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ArticleThe impact of the War on Agriculture and Land
… the legislation of the 1913 Land Act. When the National Party (NP) was formed in 1915, most farmers in the OFS left the South African Party (SAP for the…
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
… a series of meetings which took place between the National Party officials and leaders of the ANC who were imprisoned. … first meeting in person. This was…
Address by Oliver Tambo at the 75th anniversary meeting of the African National Congress, 08 January 1987, Lusaka
… and more explosive, President Kaunda, together with his Party, UNIP, and its Government and the brotherly people of … under the leadership of our movement,…
Address by Oliver Tambo at the 75th anniversary meeting of the African National Congress, Lusaka, 8 January 1987
… and more explosive, President Kaunda, together with his Party, UNIP, and its Government and the brotherly people of … under the leadership of our movement,…
EventZANU-PF under Robert Mugabe wins the first free elections in Zimbabwe and Robert Mugabe becomes president
… regions of Matabeleland, whilst Bishop Abel Muzorewa's United African National Council, which had led the previous …
EventClements Kadalie dies
… with other organizations, such as the Communist Party of South Africa (now SACP). Due to his activities, … the 1930s and 40s failed, but he is credited with…
EventThe ANC calls for a day of protest and observes this day as 'South Africa Freedom Day' for the first time
… the African National Congress (Transvaal), the Communist Party of South Africa, the Indian Congress and the African … The Committee decided that, for the…
Declaration on Apartheid and its Destructive Consequences in Southern Africa
… has been liquidated and South Africa transformed into a united, democratic and non-racial country. We therefore … should follow. The declaration came after…
May Day
… celebrates the role played by Trade Unions, the Communist Party and other labour movements in the struggle against … was granted after the February…
EventFirst celebration of May Day in South Africa
… celebrates the role played by Trade Unions, the Communist Party and other labour movements in the struggle against … was granted after the February…
EventInternational celebration of ‘May Day’
… celebrates the role played by Trade Unions, the Communist Party and other labour movements in the struggle against … were granted after the February…
PlaceStatue of President Paul Kruger, Pretoria
… the Kruger National Park. A radical left-wing Political party in South Africa has called for a statue of Boer leader … itself as militant. Its leader, Julius…
1983, Volume 7 Dawn pages 4 and 5 Article: The great illusion
… are those who did not want to side with the Conservative Party and other so-called Verkramptes who called for a no … liberal organisations, including the…
Durban 1973, a National Breakthrough, in the Context of a Globally Developing Socialism? But what if the reality was actually an emergent 50-year international capitalist 'counterrevolution' of 1973-2022? by David Cooper
… issues like ‘the role of unions in relation to a workers party’ or ‘the crucial role of shopsteward organisation’ or … 1 million communists and allies…
ArticleThe Youth Struggle
… the Dutch Reformed Church. In 1948 the Afrikaner National Party won the general elections and set forth with its … movements aligned to the ANC. The…
Timeline: All-Africa Convention (AAC)
… Moroka, J. B. Marks, Edwin Mofutsanyane of the Communist Party of South Africa(CPSA), Clements Kadalie of the … was passed by a vote of 168 to 11. June, The…
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… to sing political songs and deliver two speeches at the United Nations. Key Words Miriam Makeba, music, Pata Pata, Soweto Blues, Graceland tour, United…
Chapter 19. The Dutch Reformed Churches - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… to play a leading part in the campaign of the Nationalist Party to disrupt the trade unions. They came out openly on … Nazi propaganda and to make converts…
Article1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
… safety of the public to be declared unlawful. The National Party government believed that by banning the ANC and PAC … Lesotho and London. The Rivonia trial…
Notes for address by President Nelson Mandela at a breakfast of the Raadzaal Rotary Club 17 September 1994
… 1950, by Allison Drew Document 79 - "What is the Communist Party? Lesson 4: What will be Done in the Bantu Republic?", … peasants will fight under the…
ArticleThe World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born
… revolutionary faction of the German Social Democratic Party that was anti-war.It agitated for mass strikes among … In January 1919 the Spartacist League…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
… Dinizulu in 1922. It later became the Inkatha Freedom Party . According to Encyclopedia Britannica : He used … in his PhD thesis on Inkatha and the…
Chapter 6 - Defining the agenda
… ANC and the NP to address the obstacles preventing multi-party negotiations. The path to multilateral negotiation was … assembly, elected on a one-person-one…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1920-1929
… July – 1 August, The founding conference of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) takes place in Cape Town and the party’s manifesto is adopted. The ISL…
ArticleThe Sedition Trial 1946 - 1948
… Among those arrested were leading members of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA, later renamed the South African Communist Party , SACP), African…
WE HAVE THE KEY TO FREEDOM NOT THE OPPRESSOR, December 16, 1957
… to us of the ten-year dictatorial rule of the Nationalist Party that has plagued our country since 1948 with apartheid, … in our struggle discourage us and…
I have written it by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - International Support: UNO - 1948
… to the USA on the 9 September 1947, to attend the United Nations. Mr. Ashwin Choudree accompanied me. We … at midnight on the 10 September 1947, and were…
Document 58 - Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, “The Opening Address at the Africanist Inaugural Convention”, 4 April 1959 [….]
… a scramble for Africa, and both the Soviet Union and the United States of America are trying to win the loyalty of the … leadership of Dr. Nkrumah and the…
Chapter 5 - TOWARDS PEOPLE’S WAR
… From: The South African Communist Party In Exile 1963 - 1990 The 1980s were the culmination of … 1970s. These developments, including the emergence of the…
Extracts from the book ‘A long walk to Freedom’. Nelson Mandela’s autobiography
… the intensification of the armed struggle; · the world was united against apartheid. 1.2 At the same time the liberation … in line with the emerging…