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List of organisations which support and are affiliates of the regional United Democratic Front
… List of organisations which support and are affiliates of the regional United Democratic Front …
International Secretariat of the International Communist League [B-L),Minutes of meeting, 23 April 1935 (Extract)
… International Secretariat of the International Communist League [B-L),Minutes of meeting, 23 April 1935 (Extract) …
The collapse of apartheid in South Africa - coming together of internal and external pressures
… The collapse of apartheid in South Africa - coming together of internal and external pressures …
Formation and launch of the UDF
… motion. These plans culminated in the formation and launch of the United Democratic Front (UDF) on 20 August 1983 in a … transition By the mid 1980s,…
ArticleSouth African Council of Churches (SACC)
… Brief political context on the formation and history of the SACC ... read on 5 July 1995 statement to a workshop on The role of the Church and the 'Healing…
ArticleHistory of elections in South Africa
… in 1909 combined the self-governing British colonies of the Natal, Cape, Transvaal and the Orange Free State into the Union of South Africa. The Act, which…
ArticleTimeline of the 1973 Durban Strikes
… night watchmen go on strike, demanding a wage increase of R10 per month. 8 January - Rumours of an upcoming strike at Coronation Brick and Tile in Durban … a…
BiographyChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli
… Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in 1960, was President-General of the African National Congress (ANC) from December 1952 until his death in 1967. … growers to…
ArticleKingdoms of southern Africa: Great Zimbabwe
… Limpopo and Zambezi Rivers in the Limpopo Province east of the Kalahari Desert. It is far bigger than similar sites … the word "imbabwe", which is the Shona…
ArticleTimeline of the 2014 general elections
… elections. 25 November 2013, by this date the number of registered voters was 24 112 414, and the number of new voters added to the voters roll was over one…
BiographyJames J. Majoro
… Union. He later became its secretary and was one of the accused in the trial that followed the 1946 mine strike. He was an organizing secretary of the…
National Council of African Women (NCAW)
… The NCAW was established in 1933 by a group of women in Kimberley. It amalgamated a number of smaller welfare groups countrywide that had formed to … , who…
Iron Age Kingdoms of Southern Africa
… Some scientists say this was helped by the abundance of resources. Food and water were readily available and … gathered together their cattle in a kraal in…
ArticlePrehistory of the Cape Town area
… Prehistory of Southern Africa The Dutch East India Company (VOC) … the Prestwich Memorial, celebrates the contribution of all these people to Cape Town…
BiographyJansie Lourens
… Hogan , Lourens was the next white woman to be convicted of treason after the Treason Trials . Lourens, and her fiancé Carl Niehaus , were found guilty of…
BiographyFrances Baard
… Frances “MaBaard” Baard was born 1st of October in 1909 in Kimberley, Northern Cape . She was the … thats where she came in contact with the African National…
ArticleSouth African Institute of Race Relations
… The South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) was established in 1929 as an … and sociologists, and focused on socio economic conditions of those who…
BiographyAmichand Rajbansi
… born in Clairwood, Durban on 14 January 1942. At the age of 14 he attended every African National Congress (ANC) rally addressed by Chief Albert Luthuli and …
BiographyNkosinathi Benson Fihla
… Nkosinathi Benson Fihla was born on 13th June of 1932 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Province (now Eastern … of Fort Hare, and in 1954 he joined the African…
BiographyNana Henrietta Moabi
… Kilnerton Training College. She joined the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) in 1959, when it broke away from the African National Congress (ANC). Moabi…
Kingdoms of southern Africa: Activities | Grade 6
… Johannesburg: STE. Randles, W. G. L. (1975). The Empire of Monomotapa: from the Fifteenth to the Nineteenth Century. … E. A. (1983). Mapungubwe: An…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 80th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1992
… Today, January 8, we celebrate the 80th anniversary of the formation of the African National Congress. Through the length and breadth of South Africa and ……
The Order of the Southern Cross
… E Mphahlele for exceptional achievement in the field of literature and to Professor P Tobias in the field of palaeontology. … The Order of the Southern Cross…
Crisis of capitalism: The Great Depression in the USA and its wider impact in terms of the emergence of fascist economies and states
… Crisis of capitalism: The Great Depression in the USA and its wider impact in terms of the emergence of fascist economies and states …
BiographyDr Gangathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker
… popularly known as Dr Monty Naicker) was the eldest son of Papiah Gangathura Naicker, a well-to-do businessman, and … people gained the upper hand in the …
ArticleThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
… in March 1897, due to the ‘ever growing importance of the African continent for the people of Europe and … November to December 1927. A delegate at the…
BiographyJohn A. Mavuso
… times as a messenger and a shopkeeper. He was a member of the African National Congress national executive committee from 1955 to 1956 and … in the Alexandra…
BiographyMosima Gabriel (Tokyo) Sexwale
… was born in Orlando West, Johannesburg as the third of six children of Godlieve and Frank Sexwale. He grew up … high school he became involved with the…
BiographySatyandranath “Mac” Maharaj
… Mac Maharaj was born on the 22 April 1935, the fourth of the eight children of Mr and Mrs NR Maharaj of Newcastle, … the faculty closed down in 1957…
BiographyFrank Chikane
… Frank Chikane, the son of James and Erenia Chikane, was born on 3 January 1951 in … 1997, he was elected to the NEC of the African National Congress (ANC)…