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BiographyChris Hani
… Thembisile Chris Hani was born in the rural village of Sabalele, in the Cofimvaba region of the former Transke i. He was the fifth of the six children ……
From Protest to Challenge: Documents of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964 Volume 2
… Introduction Most of the world is living under the system of Society called … of the white workers as sharers in the exploitation of the natives is gradually…
BiographyLele Jacob Motaung
… is a modified extract from the following source: Prisoners Of Apartheid , A biographical List of political prisoners and banned persons in South Africa ……
BiographyJohn Xavier Merriman
… was a politician, businessman, and the last Prime Minister of the Cape Colony before the four provinces became the Union of South Africa in 1910. He was…
BiographyThembekile Enoch kaTshunungwa
… National organiser of the African National Congress (ANC) in the mid-1950s and … was born in 1923 in the Transkei and was a member of the Tembu royal house…
BiographyJames Edward April
… James Edward April was born on 20th of March in 1940, in Bokmakeri Athlone, Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape).He is the youngest of seven…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Introduction
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke FOR A … find more precise designations for such terms as the "Act of Union," the …
EventSouth African Students Movement leaders meet to plan protest action against the implementation of Afrikaans
… The Naledi High School branch of the South African Students Movement (SASM) held a meeting, … Government had, in 1953, enacted The Bantu Education Act, which…
Oration by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe, at the funeral service of the late Cleopas Mododa Nsibande, 3 January 2009, Benoni
… Master of Ceremonies UMama wethu uMam` Sarah Umndeni wonke wakwa … today. In 1953 the Native Labour (Settlement of Disputes) Act was promulgated thus…
BiographyCurtis Nkondo
… Northern Transvaal (now Makhado, Limpopo). Towards the end of the 1800s, his grandmother, Ma Nkondo left Lorenco Marques … were extremely devout Christians…
BiographyJames Kantor
… and Pauline ‘Polly’ (Braude) Kantor. James Kantor was one of Johannesburg’s best-known and successful lawyers who got … at best, he invariably won for his…
BiographyFatima Seedat
… Party. In Durban she got involved with the politics of the Indian community and became a member of the Natal Indian Congress . When the Indian Congress ……
BiographyMoses Jongizizwe Mayekiso
… in Askeaton, Cala district, Transkei. He was the eldest of 12 children to Ellen and Betwell Mayekiso. He attended the … lived with a relative. From 1973…
BiographyStrinivasa “Strini” Moodley
… Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He was the eldest child of Joyce Margaret and Narainsamy Moodley, a teacher and later Director of the Durban Indian Child…
BiographyIsaac ‘Ike’ Osler Horvitch
… South Africa. Ike Horvitch's politics were fashioned out of his family's oppressed past. His grandfather, a Talmudic … having arrived in England with her…
ArticleMessage of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, delivered by Mr. Tambo, at the funeral of Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo
… are gathered here to pay homage to an outstanding leader of the African liberatory struggle, a comrade and friend who devoted most of his life in the service…
Document 95 - “Welcome The All-African National Convention! African National Convention Must Mark Beginning of National Liberation Movement”, South African Worker, 27 June 1936
… National Convention must receive the whole hearted welcome of all people both Native and European. Herein lies the … surroundings, eating at delicate…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the closing ceremony of the 19th meeting of heads of government of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM)
… Address by President Nelson Mandela at the closing ceremony of the 19th meeting of heads of government of the Caribbean Community and Common Market …
ArticleThe formation of SASO and the Black People’s Convention
… through the multiracial and liberal National Union of South African Students (NUSAS). In particular, NUSAS was outspoken in its criticism of government…
BiographyJean Sinclair
… Party’s segregationist bills. She was opposed to all forms of injustice, especially the Group Areas Act (1950) which enabled the apartheid government to…
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
… Volkskas was one of the four largest banking conglomerates in South Africa, and one of the three biggest Afrikaner monopolies. It was established … further…
BiographyDouglas G. Wolton
… Douglas G Wolton was a leader of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) from 1931 to 1933. He was born in … Cape Town, he was convicted under the…
BiographyNickle Mjekula
… years in June 1966 under the National Party's Suppression of Communisn Act. He was also banned from attending gatehrings.He was imprisoned under the…
BiographyZwelakhe Sisulu
… icons Walter and Albertina Sisulu . He was the third of five children. When he was nine, he was taken to Swaziland … a career in journalism. In 1980, Sisulu,…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the death of President Samora Machel
… Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the death of President Samora Machel …
Document 35 - “New Tactics Proposed for N.R.C. Boycott: Xuma’s Address to African Congress”, The Guardian, 18 December 1947
… - In his presidential address to the annual conference of the African National Congress over the weekend. Dr. A.B. … the African people to re-elect the…
BiographyFanie Jason
… Heathfield, Cape Town. Under the South African Group Areas Act, Jason's family was forced to move to the black township of Guguletu in 1960. Jason's interest…
BiographySondeza Lugogo Mngomezulu
… district, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal], was said to be one of the ringleaders of the unrest that broke out in this area. Ntunja Mngomezulu was appointed Chief…
BiographyBill Flynn
… in more than 140 stage plays, musicals, 42 films, dozens of TV shows and thousands of radio and TV commercials. On television, he appeared on … of a heart…