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Biography of Caiphus Semenya
… a cultural figure such as Mr. Semenya, an understanding of the social environment in South Africa is essential. The White minority rule of South Africa and…
ArticleSixteen Days of Activism
… 16 Days of Activism is an international awareness-raising campaign … from 25 November (International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) to 10…
BiographySuliman (Solly) Mahomed Nathie
… Evaton and played an active role in the Evaton bus boycott of 1955 to 1956. He had earlier been jailed for participation … . He was a branch chairman of the…
Writer’s of The Constitution
… President Thabo Mbeki addresses the nation at the opening of Parliament in Cape Town Constitutional Assembly After the … Negotiating Process (MPNP) had…
ArticleThe Group Areas Act of 1950
… The National Party was elected in 1948 on the policy of Apartheid ('separateness'). This 'separateness' put South … is clearly documented by the South…
Speech at the state banquet held in honour of Prime Minister Ramgoolam of the Republic of Mauritius
… Speech at the state banquet held in honour of Prime Minister Ramgoolam of the Republic of Mauritius …
'The People Accept the Challenge of the Nationalists' Statement issued by the National Executive of the A.N.C., April 6, 1963
… THE PEOPLE ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE OF THE NATIONALISTS. OUR POLITICAL LINE OF ACTION. Our mass political line of action is inspired by … the oppression of the…
ArticleA history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
… Africa itself. The Constitution was not a product solely of negotiation in the Constitutional Assembly. Experiences in … At the first meeting of the South…
BiographyFlorence Mkhize
… she wanted to fight against apartheid and the oppression of women, and so joined the Congress Movement. She participated in the Defiance Campaign … Communism…
BiographyRissik Haribhai "Barney" Desai
… London.He and Mosie Moolla later became joint secretaries of the transvaal Indian Youth Congress.In 1952 Desai founded and briefly edited Spark,a … La Guma…
BiographyJeremiah Baden Leeuw
… Jeremiah Baden Leeuw was born in 1932. Originally a member of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL), Leeuw was one of the group of Africanists…
Durban listing of mayors
… This list is listed in chronological order, listing mayors of Durban, starting from 1854 to date . Dr. John … Durban listing of mayors …
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… 1824 The Glasgow Missionary Society founded the school of Lovedale at Alice in the Tyume valley in 1824. 1877 The … into a single organization in 1912 (the…
Launch of the Luthuli Volunteer Corps, 12 June 2013
… The African National Congress in the Northern Cape will be launching the Luthuli Volunteer Corps; thousands of volunteers of the ANC dressed in gold overalls…
BiographyElias Phakane Moretsele
… where he joined the South African Native National Congress (SANNC, since 1923 the ANC) in 1917. He was the owner of an eating-house in the city, which in due…
BiographyC. J. Mayekiso
… Mayekiso was a textile worker and later became president of the African Textile Workers' Union. He was a trade unionist and a leader of the African National…
BiographyDaniel Moabi (Dan) Mohapi
… education at Sekano Ntoane, Soweto, in 1976. He was part of a religious youth movement and from his experiences in the … organising unemployed workers under…
BiographyMohammed Valli Moosa
… Moosa got involved in politics. He attended the University of Durban-Westville, where he obtained his BSc degree in … was one of the founding members of the…
BiographyNcumisa Chwayita Kondlo
… Ncumisa Chwayita Kondlo grew up in the rural village of Peddie in the Eastern Cape . Kondlo was politically active … (AZASO) and later the South African…
BiographyJayaseelen Naidoo
… on 20 December 1954 in Durban. He was the eighth child of Bakkium and Valatham Nadioo, a court interpreter. Naidoo … than 400 workers and in 1985 following…
Cornelius Judah Fazzie
… School in East London where he came under the influence of the deputy headmaster who was an ardent African Nationalist .A member of the African National…
A New Date For the Founding of the South African Society of Artists, and it’s Second Annual Exhibition of 1898
… EXHIBITION AND CATALOGUE purport to mark the centenary of the founding of the South African Society of Artists (SASA) in 1902, it is actually the Society's ……
Other organisations related to the ANC
… Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) South … African Trade Unions (COSATU) South African Congress of Democrats (COD) South…
BiographyMary Moodley
… Free State (now Free State). She was the second eldest of 10 children born to Tom Anderson, a miner of Danish … earnings. Aunty Mary was a member of the…
BiographyMartin Lutuli
… had been among the first converts. Luthuli was the founder of the Natal Native Congress He was a farmer and wagon maker, and in the 1880s he … , and other…
BiographyMadie Hall-Xuma
… social circles, she headed the African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL) from 1943 until 1948. She was … organisations and as a fundraiser for the…
BiographyMarcus Solomon
… 1939. His father, a waiter by profession, was a Hindu born of Tamil parents from Sri Lanka, although his paternal … was Christian. His mother, classified…
BiographyNosipho Dorothy Ntwanambi
… Gugulethu ( Western Cape ). She was the Deputy President of the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL), was an African National Congress (ANC)…
BiographyAhmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada
… Indian High School, he came under the influence of Dr. Yusuf Dadoo and the Cachalia brothers, who were … Front. In the 1940s, Kathrada first met African…
ArticleHistory of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper
… The Significance of Indian Opinion by Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie Department of History, University of the Western Cape Address to … This man was M.H. Nazar, a…