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73. The Congress of the People, June 1955
… History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The African National Congress, the S.A. … Indian Congress,, the S.A. Coloured…
BiographyJacobus du Toit
… a prolific author, wrote the first Afrikaans history book and as an Afrikaner nationalist he became one of the founders … Patriot , he pushed for the…
BiographyRooha Variava
… 16 December 1958. She completed a BA degree in Philosophy and Arabic at the University of South Africa in 1979. Variava finished her Honours degree in…
Chief Vuna Miya
… Between 1953 and 1957, there was conflict around Bantu Affairs (BA) and various other issues in the Bergville area, [Natal, now … first deposed in 1949 after…
BiographyShulamith Muller
… 1922. She studied law at the University of Pretoria, and was admitted as an attorney in 1948. She joined the South African Communist Party (SACP) in the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… Areas Act, the Reservation of Separate Amenities Act and the Immorality Amendment Act. Working together with the … CPSA, the ANC responded by launching the…
BiographyDaniel William
… 1880 in Port Elizabeth , the son of a West Indian father and an African mother. Ordained as an Anglican minister, he … Pretoria branch of the African People…
Lionel Morrison
… Born in 1935, he became a clerk and a journalist. In 1955 he was elected secretary of the … branch of the South African Coloured People's Organisation and in…
BiographyGeorge Msimang
… Standard VIII. He came to the African Art Centre in Durban and was encouraged by Jo Thorpe to study at Rorke's Drift. This he did for a year, beginning in…
BiographyC. S. Ramohanoe
… African National Congress (ANC) from 1944 to 1950 and later head of the faction known as the National-minded … 1930s, was chosen Transvaal provincial…
BiographyRuben Xulu
… Ruben Xulu, born deaf on 10 May 1952 and attended school in Mgangatho from 1955 to 1961. He began … carving with Bernard Gcwensa at Hiabisa mission station…
BiographyNkosi Johnson
… of his HIV/AIDS activism. He lived an active life and took treatment to slow down the effects of the virus. His mother died the same year he started school…
BiographyPiet Joubert
… when the territory was annexed in 1877, joined Kruger and Pretorius to take up arms against the British. He led the … commando that defeated the British at…
ArchiveThe Life of Trevor Huddleston, Makhalipile (the Dauntless One) by Victoria Vandiver, 3 May 2018
… The year the book was published it became a bestseller and attracted the attention of the international community. … to the international community on a…
BiographyChief Mshiywa Henry Tshabalala
… Clerk. Lived in Alexander. Was a popular amateur boxer and lost the use of his right eye in the ring. Active in … in the 1960s. He was also active in the…
BiographyAnele Mdizeni
… the hip by the police. Anele left behind his pregnant wife and two young children. According to his wife, Unathi … “Anele was an easy going person who loved…
Some of Gandhi’s Early Views on Africans Were Racist. But That Was Before He Became Mahatma by E.S Reddy (The Wire), 18 October 2016
… that the early Gandhi had little contact with Africans and did not understand their sensitivities. The recent … can rise to great heights by shedding his…
BiographyJosie Palmer
… Transvaal (now North West Province ), to Georgina Garson and Stephen Bonny Mpama, an interpreter for the Potchefstroom … became the South African Communist…
BiographyElias Phakane Moretsele
… that was formed so that its members could help one another and provide social upliftment. This underscored Moretsele's commitment to and love for his tribe…
BiographyAlfred Khumalo
… Alfred "Alf" Khumalo was born in Johannesburg and matriculated at the WiIberforce Institute in Evaton. … man, Khumalo was intrigued by the impact of pictures…
BiographyEthel Edwards
… is "a lady who has recently studied under Frank Brangwyn, and an Art Mistress". We know that she taught drawing in Cape … has come to light. In 1901 Edwards…
BiographyWilliam Stewart Ainslie
… the university of Natal, Pietermartizburg (BA) 1952-1955 and (BA Hons Fine Arts) under Jack Heath 1955-1958. On … Cyrene Mission (African Art Centre) in…
BiographyNell Kaye
… on her work within a single genre with specific challenges and limitations - the bronze portrait bust. She trained in … the Society in 1942. She showed…
"Racial Crisis in South Africa" . Address to meeting of Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, March 2, 1961
… of 15 million, of which 12 million are non-whites and 3 million are whites. The white people of South Africa … those in the rest of Africa, with the…
BiographyAndrew Meintjes
… David Goldblatt in, who took him under his wing and allegedly helped him to build up a portfolio with which … he embarked on a fruitful career in printing,…
BiographyMangisi Pheneas Nene
… in Alexandra Township in Johannesburg in the 1950s and one of the accused in the Treason Trial . He was born in … taking an interest in political affairs at…
BiographyConan Doyle Modiakgotla
… of the Orange Free State African National Congress (ANC) and was secretary of the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU) for Griqualand West. In ……
BiographyNtandazo Nokhamba
… back by the police. He was the breadwinner in his family and left behind his wife and 5 young children. According to his wife, Nosakhe Nokhamba, “He called…
BiographyMargaret Chuene Mncadi
… in the Eastern Transvaal, she graduated from Fort Hare and the medical school of the University of the … National Congress (ANC) . In 1956 she moved to Natal…
BiographyM. N. Bhola
… M. N. Bhola was born and educated in the Cape Province . She was an organizer of … (ANC) from the mid-1920s onward in the Western Cape , and the first woman…