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BiographyIqbal Shaik Mohammed
Mohammed Iqbal Shaik was born in Vrededorp, Johannesburg on 26 August 1958. He became politically active when he was a student leader at the M.L. Sultan…
BiographyPatrick Baker Duncan
… Congress (ANC), in 1955 he joined the new Liberal Party, of which he later became national organizer. Among … and published in Cape Town in support of the…
BiographyMongane Wally Serote
… on 8 May 1944, just four years before the National Party (NP) came to power in South Africa. His early education … in this issue. These works, written in…
BiographyJack Mkhuseli
… this time. He travelled to Belgium, Holland and the United Kingdom in 1986 to address various groupings on the … that emerged as bankrollers of the…
BiographyReverend Beyers Naudé
… He followed the political philosophy of the National Party , but the Sharpeville Massacre in 1960 brought about … travel and receive the award at a…
BiographySamuel Alfred (Taffy) Long
… informant and was sentenced to death. He was taken by a party of three to a back street and shot on 11 March. He died … to this verdict, particularly among…
BiographyJoe Slovo
… league. Slovo was an active member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) [in 1953, the name changed to South African Communist Party (SACP)] from the…
BiographyEmil Sachs
… and was characterised by a strong aversion to the National Party (NP). He was drawn towards socialism and established a … greatly. In 1919 he had already…
Mooroogiah Dhanapathy Naidoo
… South African Indian Congress, the South African Communist Party (SACP), the African National Congress (ANC) and its … and for other offenses, including ties…
BiographySister Bernard Ncube
… evidence was found. In 1989, Sister Ncube was part of the United Democratic Front (UDF) delegation that went to meet with President George Bush of the United…
BiographyRobert Gabriel Mugabe
… paved way for his appointment as the National Democratic Party (NDP)’s publicity secretary in October 1960. Following … also offered some positions to Joshua…
Rocky Malebane-Metsing
… the Bafokeng King Lebone, the king advised him to join the party of homeland chief minister Lucas Mangope to deflect … returned to the mines, and his…
BiographyPetrus Linda Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo)
Petrus Linda Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo) was born in 1958 in Soweto, Transvaal (now Gauteng). After his father's death, his mother could only afford to keep him…
Ntela Richard Sikhosana
… the African National Congress and South African Communist Party and South African National Defence Force Ntela Richard … on 22 February 1992, Mnandi Dladla,…
BiographyFather Trevor Huddleston
… Comfort , was published in 1956, making headlines in the United Kingdom and the United States of America. On his return to England, … he retired from the…
BiographyAdrian Leftwich
… Africa and his PhD degree from the University of York, United Kingdom. He taught at the Universities of Cape Town, York, Lancaster and Reading in the United…
BiographyJameson Gilbert Coka
… solialism and trade union development. In the Communist Party he found a more congenial political home, and in the party organ, Umsebenzi, he found an…
BiographyIsaac Osier Horvitch
… at school he became an active member of the Communist Party, speaking at public meetings and selling the weekly … became an active opponent of the policies…
ArchiveMessage from the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party to the Government and People of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
… South African Communist Party … from the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party to the Government and People of the Democratic Republic …
Address by Nelson R. Mandela to the plenary session of the Multi-Party negotiations process World Trade Centre, Kempton Park, 17 November 1993
… by Nelson R. Mandela to the plenary session of the Multi-Party negotiations process World Trade Centre, Kempton Park, …
The Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water, to which SA is a party, is signed i
… in Outer Space and Under Water, to which SA is a party, is signed i …
Robert Van Tonder, founder of the Boerestaat Party in 1986 to fight for the restoration of the old Transvaal, Northern Natal an
… Robert Van Tonder, founder of the Boerestaat Party in 1986 to fight for the restoration of the old …
Suppression of Communism Act, No. 44 of 1950, according to which the Communist Party of South Africa is declared an illegal org
… Act, No. 44 of 1950, according to which the Communist Party of South Africa is declared an illegal org …
The Minister of Justice, B.J. Vorster, states at a Nationalist Party meeting that he is not prepared to lift the ninety-day det
… Minister of Justice, B.J. Vorster, states at a Nationalist Party meeting that he is not prepared to lift the ninety-day …
After years of bloody civil war the first multi-party elections in forty years takes place in the Democratic Republic of Congo
… After years of bloody civil war the first multi-party elections in forty years takes place in the Democratic …
Jesse Engle, pioneer missionary is born. In 1898 he led the first party of five missionaries to Africa under sponsorship of the
… pioneer missionary is born. In 1898 he led the first party of five missionaries to Africa under sponsorship of the …
British Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock is held at gunpoint by security forces in Zimbabwe when his plane lands at the ‘wrong’
… British Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock is held at gunpoint by security …
The first multiparty parliament elections are held in Algeria, but the Islamic party that was set to win the cancelled 1992 ele
… parliament elections are held in Algeria, but the Islamic party that was set to win the cancelled 1992 ele …
At a rally in the Tugela Ferry district of Kwazulu-Natal some 6,000 lnkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters come armed with figh
… Ferry district of Kwazulu-Natal some 6,000 lnkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters come armed with figh …
The creation of a community of separate and sovereign states is laid down as the official policy of the National Party in its e
… states is laid down as the official policy of the National Party in its e …