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Jeffrey Thamsanqa Radebe

Jeffrey Thamsanqa Radebe

3 September 2019

Robben Island prisoner, exile person, Chairperson, Southern Natal Region of the ANC, member of the SACP and MK , Secreta...

Horatio (Bud) Isaiah Mbelle

Horatio (Bud) Isaiah Mbelle

3 September 2019

Teacher, first African to pass the Cape Civil Service Examination, court interpreter at the Supreme Court at Grahamstow...

Sifiso Nkabinde

Sifiso Nkabinde

3 September 2019

Chairman of DCO Mathewane Youth Organisation, and a member of the ANC's Self Defence Unit (SDU) in Richmond, Chairman of...

Alfred Baphetuxolo Nzo

Alfred Baphetuxolo Nzo

3 September 2019

Member of the ANC Youth League, chairperson of ANC branch in Alexandra and national executive committee member elected a...

Bafana Cyril Dlamini

Bafana Cyril Dlamini

3 September 2019

MK struggle veteran, member of the ANC and Brigadier General in the SANDF.

Errol T. Shanley

Errol T. Shanley

3 September 2019

Member of the CPSA and was active in the Party-inspired Anti–Fascist League, serving as its Natal secretary. During the ...

Stanley Mabizela

Stanley Mabizela

3 September 2019

Struggle activist, President of the ANC Youth League at Fort Hare University, uMkhonto weSizwe cadre, African National C...

Sefako Mapogo Makgatho

Sefako Mapogo Makgatho

3 September 2019

Politician, journalist, teacher and president of the South African Native National Congress, 1917-24.

Cecil George Phahle

Cecil George Phahle

3 September 2019

Member of ANC, banished, killed in SADF raid in Gabarone.  

Marius Schoon

3 September 2019

Member of COD and activist

Vincent Tshabalala

Vincent Tshabalala

3 September 2019

Member and Chairman of COSAS, member of the African National Congress and uMkhonto weSizwe (MK). 

Justice Zac Yacoob

Justice Zac Yacoob

3 September 2019

A former Advocate, a former member of the Democratic Lawyers Association, Durban Detainees' Support Committee, Durban H...

Zwelakhe Sisulu

Zwelakhe Sisulu

3 September 2019

journalist, President of Media Workers Association of South Africa, business executive, former SABC CEO, 

Billy Modise

3 September 2019

Member of the ANCYL and ANC, former high commissioner and Chief of State Protocol, Recipient of the National Award from ...

John Taolo Gaetsewe

John Taolo Gaetsewe

3 September 2019

Trade unionist, member of the ANC and General Secretary of SACTU, Robben Island prisoner, banned person

Virgile Joseph Bonhomme

3 September 2019

Trade unionist, political activist, political prisoner, founder member and Chair of the Coloured Labour Party in Natal, ...

A History of Abantu-Batho Newspaper 1912-1931

A History of Abantu-Batho Newspaper 1912-1931

African National Congress Timeline 1990-1999

African National Congress Timeline 1990-1999

During the 1990s, behind-the-scenes negotiations between the government and the ANC gathered pace. As part of that proce...

African National Congress Timeline 1950-1959

African National Congress Timeline 1950-1959

After coming to power in 1948, the National Party-led government began implementing apartheid by passing a series of rac...

African National Congress Timeline 1940-1949

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 Indian Congress (SAIC)

South African Indian Congress (SAIC)

The period 1860-1923 is characterised firstly by the introduction of indentured Indian labourers into Natal and of the "...

African National Congress (ANC) office bearers

African National Congress (ANC) office bearers

On 8 January 2012 the African National Congress (ANC) celebrated its centenary. As part of the uKhongolose: ANC and Sout...

Isitwalandwe/Seaparankwe Award

Isitwalandwe/Seaparankwe Award

Isitwalandwe/Seaparankwe is the highest honour awarded by the people of South Africa, through the African National Congr...

A change to armed struggle and the state’s intensified repression 1960s

A change to armed struggle and the state’s intensified repression 1960s

With no discernable change in government policies, some members of the African National Congress (ANC) began to move awa...

Armed Struggle, the revival of armed activity 1970s-1980s

Armed Struggle, the revival of armed activity 1970s-1980s

The independence of Mozambique, in particular, gave tremendous momentum to the armed struggle in South Africa. Jacob Zum...

Armed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990

Armed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990

In September 1984, riots broke out in the Transvaal and spread to other parts of the country. These riots continued unti...

Continued resistance and internal criticism 1920s and 1930s

Continued resistance and internal criticism 1920s and 1930s

In the following years, the African National Congress (ANC) leadership evolved to be more inclined to action than passiv...

ANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s

ANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s

In 1948 the Nationalist Party (NP) won the election, and began to introduce the policy of apartheid. The African Nationa...

Defiance Campaign 1952

Defiance Campaign 1952

The post-1948 period saw the African National Congress (ANC) abandoning its traditional reliance on tactics of moderatio...

African National Congress Timeline 1866-1909

African National Congress Timeline 1866-1909

In this period early African political organisations were formed; these organisations precipitated the formation of the ...

African National Congress (ANC)

African National Congress (ANC)

The African National Congress (ANC) is South Africa's governing party and has been in power since the transition to demo...

ANC Origins and Background

ANC Origins and Background

The African National Congress (ANC) was formed in 1912 as a result of many grievances. This included black dissatisfacti...

Topsy Madaka

Founder member of Pebco, trade unionist and member of COSAS, one of the 'Cosas Two'

Philemon A. Mahlakola

Philemon A. Mahlakola

Member of the ANC and MK

Alan K. Mabaso

Member of the ANC and MK, died in exile

Mlungisi Velaphi

Mlungisi Velaphi

Bonani E Gaza

Marvin Gasupani

Marvin Gasupani

Ntsikelelo Fani

Ntsikelelo Fani

Cyprian Hlatshwayo

Cyprian Hlatshwayo