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ArticlePeople and Culture of South Africa
… African rulers founded sizable and powerful kingdoms and nations by incorporating neighboring chieftaincies. The … Zulu, Xhosa, Pedi, Venda, Swazi, Sotho,…
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…
President Julius Malema`s address to the KZN Provincial Congress, 22 May 2010
… of the National Executive Committee of the ANC Youth League, a militant, fighting organisation of our young people … Congress with more than 530 branches of…
EventLegendary South African Football Administrator Abdul Bhamjee dies
… Football Administrator and founder of the National Soccer League (NSL) Abdul Bhamjee who was affectionately known as …
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 …
BiographyGibson Magwaza
Gibson Magwaza, from Nongoma District, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal] was banished for coming into conflict with Chief Cyprian Dinizulu and the state. A document…
ArticleBiko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath
… led directly to the West’s decision to support the United Nations (UN) Security Council vote to ban mandatory arms … international agenda almost from the…
BiographyGovin Reddy
… crossed the border into Swaziland. He was granted a United Nations (UN) refugee passport enabling him to go to newly …
Document 59 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa to N. J. Barclay, 21 February 1936
… accepted by the majority of the Lenin Club the Communist League was formed but, and this is very important, after … discussion with the Johannesburg group,…
BiographyJohannes Nkosi
A martyr for the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA and SACP after 1953), was the son of Jacobina Nkosi (no details of his father could be traced). Nkosi…
BiographyMohammed Tikly
Mohammed Tikly became involved in the liberation struggle in South Africa when he was in secondary school, in the 1950s. He lived in Pietersburg, (now…
BiographyJulia Nicol
Julia Nicol worked actively as an anti-apartheid activist in the late 1980s and early 90s, particularly concerned with the anti-discrimination rights for…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1910 - 1919
… against Indians led to the formation of the Anti-Asiatic League. The Chairman is LJ Philips, an attorney from … Sir Abe Bailey is the first President of the…
Document 34 - Letter from the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, to the Executive Committee, Comintern
… the constitution, petition form and circular letter of the League of African Rights. In taking the initiative in the formation of the League, we have been…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Introduction
… Johannesburg to launch the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL). Motivatedby their desire to shake up the "Old … was quickly catapulted into…
BiographyJohn Marinus Ferus
John Marinus Ferus (Hennie Ferus), an uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) soldier, was born on 8 February 1940. He joined the South African Coloured Peoples Congress (SACPO)…
BiographyAudrey Coleman
Audrey Coleman was born in 1933. When she was twenty years old she married businessman Max Coleman. They had four sons, and became active members of the…
BiographyAlfred Toto Metele
Alfred Toto Metele was born to farmworker parents,in the farming area of Qumhra, Eastern Cape. He attended school at Mooiplaas, outside East London, where he…
ArticleHistory of Africa Day - 25 May
… arose. Consequently on 25 May 1963 , leaders of 32 African nations converged in Ethiopia‘s capital Addis Ababa and … 15 April to 25 May. As a consequence of…
ArticleAhmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017
… 1941 At the age of 12, Kathrada joins the Young Communist League of South Africa. It is at the Young Communist League’s meetings that he meets Ruth First,…
BiographyPetrus Linda Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo)
Petrus Linda Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo) was born in 1958 in Soweto, Transvaal (now Gauteng). After his father's death, his mother could only afford to keep him…
BiographyLewis Baker
Lewis Baker was married to Villa Baker. He was a civil rights lawyer, and a member of the South African Communist Party (SACP). The couple continued their…
BiographyRenfrew Leslie Christie
At the age of 17, Renfrew Leslie Christie found himself in the South African Army. He was on guard at Lenz ammunition dump (east of Johannesburg), when he saw…
BiographyPeter Sexford Magubane
Peter Sexford Magubane was born on January 18, 1932 in Vrededorp (now Pageview) Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He is one of South Africa’s most…
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM)
… majority. The General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) passed Resolution 395(V) declaring that "a …
ArticleTimeline for Grade 12.4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
… government does away with apartheid. 1963 The United Nations adopts a resolution demanding that all political …
EventFirst Women Anti-Pass Campaign starts
… this campaign was the establishment of the Bantu Women's League under the leadership of Charlotte Manye Maxeke. The Bantu Women's League was adopted and…
Women delegates to the inaugural conference of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW)
… Town : 1. Dora Tamana – African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) , Retreat Women’s Vigilance Association. 2. … Vigilance Association. 8. Gladys Smith…
BiographySumboornam Pillay
Sumboornam (Sam) Pillay, who later became known as Sam Moodley, was born in 1948*. She grew up in the multi-cultural community of Dundee, Northern Natal (now…