SAHO global search

1894-1974

William George Ballinger

… Conferences, and in 1943 he aided the African National Congress (ANC) in preparing evidence for a commission …

B-0007814

1920-1991

Jonas Dinous Matlou

… He became an early member of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) when it was found in 1944. In …

B-0008490

1920

Isaac Osier Horvitch

… on charges of treason arising from his involvement in the Congress of the People and the adoption of the Freedom …

B-0008177

1961-1988

Johannes Maisha (Stanza) Bopape

… Students’ Organisation  and the local African National Congress Youth League branch. After matriculating he became …

B-0007871

1913-1993

Hannah Margaret Stanton

… Helen Joseph , won her over to the African National Congress (ANC). She was deported in mid-May 1960 and in …

B-0095228

1917-1997

Godfrey Mokgonane Pitje

… successor. He was also elected to the  African National Congress  (ANC) national executive committee the same year. …

B-0068312

1959-2010

Mthuthuzeli Tom

… Tom was involved in talks that led to the creation of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in 1985, and …

B-0009153

1932-2012

Sister Bernard Ncube

… the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC) . In 1994 she was elected a member of …

B-0008753

1924-1960

Ephraim Chaka

… bicycle to the protest which was led by the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). The protest was against the pass laws which …

B-0125868

1872-1940

Abdullah Abdurahman

… that in 1925 he was asked by the  South African Indian Congress (SAIC)  to lead a delegation to request that the …

B-0141530

Thomas G. Karis

… probed the question of whether the courts were deterring Congress. His life-long interest in South Africa began in … South African visitors to New York and…

B-0124013

1870-1947

Horatio (Bud) Isaiah Mbelle

… in Kimberley he joined the  South African Native National Congress  (SANNC), renamed  African National Congress  (ANC) after 1923) and after moving to…

B-0067925

1937

Adriaan Vlok

… the Soweto Civic Association, the South African Youth Congress and the Azania Peoples Organisation. He stopped … for his actions, and had to apologise in…

B-0009209

1947-2012

Heidi Holland

… book, The Struggle: A History of the African National Congress .  By coincidence, the book was published on 11 … had a revised edition of her book on the…

B-0094630

1954-1982

Topsy Madaka

… Lesotho. After SASM was banned, he became a member of the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) and assisted in … He used to go to Lesotho to the…

B-0068165

1963

Robert John McBride

… Front (UDF) . Here he met Vincent James, active in the Congress of South African Students (COSAS). It was during … he worked on the peace desk of the African…

B-0067934

1926-1982

Poomoney Moodley

… pass laws. She also became a member of the Natal Indian Congress (NIC)  and the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU ) in the mid 1950’s, gaining …

B-0068090

1927-2023

Blanche la Guma

… this time, Alex was an organiser for the African National Congress (ANC) allied Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO) … as his assistant, where he acted as…

B-0080449

1934-2019

Peter Rudolf Gisela Horn

… even death threats. He was one of the founding members of Congress of South African Writers (COSAW) and served on the … Caine Prize for African Literature…

B-0141692

Dan Tloome

… Milling Workers' Union. Active in the  African National Congress  (ANC) as well as the trade union movement, Tloome …

B-0068613

1956

Zacharia Solly Shoke

… we Sizwe , the military wing of the  African National Congress (ANC) , in the 1970s. In the 1980s he served as …

B-0068448

1923-1989

Bonakele Milner Ntsangani

… musician. Ntsangani joined the African National Congress  (ANC) in the mid-1940s and joined the South African …

B-0064878

1941

Jonas Mosa Gwangwa

… ten years as musical director of the African National Congress’s (ANC) ensemble tour Amandla. In 1987 Gwangwa …

B-0095443

1928-1993

Sefofane Samuel "Solly Smith" Khunyeli

… Soweto.He became  a trade unionist and an African National Congress (ANC) member, and was issued a five-year banning …

B-0080403

1937-2011

Sizakele Sigxashe

… born on 21 June 1937. Sigxashe joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1959 and became involved in its anti …

B-0071697

1910-2001

Govan Mbeki

… strong relations between the SACP, the African National Congress and the trade union movement. He was one of the … Teacher, author, member of the African…

B-0008515

1909-1994

Oscar Mpetha

… its general secretary. He joined the  African National Congress  ANC in 1951 and in 1958 was chosen president of the …

B-0068120

1934

Albert Nzula

… part at eclipsing the more conservative  African National Congress (ANC) . As a member of the ANC, Nzula supported the … Communist Party of South Africa and…

B-0008846

1929-2005

Isaac Bokala

… Naledi in Soweto. Bokala was active in  African National Congress  campaigns from the 1952 Defiance Campaign, and on 5 … Teacher, member of the African…

B-0007863