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ArticleThe Conflict between the AZAPO and the UDF - popular violence in the 1980s and 1990s
… (BC) philosophy of the Black People’s Convention (BPC). In the first four years of its existence from 1979 to … to the UDF. Wauchope was at one stage General…
BBC News reports hundreds of demonstrators have protested at a game ranch in South Africa over the ill-treatment of fourteen ba
Bosman de Kock, broadcaster of the Afrikaans service of the BBC, London, who was appointed director of the Performing Arts Coun
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
… Students' Organisation (SASO), Black People's Convention (BPC), Black Community Programmes (BCP), Black Women …
BiographyBenni Gwigwi Mrwebi
Gwigwi Mrwebi, also called ‘Bra Gwigwi’, whose birth name was Benni, was a well known alto saxophonist in the 1950’s South African Jazz scene. He taught…
BiographyTiyani Lybon Mabasa
… Political activist, writer, member of BPC, Vice President of AZAPO and President of SOPA …
BiographyFabian Defu Ribeiro
Fabian Defu Ribeiro was born on the 19th of June 1933 in Bantule, he was the third child of Joseph and Katherine Ribeiro (nee Mothibe). His father came from…
BiographyDr James Lowell Zwelinzima Njongwe
James Lowell Zwelinzima Njongwe was one of the most dynamic leaders of the African National Congress(ANC) after its turn to mass action in the 1950s, Njongwe…
BiographyMorwamotse Sekhukhune
The Native Affairs Department (NAD) sought a prominent supporter for its policies in Sekhukhuneland, Lydenburg District, [Northern] Transvaal [now Limpopo…
ArticleThe formation of SASO and the Black People’s Convention
… of their organisation, the Black People’s Convention (BPC) . Through these groups, Black Consciousness became part … the expulsion of the president of the…
The crew of a SA helicopter, which were arrested in Mozambique on their way to the scene of the Helderberg disaster, arrive bac
EventA resolution against the use of Afrikaans is taken during SASM conference in Roodepoort
… Aubrey Mokoena, a member of the Black People's Convention (BPC) and the Black Parents Association (BPA), delivered a …
BiographyDr Mamphela Aletta Ramphele
… banned person, political prisoner, Member of SASO, BPC and BCP, medical doctor, academic, anthropologist, Vice …
BiographyBuchi Emecheta
Florence Onyebuchi Emecheta Obe ‘Buchi Emecheta’ was born in the Nigerian city of Lagos on 21 July in 1944 to Jeremy Nwabudinke, a railway worker and Alice …
BiographyAntjie Krog
Antjie was born on 23 October 1952 on a farm in the Free State. She completed her BA degree with Afrikaans (cum laude), Philosophy (cum laude) and English at…
BiographyAnthony Sampson
Anthony Sampson was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church in Oxford, and served on the Royal Navy from 1944-7. In 1951, due in part to his…
BiographyWilliam Frederick Nkomo
Frederick Nkomo was born in Makapanstad near Pretoria in 1915. He was the son of a Methodist minister, Abraham Nkomo, and attended primary school in Mafikeng…
BiographyAlfred Baphetuxolo Nzo
Alfred Nzo was born on 19 June 1925 at Benoni, Transvaal, into a family of five children. His father was a clerk at Modder B mine, which was later changed into…
BiographyJeffry Dumo Baqwa
Jeffry Dumo Baqwa was born on 24th of July 1949 in Pinetown, Natal. He was the second child and oldest son (two younger brothers were to follow). His father…
EventThe National President of the Black People's Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… the National President of the Black People's Convention (BPC), announced that the riots had ushered in a new era of … manifested itself in the establishment…
ArchiveChristmas statement by leaders of the Black P
… Ranwedzi Nengwekhulu the statement was received from the BPC president , Mr Kenneth Rachidi and other members of the BPC held in Modder B prison. …
ArchiveThe quest for a true humanity
… the Black People's Convention, principles and aims of the BPC, the constitution, national and international relations and BPC viewpoints on education, land,…
ArchiveBlack Peoples Convention Policy 9th June 1973
… it necessary to acquaint all Chairmen of Branches on BPC policy. These Chairmen will in turn guide their members on BPC policy especially in view of apparent…
BBC reports SA security police are cleared of any blame in the death of Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko who died while in
Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
… bodies, established the Black People’s Convention (BPC) . The BPC’s proclaimed objectives included liberation from …
EventThe National President of the Black People’s Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… the National President of the Black People's Convention (BPC), announced that the riots had ushered in a new era of … manifested itself in the establishment…
Comic Relief is launched live on BBC ONE from a refugee camp in Safawa, Sudan, in response to the African famine. As well as do
BiographyIsaiah Stein
Isaiah Stein was born to a Coloured family in Durban in 1931, the son of a pastor and property developer. After both his parents died, during his teens, he…
BiographyLawrence Folley
Born in Benoni in 1928, Lawrence started voice training with Alan Webster and music theory with Gillian Davies who trained the Benoni Orpheus Choir. Lawrence…
BiographyDulcie Evonne September
Dulcie Evonne September, the second eldest daughter of Jakobus and Susan September was born on the 20th August 1935 in Royal rd, Maitland and grew up on the…