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Godfrey Mokgonane Pitje
… Pitje was born in 1917, in the northern Transvaal, the son of semiliterate Bapedi parents. Studious and able, he made … minded students in establishing a…
BiographySister Bernard Ncube
… in the Transvaal region and in 1984 was elected president of the Federation of Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW) . Sister Ncube was detained six … the National…
ArchiveWiehahn Commission: precis of speech
… Precis of speech on the Wiehahn Commission of Inquiry into labour legislation, by Auret van Heerden, … of South African Students, delivered at the 56th…
ArchiveDeportation of NUSAS President Elect
… Appendix B to President's address to the 44th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, 30th June to 9th July, 1968. … Deportation of…
Colonialism and the exploitation of resources (under construction)
… Colonialism and the exploitation of resources (under construction) …
Second European Settlement at the Bay of Natal
… Second European Settlement at the Bay of Natal …
Introduction and Background: An era of Apartheid repression
… Introduction and Background: An era of Apartheid repression …
Speech at the Summit of Co-operation Council
… Speech at the Summit of Co-operation Council …
ArticlePeople involved around the Death of Samora Machel
… People involved around the Death of Samora Machel …
Address to the Annual Conference of the Natal
… Address to the Annual Conference of the Natal …
Organize... or Starve! - The history of the SACTU
… Organize... or Starve! - The history of the SACTU …
1946-Albert Christopher promises return of Old Guard
… 1946-Albert Christopher promises return of Old Guard …
The Formation of the Multi-Party Negotiation Process
… The Formation of the Multi-Party Negotiation Process …
Statement of Dr Y. M. Dadoo', Secretary, Non-European United
… Statement of Dr Y. M. Dadoo', Secretary, Non-European United …
Structure of Government in South Africa since 1994
… Structure of Government in South Africa since 1994 …
ArticleThe Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU)
… The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) …
A selection of documents related to the Defiance Campaign
… A selection of documents related to the Defiance Campaign …
Systems of democracy: the American Revolution (under construction)
… Systems of democracy: the American Revolution (under construction) …
BiographyMxolisi Mgxashe
… Mgxashe was born in 1944. He joined the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) in Cape Town in the 1960s and took part in the … Robben Island prisoner, exiled person…
BiographyMthuthuzeli Tom
… Tom was born on 7 September 1959, in the village of Mpongo outside East London, and was one of eight children. His mother was a domestic worker and his … Tom…
BiographyHoratio (Bud) Isaiah Mbelle
… the interpreter for African languages at the Supreme Court of Griqualand West at Kimberley””a post which he held for … in Kimberley he joined the South…
Document 47. Minutes of the Annual Conference of the ANC, December 15-19, 1949
… at 10:10 a.m. on the 15th December 1949. In the absence of the Senior Chaplain the Speaker, Cr. R. V. Selope Thema, … R.H.GodIo, M.J. Sipamla, Nyasaland…
Thomas G. Karis
… Karis, a former foreign service officer who was a critic of U. S. policy on South Africa and who became a leading … probed the question of whether the courts…
BiographyAdriaan Vlok
… where he matriculated in 1956. Following three months of military training in Pretoria during 1957, he began work … the Soweto Civic Association, the South…
BiographyRobert John McBride
… were a White Afrikaner bus driver from the rural village of Harding in southern Natal, and a Coloured daughter of a … Front (UDF) . Here he met Vincent James…
BiographyTopsy Madaka
… New Brighton, Port Elizabeth in 1954. He was the son of Nontsikelelo and Mongameli Madaka who, both passed away in … Lesotho. After SASM was banned, he…
BiographyPoomoney Moodley
… and Kanniamah Moodley; who themselves were children of Indian indentured labourers in Natal. In 1930, when … pass laws. She also became a member of the Natal…
BiographyHannah Margaret Stanton
… in Lady Selborne, then a mixed black township on the edge of Pretoria. Stanton's own role was marginal - letters to the press, membership of the non-racial…
BiographyS. Mac Lepolesa
… State in the 1940s, he organized for the African National Congress (ANC) and served as the national ANC deputy-speaker. He was a member of the Africans'…
BiographyBlanche la Guma
… 1927 in Athlone, Cape Town, Western Cape, the youngest of five children. Her parents were actively involved in local … this time, Alex was an organiser for…