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BiographyKenneth Kaunda
… Kenneth Kaunda was the first president of Zambia. He was born on 28 April 1924 at Lubwa Mission in … Rhodesia of the: 'Northern Rhodesian African National…
BiographyJames Madhlope Phillips
… in politics in 1940 when he was elected chairperson of the Garment Workers Union, number 2 branch of the … Trade Unions, which later became the South African…
BiographyClarence Mlami Makwetu
… in the Cofimvaba district, Transkei. He was the second of five children of Minah and Gqongo Makwetu. His parents … work in Cape Town where he joined the…
BiographyAhmed Essop “Quarter” Khota
… in a “¼ pint”. During the 1950s, Quarter was a member of the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress and a part of the corps of activists that … of that decade. He…
BiographyPixley ka Isaka Seme
… Pixley Seme was born on 1 October 1881 in Natal, the son of Isaka Sarah (nee Mseleku) Seme. Little is documented of … the founder of the South African Native…
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 …
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 …
BiographyNzimeni Elliot Mfaxa
… In 1949 he was recruited into the African National Congress (ANC) in Port Elizabeth by Raymond Mhlaba , who was … for a short time and worked as clerk but…
BiographyJacob Dumdum Nyaose
… was born about 1920 at Port Shepstone in Natal, the son of a Zulu seaman who belonged to the Industrial and … opposed the formation of the left-wing South…
BiographyGaur Radebe
… Radebe was born in 1908 and completed about seven years of schooling. As an activist in both the Communist Party of South Africa and the African National…
BiographySamuel E. K. Mqhayi
… as a teacher and journalist, was on the editorial staff of Imvo Zabantsundu, and published numerous books of Xhosa … The anthem was adopted by the African…
BiographyJoseph Sallie Molefi
… in 1948.’ He pursed Medical studies at the University of the Witwatersrand in the early 1950s, but they were … Council, he was also the Secretary of the…
Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
… Abstract : For most of his life, Arthur Nortje’s poetry remained relatively … to the new changes as groups such as the African National Congress , South…
BiographySam Tambani
… Sam Tambane was born in the village of Tshiozwi Ha-Sinthumele in Venda on 23 August 1953. Sam was … served in the underground structures of the South African…
BiographyNtwaesele “Fish” Keitseng
… Keitseng was born in Kanye, Botswana in 1919, the son of a peasant,the oldest of six children. At the age of 23, he … he became a factory worker. He joined…
BiographySusanna Helena Kok
… in 1928. Kok began her studies at the University of Cape Town (UCT), and later at the University of the … Association. Kok attended the 10th International…
BiographyNyiko Floyd Shivambu
… in Malamulele. In 2001, he went to study at the University of Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg , where he obtained a … Representative body and joined the…
List of Robben Island Political Prisoners
… Hloyi Coliyati Sehlapelo Collin Mazibuko Columbus Xakana Congress Mlyase Coni Lekhumbi Conrad Sathasivan "Saths" … List of Robben Island Political Prisoners …
State of the nation address by the President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela
… State of the nation address by the President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela Houses of Parliament, Cape Town, 24 May 1994 Madame Speaker and … State of the…
BiographyBhekisisa Harold Nxasana
… as a mine clerk, was killed in the Zulu-Indian riots of 1946. Nxasana attended the local mission school until … he became a trade union organiser for the…
Biography of Johnny ‘Mbizo’ Dyani by Brandon Norman
… before passing away in West Berlin, Germany at the age of 39. Dyani actively fought against the apartheid regime … the medium of music and assisted the…
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… Apartheid Eli Weinberg was born in 1908 in the port city of Libau, Latvia to a Jewish family. Growing up, he … , a weekly publication that supported the…
BiographyMbuyiselo Stanley Vanqa
… was born in 1923. Inspired to join the African National Congress by the Defiance Campaign. Took an active part in subsequent Congress Campaigns such as the…
Compilation of documents relating to the sentencing and execution of Solomon Mahlangu
… Compilation of documents relating to the sentencing and execution of Solomon Mahlangu …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at a Luncheon of the conference of editors
… Address by President Nelson Mandela at a Luncheon of the conference of editors …
ArticleList of victims of police action, 21 March, 1960 (Sharpeville and Langa)
… List of victims of police action, 21 March, 1960 (Sharpeville and Langa) …
The Government of National Unity and the making of the new Constitution
… The Government of National Unity and the making of the new Constitution …
BiographyMartin Plaut
… Germany, but left in the 1930s due to the persecution of Jews. Plaut schooled at Saint Georges and from Standard 8 … which led to the resurgence of trade…
BiographyFreda Levson
… in Johannesburg . She was educated in England from the age of 13, and studied geography at St Hugh's College in Oxford. … became involved in the launch of…