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ArticleANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s
… transgressions. The African National Congress Womens League (ANCWL) was very much involved in the campaign. In …
EventMaluzi Gigaba is born
… (ANC) member of parliament and president of the ANC Youth League. References: Hayes, S. (ed)(2000). Who's Who of …
Closing speech by ANC President Jacob Zuma by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
… Executive Committee, Leadership of the ANC Women's League and Youth League, The leadership of our revolutionary alliance the SACP … ANC to gender equality…
EventMartin Luther King is arrested for his role in a bus boycott
… sanctions against South Africa. Submissions to the United Nations urging for adoption of a resolution calling for … the Montgomery bus boycott. Read more…
EventThe UN ends SA mandate over South West Africa
… The United Nations (UN) debated the South West Africa issue (now … of the region the responsibility of the United Nations. The UN appointed an ad hoc…
EventBantu Holomisa is dismissed
… His responsibilities were assigned to former ANC Youth League leader Peter Mokaba. Holomisa was to face internal ANC …
Our Greatest Indian Leader since Gandhiji -Tribute to Dr. Gangathura Mohambry Naicker (From: Sechaba, second quarter), 1978
… group of radical activists, he formed the Anti-Segregation League to mobilise the Indian masses against the Smuts … rights and introduce residential…
“Our Greatest Leader since Gandhiji”, By Dr Yusuf Dadoo
… group of radical activists, he formed the Anti-Segregation League to mobilise the Indian masses against the Smuts … rights and introduce residential…
EventDeath of Anton Muziwakhe Lembede
… the first president of the African National Congress Youth League. His ideas about Africanism formed the basis of the …
EventPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka sworn in as UN- Women Executive Director
… of UN Women during a ceremony on 19 August 2013 at United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York City, presided over by … to me as an international civil…
EventThe UN decides not to support the request of the Union of South Africa concerning the treatment of Indians in SA
… During the second part of the first session of the United Nations General Assembly, the General Committee decided not … two Governments, and the relevant…
ArchiveInterview with Ashby Peter Solomzi Mda
… He was prominent among the founders of the ANC Youth League in 1943-44, and served as its president after the …
EventBrett Kebble is shot dead
… Kebble's business partner and member of the ANC Youth League, who was expecting Kebble at dinner, said that Kebble …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Mercosur Heads of State Summit Ushuaia, 24 July 1998
… the far-reaching consequences of the determination of free nations, in the closing years of the twentieth century, to … and liberalisation the economic…
Growth of African Nationalism and Defiance
… radical campaigning agenda. The emergence of the ANC Youth league in 1944 which demanded freedom from white domination … Amongst organizations that took part…
ArticleWomen in the Cities and the Resistance Movement
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and May Day – Some Key Moments
… banners – for the CPSA, the miners, the Young Communist League (YCL) and the Building Workers Industrial Union …
ArticleChanging Perceptions of Nelson Mandela
… the group that formed the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) , a group that continuously pushed its parent … formed MK, the ANC’s armed wing…
BiographyMhlabunzima Joseph Maphumulo
Mhlabunzima Maphumulo was born on 6th September,1949 Maqongqo distric of Kwazulu-Natal . At the age of 24, Maphumulo inherited the role of Chief of the…
BiographyAlpheus Madaba Madiba
Alpheus Madaba Madiba born in 1901, in Nzhelele in the northern Transvaal, into a Venda peasant family.He emigrated to Johannesburg when he was 17 and found…
BiographyPhindile Mfeti
Phindile Mfeti, a first cousin of former State President Thabo Mbeki and nephew of Govin Mbeki was born on 15 December 1946, at Nqamakwe, Eastern Cape. He was…
BiographyFiroz Cachalia
Professor Firoz Cachalia holds a BA degree, a BA (Hons) degree, an LLB and a Higher Diploma in Company Law from Witwatersrand University. Cachalia is currently…
BiographyWinston Ntshona
Wintson Ntshona was born on 6 October 1941 in Port Elizabeth. He matriculated from Newell High School where he performed in school plays with John Kani. During…
BiographyEdward Sineke Tyaliti
In a letter to the NAD [Native Affairs Department] Secretary dated 14 August 1958, the CM [Chief Magistrate] claimed that [Kaizer] Matanzima was keen on…
BiographyThomas Benjamin Davis
Thomas Benjamin Frederick Davis, the son of Thomas Leipold, a fisherman, and Jemima Davis was born in April 1867 in Jersey, Channel Islands, a British Crown…
BiographyPixie Benjamin
Pixie Benjamin was a strong anti-apartheid political activist and prisoner banned from South Africa during Apartheid. She endured harsh punishment under…
EventNuclear Test Ban Treaty signed
… testing began in the mid-1950s. Officials from both nations came to believe that the nuclear arms race was … weapons was gaining strength. Talks between the…
EventWorld Food Program warns the UN that a record 38 million people are at risk of starvation in Africa
… and man to live an active life'. It is part of the United Nations (UN) program and works alongside its sister UN … world are suffering from hunger, with many…
Event60,000 delegates attend the World Summit on Sustainable Development
… and ended on 4 September 2002 was organized by the United Nations and was aimed at finding ways to strike a balance … Sustainable Development and a…
EventWinnie Mandela is dismissed from government
… of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and ANC Youth League. Though Nelson Mandela did not give reasons why he had …