. Considering she rose to prominence in the ANC at a young age, it is also not unreasonable to assert … probable that she was at least informally…
BiographyLettie Malindi
… Town. Matibi had joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1912 when it was formed, and her mother Harriet was … prohibited in 1938. Matibi became…
BiographyCharlotte Maxeke
… her husband were born in 1874). African National Congress (ANC) sources also cite Pietersburg (now Polokwane) as her … in Bloemfontein in 1913 and founded…
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… in her honour in Johannesburg. 1918 The Bantu Women's League of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) … Pixley Seme , president of the African…
EventMother of an ANC Youth League official, is killed by a hand grenade
… Mrs Smith was the mother of an African National Congress (ANC) Youth league official. According to sources, the hand grenade was … Mother of an ANC Youth…
BiographyJacob Mafora
… He was President of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Orange Free State and ex-officio member of the ANC national executive committee from 1952 to…
BiographySadie Forman
… A member of the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) and staunch campaigner on human (and … injustices, even within the African National Congress…
Lindiwe Charity Nyembezi Mthembu
… in community politics as a member of KwaMashu Youth League and Ntuzuma Youth League. In 1984, Mthembu joined the African National Congress (ANC) and Congress…
BiographyNokuthula Orela Simelane
… activist in Swaziland for the African National Congress (ANC) . Her parents suspected that she was working on underground work for the ANC when…
League of African Rights19, Petition, 1929
… League of African Rights19, Petition, 1929 …
BiographyMargaret Gazo
… Gazo, a stalwart of the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL), died on 8 April 1974 of natural causes. In …
BiographyPixie Benjamin
… she and her husband allowed African National Congress (ANC) activists to stay while they were rounding up political … in 1962 for painting slogans opposing…
Women’s Enfranchisement Association of the Union (WEAU)
The WEAU and votes for white women Until 1930 there were no women in South Africa who had the right to vote. It was felt that a women's place was in the…
ArticleCape Town Women’s Food Committee c.1946 -1953
Goodwill Sthuli Shlaza (22), chairperson of the ANC Youth League of Piet Retief and of the ANC Youth League zonal structure, is
… Goodwill Sthuli Shlaza (22), chairperson of the ANC Youth League of Piet Retief and of the ANC Youth League zonal structure, is …
BiographyNellie Jibiliza
… in 1926 to parents who were African National Congress (ANC) activists in Cape Town. Thus, she grew up in a … the 1950s as a member of African National…
ArticleThe 1913 Women’s anti-pass campaign in the Orange Free State
When the Union of South Africa was established in 1910, there was already a foundation for pass system. However, over time men and women resisted the…
BiographyMildred Lesiea
… meetings were organised by the African National Congress (ANC). The Eureka African Primary School was the first school … against the education board and…
BiographyDorothy Nomazotsho Zihlangu
… Act where she joined the African National Congress (ANC) and later the African National Congress Womens League (ANCWL). Zihlangu took part in the ANC’s…
BiographyAmina Cachalia
… with the leadership of the African National Congress (ANC) who frequented the TIC offices, but she did not have … functioned for at least six years. After…
BiographyElizabeth Mafekeng
… joined the Paarl branch of the African National Congress (ANC). She thus became actively involved politics to fight … rose to the position of National Vice…
ArticleWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South Africa by Cait Chapman
This article was written by Cait Chapman and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership projectWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s…
Workers' Party ofSoufh Africa, Liberafion League (c. March 1937)
… Workers' Party ofSoufh Africa, Liberafion League (c. March 1937) …