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Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki on the Occasion of the National Women’s Day Celebrations: Groblersdal, Limpopo 9th August 2005
… South Africans: I understand that this year's theme for women's month is "Women building a South Africa that truly belongs to all - … of the Freedom Charter…
ArchiveStudent walkouts have changed history before. In South Africa, one helped end apartheid by DeNeen L. Brown (The Washington Post), 14 March 2018
… across the world, changing the course of South African history and leading to the end of the racist apartheid … ground’ as police claimed,” according to a…
BiographyShirley Gunn
… way of forcing her to break. Gunn was later taken Caledon Women’s Prison. After being detained for 68 days, Gunn was … a non-profit organisation that focuses…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the Women’s Day Celebrations, Atlantic Park Stadium, Witbank, Mpumalanga, 9 August 2004
… very happy to address you on the occasion of our National Women's Day being celebrated here in Witbank and across the … of the formation of the Federation of…
BiographyJoyce Piliso-Seroke
… return to South Africa, Piliso-Seroke worked for the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) in Natal (now … KwaZulu-Natal ). The YWCA had programmes and…
Ida Fiyo Mntwana
… was the first president of the African National Congress Women’s League and a leader of many mass women’s demonstrations from Western Native Township. She…
BiographyDorothy Nomzansi Nyembe
… In 1954 she participated in the establishment of the ANC Women’s League in Cato Manor and becoming Chairperson of the … beer brewing, the only viable source…
BiographyGeorge Hallett
… Illinois University, Carbondale; United States, 1983 Women of Southern Africa | Conference … KMM Publishers (as project director and editor). 2006: Women by…
ArchiveNotes on the History of Parliamentary Franchise in Southern Africa: Fact Paper presented by Western Cape Region at the Black Sash National Conference 1975
… Notes on the History of Parliamentary Franchise in Southern Africa- Fact … Notes on the History of Parliamentary Franchise in Southern Africa: Fact …
BiographyMaggie Resha
… elected to the NEC of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) . As part of FSAW, Resha became part of the movement resisting the extension of passes…
BiographyMagdaline ‘Maggie’ Resha
… elected to the NEC of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) . As part of FEDSAW, Resha became part of the movement resisting the extension of…
History lesson: When Vorster stuck the knife in Ian Smith's back by Jamie Miller (Rand Daily Mail), 17 September 2016
… television. Images of the “kidnapping and killing of white women” in a lawless Rhodesian transition would rapidly … History lesson: When Vorster stuck the…
BiographyLettie Malindi
… was actively involved in the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) and Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) ; she was one of the organisers…
BiographyMary Goitsemang Ranta
… 1948, was elected to the Transvaal executive of the ANC Women’s League in 1954, and in 1955 became the league’s … executive committee of the Federation of…
BiographySamir Amin
… Marxist thinker, he is also one of the founders of post-colonial thoughts. Amin was born in Cairo in 1931. In 1947, …
BiographyNandisile Thoko Mpumlwana
… not study feminism, her experiences and that of her fellow women activists conscientised her to the double oppression that was faced by Black women, i.e…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of Women’’s Day: Ga-Motlatla, Ditsobotla Local Municipality, North-West Province, 9 August 2008
… of Parliament and Councillors, Leaders of the Progressive Women''s Movement, Leaders of various women formations in the country, Honoured veterans and…
ArchiveHistory for the Future by Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
… in a better place today than it is now. In this series, History for the Future , 13 TRC commissioners look back at … History for the Future … History for the…
BiographyFeroza Adam
… schools. In 1982, she began her long involvement with the women’s movement when she became a member of the Federation of Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW). FEDTRAW…
Baroness Castle of Blackburn opened an exhibition on the history of the Anti-Apartheid Movement at the opening session of the Symposium
… radiated from him, a sense of leadership. These men and women were on trial for their lives, but they all insisted on … Baroness Castle of Blackburn opened…
BiographySelloane Ethel Leisa
… 1940s and became a member of the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) . Opting for an under-the-radar … needed a place to hide. Furthermore, she…
BiographyEdgar Dumile Ngoyi
… issues with broader struggle linking them to earlier anti colonial struggles. Ngoyi was later elected as president of …
BiographyBertha Mkhize
… Union (ICU) and took part in campaigns against passes for women in 1931 and 1936. She was also active in the African National Congress Women's League and…
BiographyJames Maci
… but the meeting was broken up by the actions of a few women. These women were arrested and not long after a protest was organised to calling for the release…
Caprivi an African Flashpoint - an Illustrated History of Namibia's Tropical Region where four Counties Meet by Rainer D.K. Bruchmann
… Caprivi: An African flashpoint : an illustrated history of Namibia's tropical region where four countries meet … Caprivi an African Flashpoint - an…
A Brief History of Factionalism and New Party Formation and Decline in South Africa by Ivor Sarakinsky and Ebrahim Fakir
… A Brief History of Factionalism and New Party Formation and Decline …
Down with Afrikaans - Oakes, D. (ed)(1988). Illustrated history of South Africa – The real story, Reader’s Digest story: Cape Town.
… Down with Afrikaans - Oakes, D. (ed)(1988). Illustrated history of South Africa – The real story, Reader’s Digest …
Dorothea (Anne) Fairbridge, author of books on SA history, including on Lady Anne Barnard, is born in Cape Town.
… Dorothea (Anne) Fairbridge, author of books on SA history, including on Lady Anne Barnard, is born in Cape Town. …
Stephanus Schoeman, colourful figure in Transvaal history and commander-in-chief of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, is born ne
… Stephanus Schoeman, colourful figure in Transvaal history and commander-in-chief of the Zuid-Afrikaansche …
The ‘White supremacist’ Rhodesian Front party names Ian Douglas Smith prime minister of Rhodesia. (2004). Today in History, Pre
… Douglas Smith prime minister of Rhodesia. (2004). Today in History, Pre …