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BiographyKesval “Kay” Moonsamy
… was born on 5 July 1926. He was active in the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) from the mid-1940s onward. In the early 1950s he served as treasurer of the NIC,…
BiographyDebi Singh
… a teacher and later a farmer near Durban . As secretary of the Anti-Segregation Council in the mid-1940s he was … to positions of leadership in the South…
ArticleApartheid crumbles, Women in the turmoil of the 1980s
… state repression and mass detentions. In a frenzy of desperate reaction, the government declared a series of … including the United Democratic Front (UDF) …
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of his acceptance of an honorary doctorate of the University of Stellenbosch
… Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of his acceptance of an honorary doctorate of the University of Stellenbosch …
ArchiveAnalysis of the Recent Clampdown
… having posed new strategic and tactical challenges to all democrats. … Analysis of the Recent Clampdown …
BiographySuliman Moosa Esakjee
… in 1928. He worked as a clerk, and was an active member of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) from its inception. He served as the Joint Secretary of the…
BiographyMalusi Nkanyezi Gigaba
… in various student and youth organisations such as Congress of South African Students (COSAS) , the South African Youth Congress (SAYCO) , the South African…
Thayanayagie (Thailema) Pillay
… Thayanayagie (Thailema), daughter of Veerammal Naidoo and Govindasamy Kristshnasamy Thambi … World War Thambi Naidoo of the South African Indian Congress …
ArticleA History of Abantu-Batho Newspaper 1912-1931
… alternative space to articulate their views. The emergence of a number of publications in the late nineteenth and early … of the newly established South…
BiographyEphraim Nkwe
… In the midst of the State of Emergency , the South African Youth Congress (SAYCO) was formed in March 1987 at a secret meeting … was the Head of Political…
ArticleNational Union of South African Students (NUSAS)
… In 1924 the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) was founded aimed at … (UDF). Most importantly this alliance meant that the Congress of South…
Chapter XIV - End of an era
… South Africa. I had accepted that whites, simply because of the colour of their skins, lived on a higher … to the press, I talked often at students' meetings…
Message to the Natal Indian Congress Secretariat: Call for an All-In Conference to Fight the Group Areas Act, November 1955
… Message to the Natal Indian Congress Secretariat: Call for an All-In Conference to Fight …
Natal Indian Congress (NIC) meets in an emergency session in Durban and decides on a hartal on 13 June, which was designated &q
… Natal Indian Congress (NIC) meets in an emergency session in Durban and …
A resolution to expel South Africa from the Universal Postal Union is approved by the Union’s congress in Vienna, by fifty-eigh
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … from the Universal Postal Union is approved by the…
The African National Congress (ANC) leads a march through central Durban, attended by up to 100,000 people, to demand their vot
… Keesing's Record of World Events, News Digest for March 1994, p. 39894. … The African National Congress (ANC) leads a march through central Durban, attended …
It is announced that President F.W. de Klerk and African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela are awarded the Nobel Peace Pr
… (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997 , … that President F.W. de Klerk and African…
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… South Africa's struggle against apartheid. The aftermath of the Sharpeville Massacre , in 1960, signalled the … by the apartheid regime also saw the African…
BiographyGreenwood Dumisa Ngotyana
… African National Congress organiser in the Western Cape. Ngotyana was born in the Transkei in 1922 and completed a few years of secondary schooling. He came…
BiographyBilly Nair
… Road), Sydenham, Durban on 27 November 1929. He was one of five children born to Parvathy and Ittynian (Kisten) Nair, … He attended all the mass rallies held…
BiographyPeter Mokaba
… During the 1976 uprisings , Mokaba became a leader of school boycotts, which led to his expulsion from school. … . He became the first president of the…
BiographyShirish Nanabhai
… Shirish was born one of eight siblings on 1 March 1938 at 51 Commercial Rd, … Jasmath was active during his youth in the Indian National Congress, which had…
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… Musician, Soldier, and Spy Abstract Barry Gilder is one of South Africa’s most important revolutionaries that fought … in the 1950s, Gilder followed the…
Address to a Joint Session of the Parliament of Pakistan
… Address to a Joint Session of the Parliament of Pakistan …
ArticleBanishment under the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950
… Banishment under the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950 …
ArticleLineages of Freedom: a Celebration of Culture and Shared Ties
… Lineages of Freedom: a Celebration of Culture and Shared Ties …
Draft Programme of the Communist Party of South Africa
… Draft Programme of the Communist Party of South Africa …
ArticleThe death of Samora Machel
… and her Independence. Machel was a revolutionary leader of the Mozambican liberation movement FRELIMO and Independent … the controversy surrounding his death…
BiographyIsmail Chota Meer
… (known as IC) was born September 5, 1918 in the small town of Waschbank in Northern Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). His … Pact ” of 1947 between Dr AB Xuma of the…
BiographyJaydew Nasib Singh
… in the mid-1940s with a law degree from the University of the Witwatersrand, where he was a contemporary and friend … to the executive committee of both the …