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ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1970-1979
… Nzo submits a letter, on behalf of the ANC, to the United Nations which condemns the announcement by the government of … Nzo sends a letter to the Secretary…
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts 1600s-1800s
… their identity to a degree. In America many Indian nations were destroyed by the European desire to expand and …
ArticleFederation of South African Women by Skylar Jayes
… government. The African National Council (ANC) Women’s League, the Coloured Peoples’ Congress, the Congress of … within. The African National Council (ANC)…
Launch of the Luthuli Volunteer Corps, 12 June 2013
… the ANC to disband the Provincial Executive of the Youth League in the province and three of its regions. The ANC accepts that the league is an autonomous…
Statement On Behalf of the South Africa United Front, 1960, New York
… sent its representatives to the current session of United Nations to alert the world of the dangers of the policy of … appeal for speedy international…
EventFormer ANC President, Oliver 'OR' Tambo, is born
… role in exile. During the formation of the ANC Youth League in 1944, Tambo became the first Secretary General. He …
A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… Durban City Hall Steps. In opposition, the Anti-Fascist League of S. A. was formed and counter meetings were held … most of these meetings, organised by the…
South African and World leaders
… that she attended the first conference of the ANC Youth League where Albertina Sisulu was the only women present. In 1948 she joined the ANC Women’s League…
BiographyOliver Mtukudzi
Oliver Mtukudzi, also known as ‘Tuku’, was born on 22 September, 1952 in Highfield, Zimbabwe. He was the first born in a family of seven siblings. Mtukudzi was…
BiographyLawrence Ndzanga
Mr Lawrence Ndzanga,aged 53, a former secretary of the Railway Workers Union and a national executive committee member of the South African Congress Trade…
BiographyMhlabuvelile Hlamandana
Chief Mhlabuvelile Hlamandana (Faku), from Bizana District [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape], refused to cooperate with the state around policies and…
Chapter 17. Afrikaner Nationalism and the Workers - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… tradition. It is one of the tragic ironies of history that nations which have themselves suffered oppression and fought … by the Union Government under a…
BiographySipho Samuel Hashe
Sipho Samuel Charles Hashe was born in Middledrift, Ngcabasa Village (Eastern Cape) in 1934. He relocated to Port Elizabeth in the 1950s. During this period…
BiographySicelo Shiceka
Sicelo Shiceka was born on 8 June 1966 in the village of Ingquza Hill, near Flagstaff, Lusikisiki in the Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) His greatest…
BiographyTeboho MacDonald “Tsietsi” Mashinini
… and the United States, where he addressed the United Nations on the brutalities of the apartheid regime. By many …
EventThe Committee of Artists of the World against Apartheid is established in Paris
… was established in Paris with the support of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid. The United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid…
Address by President Mandela on receiving the freedom of the city of Cape Town Cape Town, 27 November 1997
… Archbishop Tutu. In that sense I am proud to be in the league of such a great patriot. I do know that when such … oppression. In Cape Town resides part of…
EventANC launches mass boycott of Bantu Education
… it seriously. It handed over leadership to the Women's League and Congress Youth League. Some learners returned to school and those who did …
EventAdelaide Tambo returns to South Africa after 30 years
… Congress (ANC). At the age of 18, she joined the ANC Youth League, where she met Oliver Tambo. The Tambos' were married … up the position of national…
EventANC stalwart, Albertina Sisulu dies in Johannesburg
… that she attended the first conference of the ANC Youth League where Albertina Sisulu was the only women present. In 1948 she joined the ANC Women’s League…
PlaceHellenic Football Club, Pretoria/Cape Town
… City'. In 1994, Hellenic lost the final of the NSL/PSL League Cup, then known as the: " Coca-Cola Cup ". In 1972 … Clubs, in the Country. In 2013, the Club…
Grade 12 - Topic 4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
… of the USSR in 1989 on the re-imagining of African nations in the 1990s the curriculum requires that certain … with the help of the USA. Lumumba appealed to…
Document 38 - “How to Build o Revolutionary Mass Party in South Africa: A letter from the Executive Committee of the Communist International, “Umsebenzi, 12 December 1930
… mistakes. The policy carried by the Party leaders in the League of African Rights is an example of how the Communist Party abandons its independent role. The…
ANC WL deeply saddened at death of Cde Nokuhamba Nyawo, 7 March 2012
… The ANC Womens League is deeply saddened to hear that Comrade Nokuhamba … By: Troy Martens (on behalf of the ANCWL) ANC Womens League National Spokeswoman…
BiographyThomas Madikwe Manthata
Thomas Madikwe Manthata was born November 29,1939 in Soekmekaar in the Northern Transvaal.His parents had no formal education.He completed teacher trainiong…
BiographyElijah Nkwenkwe Loza
Elijah Nkwenkwe Loza was born in 1918 near Alice in the Ciskie,where his father was tribal headman.After completing secondary education, he went to Cape Town…
BiographyLydia Kompe
Lydia (nee Ngwenya) Kompe was born in 1935 in Matlala, near Pietersburg in the Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo Province). Her father was a small-scale farmer…
BiographyTwalimfene Joyi
Twalimfene Joyi, alias Twalimfene Gobinamba, was a sub-Chief from Thembuland, Umtata District (Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape), and a cousin of Bangilizwe…
BiographyColin Gardner
Professor Colin Gardner was born on 26 June 1933, in London, Britain. He came to South Africa with his parents in 1947. He matriculated at Maritzburg College,…
BiographyAlfred Msutu
Alfred Msutu was appointed Chief of Tyefu Location in the Peddie district, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape] in January 1905. He was, however, suspended…