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BiographyErnest Magqwashane
Member of the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK). Was killed in Angola during a training accident.
BiographyJohn Majola
A member of the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK). Killed in Swaziland after being abducted.
BiographyPiet Makgofe
Born in 1914 Makgofe was a labourer. He joined the African National Congress in 1938 and was active in the 1946 African miners' strike.
BiographyAndrew Madi
Member of the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK). Died in exile in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 1979.
BiographyJuly Mashaba
Born in 1918, Mashaba was a factory worker. He joined the African National Congress during the Defiance Campaign and was active in the Moroka branch.
ArticleIndian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
… equal treatment. Gordon Lee of the International Socialist League (ISL) forms the Durban Workers' Industrial Union. The … Lee and represents the Union at the…
BiographyZwelinzima Joseph Vavi
Zwelinzima Joseph Vavi was born on 20 December 1962 on a farm in Hanover, Northern Cape. His father was a mineworker. Vavi has four brothers and seven sisters…
BiographyBaldwin ‘Ben’ Sipho Ngubane
Dr Baldwin ‘Ben’ Sipho Ngubane was born on 22 October 1941 at the Inchanga Roman Catholic Mission in Camperdown, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal - KZN). He…
BiographyVejaynand ‘Vejay’ Indurjith Ramlakan
Dr Vejaynand Indurjith Ramlakan, more popularly known as 'Vejay', was born in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa in 1957. He matriculated at…
BiographyPhilemon Mashibini
Born in 1912, Mashibini was a businessman. He joined the African National Congress in 1951. He was active in the Defiance Campaign and a prominent Queenstown…
BiographyBernard Mafiyeka
A National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa shop steward. Mafiyeka was gunned down by one of a group of four men who approached him as he walked to work.
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1910-1919
… the 1913 Land Act, the formation of the Bantu Women’s League and the formation and growth of working class … 2004) Lillian Ngoyi , future leader of the ANC…
BiographyJohn Beaver "J.B" Marks
John Beaver (JB) Marks was born on 21 March 1903, Ventersdorp, Western Transvaal (now North West Province). His father was a railway worker and his mother, a…
BiographyPercival Henry Frederick “Percy” Sonn
Born in Cape Town on September 25, 1949, Percival Sonn, universally known as Percy, dedicated much of his life to the development of the game of cricket in the…
BiographyJames Randolph Vigne
… various countries in Africa, and to Britain and the United Nations campaigning against the apartheid government in South … for International Affairs (Chatham…
BiographyMahomed Dawood Barmania
Mahomed Dawood Barmania was the son of Dawood Barmania, owner of commercial and farming properties in both Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) and Surat in the West…
BiographyPasqual Macamba
Pasqual Macamba, also known as (Khauleza Ndawe), a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) died from natural casues in the…
BiographyRobert Tunsi
Robert Tunsi was born in 1914. He was a businessman and he joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1937. He was chairman of the committee which built the…
ArticleThe Black Sash: A History of Transformation
… six women into the Women’s Defense of the Constitution League, today known as The Black Sash. Although racial … the decades. This transformation was prompted…
BiographyA. B. Nogoya
Born 1925. Factory worker. Joined African National Congress in 1949 and during the Defiance Campaign led a batch of 40 volunteers to defy apartheid regulations…
BiographyJohnson Dhlwati
He was born in the Clarkebury district of the Cape and educated at the Clarkebury Training Institution, where he later taught boot making. Dhlwati was a…
BiographyNickle Mjekula
Nickle Mjekula was banned for two years in June 1966 under the National Party's Suppression of Communisn Act. He was also banned from attending gatehrings.He…
ArticleOliver Tambo Speeches 1971-1979
… 1 March 1973 " Tribute by Oliver Tambo to the United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid ". Statement at … Celebration of the Twenty-first…
BiographyAndries (General China) Chamile
Born in 1900, Johannesburg Chamile worked as a labourer. He was a member of the Newclare branch of African National Congress which he joined during the…
BiographyDr. Mantombazana ‘Manto’ Tshabalala-Msimang
… criticism was captured in the closing speech of the United Nations special envoy for AIDS in Africa Dr. Stephen Lewis, …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Preface
… struggle and had a significant impact on India, the United Nations and world. It has been a source of inspiration to me … representative of Pandit Nehru and…
Industrial and Commercial Workers Union
… Aliwal North, and Charlotte Maxeke of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa. The delegates at the Bloemfontein …
African National Congress President, Comrade Jacob Zuma, delivers the Peter Mokaba Memorial Lecture, Mankweng Village, Polokwane, Limpopo, 6 June 2010
… Director, The Family of Comrade Peter Mokaba, ANC Youth League President, Cde Julius Malema, National Executive Committee of the ANC Youth League, Limpopo…
BiographyJoão Albasini
João Albasini was born in Lisbon, Portugal on 1 June 1813. Beside the fact that his father was a sea captain, little is known about young Albasini’s youth. In…
BiographyPepsi Mahlangu
Pepsi Mahlangu was the chairperson of the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) in KwaThema, Springs. A member of the African National Congress (ANC) and…