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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…
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, …
BiographyEve Hall
Eve Hall was born on 20 March 1937 in Paris, France, to a Jewish father and a German mother. When the Second World War broke out, her father was on a visit to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
BiographyMazizi Magekaza
A member of the African National Congress (ANC). He was killed in his hospital bed, in a raid in Lesotho, 1988.
BiographySefelaro Magashule
A member of the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK). Died of natural causes in Tanzania
BiographyDaniel Crosby Mabaso
Daniel Crosby Mabaso (Tommy Shenge) was executed by order of African National Congress (ANC) military tribunal in Angola
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.
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…
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.
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…
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.
Industrial and Commercial Workers Union
… Aliwal North, and Charlotte Maxeke of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa. The delegates at the Bloemfontein …
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…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… 1953 Resistance before 1959 *South Africa and the United Nations Organization *South Africa’s Foreign Policy This … Council. With the backing of the Natal…
ArticleBlack Sash
… The Women's Defence of the Constitution League In 1955 a small group of white middle-class women who … called The Women's Defence of the Constitution League…
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.
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…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… Apartheid in New York. In his address he urged the United Nations to do everything in its power to maintain the … resigns from the Executive of both the ANC…