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ArticlePolitical executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 - 1989
… of the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), were executed at the gallows in … a state of emergency on 30 March 1960 and…
EventOn 17th November 1921 Professor Richard van der Ross was born in Plumstead, Cape Town
… West where he met, and later married, his wife in 1946. In 1952 he was appointed as the first principal of Grassy Park …
PlaceDe Waal Park, Camp Street, Oranjezicht
… performed there on Sunday afternoons for many years. In 1952 the park became the venue of the annual Theatrical …
EventDonald James Wood journalist and Anti apartheid activists is born
… matric, Woods enrolled at the University of Cape Town in 1952 to study law but switched to journalism. Woods …
EventPetronella Nellie du Toit South African soprano singer is born
… Nellie du Tiot obtained her Diploma with distinction in 1952 and left for Lodnon where studied for two years. While …
PlaceThe Fountain and Garden of Remembrance, Chatswood-Sydney. Willoughby Park Centre
… moved from the Western end of nearby Chatswood Park in 1952. The square upper canopy is supported by carved …
ArticleElections in post Apartheid South Africa
… to 1994. They include the African National Congress (ANC), Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), the National Party (NP), … did not significantly alter the balance of…
ArticleHistory of Africa Day - 25 May
… From South Africa, the African National Congress (ANC) could not formally attend as the organisation as it was … to the conference. Alfred Hutchinson , a…
Nelson Mandela Letter to F.W. de Klerk, 9 July 1992
… "the fundamental difference between the approach of the ANC and that of the government regarding the purpose of … as soon as possible; and on the other hand,…
ArticleThe Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State (The Zondo Commission)
… an African National Congress National Executive Committee (ANC NEC) meeting, the party said it wanted to establish a … 2017 conference at Nasrec,…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… later changes its name to the African National Congress (ANC) 1913 May, White miners declare a strike at the New … of contract under the “Masters and…
Testimony of Bruno Mtolo, Johannesburg (Rivonia Trial), 15 January, 1964
… things were true. Yutar: Was SACTU ever mentioned at ANC meetings? Mtolo: Yes, often. It was stressed that ANC members should join SACTU, and vice versa. …
Article“Bantu Education or the Street” by Norman Levy
… had become law. When its contents became known in 1953 the ANC campaigned against it and in 1954, with the act’s … withdrawal. Apart from a lack of capacity…
ArticleState of Emergency - 1985
… political organisations. The African National Congress ’ (ANC) internal influence was limited by the banning of the … by taking a harder stance against…
ArticleUrban Removals - the Destruction of Sophiatown
… Party (NP) that Sophiatown be destroyed. Between 1950 and 1952 each motion related to the destruction of Sophiatown and … under Section 10 (1) of the Native…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
… to be negotiated. With the African National Congress (ANC) becoming an increasingly influential factor in any … walked a political tightrope. Considering…
ArticleTimeline for Grade 12.4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
… South African congress had the African National Congress (ANC), and its allies such as the South African Indian … were charged against the African National…
ArticleCode Name Rae book launch soon
… During the 1970s, Rajes came into contact with the ANC underground and was recruited in the ANC’s military wing, uMkhonto weSizwe. Rajes was an active …
The African Resistance Movement (ARM): An Organisational History
… movements such as the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) were banned and … spared the wrath of the state. The…
ArticleSharpeville Timeline
… 1959 - At the annual African National Congress (ANC) conference, Chief Albert Luthuli declared that 1960 … Congress (PAC), which is a breakaway group…
ArticleResponse to the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising by organisations in exile
… in exile, notably, the African National Congress(ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress(PAC), the Soweto unrest in … in South Africa, especially after the collapse…
ArticleInkatha Freedom Party (IFP)
… Chief Executive. Buthelezi, who was a former member of the ANC but a fervent Zulu nationalist, was a shrewd, proud and … members of Inkatha had either been…
ArticleThe Interim South African Constitution 1993
… the National Party (NP), African National Congress (ANC), South African government, South African Communist … Meyer (NP), Zamindlela Titus (Transkei)…
ArticleThe South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO)
… also collaborated with the African National Congress (ANC) in its campaign against Apartheid . James la Guma and … the distinct CPNU and NEUM structures…
ArticlePeter Henry Abrahams timeline 1919 - 1985
… begins to develop. 1950 Wild Conquest is published. 1952 The London Observer, New York Herald Tribute and BBC …
ArticleCongress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… freedom reached a new intensity in the early fifties, the ANC saw the need for a clear statement on the future of South … People Campaign was initiated…
ArticleTimeline Interim Constitution 1991 to 1993
… II started. There was a massacre in Boipatong and the ANC withdrew from the negotiations process. Protest marches … independent homeland in the Eastern Cape…
ArticlePaper abstracts and biographies of speakers
… the inheritance of that militarised apartheid state by the ANC as well as the demobilisation of liberation armies and … file at different times? This paper…
ArticleWomen and The Food and Canning Workers’ Union
… When the segregated A-FCWU was formally launched in 1952, Elizabeth Mafekeng was on the executive committee. In … Mafekeng was the General Secretary of the A…
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… was founded and demanded rights for 'coloured' people. The ANC or African National Congress was formed in 1912. The … elected government. Africanist members…