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BiographyNerine Constantia Desmond Fial
… The commemoration of the Great Trek occurred in 1938, and she explored Voortrekker themes at this time, more concerned with themes of hardship and suffering…
BiographyKeable Mote
… at Pietersburg in the Transvaal. He joined the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU) in 1924 and subsequently became provincial secretary for the…
BiographyDoe Molefe
… early age. He is currently self-employed, running a cafe and fruit shop and making post-boxes. Molefe's post-boxes were the …
BiographyVictor V. T. Mbobo
… he participated in the founding of the Youth League and in 1947 was chosen as the league's delegate to a … in Prague. He spent four months touring Eastern…
BiographyThomas Kgope
… when he fell from the second floor of Catherine's studio and subsequently stayed with Catherine periodically until … an interest in art, Catherine gave him…
BiographyDilizantaba Mji
… Buntingville, Umtata, in the Transkei, he completed B.S. and M.S. degrees, then studied medicine at the University of … participated in the organisation of…
BiographyA. J. Sililo
… of the Location Advisory Boards Congress in Durban , and prominent in the All African Convention, he was elected … deputation of the joint African National…
Peter Papela Nthite
… , he became chairman of the Sophiatown Youth League and later secretary for the Transvaal League. In 1959, during … was issued banning orders confining him…
BiographyHoward S. Ngcobo
… he studied law for one year at the University of Natal and by correspondence with the University of London. He … in 1960 he toured the western Cape with …
BiographySemi Jokanisi
… after being shot twice by the police, once in the abdomen and once in the armpit. He supported his five young children, … assisted his father to support his…
To Change the World ! Is Reason Enough ?, London, August, 1995
… much-needed technical expertise. Read here how equipment and weapons were smuggled into South Africa and how the movement's 'Technical Committee' created a ……
BiographyNarainsamy Thumbi Naicker
… served as general secretary of the Natal Indian Congress and later became general secretary of the SAIC. He was a … 1958. He was detained during the 1960…
PlaceAngola
… Angola has a long and rich history, and is home to some of the largest … on São Tomé, and he recounts a story of a fellow worker who was beaten so severely…
BiographyBenedict ‘Bennie’ Saul McCarthy
… Cup Campaign in 1998. The album's video showcased Bennie and other local and international football players making their shibobo … FC Porto in Portugal…
Address to the National Council Of Provinces, 11 November 2003
… is characterised by two parallel economies, the First and the Second. The First Economy is modern, produces the bulk of our country's wealth, and is…
BiographyOliver Kgadime Matsepe
… He was the son of Malua Matsepe, senior police sergeant and the grandson of Chief Bloeu of the Kopa tribe. Although … High School in Middelburg, Transvaal…
BiographyFezile David Saphendu
… by the police. He left behind his mother, brother, sister and young niece, whom he supported financially. His elder brother Ntsikelelo and his father…
ArticleDavid Goldblatt Timeline
… South Africa, in 1930, the third son of Eli Goldblatt and Olga Light, both of whom came to South Africa as children … well. But when they wanted to speak…
ArticleA history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
… The New Constitution was negotiated between May 1994 and October 1996 in the country's first democratically … for a democratic constitutional dispensation…
Jacob Zungwane Mashabane
… had tried to hang himself in his cell 'for his own safety' and the belt was taken away. At about 4.30pm on the same day … that Mr Mashabane had hanged…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 2
… it there was an outcry against the expansion of Indians, and to meet this outcry the Prime Minister, General Smuts, … investigate the complaints made against…
Address by I. B. Tabata, AAC Conference, December 16,1941
… that when we first met in this hall six years ago, we and our people, who looked spell-bound at Convention, were … midst of the onslaught then being made…
BiographyGabriel Kee Kuboni
… which changed its name first to Sibonenlo High School, and which is currently called the Bantuvukani Primary … , which is now lost. He received no formal…
BiographyIssy Heymann
… an executive member of the Native Trade Assistance Union and in 1936, he joined the Communist Party of South Africa … Club. Issy Heymann fought during the…
BiographyNosipho Dorothy Ntwanambi
… as Chairperson of the Select Committee on Economic and Foreign Affairs in 2004. In 2008, she became the first … to be elected the Chief Whip of the NCOP (a…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1987
… more than observe an anniversary, because this is, for us and for all our people, a proud and historic Jubilee Year. The situation in Southern African … the…
Vuyi Lesley Mbalo
… youth organizations. He trained as a youth councilor and served in a number of capacities in the office of the … They were tasked with training young…
BiographySam Kahn
… a leader in the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), and a Native representative in Parliament. After joining the … CPSA in 1930, he organized several…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the Occasion of the 108th Anniversary of the African National Congress by Cyril Ramaphosa, 8 January 2020
… of Kimberley in the Northern Cape, a place of resistance and struggle, and home to heroes of our people like Sol Plaatje, Frances Baard, Mittah Seperepere…
BiographyThe Taung Child
… than ape-like: the face was flatter, the head rounder and the brain larger. Most significantly, in the Taung Child … this view – until it was revealed to be…