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Division of labour: gender-based activity: men Work within the African societies was divided according to gender. The men were herders, hunters and warriors…
ArchiveNUM, FEDTRAW, rural, parliament and miscellaneous
… Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW) did not just celebrate the 1956 womens's protest march , but also encourage women to unite and play a more active role in the…
EventWinnie Mandela is elected ANCWL president
… election. She is one of the most recognised faces of the struggle agaisnt apartheid. Several productions depicting her …
BiographyJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
… we Sizwe (MK). Zuma soon became involved with the armed struggle, and participated in sabotage actions in Natal. As … that he had worked with Zuma during the…
South African and World leaders
… led a small group of people to make a difference. Freedom Struggle leaders The people listed below were not the only … him, Madiba. Mandela was a very…
Black Peoples Convention - National Leadership
… Zimele Trust Fund G. LIST OF MEMBERS WHO DIED DURING THE STRUGGLE Bantu Steve Biko - 12 September 1977 Luke Mazwambe - …
BiographySparrow Mkonto
… generations of Cradock activists, who died during the struggle, including the Cradock Four, was unveiled by …
BiographyEllen Phyllis Hellman
… and vigorous fighter who was committed to the peaceful struggle for a broad-based society of justice and equal …
BiographyPeter McKenzie Brown
… respected by all ”¦ one of the unrecognised heroes of the struggle". Brown died at his Pietermaritzburg home on 28 June …
BiographyBonisile John Kani
… “Excellent contributions to theatre and, through this, the struggle for a non-racial, non-sexist and democratic South …
BiographyRowley Israel Arenstein
… (SAP). He was vociferous in opposing the move to the armed struggle, predicting that it would bring catastrophe to both …
BiographyJames Barry Munnik Hertzog
… most part, not bilingual. At the height of this language struggle the unification of the four provinces was being …
BiographyFather Trevor Huddleston
… have made an outstanding contribution to the liberation struggle of South Africa. With increasing fears for Father …
BiographyVernon Celliers Berrange
… on Advocate Vernon Berrange for his contribution to the struggle against racial oppression in South Africa. …
EventFEDSAW Western Cape Region launched
… in the Western Cape. Leading women in the South African struggle were honoured at the launch. Breaking restrictions …
BiographyDorothy Cleminshaw
… in Silver , for her outstanding contribution for the struggle for an equal, just and democratic society. She was …
BiographySibongile Susan Mkhabela
… of Luthuli in Silver for her contribution towards the struggle for freedom as well as her continued work towards …
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… Apartheid and the myth of ‘race’ Africa's Apartheid struggle and were implemented under the Separate Amenities … had involved himself directly in his people…
ArticlePass laws in South Africa 1800-1994
Slaves at the Cape were forced to carry passes. This made it easier for their owners and the local authorities to control their movements. The first time Pass…
BiographyRobert Gabriel Mugabe
… awaiting trial. Following differences in ideologies and a struggle for power, ZAPU split in 1963. Mugabe and others … confidence on Sithole who was accused…
Industrial and Commercial Workers Union
The birth of the Industrial and Commercial Union of South Africa (ICU) came about after the ICU strike in Cape Town when African labour leader, H Selby Msimang…
PAC office bearers
PAC Presidents from 1959 - present President Period Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe 1959 - 1962 Zephania…
Event80 Women arrested for anti-pass protest
… on the 1913 anti-pass campaign, the history of women’s struggle and pass struggles in Bloemfontein. …
BiographyMoosa “Mosie” Moolla
Moosa “Mosie” Moolla was born in the small, (then) western Transvaal town of Christiana on 12 June 1934 where his father ran a successful import-export…
BiographyVivian Fitzsimons
For many south africans, the name Fitzsimons will always be linked to snakes - to their diversity and the treatment of their venomous bites. Rightly so, as…
BiographyGertrude Hope (nee Posthumus) Cooper
… with the Cape Town City Council to have, after a long struggle, the lane was officially named Dudley Lane in honour …
BiographyMongane Wally Serote
… honours the contribution of those comrades who served the struggle for liberation with their lives. Serote’s work as a …
BiographyPatrice Émery Lumumba
… [12] . Lumumba's assassination made him a symbol of struggle for champions of African nations' attempts to bond …
BiographyReverend Beyers Naudé
… September 1984. He immediately threw himself back into the struggle against apartheid. He succeeded Archbishop Tutu as …
BiographyRonald (Ronnie) Kasrils
… of his natural habitat and sanctuary during the liberation struggle”. Kasrils described the metamorphosis as “from fire …