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Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati
… as "Mama Ruta" within her community" She got married in 1952 and moved to Soweto, Johannesburg to stay with in-laws. Immediately became an active member of…
South Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, VolumeTwo 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew - Bibliographical note and further reading
… note and further reading African National Congress (1977), ANC Speaks: Documents and statements of the African National … Social Dynamics, 12, 1, 1-14…
ArticleOliver Reginald Tambo Timeline 1917 - 2011
… of Anton Lembede, a group of young people form the ANC Youth League (ANCYL). At its official inauguration , OR … a member of the National Executive Committee…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew
… in the Liberatory Movement", Discussion, 1, 5, June 1952 Document 22 - Report of the first National Conference of … - “I.B. Tabata, The Boycott as Weapon of…
Key players in the various passive resistance campaigns
… Gool Mooroogiah Dhanapathy Naidoo Defiance Campaign 1952 Antony Lembede Nelson Mandela Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma …
BiographyMafika Pascal Gwala
… The leaders of BPC realized the potential for bringing ANC and PAC leaders into the wider BC movement. After careful negotiations between SASO, BPC, BC, ANC…
ArticlePassive Resistance in South Africa
… resistance in South Africa, 1946-1948 Defiance Campaign 1952 The Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960 Sharpeville Massacre, 21 …
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
… the regime to dissolve, and the African National Congress (ANC) took over the planning for a ‘Day of Mourning’ for those … its grip on the Black majority of…
EventSouth Africa Freedom Day - 26 June 1950
… in a national "stay at home" on the 1st May. The ANC Youth League (ANCYL) viewed the call for the stay at home … of South Africa (CPSA) was forced to…
BiographySimon Gqubule
… the conflicts between the African National Congress ( ANC ) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) , he was involved in … member of the Federal Theological Seminary…
EventHistory of December 16
… Afrikaner drive to build Afrikaner Nationalism when in 1952 it became the ‘Day of the Covenant’. Since the 1920s, … weSizwe (MK) and launch of the armed…
ArticleDrum Magazine
… - extract from 'South African Drumbeats', TIME Magazine, 1952 The quote above suggests the popularity of the magazine … was a family.' Drum , a political…
Poqo political trials and the execution of its operatives in the 1960s
… apartheid government banned the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), forcing them to … to strengthen underground structures…
72. The Defiance Campaign, 1953
… was called upon to repeal these laws by 29 February 1952, failing which the A.N.C. and the S.A.I.C. were to … the Acts mentioned above by not later than…
BiographyYusuf Joe Jacobs
… on educational issues. The school was to cater for young ANC cadres returning from exile, as well as those in the …
BiographyGraeme Williams
… Reuters in 1989 covering the transition from apartheid to ANC rule as a photographer. In 1991 he started contributing …
How to Approach Heaven by Jon Soske (Chimurenga Magazine)
… Luthuli, president of the African National Congress from 1952-1968. A devour Christian, a man deeply committed to land … attempts to exclude him from policy…
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… Calata invites Xuma to the African National Congress ’s (ANC) annual conference in Durban. Xuma serves as the … Oliphant nominates Xuma for the role of…
ArticleRobert Mcbride timeline
… from a young age and later develops a drinking problem. 1952 Derrick McBride and Doris van Niekerk marry. They later … Thomas Matjeke a trade unionist who…
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… Pixley Seme , president of the African National Congress (ANC), uses the votes of women to ensure his re-election as … Johannesburg Committee 1941 African…
The Role Of The Indian People In The South African Revolution: An Interview In 1968
… premier national organisation of the African people, the ANC, and with the national organisation of the Coloured … Simultaneously there was a change in the…
BiographyLillian Diedericks
… elites and middle class of the African National Congress (ANC), in Port Elizabeth it was the working-class leaders who …
ArticleCouncil of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)
… was formed with the aid of the African National Congress (ANC) and Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA). In November … Clothing Workers Union. Moses Kotane…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
… This Act became the target of the Defiance Campaign of 1952. Commenced: 18 June 1951. It was revalidated on 2 March … Commenced: 6 July 1951. Natives Laws…
ArticleSouth Africa and the United Nations, 1946-1990
… of people of Indian origin living in South Africa. In 1952 apartheid was again raised, this time in connection with … of race conflict in the country in…
EventEgypt is placed under martial law in response to widespread riots against the British
… From 1951 to 1952 Egypt was ravaged by violence and anti-British protest. … Prince Farouk as king. Between November 1951 and January 1952 armed clashes…
BiographyMiriam Makeba
… and even the Pope. In 1990, African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela was freed from 27 years in prison, …
Professor Sir Raymond Hoffenberg
… Tambo, then president of the African National Congress (ANC) Mission in exile. Professor Hoffenberg married Margaret …
BiographyNise Bulelwa Malange
… (Imbali Youth) 1992 On Common Ground - (an IFP and ANC youth publication) 1995 Children’s creative writing …
BiographyBishop Mmutlanyane Stanley Mogoba
… (PAC) broke away from the African National Congress (ANC) in 1959, he became closely associated with the PAC. …