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… was the first president of the  African National Congress Women’s League  and a leader of many mass women’s demonstrations from Western Native Township. She was … as National president of the  Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) , a position she held until 1956. She led the …

… Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia was born in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal - KZN) on 2 August 1940. His grandparents … appointed Principal Paediatrician and Senior Lecturer. In 1982 he was appointed Associate Professor and in 1986 Ad … was asked to by the ANC, for example, when Nkosazana Zuma,(now Minister of Home Affairs) was reformulating the National …

… political considerations pervade Ledochowski’s work. In 1982 he moved to Johannesburg where he co-founded Afrascope, … Visiting Gallery, Warsaw, Poland, 2005 Productions 1982  Co-founded  Afroscope,  an alternative documentary film unit based in Khotso House. 1982-2010  Initiated a 30 year project documenting the life …

… girlfriend, later wife, Jenny, whom he had met in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He joined the British Broadcasting …

… critical of apartheid. Figure 1: Picture in "Interaction" 1982 Source: starship-magazine.org One of his most …

… Moscow in Russia to study for a social science diploma in 1982. Chris Hani met Yengeni in Lesotho, where they became …

… the guidance of other artists such as Walter Battiss (1906–1982), Irmin Henkel (1921–1977), Otto Klar (b.1908), Martin …

… 1975 Dimetos (revised 1976) 1978 A Lesson from Aloes 1982 Master Harold”¦and the boys 1984 The Road to Mecca 1985 …

… leader Allan Hendrickse warns President P.W. Botha: “If you want to negotiate with us, the Group Areas Act must go …

… Now in its 24th year, South Africa’s longest-running film …

… Now in its 24th year, South Africa’s longest-running film …

… Gordon Laing becomes the first European to reach Timbuktu, now in Mali. He was murdered there the f …

… meeting in emergency session in Geneva, says there are now twenty-one people det …

… In Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), eight ANC members are executed after being …

… director of several companies is born in Sibasa, Venda (now Limpopo). He was guest speake …

… van Schalkwyk, former leader of the New National Party and now ANC member and Minister of Environmental Affairs and T …

… ninety years of White minority rule and declares it will now be known as Zimbabwe-Rhodesia. …

… work undertaken in South Africa, the Hendrik Verwoerd Dam (now Gariep Dam) on the Orange River, …

… (Harry) Wolhuter, game ranger in the Sabi Game Reserve (now Kruger National Park) from 1902-1946, die …

… Bechuanaland (now Botswana) nationalist leader (and ex-Ngwato chief), …

… has almost completely disintegrated. Patrice Lumumba is now in control of much of the country. …

… Nine people are killed at Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo) during a stampede to attend …

… was actively involved in the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) and Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) ; she was one of the organisers of the … who demonstrated against the imposition of passes on women in Cape Town, being too far advanced in pregnancy to …

… with the peoples of Southern Africa, Rome, 26-28 February 1982 …

… votes to amend the Internal Security Act No. 74 of 1982. Police will in future need the permission …

… a writer and feminist and one of the first campaigners for women’s rights. She was also a pacifist. She did not agree … old, and she rebelled against stereotypical images of women as dependent on men. Free thinking, progressive views … a pseudonym, Ralph Irons, because of prejudice against women authors at the time. She was only able to reveal her …

… 1948, was elected to the Transvaal executive of the  ANC Women’s League  in 1954, and in 1955 became the league’s … executive committee of the  Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW)  and played a leading role in protests against the extension of passes to women in the mid-1950s . In December 1956 she was one of the …

… elected to the NEC of the  Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) . As part of FEDSAW, Resha became part of the movement resisting the extension of passes to African women, and participated in protests together with her fellow … where she lived, and Maggie led a march of more than 1,000 women to protest against the planned removal of the …

… elected to the NEC of the  Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) . As part of FSAW, Resha became part of the movement resisting the extension of passes to African women, and participated in protests together with her fellow … where she lived, and Maggie led a march of more than 1,000 women to protest against the planned removal of the …

… Roger Joyce Bushell was born in Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng) to British parents. He lived in South Africa … prisoner of war camp, is born in Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng) …