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BiographyBalelekeng Sam Masemola
Born in 1926, Masemola worked as a clerk. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1949 and helped to steer his branch in Alexandra Township away from …
BiographySibongile Susan Mkhabela
… time she spent working in senior positions at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Education Programme in Southern Africa, as well…
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…
BiographyWilliam Khanyile
At a young age, around the early 1960s, William Khanyile began selling the New Age newspaper in Pietermaritzburg. By then he was already interested in Marxism…
BiographyDeborah Jean Budlender
Deborah (Debbie) Budlender received a five-year banning order in late November 1976 alongside more than 20 other people working in the nascent black trade…
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…
BiographyGabriel Dichaba
Born in 1920 Dichaba was a herd boy until he was 15. He left school to become a labourer in the railway workshops. He led the first Free State volunteers in…
BiographyPeter Kaya Selepe
One of the first-string accused in the Treason Trial of 1956-1961, Selepe was born in 1919 and served in the South African army in World War II, attaining the…
BiographyMceleli Bongwefile Buthelezi
Especially interesting in the light of the role that Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi came to play in Bantustan and national politics was the banishment of Mceleli…
BiographyW Mati
Born in 1923, Mati worked as a clerk. He joined the African National Congress in 1946. He was active in the 1949 bus boycott in Port Elizabeth. Mati served…
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO): An Organisational Timeline
… OPC’s petition to New York for presentation at the United Nations, but is intercepted by South African authorities and … in Windhoek, Namibia. Toivo ya…
Document 38 - Certification of the Constitution; a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
… death in 1967. Nelson Mandela, President of the ANC Youth League, was appointed Volunteer-in-Chief of the Campaign. His … request by thirteen Asian-African…
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…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1920-1929
… Congress; attend the first international conference of the League Against Imperialism in Brussels. At the end of the … the ANC. 1929 Sidney Bunting and…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… also known as the Magna Carta, was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948. Due to the … leftist movements, including the…
ArticleFatima Meer Timeline 1928-2010
… Indian Congress. Founded the Durban and District Women's League immediately on the heels of the 1949 Riots, … as the ANC and NIC. She was the Secretary of…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Foreword
… became editor of llanga lase Natal was the first ANC Youth League leader to support the NIC-TIC campaign to the extent … went back to the day that brilliant…
BiographySteven Eli Friedman
Steven Eli Friedman was born on 31 March 1953 in Johannesburg. In 1971 Friedman began studying at the University of Witwatersrand. While at University, he…
BiographyFrank Alexander Landman
… Payers Association in Korsten. Frank joined the Teachers’ League of South Africa as soon as he qualified, attending his …
BiographyPatrick “Bra Pat” Matanjana
Patrick Matanjana was born in 1943. Bra Pat, as he was affectionately known, was a member of the armed wing of the African National Congress, Umkhonto weSizwe…
BiographyGopal Krishna Gokhale
Mr GK Gokhale was the Founder of the Servants of India Society in Poona. On Ghandi's invitiation, he Toured South Africa in October of 1912. He was associated…
EventSouth Africa Freedom Day - 26 June 1950
… in a national "stay at home" on the 1st May. The ANC Youth League (ANCYL) viewed the call for the stay at home on 1st of … that led to the consideration of…
BiographyMattheus Uys Krige
… a soldier to draw. For Krige though, the “foe” was never nations or individuals, but rather ideologies and ideas. He …
BiographyJennifer Davis
… apartheid. She brought this expertise to the United Nations, testifying before various committees. In the 1970s, …
Biographyde Villiers Graaff
Sir de Villiers Graaff (Div) was born on 8 December 1913 in Cape Town, Western Cape. He attended Western Province Preparatory School, Claremont, Cape Town from…
BiographyIrene Menell (nee Manderstam)
Born in 1932, Irene Menell (nee Manderstam) spent her early life moving from one place to the next, completing her primary and secondary schooling in the…
BiographyRajes Pillay
… Swaziland where she was assisted by the head of the United Nations (UN) refugee programme, a Doctor Ambrose Zwane, a …
BiographyPremanathan “Prema” Naidoo
Premanathan "Prema" Naidoo, the youngest son of Ama and Thambi Naidoo, was born in Doornfontein, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) in 1945. He…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… 29 September, Nelson Mandela addresses the United Nations Security Council on the Arusha Peace Process. 13 … Congress (SASCO) and African National Congress…
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
… Ivon Jones . Members of this group formed the War on War League in September 1914, with S. P Bunting as its treasurer. In 1915 the War-on-War League…