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ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
… struggle preceded the student uprising of June 16, 1976. Before the establishment of the African National Congress … One of these was Hilda Bernstein, who…
Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
… Alfred Xuma was elected the new president of the ANC in 1940 © www.anc.org.za In the face of oppression, liberation … internal problems and becoming stagnant…
ArticleNatal Indian Association (NIA)
… lndian Association Source: Natal Indian Association. (1940).The Natal Indian Association: A true story of the unity move, p 4, 13 April 1940, Durban. This…
ArticleLife Timeline of Jacob Zuma
… of rape charges levelled against him at Johannesburg High Court. 2007 November , The South African Court of Appeal … Nene’s removal and that the economy was…
BiographyNontsizi (Cizama, Imbongikazi yakwaCizama) Mgqwetho
… she seems to have lived near Peddie, possibly at Tamara, before moving to the former Transvaal. The first poem that …
BiographyJohannes Jane Tane Kekana
… (between 1870 and 1875) Kekana succeeded him as captain. Before Kekana became leader of his tribe, he apparently …
BiographyLindiwe Nonceba Sisulu
… of Swaziland. Lindiwe became editor of Times of Swaziland before teaching first at Manzini High School and then at the …
BiographyMonica Hunter Wilson
… edited Professor ZK Matthews’ biography. He died in 1968 before he could finish his autobiography when his wife, …
BiographyStanley Mabizela
… Mabizela then went military training in the Soviet Union before returning to work for the ANC in Southern Africa. As …
BiographyGisele Wulfsohn
… Potenza in collaboration with Wulfsohn. A couple of weeks before she died, she was feeling well enough to "steal her …
BiographyGraham Goddard
… Matthews. These were photographers that he had not met before but was familiar with their images and through …
BiographySadie Forman
… archives, Forman held this position for nearly a decade before she relocated back to England due to her deteriorating …
BiographyDr Essop Essak Jassat
… by Molvi Cachalia , he did a two-year science degree before continuing with his medical studies, which he …
BiographyPenny Siopis
… postgraduate studies at Portsmouth Polytechnic in England before taking up a lecturing position at the Natal Technikon …
BiographyDouglas Chadwick Thompson
… in 1942 he was stationed in Johannesburg West up to 1950 before being sent to Springs. When Thompson returned from …
BiographyNatvarlal Dayalji “Natoo” Babenia
… and served several terms of imprisonment in that country, before returning to Durban in October 1949, settling in …
BiographyAlpheus Madaba Madiba
… men were killed and Mr Madiba was injured.Mr Mdiba died before the trial began. During the trial the defence …
BiographyPhindile Mfeti
… in Durban, he would call his wife every Saturday, just before 1pm, from a store run by a friend. He did this, as …
BiographyCloete Breytenbach
… a news photographer on various South African publications before departing for the far-off city skylines of London (The …
BiographyGlynn Griffiths
Glynn Griffiths was born on 20th March 1950 and grew up in the tough diamond mining town of Jagersfontein in the Free State in South Africa,though he was a…
Mary Margaret Ngalo
… for women’s rights in the Cradock area, it was not long before she was elected Branch Secretary of the ANCWL, a …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… deal with Europe. He is released on bail and will appear before a special criminal court in January 2002. 9 October, At its third anniversary, … hands in his…
ArticleThe Inquest into Biko’s Death and his funeral
… incidents were reported of police disruption during and before the funeral. As the funeral received widespread … case against the two doctors who had treated…
ArticleAfrican National Congress (ANC) office bearers
… ka Isaka Seme 1930 - 1936 Zaccheus Richard Mahabane 1937 - 1940 Dr. Alfred Bitini Xuma 1940 - 1949 James Moroka 1949 - 1952 Albert Luthuli 1952 - …
ArticleRobert Mangaliso Sobukwe Timeline 1924 - 1978
… is born in Graaff-Reinet a town in the Cape Province. 1940 Sobukwe enrols at Healdtown Institute where he spends … June, Seven Poqo men are sentenced in the…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1910-1919
… very few indentured Indians might come to Natal before July 1. April 15, L.W. Ritch commenced legal practice … Harilal Gandhi returned to Tolstoy Farm from…
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… Mandela delivers the first State of the Nation Address before the democratically elected parliament. 25 May, the … policy of apartheid. 1995 14 February, the…
EventJapanese attack American Naval Forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
… Japanese planes struck just before 8AM on a Sunday morning. Within a short time five of … attempted to knock America out of a Pacific war even before it…
BiographyKing Sarhili kaHintsa
… King Sarhili was the last King to rule over Xhosaland before it was fragmented by the consequences of the ‘Cattle … by a trader. [23] It was unique, like no…
BiographyKing Dingane ka Senzangakhona
… to supervise the return of the cattle, reported that even before the land claim had been signed, Voortrekkers were … accordance with Zulu protocol - that…