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1946 African Mineworkers Strike

1946 African Mineworkers Strike
Article
Mar 21, 2011

1946 African Mineworkers Strike

"Two hundred thousand subterranean heroes who, by day and by night, for a mere pittance lay down their lives to the fami...

Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo

Medical doctor, banned person, political prisoner, exile,President of the Indian Social Reform Society, Chair of the Mad...

Hilda Bernstein
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Hilda Bernstein

Member of the South African Labour Party League of Youth and the South African Communist Party, founding member of the F...

Ruth First
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Ruth First

Member of the SACP and ANC, founder member of the South African Congress of Democrats (COD) and Author.

Advocate Abram "Bram" Fischer
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Advocate Abram "Bram" Fischer

Lawyer and Chairman of the SACP

Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma

ANC President, a teacher and medical doctor.

Ismail Ahmed Cachalia
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Ismail Ahmed Cachalia

Political activist and exile. A leading member of the Transvaal Indian Congress and the African National Congress. Promi...

J B Marks
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

J B Marks

Teacher, political activist,  trade unionist, banned person, political prisoner, exile, President of the Transvaal ...

Fred Carneson
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Fred Carneson

Journalist and business manager of the New Age, member of the CPSA Central Committee, political prisoner and defendant i...

Simon Petros Matseke, prominent in African social and political life, dies in Pretoria
Event
Mar 16, 2011

Simon Petros Matseke, prominent in African social and political life, dies in Pretoria

Peter Matseke was born in 1878 in Pretoria. When the Anglo-Boer War broke out, he was drafted as driver for Boer Command...

Moses Mauane Kotane
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Moses Mauane Kotane

General secretary of the Communist Party of South Africa and Treasurer General of the African National Congress 

Brian Percy Bunting
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Brian Percy Bunting

Journalist, Native Representative in the House of Assembly,Western Cape, chief editor of the Guardian, editor of the Afr...

Thambi Naransamy Naidoo
Biography
Sep 17, 2011

Thambi Naransamy Naidoo

Trade unionist, participated in the 1952 Defiance Campaign, Vice-President of the Transvaal Indian Congress, member of t...

Lionel Rusty Bernstein
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Lionel Rusty Bernstein

Writer, Political Activist, Architect, SACP and MK member, banned person, politcal prisoner, exile,  recipient of The Or...

Jameson  Gilbert Coka
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Jameson Gilbert Coka

Journalist, trade unionist and member of the SACP and the ANC

African National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
Article
Aug 16, 2011

African National Congress Timeline 1940-1949

In the 1940s the ANC rejuvenated itself and began to work more closely with the SACP, putting behind the antagonistic re...

South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
Article
Mar 21, 2011

South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)

In the 1930s various trade unions from different backgrounds ranging from conservative craft unions, white racist indust...

Article
Mar 31, 2011

A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen

GANGEN-GEORGE PONNEN - SPEAKS OF HIS LIFE AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE TRADE UNION, POLITICAL AND NATIONAL LIBERATION MOVEMENT...