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EventFrederik Willem de Klerk is elected President of South Africa
… Frederik Willem de Klerk was elected State President of South Africa and was officially … Congress (PAC), the South African Communist Party (SACP) and other…
Frederick and Clifford Nissen, brothers of the ANC assistant secretary of the Western Cape, the Rev. Chris Nissen, is shot dead
… and Clifford Nissen, brothers of the ANC assistant secretary of the Western Cape, the Rev. Chris Nissen, is shot dead …
BiographyIrvin Jim
… for the Eastern Cape, then in 2000, he became its regional secretary. He was at that time the youngest member of the … Socialist Revolutionary worker’s party…
BiographyPravin Jamnadas Gordhan
… Gordhan joined the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and was elected to its executive council in 1974. He organised and … Congress (ANC) and the South African…
BiographyVernon Celliers Berrange
… Harmel , Rusty Bernstein , and Vernon Berrange, was elected to draft a reply to the 'liquidator'. Except for … and sent, the committee members, viewing…
ArchiveHamba Kahle Cde Hani: The struggle continues
… Hamba Kahle Cde Hani: The struggle continues …
BiographyAlec Erwin
… subsequently formed. In 1977, while lecturing, Erwin was elected as General Secretary for the Trade Union Advisory and Co-ordinating … and quitting his…
SACP’s Slovo Views Mandela, ANC Leadership
… SACP’s Slovo Views Mandela, ANC Leadership …
ArchiveThe probable...happened: SACP-COSATU Meeting
… The probable...happened: SACP-COSATU Meeting …
National Executive Committee as elected by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
… National Executive Committee as elected by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, …
Dan Tloome
… until the mid-1950s, also serving for some time as secretary of the African Milling Workers' Union. Active in … (ANC) as well as the trade union movement,…
BiographyMarion Monica Sparg
… Vaal-Lekoe–Metropolitan in 1996. In 1999, she became the Secretary of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP ). In … Deputy Chairperson of the South…
BiographyRichard Granville Baloyi
… the leaders of the anti-pass campaign. In 1937 he was elected treasurer-general of the African National Congress (ANC) until 1948. In the same year he…
BiographyGreenwood Dumisa Ngotyana
… railway and harbour workers' union of which he became secretary. Elected an official of the Western Cape ANC in 1951, he also … of Trade Unions. After his…
BiographyVincent Joseph Gaobakwe Matthews
… ANC Youth League until 1950, when he became its national secretary under the presidency of Nelson Mandela . In 1951 … Matthews joined the South African…
BiographyRuth First
… South Africa (CPSA, later South African Communist Party [SACP]) in 1921. Ruth and her brother Ronald grew up in a … African Indian Congress ), and Ismail…
BiographyMatthew Goniwe
… Youth Association (CRADOYA) was launched with Goniwe being elected as its first chairperson and Fort Calata, as its … to the chief of the ANC’s underground…
BiographyCurtis Nkondo
… League (ANCYL) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) leaders. Curtis graduated from teacher training school … in New Clare. Marks was chairman of the…
BiographyEssop Goolam Pahad
… of the ANC and the South African Communist Party (SACP) . During this period, he also graduated from the … his resignation as minister. Pahad represented…
EventDaniel Arap Moi is elected President of Kenya
… Daniel Arap Moi was elected President of Kenya in what would be his twentieth … Daniel Arap Moi is elected President of Kenya …
ArchiveSecretary-Generals report
… Secretary-Generals report …
EventJomo Kenyatta is elected Prime Minister of Kenya
… Jomo Kenyatta was elected Kenya’s first Prime Minister, in 1963, following that … Jomo Kenyatta is elected Prime Minister of Kenya …
BiographyPandelani Jeremia Nefolovhodwe
… and allowed to continue with his studies. In 1974 he was elected as president of the SRC, and he was also elected as national president of the South African…
ArchiveStop Savimbis war!: recognise elected Angola
… Stop Savimbis war!: recognise elected Angola …
The Founder: An Ambiguous Figure by Chris Saunders
… his complexity and ambiguity in this its centenary year? Chris Saunders is a retired UCT historian and now a research … The Founder: An Ambiguous Figure by…
BiographyThomas Patrick Murray
… Society. He served the union in many capacities and was elected to its executive committee in 1946. He became President in 1950, Assistant General Secretary…
BiographyWilliam H. "Bill" Andrews
… South African Labour Party and three years later was elected to parliament on the Labour ticket from 1912 to1915. … with the Labour Party on the war issue,…
Post-Election Political Violence
From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman As South Africa went to the polls on 27 April 1994,…
Chris van Wyk on ‘Phoning Shirley’ 1
… Chris van Wyk on ‘Phoning Shirley’ 1 …
EventHeart specialist Dr. Chris Barnard dies
… Heart specialist Dr. Chris Barnard dies …