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BiographyDaniel Simon Letanka
… of the committee that drafted the 1919 constitution, and a secretary of the House of Chiefs. Respected as a man of great …
BiographyEschel Mostert Rhoodie
… in the 1978-79 ‘Information Scandal’. He served as the Secretary of the Department of Information from 1972, while …
BiographyAnderson Khumani Ganyile
… the Bantu Authorities Act,lending his assistance as secretary to be peasant leadship group known as The …
BiographyYusuf Cachalia
… with joint efforts by the SAIC and the ANC. As a secretary of the SAIC, he was involved in planning for the …
BiographyPhilip Ata Kgosana
… of Cape Town. In January 1960, when he became regional secretary of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) for the … Political activist, regional secretary of…
Chapter 6 - TOWARDS HOME
… Thloome rose to the position of chairperson, and Slovo was elected general secretary. Other important decisions of the … Ahmed Kathrada, Govan Mbeki, Billy…
BiographyProfessor Brij Maharaj
… part of his commitment to public intellectualism. He was secretary of the Merebank Community Centre in the 1980s, … Geography Union’s Honors and Awards…
BiographyRobert Gabriel Mugabe
… as the National Democratic Party (NDP)’s publicity secretary in October 1960. Following the Ghanaian model, … Ndabaningi Sithole became the president and…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… 9 June, Peter Mokaba , a former ANCYL leader recently elected to head the ANC’s 2004 election campaign, dies. 12-14 … commemorating the 15th anniversary of…
BiographyRoelof Frederik ‘Pik’ Botha
… the South African Mission in Stockholm, Sweden, as third secretary, and in January 1960, he moved on to the South … During this time he was promoted to the…
Toast Remarks of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Official Dinner in Honour of HE Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations, Tuynhuys, Cape Town, 14 March 2006
… Mbeki, at the Official Dinner in Honour of HE Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations, Tuynhuys, Cape Town, …
BiographyBarney Barnato
… one of the four life-governors, by arranging for him to be elected as a member of the Cape Assembly, and by procuring …
BiographyJohn Thomas Baines
… to A.C. Gregory’s north Australian expedition. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and received …
BiographyLouis Luyt
… of the Transvaal Rugby Union and shortly afterward was elected President of the South African Rugby Football Union …
BiographyHester Elizabeth Cornelius
… the struggles of women working in factories. Hester was elected to the Union’s executive in 1934 and when the Union …
BiographyZubeida “Juby” "Sharon Davis" Mayet
… Union of Black Journalists (UBJ), serving as its assistant secretary-treasurer, and also a member of the Writer’s …
Elias Monare
… to leave the Vryburg area without the approval of the Secretary of the NAD [Native Affairs Department]. A new …
BiographyEmily Hobhouse
… In 1899 Emily Hobhouse was appointed secretary of the South African Conciliation Committee, which …
BiographyFrances Baard
… the recruit and after became employed as the union's local secretary, thats where she came in contact with the African …
BiographyDouglas Ramokgopa
… month. On 10 July 1963, the Bantu Affairs Department (BAD) Secretary, J.J. Klopper, signed a letter that permitted …
BiographyJulius C. Malie
… Conference of African Leaders in December 1960 and was elected to its continuation committee, becoming its chairman …
BiographyRobert Anthony Basil Waterwitch
Robert ‘Robbie’ Anthony Basil Waterwitch was born on 15 July 1969 and grew up in Athlone, a suburb of Cape Town located on the Cape Flats. Remembered as a…
BiographyPregaluxmi (Pregs) Govender
… had the largest women’s membership in the country, and was elected national educator. Her education programme contributed extensively to women being elected…
ArchiveAddress to the Nation by ANC President, 13 April 1993
… Transcript of Nelson Mandela's address to nation on Chris Hani's assassination (13 April 1993) …
BiographyDavid Hemson
… he succeeded Ambrose Reddy, the Durban TWIU organiser and secretary. They began organising wage strikes for various … Durban strikes in 1973, organizing…
ArchiveThey fought for freedom
… poster and logo. Photographs of Mahlangu, O.R. Tambo and Chris Hani. …
Excerpts from discussions between a South African delegation led by Minister R F Botha and a United States delegation led by Deputy Secretary of State Frank Wisner on questions affecting southern Africa: Cape Town: 13 March 1986
… R F Botha and a United States delegation led by Deputy Secretary of State Frank Wisner on questions affecting …
BiographyZimasile Ngqawana
… at the inauguration of South Africa’s first democratically elected President, Nelson Mandela in Pretoria. He toured …
BiographyBen Baartman
… a day and various benefits. In due course, Baartman was ‘elected as regional branch chairman of the ANC’ and also …
BiographySimon Petros (Peter) Matseke
… role in social, educational and political areas. He was elected to the Pretoria Location Advisory Board (PLAB) in …