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BiographyGeorge Edward Peake
… a founding member and national Chairperson of the South African Coloured People's Organisation (SACPO) in the 1960s. … from 1956 until late 1958. He…
BiographyGreenwood Dumisa Ngotyana
… African National Congress organiser in the Western Cape. … organiser for the Congress of the People. Banned from 1955, he was endorsed out of Cape Town…
44th National Conference: Letter on “certain tendencies” from Dr. A. B. Xuma, 18 December 1955
… on “certain tendencies” from Dr. A. B. Xuma, 18 December 1955 …
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… Trade Unions (Transvaal) (CNETU). Formation of the African Mine Workers Union. Food and Canning workers Union is formed. 1946 August, African Mine Workers…
A brief history on South African prisons and prisoners
… and the beginning of negotiations, many South African prisons were used to hold political prisoners, … on 29 September 1989. Boesman, a member of the banned…
ArticleFederation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU)
… The Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU) was the first South African trade union federation that organised mostly Black … trade union movements…
BiographyVusumzi (Vusi) Linda Make
… son of a priest, and later moved to Evaton.the son of an African Methodist Episcopal minister,Make grew up in … the form of bus boycotts in Evaton and…
BiographyRobert M. Resha
… of the New Age and wrote for The World . He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1939. By the late 1940s, … , Resha took over as acting president…
ArticleBirth of the African Mine Workers’ Union
… The 1946 mine workers' strike was led by the African Mine Workers Union, whose president was J.B.Marks, he was also a leader in the South African Communist…
ArticleThe African Union and Regional Economic Integration
… Following the wave of independence which swept the African continent in the 1960s, integration schemes became an … economic growth and development in…
BiographyNathaniel Impey Honono
… collegues to build a spirit resistance to the government's African education policies. In the 1940s Honono was a member … on 16 December 1943. He was an…
BiographyPatrice Émery Lumumba
… Lumumba was accused of embezzlement and was jailed in 1955. Due to an extensive interview with King Baudouin, when he visited the Congo in 1955, Lumumba’s…
Federation of South African Cultural Organisations (FOSACO)
… The Federation of South African Cultural Organisations (FOSACO) was initiated in 1990 … its lack of representation of different aspects of South African…
ArticleWomen in African Literature: Writing and Representation
… publications. Zukiswa Wanner (1976-) Writer. Feminist. African. Mother. Lover (Wanner, 2015). This is how Zukiswa … closest to her, was born in Lusaka,…
BiographyC. S. Ramohanoe
… C. S Ramohanoe was a provincial President of the Transvaal African National Congress (ANC) from 1944 to 1950 and later … existing in little but name, when …
BiographyNadirshah Ardeshir Cama
… may entail.” He was elected to the council of the South African Indian Congress at its inaugural session in 1923. …
ArticleSonghai, African Empire, 15-16th Century
… by conquest and warfare along with patterns of trade. West African societies were shaped by competition for wealth and … for independence from more powerful…
BiographyJohn Kgwana Nkadimeng
… employed in the tobacco factory, Nkadimeng joined the African Tobacco Workers' Union, becoming a shop steward in … of Trade Unions (SACTU), which was formed…
ArticleNational Union of South African Students (NUSAS)
… In 1924 the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) was founded aimed at representing … led by Steve Biko broke away from NUSAS to form South…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: Pre-1500
… evolve in Africa, including South Africa and the first African people begin to settle in South Africa. Hundreds of years later the first Europeans set foot…
ArticleA history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
… into the Union of South Africa. During this war, many African people associated themselves with the British in the … The Afrikaners were mistaken, however,…
BiographyAdams Farid Ahmed
… Africa with his family in June 1935. Adams joined South African Indian Congress (SAIC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) in the forties during the…
BiographyBartholomew Hlapane
… Free State. Hlapane was a factory worker. A traitor to the African National Congress (ANC)and the South … in Johannesburg in 1948. He played an active part…
BiographyNimrod Sekeramane Nathale
… During the 1950s, Sejake was a leading member of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), and the African … for the unlawful strikes from July to…
BiographySonia Beryl Bunting
… the World Youth Congress in Berlin as a member of a South African delegation that was lead by Ahmed Kathrada . In 1955 Sonia Bunting was one of the platform…
Annie Silinga
… and, during the Defiance Campaign of 1952, she joined the African National Congress (ANC) . During the Defiance … to the executive committee of the…
BiographyAdelaide Frances Tambo
… in Johannesburg. In 1944, she started working for the African National Congress (ANC) as a courier, while studying … subject for most of the students. At 18,…
BiographyBilly Modise
… Just after completing his matriculation, between 1950 and 1955 Modise worked at a wholesale store and later for a … him to further his studies at university…
BiographyJerry Dibanhlele Khumalo
… in Germiston and Wolmaransstad. He was active in the African National Congress (ANC) as a Freedom Volunteer in … organiser at the Congress of the People in…
BiographyLeo Linda Sihlali
… the programs and activities of the NEUM. Through the Cape African Teachers Association (CATA), he fought to integrate … he also served as President of the…