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Down with Afrikaans - Oakes, D. (ed)(1988). Illustrated history of South Africa – The real story, Reader’s Digest story: Cape Town.
… The government and the ANC have held discussions at the Presidency, Pretoria, today 6 August 1990. 1. The Government and the ANC have again committed…
Chapter 9 - Division weakens the movement
… itself, previously an uncontested Congress stronghold, the ANC (according to one boycott leader, Dan Mokonyane) was … its reaction in the radical nationalism…
ArchiveInterview with Ashby Peter Solomzi Mda
… the Transkei. He was prominent among the founders of the ANC Youth League in 1943-44, and served as its president … became a partisan of the Africanist…
EventA list of people prohibited from attending gatherings is published in the Government Gazette
… attending public meetings were African National Congress (ANC) leaders. They included Albert Luthuli, Oliver Tambo, … At the time of its publication…
EventInaugural Conference of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
… union co-ordinating body and the trade union wing of the ANC led Congress Alliance. After Sharpeville most of the … went into exile, were banned, banished,…
EventWalter Sisulu, Raymond Mhlaba and Ahmed Kathrada address the public after 26 years
… Sisulu, Raymond Mhlaba of the African National Congress (ANC) and Ahmed Kathrada of the Transvaal Indian Congress … (TIC) on 15 October 1989, a rally was…
EventLegal action against election results
… in those areas. This followed African National Congress (ANC) complaints about administrative chaos and intimidation … the second election of a democratic…
EventPolitical parties call for Constitutional changes
… clause proposed by the NNP. The African National Congress (ANC) was criticised for supporting the NNP call. They were both (ANC and NNP) accused of…
EventPolitical activist and lawyer A. P. Mda is born
… Youth League presented the Programme of Action (PA) at the ANC's Cape Provincial Conference held in Port Elizabeth in … of the breakaway group from the…
All Gwede’s horses and all Gwede’s men… can’t put Cosatu together again by Stephen Grootes (The Daily Maverick), 11 November 2014
… He’s been Chair of the SACP, Secretary General of the ANC, and general secretary of Cosatu’s now biggest affiliate … is “bad for Cosatu, bad for the alliance…
Dr Piet Koornhof, one of the most controversial figures in South African history, dies
… Koornhof surprised many of his comrades when he joined the ANC, serving as Member of Parliament. His eldest son, Dr Gerhard Koornhof, also joined the ANC in…
EventTrade union federation, COSATU, celebrates its 26th anniversary
… Tripartite Alliance with the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP). The … strong despite COSATU’s disagreement with…
Emissaries from Russia
… meeting of the National Executive Committee of the ANC adopted on the 23rd June, 1992. 2. In my Memorandum and the statement of the ANC we pointed out that…
Chief Albert Luthuli Memorial Lecture by President Jacob Zuma at Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, 24 November 2010, Durban
… the life and teachings of Chief Luthuli not only as an ANC leader, but also as a leader beyond the confines of the … leadership qualities, it is not…
Book launch: Attacking the Heart of Apartheid by Yunus Carrim
… largely untold. Formed under the direct command of ANC president Oliver Tambo and senior ANC and SACP leader Joe Slovo, this elite unit executed some … role…
ArchiveDemocracy and the Left in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Ben Turok interviewed by Carilee Osborne
… Turok, now 92 years old, was an African National Congress (ANC) Member of Parliament in South Africa for 20 years. Turok … vocal critic of corruption and…
Thanks, Jimi, this is good for you and the broader SA (The Times Editorial), 28 June 2016
… news that projects South Africa as a haven and the ruling ANC as the beginning and the end. Motsoeneng believes that … state. Now, in 2016, the SABC under…
EventThe UN General Assembly adopts resolution 1881, requesting South Africa to release all political prisoners
… organisations such as the African National Congress (ANC). By 1950, the ANC's Programme of Action was implemented, which called for a … as Sharpeville…
EventVanessa Brereton, former human rights lawyer, admits that she was an Apartheid spy
… the Apartheid regime. When the African National Congress (ANC) was unbanned in 1990, she was unanimously elected as the … for the Port Elizabeth branch. Her…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Timeline
… Africa’s first constitution 8 Jan 1912 Formation of the ANC 1948 National Party comes to power 1955 26 June, Adoption … in a Cape Town hospital 1987 July,…
EventLesotho’s Foreign Affairs Minister reveals details of agreement with Pik Botha
… Congress Party (BC), if Lesotho will expel members of the ANC. This was the first implicit indication from SA that the … South Africa fled to Lesotho,…
ArchiveBiography of Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin by Victoria Sedeno
… activist who was detained for her work in the underground ANC during the height of the anti-apartheid struggle reveal … journalist, her work in the…
ArchiveGeorge Peake by David Hemson
… member of the Coloured People's Congress, allied to the ANC, and soon became its national President. He was a … Africa. In exile in Africa he participated…
Dr. Pallo Jordan’s speech at the 20th anniversary of the Bisho massacre, 07 September, 2012
… On the 8th September 1992, then President of the ANC, Comrade Nelson Mandela’s issued a public statement on … the Boipatong massacre! During the centenary…
Condolence book for Comrade Ahmed Kathrada, 28 March 2017
… today, 28 March 2017. Members and supporters of the ANC, the Alliance, MDM formations and South Africans at … book in honor of Comrade Kathy which will be…
NDCA Statement, 3 April 2012
… The NDCA of the ANC has informed Comrade Julius Malema and Comrade Floyd … against the sentence handed out to them by the NDC of the ANC will be held on 12…
EventTwenty former SA political prisoners launched a campaign against apartheid laws
… campaign came a month after the African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela met with President P.W. Botha at … a statement saying, that only…
EventRobert McBride is born
… The African National Congress (ANC) member and current chief of Ekurhuleni Metro Police, … was born in Addington Hospital, Durban. McBride led the ANC's…
EventSisulu is served with two notifications
… The then African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General, Walter Sisulu, was served with two … or office-bearer from certain organisations such as the ANC…
EventState of emergency is lifted in Natal
… of the violence caused by a power struggle between the ANC and the IFP in that province. Both the ANC and the IFP welcomed the decision. The state of…