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BiographyJoseph (Anti-Pass) M. Kumalo
… 1955-1956 Evaton bus boycott Kumalo was banished in terms of the 1927 Native Administration Act to Duiwelskloof. From … to stand trial. He was chairman of…
BiographyKlaas Matlala
… van, which already held other compatriots. He was a Ma-Congress [ African National Congress - ANC)] supporter and key member of the kgoro , and had opposed…
BiographyJoe Nzingo Gqabi
… Johannesburg in 1951. Gqabi joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1952 and later the underground Communist … the New Age as both photographer and…
BiographyArthur Goldreich
… The implication was clear, many Afrikaners, including some of their political leaders, hoped and believed that Hitler … the underground leadership of the…
BiographyWalter Ulyate Sisulu
… Walter Ulyate Max Sisulu was born in the village of Qutubeni in the Engcobo district of the Transkei on 18 May … 1940 at 28 years old, Sisulu joined the…
BiographySibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa
… was born in 1952. After joining the African National Congress’ military wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in 1977, Mbongwa commanded a number of units in…
BiographyColonel Sibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa
… was born in 1952. After joining the African National Congress’ military wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in 1977, Mbongwa commanded a number of units in…
Address by Oliver Tambo to the joint session of Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, Port-of-Spain, 2 July 1987
… Honourable Speaker, President of the Senate, Honourable Prime Minister Arthur Napolean … and Senators, Allow me, on behalf of the African National Congress…
BiographyCheryl Carolus
… Cheryl Carolus was born on 20 April 1959 in the Cape Flats of Cape Town to a working class family. Her father was … Organisation (UWO), which became the…
Abdullah Ibrahim and the Politics of Jazz in South Africa
… had an especial role in the social and cultural politics of South Africa. This paper will trace its function in the … from the early 1950s until the 1990s,…
Forward to a People's Government by O. R. Tambo - Statement of the ANC, 18 March 1980
… On March 9, 1980, the racist Prime Minister of South Africa, P.W. Botha, surprised the world with the … African liberation forces headed by the African…
BiographyMichael Kitso Dingake
… at St Ansgars Institution, Roodepoort, in the then Union of South Africa from 1942 to 1943, and Pax College, in … in Johannesburg. Dingake joined the …
BiographyDennis Brutus
… moved to Port Elizabeth where he grew up,at the age of four he attended Paterson High School. He graduated from … and was an organiser with the Teachers’…
BiographyIsaiah Stein
… 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…
BiographyLele Mabele
… Lele Mabele a member of the Pan Africanist Congress and a trade unionist, was shot … Member of the PAC, trade unionist …
BiographyEllen Lambert
… 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…
Mary Margaret Ngalo
… Cape Province ) to Tom and Leah Plaatjie. As the niece of Reverend Canon James A. Calata , who was Secretary-General of the African National Congress (ANC)…
BiographyDieter 'Felix' Gerhardt
… Naval Academy in Saldanha Bay in 1956, winning the Sword of Honour. In 1962 he attended a Royal Navy mine school in … continue his career in the South…
BiographyEthel de Keyser
… 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…
ArchiveA study of the theoretical aspects of ANC mobilisational methods in the Eastern Cape Townships of Cradock and Port Alfred, 1980-1988
… A dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Magister Artium in … aspects of the mobilisational of the African National…
BiographyC. S. Ramohanoe
… 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…
Dr Aubrey Maitshwe Mokoape
… 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…
BiographyGana Makabeni
… 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…
ArticleTimeline of the Labour and Trade Union Movement in South Africa 1881 - 1919
… The period preceding the formation of the South Africa Union witnessed the establishment and … black led political forces such as the African National…
ArticleHistory of South African National Orders and Awards
… The birth of a new non-racial and non -sexist democracy in South Africa necessitated a critical review of the system of National Orders. The previous system…
BiographyMike Terry
… Terry was an active member of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) , which was … Sharpeville Massacre and succeeded the Boycott Movement of 1959. The…
Henry Eric Isaacs
… 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…
BiographyBertha Mkhize
… 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…
ArticleDecember 16 and the Construction of Afrikaner Nationalism
… were victorious. Later, the day was commemorated as part of the Afrikaner nationalist project. This article traces some of the main events that make up the…
The State of Art in South Africa Conference
… Held at the University of Cape Town from 16-20 July 1979, The State of Art in South Africa Conference was chaired by Neville Dubow, then head of the…