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ArticleAzanian Students Organisation (AZASO)
… like SASO and the Black People’s Convention (BPC). The formation of AZASO Black students at tertiary institutions … racist oppression and exploitation. It…
BiographyReverend Allan Aubrey Boesak
… 1983, Boesak's call for a united front resulted in the formation of the United Democratic Front (UDF), an umbrella …
BiographySunny Girja Singh
… assist the accused. In February 1962, two months after its formation, Singh was recruited into Mkhonto weSizwe (MK) — …
ArticleLiberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)
… Organisation (SACPO) and the Congress of Democrats (COD). Formation of the LPSA In 1951, a number of people met in … Museum Africa, Permission:…
BiographyMatthew Goniwe
… the East Cape Administration Board. This precipitated the formation of a civic association in Lingelihle to deal with …
BiographyJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
… and Imprisonment The banning of the ANC in 1960 led to the formation of its armed wing, uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK). Zuma … focused on the internal underground of…
BiographyCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart
… a member of the GNP's liaison committee that led to the formation of the Herenigde (Reunited) Nasionale Party (HNP, …
BiographyEla Gandhi
… The most important defining moment in Ela's life was the formation of the NIC. “Think Black, not Indian”, inspired me …
ArticleTimeline of the History of Rugby in South Africa
… clubs in South Africa, Hamilton and the Villagers. 1883 Formation of the Whites-only Western Province Rugby Football Union. 1886 Formation of the Blacks-only…
South African Youth Revolutionary Council (SAYRCO)
… the beginning of several attempts to establish a student formation in exile. Seatlholo became president of the SSRC … Finding it difficult to organise and…
Sadecque Variava
… member of SASO, and as SRC president attended its first formation school at Wilgespruit, near Roodepoort, to … movements and their ideologies. Variava…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)
… the decision by BPC to establish a separate political formation was viewed with wariness by the ANC, which tended … Nigeria recognised the body as a…
BiographyMohandas Karamchand Gandhi
… for the Colonies, Lord Ripon. He was instrumental in the formation of the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) on 22 August … nurses were unwilling to touch. Gandhi…
BiographyIrene Menell (nee Manderstam)
… of the Market Theatre Foundation and was part of the formation of the Johannesburg Arts Foundation (JAF) , a …
ArticleThe banning of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and student politics in the 1980s
… early in 1978 proved fruitless. The first of these was the formation of the Soweto Students League (SSL) in March 1978, … and barely made an impact. Within a…
ArticleAfrican Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
… of the resolutions of that January meeting of NEUM was the formation of APDUSA. APDUSA was launched two months before … APDUSA was also part of this new…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front (UDF)
… path. A committee was formed to take the process of formation further. Rev. Alan Boesak, speaking at the … Transvaal Anti-SAIC Commitee, at which he first…
ArticleAZAPO’s Women’s Wing - Imbeleko
… of the black community. Historical Background The formation of Imbeleko must be understood within the context … and detentions before its banning. Following…
BiographyWilliam Mothipa (Willie) Madisha
… South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU), at its formation, and was elected SADTU Deputy President in 1995, …
BiographyMakholeka Matthews Meyiwa
… and anti-apartheid movement during the 1950s. After the formation of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), he became an operative in …
BiographyJacobus Wilhelmus Sauer
… African convened a National Convention to consider the formation of the Union of South Africa. Sauer was one of the …
BiographyDorothy Nomazotsho Zihlangu
… and other political organisations in 1960, led to the formation of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) …
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… that resulted from it, try to reassert their autonomy. The formation of the Union in 1910 undermines these efforts. The … Natal on the other. 1906 Makgatho…
BiographyWalter Ulyate Sisulu
… Mandela and Govin Mbeki who secretly met and discussed the formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK - Spear of the Nation), …
ArticlePolokwane/Pietersburg Timeline 1835-1995
… Boers independence in terms of the Sand River Convention. Formation of the Zuid-Afrikaanse Republiek 1858 … National Congress 1913 First Native Land Act…
ArticleSouth African Coloured People Organisation (SACPO)
… liberation movements. The situation changed only with the formation of the South African Coloured People's Organisation … Charter in 1955. Divisions in…
ArticleFrontline States
… movement. For the liberation movement in South Africa, the formation of the Frontline States was a welcomed development … against South Africa increased in…
BiographyRobert Broom
… in Science in South Africa (1905) "Reptiles of Karroo Formation" in Geology of Cape Colony (1909) "Development and …
BiographyElliot Shabangu
… Shabangu became involved preparations leading up to the formation of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in the …
BiographyBenjamin Magson Kies
… of study at the University of London. Early Political Formation: The New Era Fellowship In 1937, Kies, then barely … evolved, one biological species, with…