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BiographyMagwaza Alfred Maphalala
… 1973 Durban strikes. As a result he spent a large portion of his working life working for various trade unions in Natal … the underground structures of both…
BiographyNadirshah Ardeshir Cama
… passing the Intermediate Examination at the University of Bombay, he worked in the Bombay Port Trust from 1891 to … He was elected Vice-President of the…
Biography of Thamsanga Mnyele by Owen Dulik
… This article forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … Biography of Thamsanga Mnyele by Owen Dulik …
BiographyKate Dinkwetsi Molale
… car accident. In 1954 she was elected as Secretary General of the Sophiatown branch of the African National Congress (ANC) . She was actively involved in…
Resignation of Cde Zweli Mkhize a Premier of Kwazulu-Natal, 22 August 2013
… The African National Congress is grateful to Comrade Dr Zweli Mkhize for the immeasurable role he has played as Premier of KwaZulu-Natal since 2009. Comrade…
BiographyProfessor Kader Abdul Asmal
… Kader Abdul Asmal was born on 8th of October in 1934, in the small rural town of Stanger, … the school stay-at-home. Asmal met African National Congress …
BiographyDawood Seedat
… Dawood Seedat (1916-1976) was the grandson of a Ladysmith, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) trader M.E. Seedat, … the late 1930s, he had been a member of the Natal…
ArticleAfrikaans: the Language of Black and Coloured Dissent
… Introduction Afrikaans, one of the official languages, together with English, during … occupies a politicised space as the ‘ colonial ’ language of the White…
BiographyJames Edward April
… James Edward April was born on 20th of March in 1940, in Bokmakeri Athlone, Cape Town, Western … to boycott. He joined the South African Coloured People’s…
BiographyStanley Silwana
… Stanley Silwana was one of the first African recruits to the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), he joined the Young Communist League … where he became…
BiographyAbdul ‘Apamai’ Rahman Dawood
… he was affectionately known was born in India to a family of progressive community activists in October 1935. He was … Dawood joined an underground cell of…
BiographyEnver Hassim
… Enver Hassim was born in the Transvaal, where he was part of a large family, with two brothers and four sisters. His … Hassim also interacted with a number…
BiographyHerbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo
… son to Ezra and Sardinia Dhlomo. Ezra came from a line of ancestors connected to a royal Zulu family from the … mobilization in Natal. The creation of the…
BiographyAbdul Khalek Mohamed Docrat
… Docrat was born in the village of Kathor, India on 15 September 1915. His grandfather was a … the left wing, or Nationalist Block, of the Natal Indian…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Special Sitting of the Senate of the Republic of Chile: Valparaiso, June 8, 2005
… Mr. President of the Senate, Mr President of the Chamber of Deputies, Honourable Members of the National Congress Ladies and Gentlemen: The geographers have…
BiographyJudge Albert Louis “Albie” Sachs
… , had arrived in South Africa from Lithuania at the age of six, on the eve of the First World War, and his mother, … Unjust Laws Campaign. Three years later,…
Subbiah Moodley
… Subbiah Moodley is probably the most anonymous of the early uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress (ANC), recruits. He was…
BiographyAlfred Baphetuxolo Nzo
… born on 19 June 1925 at Benoni, Transvaal, into a family of five children. His father was a clerk at Modder B mine, … in 1945. At Fort Hare he joined …
BiographyTennyson Xola Makiwane
… and briefly took up law studies. He became a member of the national working committee of the Youth League and was … the international boycott movement. As an…
BiographyAnton Edward Rupert
… in the south-central Karoo. He enrolled at the University of Pretoria for a medical degree, however, due to lack of … did not support the struggle. Between…
BiographyEric Mtshali
… year he assisted in collecting ‘freedom demands’ as part of the African National Congress (ANC)’s process of writing the Freedom Charter . In … year he…
BiographyMary Goitsemang Ranta
… Garment Workers’ Union . She joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1948, was elected to the Transvaal executive of the ANC Women’s League in 1954…
BiographyVictoria Nonyamezelo Mxenge
… morning after his murder. She vehemently refuted the claim of police General Coetzee that the African National Congress (ANC) had murdered her husband. The…
BiographyFrederik Willem de Klerk
… Jan de Klerk, was a Cabinet Minister and the President of the South African Senate. His brother is Dr Willem … met with the imprisoned leader of the African…
BiographyPeter Jones
… Peter Cyril Jones was born in 1950 on 7th of December in Somerset West in Western Cape . Jones after … road block in Grahamstown. Jones said that the Pan…
BiographyDavid H Mgugunyeka
… in the defiance campaign in Cape Western, and in Langa Congress activities. …
George Montsioa
… Born at Mafeking in 1885, grandson of the great and distinguished Natural Ruler of the Barolong Tribe. He received his early education at his … was appointed…
BiographySuliman “Babla” Saloojee
… Saloojee was born on 5 February 1931 in the small town of Belfast in the then eastern Transvaal, now Mpumalanga. … to be delivered to them. Babla joined the…
BiographyLetsau Nelson Diale
… January 1936 at Ga-Masemola in Limpopo where he spent most of his childhood years. He attended school in Sekobetlane … by his employer. In 1956 Diale joined…
BiographyJohn Gomas
… in Cape Town. He was a tailor by profession and a member of the Garment Workers' Union. He served as secretary of the Cape Town branch of the Communist…