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BiographyLetlapa Mphahlele
… President of the USS. However, the Principal banned the organisation as soon as he heard about it. In August 1978, he …
BiographyLivingstone Mqotsi
Livingstone Mqotsi (Livie) was born in the village of Rabula in the Keiskammahoek district in the former Ciskei, now Eastern Cape, on 18 April 1921. Mqotsi…
BiographyJotello Festiri Soga
Dr Jotello Festiri Soga, the first South African of any race to obtain a degree in veterinary medicine, was born in 1865 at the Mgwali Mission in the then…
ArticleSouth African National Students Congress (SANSCO)
… South Africa. Students founded the South African Student Organisation (SASO) which became a vehicle through which the … black higher education students of…
Conflict among civic organisations
… its support from coloured civic organisations. 21 civic organisation affiliated to CAHC were coloured areas. However, … organisations from the DBAC in 1983…
Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
… (BCM) and the formation of South African Students Organisation (SASO) raised the political consciousness of … fold. Not only would this make it the largest…
ArticleBlack Sash
… Jean Bosazza and Helen Newton-Thompson (among others). The organisation grew into an avenue for liberal women to oppose … that infringed the rule of law. …
People Against Gangsterism and Drugs
… on the Cape Flats, Cape Town decided to form an anti-crime organisation. The aim was to fight the drugs and violence … plaguing their area. PAGAD began as a…
African Art Centre
… The African Art Centre is a non-profit organisation based in KwaZulu-Natal . Founded in 1959, it was … Race Relations (SAIRR) but became an autonomous non…
ArticleA History of the Springbok Legion
… The Springbok Legion (SL) was a leading organisation formed in 1941 to fight for the rights of … World War II and in the post-war period. Over time the…
ArticleThe history of labour movements in Namibia
… The first initiative for the establishment of a national organisation of Namibian workers took place in South Africa … (OPO) was founded, renamed the…
BiographyWinnie Madikizela-Mandela
… The formation of the all-black South African Students’ Organisation (SASO) followed soon thereafter. The struggle … soup kitchen; a mobile health unit; a day…
Article”People’s Power!”, 1986
… UDF to increase pressure inside the county through better organisation and working together with Congress of South … revived after the meeting and made…
ArticleNational Union of South African Students (NUSAS)
… students. NUSAS was open to students of all races. At the organisation first inaugural conference in Bloemfontein in … members in order to learn more about…
ArticleYoung Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA)
… Communist League (YCL) dates back to 1921, although the organisation observes 25 May 1922 as the date of its official … number of other young people had…
ArticleSASO Bannings
… increased. In 1974 it was listed as an “affected” organisation under the Affected Organisation Act of 1974. This meant that SASO could no …
ArticlePoqo
… The word 'poqo' means 'pure' or 'alone' in Xhosa and the organisation drew most of it's following from the Western … and their followers. The structure and…
Vakalisa Art Association
… with Peter Edward Clarke , another well known artist. The organisation consisted of artists such as Patrick Holo , … , Rashid Lombard and Lionel Davis ,…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… strategies of the past, and a transformation of the organisation into a revolutionary mass movement. In the next … League’s Programme of Action became…
ArticleWestern Cape Civic Association (WCCA)
… Civic organisation also experienced problems in organising across the racial divide. Initially the emerging civic organisation in African township and…
ArticleSoweto Students’ Representative Council (SSRC)
… Students' Representative Council (SSRC) was formed. This organisation led the march that the police fired on and came … took over the role. Even though the…
BiographyRonald “Ron” Press
… with his boss Mr. Harmel, a Director of the Schlesinger organisation. His first job in January 1953, after finishing …
BiographyLouis Botha
Louis Botha was born near Greytown in Natal in 1862. He was the son of Voortrekker parents and was brought up on a farm in the Free State, and was educated at…
ArticleFederation of South African Women by Skylar Jayes
… be. The Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) was an organisation that started to bring women together during the … initially founded FEDSAW as an…
ArticleAfrican Resistance Movement (ARM)
… While in detention, they debated the need for an umbrella organisation for movements ready to carry out sabotage … although its membership was predominantly…
ArticleHistory of the Rape Crisis Trust in Cape Town
… feminism was a catalyst for South African feminist organisation to address violence against women. In 1975, Anne … their association with its politics would…
ArticleFederation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU)
… employees that aimed to be a national, non-racial umbrella organisation that could coordinate Black trade union … It had 12 partners representing 45 000…
ArchiveThe Mandela I knew by Saths Cooper, 6 December 2013
… Cindi and Kaborone Sedibe (also my co-accused in the SASO/BPC trial) replaced Aubrey and Strini in the B-Section cell … us to discuss with him when his exams…
The turn to armed struggle
… Congress (SAIC) and the South African Coloured Peoples Organisation (SACPO). On 16 December 1961, MK announced its … public facilities. After the banning of…
The International Socialist League (ISL)
… S. P. Bunting was also a popular founding member of the organisation. Many socialists in South Africa, in keeping … League. Members of the League decided to…