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EventThe Democratic Party, now the Democratic Alliance, is formed
… the same policies of non-racialism, and retains the constitution drawn up by members of the Progressive Party in … in the negotiations leading to the…
ArticleThe co-optation of the African National Congress: South Africa’s original ‘State Capture’, Sampie Terreblanche
… to the presidency of the African National Congress (ANC) last month, it is vital to understand deep structural … justice. The ideological shifts that took…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 21 August 1990
… African situation. Do you think the differences between ANC, UDF, COSATU, and Inkatha have now developed an ethnic … with each other, and yet the violence…
Chaskalson transcended his bias and loyalties by Tony Leon, 4 December 2012
… it is comforting to look back at a seeming golden era of constitution-building and its architects, and lament the … of the Constitutional Court, in a way…
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…
ArchiveThe Mandela I knew by Saths Cooper, 6 December 2013
… certain Stalinists within the African National Congress (ANC) objected to Madiba fermenting ‘puzamandla‘ (a protein … because of its inherently divisive…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… details for the adoption of the Transvaal Indian Congress constitution January 24, The Transvaal Indian Congress … strike Committee in which the African…
ArticleA Charge of Treason by Norman Levy
… all simply added fuel to the government’s fire. Yet the ANC seemed powerless to mount a specific campaign to stop the … was about to be subverted by force…
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad 1906 - 1990
… 1906 The African National Congress (ANC) sends a delegation to the UK in response to the … black residents of their legally bought land. 1919 The ANC sends…
ArticleArmed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990
… continued until 1986, when the African National Congress (ANC) called on South Africans to make the country … which proved effective, were advocated for by…
ArticleContemporary issues: Women’s struggle, 1900-1994
… and HIV-treatment seems to be the most common. Under the Constitution of South Africa , women received formal …
EventDemocratic Party (DP) indicates its policies and outlines its proposed reforms
… stand on constitutional reform, calling for an entrenched constitution incorporating a Bill of Rights, an independent judiciary and for a federal…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… anti-pass campaign, which resulted in the banning of the ANC and the PAC following the Sharpeville Massacre. In … Trial to its conclusion in 1961. That same…
Political executions
… Poqo members. Killings in Paarl. Lebajoa, Peter 1984/08 ANC members. Treason/murder of farmer (1978). Letsoare, … Killings in Paarl. Mahlangu, Solomon, 21…
Grade 4 term 2 Timeline: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… 1942 He starts attending African National Congress (ANC) meetings informally 1943 He enrols at the University of … and discrimination. 1944 Mandela…
My Body Was Dying by Edwin Cameron (The Con), 10 March 2016
… Now we had started on the road to democracy, with a Constitution that included all South Africans equally in the … sexual orientation helped win over…
ArticleThe Congress of the People, Kliptown 1955
… Albert Luthuli , the banned National President of the ANC said: "‘Why will this assembly be significant and unique? … in the country." In the wake of the…
ArchiveCHAPTER 8 - Leading from behind Virtue and necessity, April 1984-June 1985 by Howard Barrell
… 1984 1 Introduction ‘[T]he people inside South Africa,’ ANC president Oliver Tambo told members of his organisation … very largely unable to integrate its…
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
… capital of Zambia, where the African National Congress (ANC) had its headquarters. In 1984 students resolved to … The petition echoed the million-signature…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… in Johannesburg. It attacks the African National Congress (ANC) Programme of Action . March, Dr A.B. Xuma resigns from the African National Congress (ANC)…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Introduction by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… with her involvement in the African National Congress (ANC); and with her involvement in the organization of women through the ANC Women's League and the…
Introduction - My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… with her involvement in the African National Congress (ANC); and with her involvement in the organization of women through the ANC Women's League and the…
Say It out Loud - The 1909 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 13th April 1909
… desirable, has so far progressed that a draft South Africa Constitution Act has been prepared, and is now under the … consideration of the various Colonial…
ArticleTimeline — Land Dispossession and Restitution in South Africa - 1995-2013
… the advent of democratic rule in 1994, the newly elected ANC led government was faced with the task of dealing with a … the area by 2014. 5 May, Julius…
EventThe last sitting of an all-white Parliament
… issues in the 1980s led to the adoption of a new constitution for the Republic of South Africa, in which … into effect on 22 September 1984, under the South…
EventTransvaal Anti-SAIC Committee decided to revive the old TIC
… scale to participation by Indians and Coloureds in the new Constitution. In 1983, the National Party (NP) Government introduced an amendment to the South…
The turn to armed struggle
… Following the Sharpeville Massacre, the state banned the ANC and PAC in April 1960 under the Unlawful Organisations … and banning of leading political…
ArticleJames Sebe Moroka Timeline 1892 - 2012
… becomes involved with the African National Congress (ANC) . 1943 Moroka is a member of the Atlantic Charter Committee of the ANC. 1946 Moroka plays a leading…
Biographical contribution on Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
… of parliament representing the African National Congress (ANC) .This however, is despite her fervent struggle for … in Medical Technology, Madlala-Routledge…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… meeting in Port Elizabeth. The theme of the meeting is ‘ANC – People’s Revolutionary Movement and Agent for Change’. … South Africa holds local government…