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ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… ANCYL opposed the stay-away. Mandela and other ANC Youth League members disrupted communist meetings and heckled … 1951 Mandela was elected President of…
The Struggle against our Weaknesses by A. B. Xuma, 1956
… be superseded by the Charter of Human Rights of the United Nations instead of other vague, inconclusive so-called … Kindergarten Boys" of the African…
Oliver Tambo, 1 October 1987 - Reproduced in Oliver Tambo and the Struggle against Apartheid, edited by E. S. Reddy
… and were among the founding members of the ANC Youth League in 1944. The League espoused African freedom rather than a mere mitigation … the world as a…
Oliver Tambo, October 1987
… and were among the founding members of the ANC Youth League in 1944. The League espoused African freedom rather than a mere mitigation … the world as a…
ArticleCurries Fountain events timeline
… Currie's served has a 'home ground' to the ANC Women's League and Mkhonto-We Sizwe in 1993 and ANC electioneering …
ArticleUnited Women’s Organisation (UWO)
… the organisation had been active in the ANC Women’s League in 1950s. For instance, Dorothy Zihlangu, Mildred …
EventTravis Logie, South Africa’s world champion surfer is born
… community by his appointment as director of the World Surf League’s Qualifying Series and Junior Tour events.[vii] End Notes [i] Travis Logie joins the World…
EventFormer Bafana Bafana Legend John Moeti dies
… of the Pirates team in 1995 that won the CAF Champions league title and also member of the Bafana squad thet lifted …
BiographyJames Steven Mzilikazi Khumalo
A colossal figure amongst South African choral music composers and directors, Professor James Steven* Mzilikazi Khumalo was born on 20 June 1932 on the…
BiographyGovindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo
… According to E S Reddy 's, (Director of the United Nations Centre against Apartheid and author) quotes from an …
Vella Pillay
… to the nature of the apartheid economy for the United Nations. My studies on the structure of the SA Gold Mining …
BiographyRichard S. Canca
Richard S Canca was born in 1924 in Transkei. Canca was a leading figure in the All African Convention (AAC). Born about 1924, he obtained an M.A. degree from…
BiographyAlexander Kgobe
It was alleged that in 1958 Alexander Kgobe alias Malemane, from La Pucella, Potgietersrus District, Transvaal [now Mokopane, in Limpopo Province] wrote…
BiographyMtetunzima Ganyile
Mtetunzima Ganyile, from Amanikwe Location, Bizana District, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape] was described in the motivation for his banishment as one of…
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 1: Kingdoms of southern Africa: Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Great Zimbabwe
… as centres of agriculture, but developed into trading nations, exchanging goods with Arab and Portuguese merchants …
BiographyDavid Hepburn Craighead
David Hepburn Craighead was born on 18 December 1918, in Benoni, in what was known as the Transvaal Province (Gauteng). He was born to parents of English and…
BiographyNorman “Billy Holiday” Pietersen
Norman Pietersen (also known as Billy Holiday) was born in 1966 in Paarl, Western Cape. In 1982, he was recruited by uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) veterans and became…
BiographyTraci Mackie
Traci Mackie was born to a working-class family, in an industrial village called Blackburn in Scotland. When she was nine years old, her parents decided to…
BiographyRaymond Hoffenberg
Professor Sir Raymond (Bill) Hoffenberg was born in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) on 16 March 1923. He went to school in Port Elizabeth…
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… of South Africa without using racial labels. The United Nations Organisation was formed at the end of the Second World War. The United Nations Declaration of…
BiographyColine Williams
Coline Williams was born on 30 May 1967 and grew up in Bonteheuwel, a township in the Western Cape, South Africa. The eldest of three siblings, Coline, her…
BiographyReggie Williams
… boycotting South African products, forcing the United Nations (UN) to call for sanctions against South Africa. In …
BiographySydney Sekwati Choma
Sydney Sekwati Choma was born in Middelburg, Eastern Province (now Mpumalanga Province) on the 6 June 1956. He started his primary school education at Monyano…
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
… Congress (SAIC) sent to the 1946 session of the United Nations General Assembly when the question of the treatment … used the occasion to appraise Member…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew
… E.R. Roux to Victor Danchin, 6 March 1929 Document 32 - League of African Rights, Petition, 1929 Document 33 - League of Atrican Rights, Announcement of…
South Africa Communists Speak Documents from the history of the South African Communist Party 1915 - 1980
… S.A. Labour Party', pamphlet published by the War on War League (SA) in March 1915. Document 2: 'Pamphlet 'The … 10, 1915. Document 5: 'Objects of the…
Indian South Africans timeline 1940-1949
… segregation on Indians. 5 March, The Natal Indian Youth League’s first AGM is held in Clairwood. George Gangen Ponnen … keenness that Dr AB Xuma should…
Political Report by Limpopo ANC Chairperson Cde Cassel Mathale during the Limpopo ANC Provincial General Council, 10 June 2012
… The leadership of the Alliance partners The Veterans League The ANC Youth League and the Women`s League All members of this meeting … is afforded non…
BiographyRobert Gabriel Mugabe
… the Ghanaian model, Mugabe assembled a militant youth league to mobilize for black independence in the colonized …
BiographyDr. Neville Edward Alexander
… me to become a socialist.’ His contact with the Teachers’ League of South Africa (TLSA), an affiliate of the …