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… born in Makapanstad near Pretoria in 1915. He was the son of a Methodist minister, Abraham Nkomo, and attended primary … Hare). He also obtained his BA degree from the University of South Africa (UNISA) while furthering his medical studies. … in Washington DC Nkomo joined the  African National Congress  (ANC) with the belief that it would provide an …

… In 1958, his family was evicted to KwaMashu, north of Durban. He enrolled at the  University of  Zululand to study law. On campus he joined the Black … the 1976 student uprisings he joined the African National Congress (ANC) underground. In 1977 the ANC instructed him to …

… Potchefstroom in 1921. ‘Palmer’ is the anglicised version of her father’s Zulu name, ‘Mpama’. She would later adopt the … be with her husband, Edwin Mofutsanyana , a leading member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) – which later … Communist Party (SACP) in 1953 – and the African National Congress (ANC) , using both surnames throughout her life. …

… education at Rand Afrikaans University (RAU). A student of theology, Niehaus was months away from his final exams in … and in July 1980 Niehaus joined the African National Congress . He worked in the ANC underground inside South … a degree in Industrial sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand. Carl and Jansie were found guilty of …

… Bertha Gxowa was born on the 28th of November 1934, in Germiston Location where she spent her … Primary School and then the Public Secondary School, both of which were in the location. Her father was a garment … and shorthand. Signing up to join the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) during the anti-Bantu education …

… Gauteng , in December 1950. She was the second eldest of four daughters and a brother. Her father was the nephew of Samuel Matshoba, an adviser to Gijima, chief priest of the … Association (YWCA). The YWCA sent her to its world congress in Ghana in 1971. Matshoba went on to university and …

… Programme Director, Your Excellency, the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, And esteemed members of the Indian delegation, Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Premier of KwaZulu Natal, Sbu Ndebele, Mayor of Ethekwini, Councillor … Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the …

… Compatriots and Friends, We are celebrating 103 years of the existence of the African National Congress. We are the ANC of John Langalibalele Dube, Sefako … who gave birth to the clauses of the Freedom Charter at a Congress of the People in Kliptown, Soweto in 1955. It is our …

… us closer to our cherished goal - the total liberation of our country. The bells that rang in the New Year were, for … we observe and celebrate 73 years of the African National Congress. As has been the practice in the past, the National … embodied in the policy and programme of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU). During 1984, in addition to …

… and Pauline ‘Polly’ (Braude) Kantor. James Kantor was one of Johannesburg’s best-known and successful lawyers who got … involved with uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the African National Congress’s (ANC) military wing. Nor, he writes, did he … South African Communist Party and the African National Congress, were charged with subversive activities." There was …

… Mr. Oliver Tambo if he would describe to us the structure of the African National Congress and its organisation. TAMBO : May I begin by … this opportunity to appear before it. The African National Congress is headed by a National Executive Committee which is … Evidence before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the house of commons: Oliver Tambo, 29 October 1985, London …

… high school. He started off by playing cover versions of popular songs until his late teens when he began to write … in his late teens, having been exposed to the realities of Apartheid, he focussed on themes with social and political … closely observed and scrutinized.  In 1988 he joined the congress of South African Writers, which exposed him to many …

… in 1943, and stayed in Alexandra township. He was one of the residents forcibly removed by the apartheid regime to … Moroka Emergency Camp. Malele joined the  African National Congress (ANC)  during the  1952 Defiance Campaign , as an … December 1956.  He was freed in January 1958, at the end of the preparatory examination. In 1961, he was charged under …

… met on Friday, 24 May 1996 in its second ordinary meeting of the year. Below are some of the decisions taken by the Executive Committee. 1. NEDLAC … to the T&GWU demands. The EXCO supported the National Congress of T&GWU on the decision to embark on mass action on …

… Statement of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the Commencement of the 1994 …

… to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. The true test of our devotion to freedom is just beginning." - President … the eighty third anniversary of the African National Congress, and the beginning of the first calendar year since …

… in politics at Livingstone High School , where several of her teachers were involved in the Unity Movement and the … Affairs Department (Anti-CAD) activities. Some of these teachers were arrested and imprisoned or transferred … a great deal of public exposure to the African National Congress (ANC) . Virginia was detained, with other activists, …

… The first pictures Marinovich took of a news event were of Archbishop Desmond Tutu when he led a church service in … Nancefield hostel, where a battle between African National Congress and Inkatha supporters had just ended. He took his …

… Letter from the State President of South African to the President of Zambia, requesting that he assist in the transition … Letter from P W Botha, State President of the Republic of South Africa to His Excellency Dr K D Kaunda, President of …

… staying away from work on 16 and 17 June, at the height of the Soweto Uprising. Active in liberation politics since … the period 1980 to 1981, he was the Vice-Chair of the Cape Areas Housing Action Committee (CAHAC).  He was … weSizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress (ANC) .In 1983 he addressed the UDF's founding …

… chapter are two-fold. The first is to sketch the formation of SANSCO in late 1979. The second is to analyse SANSCO's … its shift away from BC and its re-orientation towards the Congress movement, and also account for this development … strata and categories among the black oppressed, and white democrats. On the other hand, there was an "enemy" camp …

… Imam Achmad Cassiem was born 12th of December in 1945 and grew up in an Islamic environment. He became politicised in the 1960s when the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) organised an anti-pass campaign that ended in the Sharpeville Massacre . At the age of 15, he joined the armed struggle against the apartheid …

… Mr. Chairman, Your Excellencies, Distinguished Heads of State and Government, Esteemed delegates, Comrades, ladies and gentlemen, On behalf of the national liberation movements, I have the honour to … Chairman Mengistu Haile Mariam for his warm words of welcome. We are happy to be in Addis Ababa once again, …

… people's history project concerned with the presentation of a critical, open access, and democratic history of South … founding members and chairperson of the Cultural Workers Congress, an affiliate of the UDF. In 1990 Badsha was made … where he underwent training at the African National Congress’s (ANC) uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) military camps. In …

… Mr. Chairman, Esteemed Heads of State and Government, Distinguished Ministers and fellow … fascist terror must come to an end.  The African National Congress has issued the directives to our people that we must … manner.  For our part, we commit the African National Congress and the fighting people of our country to a pledge …

… South Africans, Comrades and friends: Today is the 8th of January, the 89th anniversary of your movement, the African National Congress. On this important day in our country's history and … the African Century. Your movement, the African National Congress, has always been a movement for the liberation of …

… It is with a sense of great honour, and great pleasure, that we greet the people of Palestine and their leading organisation, the Palestine … occasion. We look forward to the day when the realisation of the aims and aspirations of the Palestinian people will be …

… on the farm Saxenburg, Kuilsrivier. She was the eldest of six daughters and two sons of George Jacob de Villiers and … among others. In July 1948 she was a delegate to the Congress of Universities in the Commonwealth in Britain. She … names used by the Voortrekkers , while at the Tenth World Congress on Linguistics in 1967. Her memberships and …

… work with tending his grandfather’s cattle.  At the age of 12 he left his paternal home in Mosenthal and enrolled for … north of Pretoria. Tabane began attending African National Congress  (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress  (PAC) meetings at school, a privilege restricted to …

… Frederik Willem de Klerk was elected State President of South Africa and was officially inaugurated on 20 … to release Nelson Mandela and unban the African National Congress (ANC), Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), the South African Communist Party (SACP) and … 2013]| O’Malley, P. ‘1989’ , from Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, [online], available at www.nelsonmandela.org.za …