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… (now KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa. He was the eldest child of Alimal and Appasamy Cooper. Cooper matriculated from … scholarship. Having been asked to assist the  Natal Indian Congress  (NIC) in 1971, he urged other Indian activists to … Indians as blacks,and to steer the renascent Natal Indian Congress away from narrow ethnic perspectives. At the launch …

… was born on 25 July 1955 at Mqanduli, Transkei , the son of the late Chief Bazindlovu Holomisa who had been a member … to 1994 elections. He was chosen by the African National Congress (ANC) Election Committee to campaign nationally … In 1994, he received the most votes in the ANC National Congress. He was appointed Deputy Minister of Environment and …

… a more confrontational course for the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) against the then conservative leadership of the organisation. After matriculating in 1937, he joined … was prominent in both the NIC and the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) but successive banning orders reduced his …

… in Vrededorp did not last long as the government’s policy of forced removals soon compelled them to resettle in … years old. She became a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and worked closely with Albertina and Walter … Sisulu .  As an ANC volunteer, Smith attended the 1955 Congress of the People in Kliptown and joined the ANC Women’s …

… Makgofe was a labourer. He joined the African National Congress in 1938 and was active in the 1946 African miners' …

… Member of the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto we Sizwe …

… settlement in Durban in 1941. After the demolition of Cator Manor and subsequent forced removals in the 1950s, … him to join politics. Ndlovu joined the African National Congress at the age of 20 in 1952 during the Defiance … Union (SARHWU) which was linked to the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU). Later, Ndlovu served on the …

… Sidney Percival Bunting was born on 29 June of 1873 in London, the son of Sir Percy William Bunting, the … Bunting travelled to Moscow, Russia, in 1922 and attended Congress of the Communist International. On his return he … were to support a “Native Republic” at the 6th Comintern Congress. His wife, Rebecca, and Edward Roux accompanied him, …

… three or four decades that women's role in the history of South Africa has, belatedly, been given some recognition. Previously the history of women's political organization, their struggle for freedom … they were not accepted as members of the African National Congress (ANC) when it was formed in 1912. This acceptance …

… family. [i]  From an early age Jana developed an awareness of the unequal society she was born into, stating in her book … hated system by joining an underground African National Congress (ANC) cell. [x] Jana went on to become the personal … She joined an underground cell of the African National Congress (ANC) reporting to former president Thabo Mbeki that …

… Johannesburg in 1951. Gqabi joined the  African National Congress (ANC)  in 1952 and later the underground Communist … the  New Age  as both photographer and reporter. His job of exposing the hidden crimes of Apartheid proved a … the Transvaal and helped finance the establishment of the Congress of South African Students. In 1979 he was one of six …

… Ellen Lambert was born on the 5th of March 1934 at Mount Frere in the Eastern Cape Province . She joined the African National Congress (ANC) at the age of 19 in 1953. She subsequently became one of the volunteers … ANC mourns Mama Ellen Lambert , from the African National Congress, 12 April, [online] Available at  www.anc.org.za , …

… The implication was clear, many Afrikaners, including some of their political leaders, hoped and believed that Hitler … the underground leadership of the banned African National Congress (ANC) met secretly.   Goldreich and his family … We discussed ideological and practical questions, the Congress Alliance ... Because of what I had got to know of …

… was a factory worker. He joined the African National Congress during the Defiance Campaign and was active in the …

… to study further, and it was there that she learned of the detention of her adored elder brother, Jack Tarshish, during the state … and help with underground work for the  African National Congress . It was then that she got to know many of the …

… Rebecca Bunting (nee Notlowitz) was one of the founders of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) … Brian . Rebecca, together with her husband, attended the Congress of the Communist International in Moscow in 1922.   … Edward Roux in London, and together attended the Sixth Congress in Moscow. They put forward a report representing …

… C. S Ramohanoe was a provincial President of the Transvaal  African National Congress  (ANC) from 1944 to 1950 and later head of the faction known as the National-minded Bloc. He was …

… a Communist night school and joined the  Communist Party of South Africa  (SACP) as a young worker in the 1920s. In … was elected to the party's central committee, becoming one of its first African members; in 1932, however, he was … unionists to take an active part in the  African National Congress  (ANC). Using as a nucleus the African Clothing …

… became invovled in politics at the young age of 13 and by the time he was 15 years old, he was a spokesperson of the Pan Africanist Congress youth, the party he joined as a schoolboy before the …

… Terry was an active member of the British  Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) , which was … Sharpeville Massacre  and succeeded the Boycott Movement of 1959. The AAM was established in response to an appeal by  … Chief Albert Luthuli , President of the  African National Congress (ANC)  and other leaders for a boycott of all South …

… after his death her family moved to Inanda. She was one of the first students to attend the Inanda Seminary and … Durban City Council forced African businesses to move out of the area. Bertha was a member of the Industrial Workers’ … and 1936. She was also active in the  African National Congress Women's League  and participated in the 1952  …

… 21 in 1949,He grew up in Raisethorpe,a peri-urban area of Pietermaritzburg.His family was of diverse racial composition:one grandfather was an … to East Africa,he joined  the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) and participated in its 1978 conference in …

… From the book:  Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer The 1946 … the Ghetto Act, the 1952 Defiance of Six Unjust Laws, the Congress of the People, the birth of the Freedom Charter and … the African and Indian peoples, and appealed to all democrats and freedom-loving citizens of South Africa to …

… was a businessman. He joined the African National Congress in 1951. He was active in the Defiance Campaign and …

… the United Nations Unit on Apartheid in 1971 1 The system of white supremacy in South Africa is applied in the field of … result that the suspension was reimposed at the 1964 Tokyo congress of FIFA. In retaliation the South African Government … fact that more Afro-Asian members were present at the FIFA congress in Tokyo where the Olympic Games were held. Because …

… Today, January 8th, we mark the 71st anniversary of our organisation, the African National Congress. We are beginning a new political year. We must … numbers of our people - including honest patriots and democrats in the white community as well. For this reason, …

… G. H. Gool and J. A. La Guma, "Appeal of the Ncrtional Liberation League for a National Convention of the Subject Peoples of South Africa", The Liberator, September 1937 …

… was born to a Coloured family in Durban in 1931, the son of a pastor and property developer. After both his parents … he became the chief organiser of the Coloured People's Congress (CPC), an organisation allied to the African National Congress (ANC). The authorities saw him as a real threat. In …

… The growth of trade unionism in Cape Town and the formation of early political organisations …

… Albert Lutuli's Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize, …