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… Unions  (Cosatu), and served on the committee that drew up its constitution and planned its inaugural congress. In February 1986 when the South … them to endure the wrath of the government, but not before its action drew wide condemnation both within and outside the …

… greatly extending the Portuguese sphere of influence. Early information about Dias's voyage is limited because all … (River of the Cowherds). Much worn by wind and weather, in early February 1488 they pressed on eastwards along the coast …

… school for Africans. Nokwe became acquainted with politics early in his life. One of his teachers in Johannesburg was  …

… Essays by Nunn Blood Relatives – An essay begun in the early eighties documenting the struggle against apartheid …

…  (IFP) and the African National Congress  (ANC).  In the early 1990s, Nupen was asked to chair the Soweto Peace …

… with him in very difficult situations, and, after his early death, raising their children to be the fine people …

… activism for the African National Congress (ANC). In the early 1970s he helped form Mayibuye, the ANC’s cultural arm. …

… Africa’s Secret Service – An undercover agent’s story’ in early 2000 wrote that Lubowski was not a spy of the South …

… Sowetan ) where he was given a job as photographer. In the early 1960s, he started to freelance for clients such as Drum …

… Institute and two years later became the editor of its monthly magazine,He was the editor of the Christian …

… qho qho   (The belt-strap is tight The whip cracks)   Too tired to march Too weak to holler Too weak to bellow Too … with lathis and bayonets of silk as the sun beats down its rays all worn a one and a two, a lean hungry ten the red … nothing to tell. No words, no sentence. 7-8day in the early gloom of day words, la-la-la-la-la-la through the …

… chief storeman for the company. In 1976, the company asked its black employees to take a lie detector test: Indres … of public pressure in the United States, not to sell its products to the military and repressive agencies in South Africa. It claimed that its agent, Frank and Hirsch, was following liberal employment …

… the development of the  Defiance Campaign . He attended its first meeting in Durban at 'Red Square' (Nichol Square) … branch of the  Natal Indian Congress  and was elected as its chair in 1954. The following year he participated in … However, the  Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC)  commenced its own campaign ten days earlier and on  21 March 1960  69 …

… sugar, tobacco and cotton plantations. Paid labourers were too expensive, and the indigenous people had largely been … to the Americas, across the Atlantic Ocean, was in the early 1500s. European, Arab and African merchants were now … for some years. However, the slave trade eventually took its toll on the Kongo kingdom. Although the slave trade made …

… Sparks subsequently joined The Rand Daily Mail as its correspondent and columnist before becoming the assistant … 1981 because the newspaper was facing financial strife and its major stakeholders took the decision to move away from …

… 1952 he was elected as Chairman of the Springbok Legion at its Conference. Williams worked closely with Bram Fischer in … served in the first executive committee later serving as its Vice chairman. He later became part of an underground …

… He became the Western Cape education officer and editor of its national journal,  Isizwe . During the state of emergency … in exile, Cronin worked to rebuild the SACP, serving on its 22-member leadership committee as the official party …

… years until 1960, when the branch removed itself from its British counterparts and made Budd the national Chair. … trade union. The Unity Committee failed to achieve most of its goals but it was able to form the Trade Union Council of …

… He was remarkably intelligent, which was noticeable at an early age. According to his father, when Mashinini was three, …

… Minister of South Africa P.W. Botha in relation to his early conditional release . Zindzi served as deputy president …

… recruited into the African National Congress (ANC) in the early 1970s, where he was known as MK Scorpion. During this …

… Paula Margaret Ensor was born in the early 1950s in Durban , Natal (now KwaZulu Natal ). In 1971 …

… in the drawing up of the 1955  Freedom Charter , and in its adoption. She also participated in the Alexandra bus …

… Union (GWU)  under Solly Sachs, and soon became one of its leading figures. Impressed by the spirit of  African … Women  (FEDSAW) was formed in 1954, she became one of its national vice-presidents, and in 1956 she was elected …

… It was hard for her to process the apartheid system and its policies. She has recounted in interviews how, at first, … the organisation continued and became quite successful in its endeavours. Burton became president of the Black Sash …

… of the Soweto Civic Organisation, and served on its Committee of Ten between 1982 and 1984. In 1983 Molefe … national secretary. He was involved in the UDF throughout its existence, and played an important role in the Front, …

… had to return to Cape Town after the ABCFM decided to halt its activities in Natal because of an acute financial … renamed to the Groutville Mission Station as attribute to its founder. In February 1890, after 35 years of faithful and …

… 25 February of the previous year with Miss V.L. Pride as its first headmistress. During Miss Pride's leave of absence … served on the local school board from the time of its inception in 1906 until her retirement. She also served …

… of Trade Unions . A defendant in the  Treason Trial  for its full length (1956 to 1961), he was rearrested in 1963 on …