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ArticleOrigins of major world religions reflected in SA
… Religion is an important part of millions of people's lives across the world. Thousands of African people are converted to Christianity every day and ……
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…
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…
EventDeath of Anton Muziwakhe Lembede
… was a teacher, lawyer, politician, and principal architect of Africanism in South Africa, died unexpectedly in … Lembede became the first president of the…
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…
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…
BiographySunny Girja Singh
… years old. He had to forgo high school due to a lack of finances. He went to work as his father had passed away by … liberation struggle. Singh joined the…
BiographyMaboza Mackay
… Member of the Pan African Congress … Robben Island prisoner & banned person. Member of the PAC …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the unveiling of the mural celebrating the adoption of the new constitution Cape Town, 8 May 1996
… Friends and Fellow South Africans; In the history of our country there have been many decisive turning points. … is emerging from the darkest night into the…
BiographyMpumelelisi Synod Madlebe
… Member of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). …
Press statement of ANC Deputy President, Nelson Mandela, on the Operation Vulindlela and the Indemnification of ANC members
… Press statement of ANC Deputy President, Nelson Mandela, on the Operation Vulindlela and the Indemnification of ANC members …
Statement of the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, to the party parliament group on South Africa
… Statement of the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, to the party parliament group on …
Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers' Party of South Africa, 18 February 1936
… Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers' Party of South Africa, 18 February 1936 …
Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers' Party of South Africa, 13 January 1936
… Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers' Party of South Africa, 13 January 1936 …
ArticleImpact of World War II: how the nature of political quest for independence in Africa changed after 1945
… Impact of World War II: how the nature of political quest for independence in Africa changed after …
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)…
BiographyBen Skosana
… Western University in the US. Skosana has been a member of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) since its formation in … development. From 1981 until 1986 he…
BiographyBen M. Skosana
… Western University in the US. Skosana has been a member of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) since its formation in … development. From 1981 until 1986 he…
EventThe national Chairman of SABRA warns of sour relations in the Union
… “Recent events in Africa have robbed the Union of precious time. This country now has less than 10 years to … race relations.”This was a warning by national…
Lecture by the President of the ANC, President Jacob Zuma, on the occasion of celebrating the life and times of the tenth President of the ANC President Nelson Mandela, 10 July 2012, Limpopo
… Mrs Graca Machel and members of the Mandela family; Provincial Chairperson of the ANC, … such as passes. The ANC had also joined forces with the Congress of…
ArticleStrong and Unnoticed: The Women of the UDF by Reid Arnold
… organization that was founded to unify the hundreds of Anti-Apartheid movements occurring in the 1980s. Female … United Women Organization Strong and…
BiographyRebecca Bunting
… Rebecca Bunting (nee Notlowitz) was one of the founders of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) … Brian . Rebecca, together with her husband, attended…
BiographyLele Mabele
… Lele Mabele a member of the Pan Africanist Congress and a trade unionist, was shot … Member of the PAC, trade unionist …
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the celebration of 60th Anniversary of the Freedom Charter, Kliptown, Johannesburg, 26 June 2015
… Director of the programme Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and all ANC … document, the Freedom Charter, was adopted by the Congress of the People. We pay…
"Umkhonto we Sizwe - Born of the People": Statement of the National Executive Comittee of the ANC on the 25th Anniversary of the Formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe by O. R. Tambo, 16 December 1986
… Africa. Thus was born Umkhonto we Sizwe, the People's Army of our country. By that time the demands of our people … struggle under the leadership of the…
BiographyAndrew Michael Boraine
… in Pietermaritzburg on 18 February 1959.He is the eldest of four children of Alex and Jenny Boraine.His father was the President of the … he became the…