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BiographyJeanette Eleanor Kasrils
… to visit his relative Jacqueline Arenstein , a member of the Communist Party of South Africa , when he first met Eleanor. Eleanor joined … 1963, Eleanor was…
BiographyManiben Sita
… (TIC) in 1928. He was an executive member and chairman of the Pretoria branch before becoming president of the TIC. Her father encouraged all seven of his…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1920s
… July, Industrial and Commercial Workers Union of South Africa (ICU) is established as national Black trade … on the lines of the Glen Grey Act of 1894. The…
BiographyEbrahim Ismail Ebrahim
… was born in Durban on 1st July in 1937, the second of five children. When he was a few months old Ebrahim's … schools, he only began his schooling at the…
ArchiveMinutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at East London
… Minutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at East London 7 to 8 November 1961. Discussed were minutes of previous conference, regional reports,…
Jacob Monakgotla
… Mr Jacob Monnakgotla was detained under section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act on 29 January 1969 with nine other Bakubung tribesmen on charges of assault with…
BiographyThakorprasad Chotalal Metha
… Banned under the Suppression of Comunism Act …
3. The Communist Party of South Africa and the Communist International
… Party leaders persevered with recruiting a small cadre of blacks, Mofutsanyana among them. Framing a programme that … unemployed both white and black. He…
BiographyMonica Matshediso Mokgoro
… Banned for 5 years under the Suppression of Communism Act . …
BiographyRick Turner
… He was highly influential in the re-emergence of the Black labour movement and one of the first in the White-left to appreciate the significance … whom he…
BiographyChief Justice Raymond Zondo
… known as Judge Raymond Zondo) was born in the rural town of Ixopo, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) in 1960. He holds a B Juris degree from the University of…
BiographyBreyten Breytenbach
… Breytenbach was an opponent of the apartheid regime, whose work represented a milestone in the development of Afrikaans poetry, formally and politically. His…
BiographyTiyani Lybon Mabasa
… was born in Johannesburg on 17 June 1952. The second of eight children, his single mother brought up Mabasa in … his high school years in Soweto, Mabasa…
BiographyDr Ansuyah Ratipul Singh
… on 12 June 1917. She was the eldest daughter of Latchmee and Chatrapul Singh. Her parents sent all three of their daughters to the Durban Indian Girls’…
ArchiveThe All-African Convention: The Awakening of The People by I.B. Tabata
… When The Awakening of A People was first published in 1950, it was intended for … dummy (segregated) elections under the fraudulent "Native Representation…
BiographyAzhar Cachalia
… Azhar Cachalia was born in Edinburgh Scotland on 26th of June 1956. He attended school there and then later in … Between 1975 and 1981 he studied science at…
BiographyNomathamsanqa Xoliswa Ngwevela
… Masters Degree in Public Administration at the University of Liverpool, England. She also attended courses on International Relations at the Institute of…
BiographyMichael Madimetja Teffo
… Madimetja Teffo was born in 1957 in the Pretoria township of Lady Selborne . The Township of Lady Selborne was destroyed shortly after his birth. Teffo ……
BiographyMathews Samuel Mjiza
… June 1982. Banned for two years under the Internal Security Act . …
BiographyStonki Duncan Mhlongo
… was banned from attending meetings under the Suppression of Communism Act . …
BiographyPamela dos Santos (nee Beira)
… dos Santos and Joe Louw were arrested under the Immorality Act . They were charged and went to trial. Due to a lack of concrete evidence the pair was found…
BiographyWilliam Maxajana
… (alias Max Thomas) was banned under the Suppression of Communism Act. …
Phyllis Altman
… after graduation. While studying at the University of the Witwatersrand she took part in student demonstrations against the Greyshirts and the bulldozing of…
BiographyBartolomeu Dias
… He was a Portuguese navigator whose discovery in 1488 of the Cape of Good Hope showed Europeans there was a feasible route to … named Porto Seguro (the…
BiographyAndrew Mokone
… Andrew Mokone was banned for 5 years under the Suppression of Communism Act and prohibited from attending gatherings. …
BiographyRamafokisi Mathews Mofokeng
… banned in July 1966 for two years under the Suppression of Communism Act . …
BiographyThuse Majalla Moerane
… banned for five years under the Suppression of Communism Act in March 1966. …
BiographyArthur Nuthall Fula
… his primary school teacher’s diploma. From the age of 17, Fula worked as a clerk, miner, and labourer on two … at a local furniture factory. After the…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Formation of the International Socialist League (ISL)
… The out break of the First World War had profound consequences for the development of socialist labour politics in South Africa. Before the war, … Cresswell…
ArticleSouth African Constitution: The Bill of Rights
… celebrates Human Rights Day. This day is a commemoration of the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre and how far the nation has come in the protection of fundamental…