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BiographyJ. E. Malepe
A leader of the African National Congress Youth League during the 1940s, he was elected to the African National Congress (ANC) national executive committee in…
BiographyS. Mac Lepolesa
As a trader in the Orange Free State in the 1940s, he organized for the African National Congress (ANC) and served as the national ANC deputy-speaker. He was a…
BiographyNellie Jibiliza
… in 1959. Following the passing of the Group Areas Act in 1950 her family fell victim to the Act as they were forcibly …
BiographyC. M Kobus
C. M Kobus was the African attorney and founding member of the Non-European Unity Movement (NEUM). Holder of a B.A. degree, he taught for some years in the…
Alleged date the Suppression of Communism Act, No 44 of 1950 is passed in parliament. 26 June is given in several sources, and
… Alleged date the Suppression of Communism Act, No 44 of 1950 is passed in parliament. 26 June is given in several …
BiographyEdgar Arthur Deane
Edgar Arthur Deane was born in 1908. He became national secretary of the Coloured Furniture Workers' Union and a politician, serving for a period on the Cape…
BiographyWilliam “Bloke” Modisane
William 'Bloke' Modisane was born on 28 August 1923. He grew up in Sophiatown, a multiracial suburb in Johannesburg. His father was murdered and sister died…
BiographyCaptain Lancelot Andrew Ariba
… and SASA. Exhibitor on SASA-related exhibitions c.1898 - 1950: 1924: SASA 23rd Annit; Exh., Drill Hall, Darling St., … - 1 May. 1949: SASA 46th Annual Exh.,…
BiographyBertram Dumbleton
… Vitae Exhibitor on SASA-reldted exhibitions c.1898 . 1950: 1922: SASA 21st Annual Exh., RH, City Hall, Darling … ofContemp. SAAtt.arr. by SASA with NSA, MMG,…
BiographyBarney William Ngakane
After living for some time in Orlando Township, Johannesburg, Barney William Ngakane moved to Springs, where he served as chairman of a Liberal Party branch in…
BiographyDavid Phaswane Mogano
… School in Pietersburg. He arrived in Johannesburg in about 1950 and worked as a cook in a hotel. During 1959 he studied …
BiographyElizabeth Mbatha
… Elizabeth Mbatha was born in 1950 near Rorke's Drift. Mbatha did not attend school. In …
Mme Makwena Matlala
… instructed ‘to go back to her father’s kraal.’ In early 1950, the banishment of Makwena Matlala was advocated by the … of Matlala’s Reserve before.’ The…
BiographyLungile Kepe
… Born in 1927 Kepe worked as a labourer. He took part in the 1950 national strike on June 26th. He served a term of …
BiographyWilliam H. "Bill" Andrews
… victory,he remained on the Central Committee until 1950 before his death the same year. He died in December 1950. His biography, Comrade Bill, by R.K. Cope,…
Alfred ‘Tough’ Hutchinson
Alfred ‘Tough’ Hutchinson was born of coloured and Swazi parents in 1924 in the Hectorspruit district of the Eastern Transvaal, he graduated from St. Peter's…
BiographyJoseph Nkatlo
… of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) before 1950 and was known in Cape Town as an active organiser and …
Document 141 “Apartheid Spells Disaster”, Report of the Central Committee of the Communist Party to the Party’s National Conference, Johannesburg,6 to 8 January 1950,2y Freedom, New Series 15 December, 1949
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 141 "Apartheid Spells … Party's National Conference, Johannesburg,6 to 8…
BiographyLawrence Nkosi
Lawrence Nkosi was born in 1910. He was a factory worker and active trade unionist by the 1950s. In 1955 the Congress of the People and the drawing up of the…
BiographyPhilemon Mathole
Born in 1916 in Johannesburg Mathole was a miner and an organiser for the African Mineworkers' Union. He was active in the 1946 mineworkers' strike. He later…
BiographyWalter Gilbert Wiles
… in 1966. Exhibitor on SASA-related exhibitions c.1898 - 1950: 1943: SASA 40th Annual Exh., (in comb. with NSA) SANG, … 7 May. 1949: SASA Members' Annual Exh…
BiographyJohn Kgwana Nkadimeng
… becoming a shop steward in 1949. Following a strike in 1950, he lost his job. During the 1952 Defiance Campaing he … Nkadimeng joined the African National…
BiographyFani Mkhize
… as Fanozi and called Chicken Man) Mkize was born in 1950. When Mkize was retrenched from Clover Dairies he earned …
BiographyJohn S. P. Motloheloa
John S. P. Motloheloa was born in Basutoland (now Lesotho), he grew up in the Orange Free State and went to Cape Town in 1938. In the mid-1950s he was acting…
BiographyDoe Molefe
… Doe Molefe was born in 1950 in Dukathole, Germiston. Molefe began making highly …
BiographyStephen Tefu
Stephen Tefu was born about 1910, he was recruited to the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in Pretoria at a time when the party was at a low ebb. Shortly…
BiographyDilizantaba Mji
… of the Witwatersrand, where he graduated in 1952. In 1950 he participated in the organisation of the June 26 …
BiographyPitness (Stalwart) H. Simelane
Pitness Simelane was born in 1910. He was a leader of the African National Congress in Natal in the 1950s. As a teacher in the 1930s he helped establish high…
BiographyHoward S. Ngcobo
Howard S. Ngcobo was born in 1923 in Natal, he studied law for one year at the University of Natal and by correspondence with the University of London. He…
Yusaf Ahmed Cachalia
Born in 1915 and restricted to Johannesburg by the apartheid government. A leading figure in the South African Indian Congress in the 1940s and 1950s; he was…