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BiographyIshmael Mkhabela
Ishmael Mkhabela began his political activism in the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM). After the BCM was banned, he served as a member of the Soweto Action…
BiographyBoas Moiloa
Boas Moiloa, from Linokana Reserve (Zeerust), Marico District, Transvaal [North West Province] is described by Advocate George Bizos’ as ‘a dignified, elderly…
BiographyAlex Tikana
Anger at the unilateral imposition of state policies and attempts to appoint pliant pro- Kaizer Matanzima, (chief of the Thembu people) headmen resulted in…
BiographyJoey Fourie
Joey Fourie was born in Oudtshoorn in the then Cape Province (now Western Cape), to a traditional Afrikaans family. She was educated in Wellington, Cape…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
… his differences with the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL). Dr Yusuf Dadoo and Sam Kahn attend the closed … People's Organisation, African…
Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris
… 'answer" to the Bolshevik Party (the Industrial Socialist League). Jewish Trade unionism in the Mother City at the turn … Impossible Revolution: The Cape…
"What I think of Macmillan`s speech": Article by Albert Luthuli, 1 March 1960
… which, as in Europe, will give rise to separate nations of Africa, some of them multi-racial. In the multi-racial nations democracy, with its rule of…
BiographyDr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy
… country, and with the assistance of the ANC, the United Nations awarded him a scholarship to continue his medical …
ArticleAnti-pass campaigns, 1910s
… and treated them with equal contempt. The Bantu Women's League (BWL) One of the direct consequences of the … new, very significant women's movement, the…
Indian passive resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948 by E. S. Reddy
… had raised the issue of South African racism at the United Nations, broke off economic relations with South Africa and … the Indian government sent a formal…
ANC statement on the death of Adelaide Tambo, 31 January 2007
… Orlando High. At the age of 18, Tambo joined the ANC Youth League and was almost immediately elected chairperson of the … Her early work involved opening…
ArticleNelson Mandela: Father of the Nation
… President of the ANCYL (African National Congress Youth League) in 1951. He first encouraged non-violent protests as …
ArchiveInternational Year of Older Persons 1999
… people of different nationalities around the globe. United Nations logo. International Year of Older Persons 1999 logo. United Nations, Department of Public…
BiographyReginald Dudley Forde
Reginald Dudley Forde was born in Johannesburg on 20 April 1940. He completed his schooling at Clifton School in Nottingham Road and obtained three degrees at…
BiographyMapetla Frank Mohapi
Mapetla Frank Mohapi was born in the rural village of Jozanashoek, Sterkspruit in the former Transkei (now Eastern Province) on 2 September 1947. He studied at…
BiographyAlbert Newall
Albert Newall was born in 1920 in Manchester in the United Kingdom. Newall enlisted with the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1937, where he trained and later served…
Document 6 - M. Lopes, “Socialism and the Labour Party”, The Bolshevik, April 1920
… appeared a statement to the effect that the International League is not out to fight the Labour Party but to supersede … from this connection which the Irish…
Document 45 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Left Opposition to Cape Town comrades, 23 October 1932
… you already established the connexion with the Communist League of Africa? If not it is desirable to do it … only. As concerns these questions the American…
EventWalter Sisulu arrested under the Suppression of Communism Act
… He was elected to the executive committee of the ANC Youth League in 1944 and in 1949, was instrumental in the ANC's adoption of the Youth League's Program…
Siyanqoba Bafana-Bafana Siyanqoba!!! Siyavena Bafana Bafana Siyavena!!!, 3 June 2010
… followed by the ANC President, Jacob Zuma, and ANC Youth League President, Julius Malema, address at the Peter Mokaba … of June 2010 at Mankweng Cemetery…
ArticleWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South Africa by Cait Chapman
… dismal glow (Gasa). As apartheid progressed, other nations became increasingly aware and concerned of its … were travelling with apartheid, but even after…
BiographyAlfred Milner
… own firm desire, a member of the great community of free nations gathered together under the British flag. That has …
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
… boycott, in 1968, that the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted its first resolution, which supported the … 35/206, which stated that (Summary): …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
… was a retreat into isolationism after the founding of the League of Nations at the Paris Peace Conference in 1920. Harding’s … [6] Like Harding, Coolidge was…
EventAlbert Luthuli is elected as an ANC President
… organization grew immensely and by the 1940s, a Women's League and a Youth League had been formed. Following the Nationalist Party …
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… participation in it. September International Socialist League (ISL) is formed and William H. Andrews is elected as … Thibedi. In Cape Town, under the…
ArchiveWomens charter for a better future
… ANC Women's League black and white poster. …
ArticleReactions to Silverton Siege 1980
… locally and abroad. The ANC sent an appeal to the United Nations: ‘We call upon the United Nations to impose mandatory sanctions against the South …
Address at the High-Level Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Nepad, New York, September 16, 2002
… of the General Assembly, Secretary General of the United Nations, Your Excellencies, Distinguished delegates: I am … Accordingly, the African Union hopes…
Document 43 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi fo Leon Trotsky, 10 August 1932
… me you shall have seen a letter I send to the Communist League of America Opposition. Quite a lot has happened in the … Party are forming a common front in…