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BiographySaul Sibusiso “Minus Khosing” Mashinini
Sibusiso Mashinini was born to Johannes and Catherine. Unlike his brothers and sisters, he was very quiet and more helpful at home. He was remarkably…
BiographyElliot Mngadi
Elliot Mngadi was born in Roosboom around 1918. Alongside Peter Brown also a leading member of the LP, Mngadi spearheaded the cause of black farmers in Natal…
BiographyStephen Zelwane Nkadimeng
Stephen Zelwane Nkadimeng was one of the founders and key leaders of Fetakgomo (an organisation of migrant workers and peasantsof Sekhukhuneland). On the last…
BiographyWilliam Mothipa (Willie) Madisha
Willie Madisha grew up in the Atteridgeville Township of Pretoria. He completed his high school education in Attridgeville and then studied to become a teacher…
BiographyBheki Mlangeni
Bheki Mlangeni was born on 28 December 1958 at Jabulani, Soweto Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng), and he was the fourth child of five children. …
BiographyMhlabunzima Maphumulo
Mhlabunzima Maphumulo was born on 6 September 1949 and not much is known on the location of his birth or his childhood. At the age of 24, Maphumulo inherited…
BiographyOupa Ronald Madondo
Oupa Ronald Madondo (known as MK Scorpion) was born on 20 May 1948 in Sophiatown, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). With the advent of forced removals…
BiographyDavid Moiloa
David Moiloa, a flamboyant, amusing orator often at the rear of events, had been imprisoned in Johannesburg during the 1952 Defiance Campaign. He was the…
BiographyZindziswa “Zindzi” Nobutho Mandela
Zindziswa “Zindzi” Nobutho Mandela was born on 23 December 1960 in Soweto to South African struggle icons Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. It…
BiographyColleen Lombard
Colleen Lombard (previously known as Colleen Rayson), an anti-apartheid activist, former political detainee, and treason trialist, was born in Wynberg, Cape…
Address at the UN General Assembly, New York, 12 September 2002
… Switzerland and East Timor to membership of the United Nations. Mr. President, Two years ago, the world's political … leaders met at this place and through…
ArchiveWelcome home! : Viva O R Tambo
… and white photo of O R Tambo. Issued by PNYC ANC Youth League. ANCYL Logo. …
BiographyPatrick Chamusso
Patrick Chamusso will be remembered for his role in the bombing of Sasol’s Secunda power plant in the 1980s as a protest against the apartheid regime. But his…
BiographyLeigh Davids
Leigh Davids was born on 25 March 1979 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. She was a transgender woman, and a prominent activist, who focused on the…
BiographyAubrey Mokoena
Mokoena was born in Orlando West, Johannesburg during World War II. He grew up in the township, but due to his mother’s bad health was brought up by Anna Khomo…
ArchiveA womans place... ... is in the struggle ...
… ... and in parliament ... and in government! : ANC Women's League …
ArchiveInterview with Stanley Mabizela
… Africa, with Stanley Mabizela, president of the youth league at the University of Fort Hare in 1960. …
EventUN committee is barred to enter SA
… A United Nations (UN) committee consisting of eight, with instructions … and sent back and that it would involve the United Nations in an act of aggression…
EventThe UN Group of Experts on Apartheid proposes establishment of a National Convention to set a new course for the future of South Africa
… The United Nations Group of Experts on Apartheid presented its report to the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN). The group suggested the creation…
ArchiveSpeak: South African women march to freedom
… Words 'South African women march to freedom'. ANC Women's League. …
ArchiveBiography of Florence Mkhize by Rachel Manak
… the African National Congres s (ANC), the Women's League of the AN C , the Sout h African Communist Party … members of the African National…
ArchiveMay Day festival
… Lenasia Youth League notice of festival on 1st May at Gandhi Hall. White …
ArchiveThe situation in Katlehong
… organisations in existence are ERAPO and Katlehong Youth League which has not affiliated to the United Democratic …
44th National Conference: Report of the National Executive Committee, 18 December 1955
… replaced by human brotherhood and the independence of nations. Countries which less than one decade ago were the … into every factory and workshop in the…
ArchiveNever again!
… air and German soldiers pointing guns at them. Anti-Nazi League poster. Words "Stop the Nazi National Front". …
ArchiveA reply to J G Matthews article: Africans an
… by J G Matthews, of the African National Congress Youth League, on Africans and Non-European Unity. Published in …
Statement by Mrs. Gertrude Shope at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa and Namibia, 11 August 1981
… of Lillian Ngoyi, National President of the Women`s League of the African National Congress. The 20,000 women … decades and in violation of repeated calls by…
EventInternational Labour Organisation and UN meet over apartheid in SA
… Union Conference for Action against Apartheid, Palais des Nations, Geneva, was organised by the Workers' Group of the … The meeting was convened in…
EventUN troops arrive in Congo to help deal with the political crisis
… United Nations (UN) troops arrived to help deal with the political … for assistance from African countries and the United Nations. The secession of Katanga…
ArchiveNational Forum
… comprised Azapo, Azasm, Soya, Action Youth, Cape Action League and several others. …