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BiographyJohn Maxwell Coetzee
… 2003 Nobel laureate for Literature. According to permanent secretary of the Swedish Nobel Academy, Horace Endgahl, it …
BiographyVejaynand ‘Vejay’ Indurjith Ramlakan
… From 1981 until 1983, he was Vice President and General Secretary of the Natal Health Worker’s Association, and also …
PlaceSoccer City (FNB Stadium) -Johannesburg
… the country. Including the Funeral of Political activist Chris Hani , in 1993 and the moving Memorial Service and Tribute to …
BiographyAthol Edwin Thorne
… Party and alongside that became the Western Cape regional secretary of the white Congress of the Democrats which with …
BiographyDr. Neil Hudson Aggett
… in Isando and Tembisa,the year that followed he became the secretary of the growing Transvaal (AFCWU). One of Aggett’s …
BiographySolomon Tshekisho Plaatje
… Congress) was formed in 1912, Plaatje was chosen its first secretary-general. An articulate opponent of tribalism, he … of Native Affairs, author, journalist…
BiographyGille De Vlieg
… I will come to work for Afrapix, but I'm not working as a secretary, I want to be a photographer." She had a camera and …
ArticleTransvaal Indian Congress (TIC)
… emerged on the scene (see SAIC section). Dr. Dadoo was elected to the parties’ leadership in 1946. By the mid-60s … this year he attended the South African…
ArchiveChapter 1 Break down the walls by Denis Goldberg
… to leave South Africa, together with Thembisile Martin Hani after they had been convicted of continued involvement … the name Zola Zembe. Martin, using the…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
… the founding father the African National Congress (ANC) is elected president and replaces Josiah Tshangana Gumede. The African National Congress (ANC)…
Ebrahim Badsha
… artist, influenced Badsha’s work. In 1954, Solberg was elected president of the Whites Only Natal Society of …
BiographyAlbert Dlomo
Dlomo joined the African National Congress (ANC) at Chesterville in Durban just before it was banned in 1960. He then went underground and embarked on a…
BiographyMolefi Nathanael Oliphant
Molefi Nathanael Oliphant was born on 6 March 1952 in Kroonstad, Free State. He started his career as a teacher in 1975 at Lekoa Shandu High School in…
BiographyCharles Nupen
… as being in a Black township without a permit. Nupen was elected president SRC President at Natal University and then …
BiographyDr Hoosen Mia Haffejee
… his university in hockey. Perhaps more importantly, he was elected as the President of the Student Representative …
BiographyJohannes (Joe) Modise
… a mild stroke. He continued with his work and was re-elected to the ANC's national executive committee at its …
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… co-operation of the national liberatory movements and the SACP. Perhaps, soon a scholar shall examine in greater depth … aegis of the Non-European United…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
… of South Africa (PAC) and its first Executive Committee is elected: President Robert Mangaliso Sobukhwe Secretary Potlake Kitchener Leballo Treasurer…
BiographyDr James Sebe Moroka
… the Hertzog Bills and his militant reputation got him elected as treasurer of the AAC as well as member of the 1936 … and others in the militant ANC Youth…
ArticleThe African Students Association (ASA)
… but membership was only open to Africans. Thabo Mbeki was elected as its first National Secretary. Like the Rand Youth Club, ASA was Walter Sisulu’s ……
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
… were charged in terms of the emergency regulations. He was elected chairperson of the Herenigde Nasionale Party (HNP) in … year. In April 1964 Vorster…
James Stewart - the ANC fighter who spoke truth to power by Martin Plaut, 1 February 2016
… Martin Soldier of Truth: Herman Loots, aka James Stuart Chris Barron Obituary, Sunday Times, 31 January 2016 HERMANUS … department, Mbokodo. The MK High…
BiographyShanthivathie (Shanthie) Naidoo
… jurist and Chairman of the South African Communist Party (SACP). Bhana Mohamed, who had been banned, greeted her and …
BiographySefako Mapogo Makgatho
… term of office. Consequently, when Pixley ka Seme was elected President of the ANC in 1930, Makgatho became the … supporter, retained his position. Mphahlele…
ArticleA History of the Springbok Legion
… Conference in 1942, several members of the CPSA were elected to leadership positions. For instance, Jock Isacowitz … was elected as National Chairman, Jack…
BiographyBishop Samuel Adjai Crowther
… bishop could be spared; Henry Venn, the church missionary secretary, proposed that Adjai be made a Bishop. When the …
Janet Burnside Soga
… and was closely involved with the Girls Association (as secretary) and the Womens Manyano. She died at Darabe in the …
BiographyBarbara Mosima Joyce Masekela
… her trip back to Zambia where she worked as administrative secretary for the ANC on a full time basis. In 1983 she was …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
… Africanist Congress and Kitchener Leballo , its national secretary, as well as 11 others are charged with incitement … world, its existence as the South…
PlaceMiddleburg, Eastern Cape
… under the Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality , in the Chris Hani District Municipality. Grootfontein Cemetery, which is …