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EventThe National President of the Black People’s Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… (BPC), announced that the riots had ushered in a new era of political consciousness. The Soweto Uprising, … Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the State dinner hosted by the Governor-general of New Zealand, Dame Catherine Tizard Wellington, 15 November 1995
… Excellency as well as the Government and the people of New Zealand for the hospitality accorded me and my delegation … if I was among citizens of my own…
Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather
… the Aryan Benevolent Home in Pietermaritzburg. At the age of 19, he was also appointed secretary of the Young Men's … on 8 October 1939 at Curries Fountain…
BiographyDr. Mantombazana ‘Manto’ Tshabalala-Msimang
… kilometers from Durban. She matriculated in 1959, at the age of 19. Tshabalala-Msimang went on to receive her Bachelor … (NSP). The two primary goals of the…
BiographyPenny Heyns
… was her first choice. Heyns started swimming at the age of 14 and despite being a latecomer, she showed glimpses or potential of a good swimmer. In 1992 at…
BiographyDr Silas Modiri Molema
… government. Dr. Molema died in Mafikeng in 1965 at the age of 74. He was survived by his wife Lucretia (late) son …
Cornelius Judah Fazzie
… father worked in the Western Cape.He began school at age 15,eventually completing three years at Welsh High School …
BiographyNcumisa Chwayita Kondlo
… Eastern Cape . Kondlo was politically active from an early age. In her student days at Fort Hare, Alice, Eastern Cape …
BiographyNomvula Paula Mokonyane
… in the struggle against Apartheid at the young age of 15. She joined the Young Christian Students (YCS). She …
BiographyAmina Desai
… Desai passed away in Dublin on 10 June 2009 at the age of 89. …
BiographyBen Mclennan
… moved to South Africa with his family in 1958 at the age of two. He received his early schooling in Grahamstown , …
BiographyNils Severin Andersen
… trained as engineer; drew and painted from an early age 1924 Joined NSA (President 1937, 1946, 1949 and 1955); …
BiographyMizream Maseko
… in Limpopo Province where he eventually died at the age of 67. …
BiographyJayaseelen Naidoo
… 1972. Apartheid politics impacted on Jay at a very young age when in 1958 his family was evicted from their home in …
BiographyErrol T. Shanley
… in Greyville and after completing his primary school, aged age 17, he went to work for a firm of building suppliers and …
BiographyNyangana Zithulele Absolom Cindi
… a Secretary General of the BPC in December 1973 at the age of 23. On the 6 December 1973 Cindi wrote a letter of …
BiographyJoseph 'Headman' Shabalala
… On 11 February 2020, Shabalala died in Pretoria at the age of 78. …
Historical Overview of Black Resistance, 1932-1952 - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
… and dynamic process, which often brings to fore with new urgency 'old' questions about its ideological content and … liberation struggle. On the other hand,…
Ngeni Gaga
Mr Ngeni Gaga,aged 19,died under Transkei Proclamation R400 of 1960 on 9th May 1965 . Mr Gaga had been detained in the Transkei less than 24 hours earlier.At…
BiographyHarriet Ngubane
… participated in the international conference on women in New York. At the time of her death, Ngubane was closely … African belief systems. Prof. Harriet…
BiographyRonald Vernie Dellums
… political beliefs. Dellums was elected to Congress at the age of 35 years. He emerged as the most radical outspoken … died at his home in Washington on 30…
BiographyRonald Vernie Dellums
… political beliefs. Dellums was elected to Congress at the age of 35 years. He emerged as the most radical outspoken … died at his home in Washington on 30…
Letter to Americans by Albert Luthuli, distributed by the American Committee on Africa with the "Appeal for Action", 4 November 1962, New York
… their leaders in jail or exile. And now - under the new "Sabotage" Act, to challenge segregation is to risk the … on Africa with the "Appeal for Action", 4…
BiographyWessel Johannes “Hansie” Cronje
… as an all-rounder to represent Free State. At the age of 21, he was appointed captain of the team. He was a …
BiographyEsther Barsel
… to the struggle of the South African people from an early age, joining the Young Communist League (YCL) at just … Unions (COSATU) in Johannesburg, Gauteng…
BiographyManilal Gandhi
… character building and some formal subjects. From an early age Manilal learnt to work in the printing press at … he served 38 days (of a 50 day sentence) in…
BiographyTlou Matlala
Tlou Matlala was banished on 11 June 1952 from Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Transvaal [now Polokwane, Limpopo] to Zwelitsha Native Reserve, King…
BiographyRustomjee Jiwanji Ghorkhodu
… He arrived in Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) at the age of seventeen, worked in an aerated waters company, and …
BiographyHerbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo
… of Ilanga Lase Natal in the 1940s. From a very early age, Herbert was exposed to the sharp class and racial … and above all it is a literature. What part…
The Opening of the Apartheid Mind Options for the New South Africa by Heribert Adam and Kogila Moodley
… Options for the New South Africa … The Opening of the Apartheid Mind Options for the New South Africa by Heribert Adam and Kogila Moodley …