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Eyewitness accounts of the Sharpeville massacre 1960
… The day of the Massacre, mourning the dead and getting over the shock of the event © Baileys African History Archive (BAHA) Tom … against the pass laws…
BiographyTamsanqa Tasque Tshume
… Stalwart of the Cape African National Congress in the 1950s. He was … he played an active part in organizing for the 1955 Congress of the people. He later…
BiographyAllison Wessels George Champion
… on 4 December 1893 at Sans Souci School near the mouth of the Tugela River in Natal. His father had been adopted by … During J.T. Gumede's presidency of the …
BiographyStephen J.C. Dlamini
… through the ranks, ultimately becoming the Chairperson of the African Textile Workers’ Union in the 1950s. Together … two diplomas in music. A stalwart of…
BiographyBenny (!Khoisan X) Alexander
… Benny Alexander, the third child of Estelle and Johann Alexander, a labourer, was born on 4th … (NACTU). Following the release of the Pan Africanist Congress…
BiographyRoy Padayachie
… then went to study for a B.Sc. degree at the University of Durban-Westville (now University of KwaZulu-Natal). He … London. Padayachie joined the underground…
Article1960's Diaries of Nelson Mandela on his trip through Africa
… “The time comes in the life of a nation when there remain only two choices –submit or … 1961 and the subsequent bannings of the African National Congress …
BiographyS. S. Tema
… Reformed minister who was a founder and later president of the quasipolitical Interdenominational African Ministers' … the Transvaal charged with reviving…
BiographyMewa Ramgobin
… Aided Indian School. In 1949 he attended the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) run high schools in Greyville, Durban. He enrolled at the University of Natal (now…
BiographyGeorge Sewpersadh
… as their property was taken over by the then Department of Community Development. He first attended Manor Gardens … political party here in South Africa, the…
ArticleThe Founding of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… Coming Revolution’, Julius Malema had earned the title of Commander-in Chief of the Economic Freedom Fighters when he was still the … had gotten him…
BiographyPaul Shipokosa Mashatile
… the liberation struggle from his student days as a member of the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) . He co-founded the Alexandra Youth Congress …
BiographyVernom ‘Rogers’ Nkadimeng
… Vernom Nkadimeng was born in 1958 to the African National Congress (ANC) activist and trade unionist John Nkadimeng . … political training before was…
BiographySelby Themba Ngendane
… Fort Hare, where he was active in the African National Congress Youth League during the 1952 Defiance Campaign . … and became its secretary about 1955. At…
BiographyNomkhosi Mary Mini
… Nomkhosi Mary Mini was born in 1959, the daughter of Vuyisile Mini , South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) activist and first African National…
ArticleA Spiral of Trials by Norman Levy
… book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 6) A Spiral of Trials In the arrests, indictments and trials that … for mines in the Transvaal region of the…
Chapter 3 - The Rise of the ANC
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 3 - … organisation was being filled by the African National Congress. Though the CP…
BiographyFlorence Matomela
… Florence Matomela was born on 1st of January ,in 1910 and worked as a teacher while raising … was the Cape provincial organiser of the African National…
BiographyMyron Peter
… (now KwaZulu-Natal - KZN). He studied at the University of Durban-Westville (UDW) [now University of KwaZulu-Natal - … the Black Consciousness Movement and…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the closing ceremony of the 19th meeting of heads of government of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM)
… Address by President Nelson Mandela at the closing ceremony of the 19th meeting of heads of government of the Caribbean Community and Common Market …
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… The strike by some 76,000 black miners in 1946 was one of the most significant examples of industrial action by … countries. The party then asked the African…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)
… The Black Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA) was the external arm of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) , and had offices … On this occasion though,…
BiographyFezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo (Khwezi)
… for is the Jacob Zuma rape case. It is from the secrecy of the trial that she was named Kwhezi or Accuser X. Her … , was the Chief Representative of the…
BiographyM. J. M. Williams Shope
… M. Williams Shope was born in 1919 in the Letaba district of the northern Transvaal, he became a breadwinner for his … of Non-European Trade Unions, and when…
BiographyMark Shope
… Mark Shope was born in 1919 in the Letaba district of the Northern Transvaal, he became a breadwinner for his … of Non-European Trade Unions, and when the…
Alexander Macaulay Jabavu
… born in 1889 in King William's Town, he was the second son of John Tengo Jabavu . After studying at Lovedale, he taught … a founder and official of the…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the death of President Samora Machel
… Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the death of President Samora Machel …
President Thabo Mbeki opens the 60th World Newspaper Congress and 14th Editor’s Forum in Cape Town. He calls on media to provid
… President Thabo Mbeki opens the 60th World Newspaper Congress and 14th Editor’s Forum in Cape Town. He calls on …
President Thabo Mbeki opens the 60th World Newspaper Congress and 14th Editor’s Forum in Cape Town. He calls on media to provid
… President Thabo Mbeki opens the 60th World Newspaper Congress and 14th Editor’s Forum in Cape Town. He calls on …
BiographyMadhlangala Dukuza Ndabezitha
… Genealogical Tree Madhlangala Dukuza Ndabezitha, the son of Dukuza, was born on 19 July 1879 at the Noodsberg Mission … when he worked closely with South…