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BiographyElmon Malele
Elmon Malele was born in Mapulaneng in the Limpopo Province (Transvaal) in 1920. Malele came to Johannesburg in 1943, and stayed in Alexandra township. He was…
BiographyGeorge Matthias Winkles
George Matthias Winkles was born in Birmingham, England, 1859. Winkles came to SA in 1889 to help a widowed sister stranded on the Kimberley diggings. He never…
BiographyFranklin Kaye Kendall
Kendall was an architect whose interests led him to join SASA as both artist and administrator. Born in Melbourne, Australia, 1870. He was educated at King\'s…
BiographyAllerley Glossop
Allerley Glossop was born in Twickenham, England,1872. She came to SA in 1900 after the demise of the Sphinx Studio in London, where she had taught. She farmed…
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
… the reserves. In 1923, the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) was formed as a national Indian organisation to fight … legislation entrenched by the Hertzog…
ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
… In the 1940s the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) also became more assertive and militant, and in … or play an overt political role again until the 1940s…
Welcome Statement of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the Official Opening of the 28th SADC Ordinary Summit, Sandton Convention Centre, South Africa, 16th August 2008.
BiographyJohn O’ Malley
John O'Malley was born on 6 October 1922 in what was then called Robert Heights, later Voortrekkerhoogte, in Pretoria. His father was a colonel in the army and…
ArchiveCHAPTER THREE: The Emergence Of Grassroots Politics, 1979-1981 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
BiographyRobert Gwelo Goodman
Robert Gwelo Goodman was born in 1871, Taplow, England. Goodman's The Parade and the City Hall, Cape Town (1917) is a painting that has special relevance for…
1947-Joint Declaration of Cooperation
… appeal by the President and the Joint Secretaries of the SAIC against the Cape Supreme Court decision affecting the rights of the SAIC to hold meetings…
Fenuel Mogatusi
Mr Fenuel Mogatusi, aged 22, a Soweto school student,was detained in July 1976 and died in detention on 28 September 1976.The Act under which he was held was…
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, Introduction to the TRC process, with links to relevant episodes in the TV series. Church Street bombing, Pretoria, SABC
William Nomodi Tshwane
Mr William Nomodi Tshwane was reported to have been detained with other Soweto students on 25 July 1976 and held at Modderbee prison in Johannesburg.Police…
BiographyBheki Mvulane
Bheki Mvulane died in detention on 29 March, 1985. A fellow-detainee of Mvulane said: "I saw a white policeman in Katlehong Police Station fling Bheki…
Nicodemus Kgoathe
Mr Nicodemus Kgoathe was one of eleven Bakwena-ba-Mokgopa tribesmen detained after an attempt was made to burn down the resident of a tribal headman who had…
Matthews Mabelane
On 15 February 1977 Mr Matthews Mabelane,aged 23,fell to his death from the tenth floor of John Vorster Square,Johannesburg.Mr Mabelane was detained in terms…
Article1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
… 1919. 4 June 1923 The South African Indian Congress (SAIC) is inaugurated on this day. January 1924 The Union … L. Barns; A. I. Kajee and S. R. Naidoo. 29…
Mzukisi Nobhadula
Mr Mzukisi Nobhadula died in detention on 20 December 1977 at the North End Prison in Port Elizabeth.Mr Nobhadula was an awaiting-trial prisoner on a charge of…
BiographyJunaid Ahmed
International award winning filmmaker Junaid Ahmed was born in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) South Africa in 1959. He attended Southlands Secondary School…
BiographyProfessor Kader Abdul Asmal
Kader Abdul Asmal was born on 8th of October in 1934, in the small rural town of Stanger, KwaZulu Natal (then Natal). Young Asmal was raised in a vibrant,…
BiographyGerald Patrick Kearney
Gerald Patrick ‘Paddy’ Kearney was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) on 28 August 1942. He was educated at Catholic schools and for some…
BiographyMpumelelo Paul “Cosmo” Grootboom
Mpumelelo Grootboom, controversial and liberal playwright was born in Meadowlands, Soweto in 1975, were he was raised by his grandparents. He was a year old…
BiographySheena Duncan
Sheena Duncan was born in Johannesburg on 7th of December in 1932 and was the eldest of the five children in her family. She was educated at the Roedean School…
G. Abdulla
G. Abdulla was a Cape member of the South African Indian Federation (SAIF) in 1927.
BiographyZwelakhe Sisulu
Zwelakhe Sisulu was born in Soweto on 17 December 1950, to liberation struggle icons Walter and Albertina Sisulu. He was the third of five children. When he…
ArticleThe Freedom Charter Campaign
… The National Action Council (successor to the ANC/SAIC Joint Planning Council) reported a ‘disquieting lull …
EventBlacks in South Africa protest against segregation
… Congress (ANC) and the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) at a meeting held on Freedom Square, Fordsburg … Gandhi in 1913. Dr. Yusuf Dadoo, chairperson of…
BiographySebitji Frans Matlala
Sebitji Frans Matlala’s wife recounted My husband was taken away by train fromMatlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Transvaal [now Polokwane, Limpopo]. I…
BiographyAnton Theodor August Wilfried Lubowski
Anton Theodor August Wilfried Lubowski was born on 3 February 1953, in South West Africa (now known as Namibia), the second child of Wilfried Franz and Molly…