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BiographyAdelaine Florence Hain
… asked by the weekly anti-apartheid newspaper Contact to report on Nelson Mandela’s trial in 1962 in Pretoria’s Old …
BiographyAbdullah Abdurahman
Abdurahman, who was born in Wellington (Cape Town ) on 18 December 1872 and graduated as a medical doctor from the University of Glasgow in 1893.He return to…
ArticleA History of the Springbok Legion
… the SL were reported in the Guardian , however in January 1942 the organisation launched its own publication, Fighting … and Ruth First . At SL’s first…
Document 134 - The Impending Strike of African Miners: A statement by the African Mineworkers’ Union, 7 August 1946
… trade unionists engaged in legitimate trade union work. 1942: The African Mine Workers' Union put forward a request … dashed by the open announcement of…
”On the Organisations of the African People”, from I. B. Tabata to Nelson Mandela, June 16, 1948
… away from the All-African Convention. By this time. Dr. Xuma, an ex-president of Convention, was head of Congress. … who entered the political arena at this…
First National Consultative Conference - Morogoro, 26 April 1969
… Consultative Conference: Extracts from the Political Report of the National Executive Committee First National Consultative Conference: Report on the…
PlaceChris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg
… Baragwanath" . The situation internationally in 1941 and 1942 looked bleak for the Allies. There was thus real urgency … 6 months the first patients could be…
ArticleCOVID-19 Timeline 2019-2020
… China reports its second death in Wuhan. 20 January- A WHO report confirms Covid-19 cases in South Korea, Japan and … Organisation. Novel Coronavirus (2019…
EventThe UN decides not to support the request of the Union of South Africa concerning the treatment of Indians in SA
… multi-racial delegation from South Africa, led by Dr. A.B. Xuma, president-general of the African National Congress and …
Closing address by President Neslon Mandela at the 49th National conferenceof the ANC Bloemfontein, 22 December 1994
… and even insults. It was in that conference that Dr Xuma, who had led the ANC for several years, was toppled. I … and discipline. In this regard, the…
Indian immigrants engaged in non-sugar growing activities
… activity was tea growing, which according to the Clayton Report of 1909 employed 1 722 indentured Indians. According to the same Report, wattle planting near…
EventA.W.G. Champion, outspoken opponent of apartheid dies
… devoted his life to the betterment of the Zulu people. In 1942, he was elected to the Native Representative Council …
BiographyChristopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu
Christopher Daluxolo Mpofu (popularly known as Dali Mpofu) is a South African advocate, legal expert, and former African National Congress (ANC) stalwart…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… themselves to the Groote Schuur Minute . 2. The final report of the Working Group on political offences dated 21 … parties. The guidelines to be formulated…
Chapter 3
… Professor D. D. T. Jabavu , President; Dr. A. B. Xuma , Vice-President; Dr. J. S. Moroka , Treasurer;Mr. H. … by reason of their being overseas. First there…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… about the opposition of the radicals. In a confidential report, Colonel Morris praised highly the efforts of the NIA, … membership and leadership were…
Chapter 13
… provide them with a mandate to go back to the N.R.C. Dr. Xuma, President of the A.N.C., called an Emergency Conference … same issue of the Inkundla (July,…
Indian education in Natal
… 1865 A report? Native Schools 1865? states that these were day and … a schoolroom for Indian children on the estate. 1865 A report ?Native Schools 1865?…
Chapter 14
… busy with their attempts at disruption and once more Dr. Xuma was used as midwife to yet another abortive attempt at … reporting this, wrote: "In less than…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1900-1947
… appoints Godfrey Lagden to chair a commission that would report on ‘native affairs’ in the four South African … 1904 October, The Lagden commission submits…
ArticleThe Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State (The Zondo Commission)
… In 2016, former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela released a report, State of Capture, after an investigation into influence over organs of the state. The…
BiographyDr. Abu Baker Asvat
… Less than a week after Asvat’s death, newspapers began to report that Winnie Mandela believed that there was a … at the church. Shortly thereafter, media…
EventAfrican National Congress Youth League is founded
… the masses. The President of the ANC at the time, Alfred Xuma, was initially rather sceptical of the ANCYL and their …
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
… appointed to head the committee. The committee made its report to the Broederbond on 3 March 1934, deciding in favour … bank in 1947 after fully complying…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… and ownership of property in the Transvaal, publishes its report and makes the following recommendations: 1.'Asiatics' … through resolutions, deputations and…
EventBritish troops land in Madagascar.
… its sea routes leading to India and Ceylon. On 4 May 1942 British troops landed in the Bay and Bay Ambararata …
EventA commemorative exhibition of the work of painter and cartoonist John Amshewitz opens in the City Hall in Johannesburg
… to South Africa in 1936. Amshewitz died on 6 December 1942 in Muzienburg, Cape Town. In 1943 a commemorative … Henry Amshewitz ”“ South African Artist,…
ArticleThe Wragg Commission (1885-1887)
… Officer and Henry Francis Richardson. The Commission's Report was a document of the prevailing legislation in the … According to the author, CG Henning, the…
EventANC member and UDF-leader Christmas Tinto, is born in Mqanduli in the Transkei
… in political activities started at an early age. In 1942, while he was still a student at St John’s College in …
Zonal Centenary Memorial Lecture on the Life and Times of David Bopape, presented by David Makhura, ANC Gauteng Provincial Secretary, 21 June 2012, Tsakane
… of Inkukuleko, the Party newspaper. Two years later, in 1942, Ntate Bopape joined the ANC under the leadership of Dr. A.B. Xuma. Shortly after joining the…