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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 …
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…
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…
BiographyElizabeth "Rocky" Mafekeng
… Cape Town in early 1930s. Mafekeng left school at the age of 15 to support the family. Her first job was at a “canning … she joined the Paarl branch of the…
BiographyPhilemon Mashibini
… was a businessman. He joined the African National Congress in 1951. He was active in the Defiance Campaign and … ANC member. Was active in the Defiance…
Judson Diza Kuzwayo
… the Loram Secondary School.He joined the African National Congress (ANC) as a teenager in 1957,he organized community groups in the KwaMashu area of Durban…
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…
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…
BiographyMkhuseli Joseph Kettledas
… Mkhuseli Joseph Kettledas joined the Pan African Congress ( PAC ) in 1961. He was arrested on 8 April 1963 for … Member of the PAC, Robben Island prisoner …
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…
BiographyChristopher Nceba Faku
… from prison, Faku was elected as regional organiser of the Eastern Cape African National Congress (ANC) and also held an ANC/South African Communist ……
BiographyJacob Sello (Jackie) Selebi
… 1950 in Johannesburg. Selebi was the African National Congress (ANC) representative to the Soviet Union's World Federation of Democratic Youth in Budapest,…
BiographyShirley Gunn
… active. She was recruited into the African National Congress (ANC) in 1980 and became an active member. In … to her political work, she became involved…
BiographyAlcott Skei Gwentshe
… Skei Gwentshe played a key role in the establishment of an African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) branch in East London in 1948, … noted that…
"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…
BiographyAdelaide Frances Tambo
… London. Adelaide Tambo’s political life started at the age of 10 after a raid by the police, following an uprising in … In 1944, she started working for the…
BiographyVusumzi (Vusi) Linda Make
… Vusimuzi Linda Make was born in Boksburg in 1934, the son of a priest, and later moved to Evaton.the son of an African … was described as a ringleader and an…
BiographyChristopher W. M. Gell
… Gell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1917. One of the most respected White champions of the African cause,After graduating from Cambridge … they…
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…
Sonnie Bhugwan
… Former secretary of Natal Indian Youth Congress. Served with five-year banning … Former secretary of Natal Indian Youth Congress …
Jafta Kgalabi Masemola
… Jafta Kgalabi Masemola, “The Tiger of Azania”, also popularly known as “Bra Jeff” by many … was principal. In 1958, he joined the African National Congress…
BiographyTsepo Tiisetso Letlaka
… Healdtown, Roma, and Fort Hare, where he was president of the Student Representatives' Council in 1950. Letlaka … Letlaka was a prominent in the early…
BiographyRobert Tunsi
… He was a businessman and he joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1937. He was chairman of the committee which built the first independent primary ……
BiographyMaqadaza Magushe
… A member of the Pan African Congress and Poqo . he was executed at Pretoria Central Prison on 30 May 1967 for the murder of Maurice Berger in Paarl, Cape…
The Rise of Women’s Trade Unionism in South Africa by Peter LaNasa
… This article was written by Peter LaNasa and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … Africa, Federation of South African Women…
Maggie Smith
… and became the first woman news editor in Africa of the Sunday Times in Johannesburg in the 60s when the press … example. A highly political person and an…
BiographyRay Alexander Simons
… friend John Gomas , she joined the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) , aged 16. In the same year, she lost … the 1950s, it played a leading role in the…
BiographyProfessor Fatima Meer
… in Grey Street, Durban on 12 August 1928, the daughter of Moosa Meer and Rachel Farrel and the second born of their … played leading roles in the Natal and…
ArchivePolicies of apartheid of the government of South Africa
… Policies of apartheid of the government of South Africa, progress made in the implementation of the declaration on apartheid and its destructive … Policies…