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… One of the key instruments used by the apartheid government to … we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC) – precipitated the declaration of the State of … Africa. What began as a peaceful march by Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC) supporters to the police station – in protest …

… those who went against the Apartheid state was one of the many weapons that the government used to quell … List of deaths in detention …

… Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe was born on 27 of July 1927 in Hlobane, Natal (now  Kwazulu-Natal ), South … being sent there by the then Fort Hare African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) to deliver a letter to Walter … member and the first president of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). Mrs Sobukwe, also known as “The Mother of …

… and Canning Workers' Union.He joined the African National Congress (ANC) and Communist Party (CP),and in 1955 … River which helped organized in the Western Cape for the Congress of the People. In the 1960s, while chairman of the  Western …

… served as the assistant secretary for the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) and the Federation of … for the T&GWU. Shabangu was also a member of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) National … campaign. Shabangu was involved in the African National Congress’s (ANC) National Election Steering Committee and in …

… was born in 1926 to parents who were African National Congress (ANC) activists in Cape Town. Thus, she grew up in a … active household and began attending Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) gatherings in 1942, later joined the … active in the 1950s as a member of African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL), and was subsequently elected …

… student in 1974. Makwetla fled South Africa in the middle of his matriculation examinations in 1976 and matriculated … became a front commander and head of the African National Congress   (ANC) underground structures in Botswana. He was … the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) and served as Head of Student …

… in Askeaton, Cala district, Transkei. He was the eldest of 12 children to Ellen and Betwell Mayekiso. He attended the … same year Mayekiso was central to the formation of the  Congress of South African and Trade Unions  (Cosatu), and … that drew up its constitution and planned its inaugural congress. In February 1986 when the South African Security …

… ,  Bransby Ndobe  did much to organise  African National Congress  (ANC) branches between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth … and also to radicalise Coloured farm workers. A member of the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union in its heyday and also of the  Communist Party of South Africa  (CPSA) until about …

… A chairman of the Orlando  African National Congress  (ANC) during the … called the "Bafebagiya" group. He later became president of the  Swaziland  National Union of South Africa and …

… born in Basutoland in 1888 and was reputed to be the son of a Basuto chief and a Coloured mother. From 1906 until … and Bransby Ndobe, the western Cape  African National Congress  (ANC) with Thaele as president had spread its … ANC," based in the rural districts, and Thaele's Congress, based in Cape Town. This split coincided with a …

… THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIAN POLITICAL MOVEMENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1924-1946 by … (BACK TO TOP) CONSTITUTION OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN INDIAN CONGRESS (BACK TO TOP) CAPE TOWN AGREEMENT (BACK TO TOP) … Indian Community (Anti-Segregation Council) Leaflet of the Congress Election Committee Anti-Segregation Council's reply …

… and after, did not cease to work with the African National Congress (ANC) to end apartheid and write as well as encourage others to write to show the strength of individuals in the face of struggle. He still holds an important spot in South today … Biography of Mandla Langa by Carol Sale …

… six (grade eight) and had joined the Natal Indian Youth Congress (NIYC) at the age of 17. He had joined the NIYC, he said, because ‘the … Ebrahim (Ebie) recruited Perumal into the African National Congress’s (ANC) military wing, uMkhonto weSizwe (MK). Ebie …

… Handwritten notes taken by Jack Simons at a meeting of the African National Congress Constitutional Group to discuss the current … Notes of meeting of ANC Constitutional group …

… Pitness Simelane was born in 1910. He was a leader of the  African National Congress  in Natal in the 1950s. As a teacher in the 1930s he … a pharmacy. In 1952, while serving as assistant secretary of the Natal ANC, he led the first batch of  Durban …

… Town in 1938. In the mid-1950s he was acting secretary of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Western Cape. He attended the 1956 … return to Basutoland. He was later active in the formation of the Basutoland Communist Party and served as its general …

… Founding members of friends of United Democratic Front, their names are … Motlana he has been the secretary for the African National Congress, Eric Mafuna he was the president of black … Prema Nadio a promonent member of the Transvaal Indian Congress, Ismail Ayob is a prominent Johannesburg attorney …

… Mangaung 8 January 2012 Your Excellencies Heads of States and Government, Former Presidents of the ANC, … the world, Comrades and Compatriots, The African National Congress, the oldest liberation movement on the African … during the 1950s brought together the ANC, the Congress of Democrats and the South African Indian Congress, Coloured …

… Chairman of the Sophiatown  African National Congress  in the … mid-1950s and a first-string accused in the  Treason Trial of 1956-1961 . Tyeku was born in 1904 and worked in his early …

… 1976, Choma went into exile to join the African National Congress ( ANC ) in Tanzania . He was also a member of the Pan African Congress ( PAC ) since July 1975. He received military …

… and M.S. degrees, then studied medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he graduated in 1952. In 1950 he participated in the organisation of the June 26 protest, and in 1951 he was elected to head … League. In 1952 he was elected to the  African National Congress  (ANC) national executive committee but soon …

… Born 1929, the son of a labourer, he grew up in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. From … working as a truck driver. Joining the  African National Congress  during the 1952  Defiance Campaign , he became chairman of the Sophiatown Youth League and later secretary for the …

… to support the freedom struggle in Angola . The whole of southern Africa became a zone of concern, and with the AC’s aim being reached in Angola in … freedom movements. The KZA provided the African National Congress (ANC) with quite a large amount of money during its …

… at a Pretoria high school, he participated in the founding of the Youth League and in 1947 was chosen as the league's delegate to a conference of the World Federation of Democratic Youth in Prague. He … him as a possible candidate for the  African National Congress  (ANC) presidency. He was elected to the ANC …

… Mahomed Dawood Barmania was the son of Dawood Barmania, owner of commercial and farming … politics by joining, in the mid 1930s, the Cape Indian Congress. Soon afterwards he was elected to represent the … Province on the executive of the  South African Indian Congress (SAIC). The  Smuts’s  government proposal to …

… outside the country, by contributing to the advancement of Black filmmaking, and after apartheid he continued that … During his life Ngakane sought to expose the injustices of apartheid through his film. He additionally sought to shed … in South Africa, Ngakane joined the African National Congress (ANC) movement at a young age. Shortly after joining …

… in exile. Klug believed that South Africa was in need of a constitutional democracy that allowed for the majority to be represented by the rulers of the nation. Participating in the student press union, … abroad and met with members of the African National Congress in exile to receive information and further the …

… Before the establishment of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998 (RCMA), there were many controversial and unequal … JG & Janse van Rensburg, AM. 2002. Practical implications of the recognition of customary marriages. Journal for Juridical Science, …

… teacher. In 1970, as a young man he was active member of the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania (BMCA) for … as a member of the BMCA and of the African National Congress (ANC). During his captivity Pheto wrote many poems … Party (SACP), and Rodwell Mzotane for the Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC). When Mandela was released in 1990, Pheto was …