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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…
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…
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…
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…
BiographyFrank Alexander Landman
… Payers Association in Korsten. Frank joined the Teachers’ League of South Africa as soon as he qualified, attending his …
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…
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…
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…
BiographyMattheus Uys Krige
… a soldier to draw. For Krige though, the “foe” was never nations or individuals, but rather ideologies and ideas. He …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
ArticleSouth Africa’s World heritage sites
… A World Heritage Site is declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation …
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… the go-ahead for the formaÂtion of the Congress Youth League Walter Sisulu joins the African National Congress. The … 1941 is passed April, The African…
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…
A tribute to international solidarity support for Southern Africa
… the South African regime began immediately after the League of Nations placed the mandated territory of South West Africa under South Africa. Following the…
Public announcement of the ANC National Disciplinary Committee hearings of Comrades Julius Malema, Ronald Lamola, Pule Mabe, Sindiso Magaqa Kenetswe Mosenogi and Floyd Shivambu, 10 November 2011
… together with other national leaders of the ANC Youth League addressed meetings of the ANC Youth League throughout the country urging their members to…
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…