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EventThe Rivonia Trialists are charged with sabotage and attempting to violently overthrow the state
… arrested many prominent leaders of the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto weSizwe (MK). Amongst them were, … years after the banishment of the ANC,…
EventTreason Trial of 16 UDF members resumes
… with endorsing the ideas of the banned African National Congress (ANC). They were: Mewalal Ramgobin, Chanderdeo … rest were members of UDF-aligned Transvaal…
EventSecurity Council examines violence in South Africa
… Forty-Eight Member States as well as the African National Congress President Nelson Mandela, Pan African Congress President Clarence Makwetu and South Africa…
EventThe Azanian People’s Liberation Army (APLA) disbands
… was the underground military wing of the Pan African Congress (PAC). APLA was formed in the 1960s, after the … other political organisations such as the…
EventSANDF soldiers strike
… we Sizwe" (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA), the armed wing of the Pan…
ArchiveThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad by Max Rossiter
… majority rule of South Africa. The African National Congress (ANC) also had a long history of internationalism. … as typified by the 1963-1964 Rivonia…
ArchiveThe Story of Jean Middleton by Grant Rohrmann
… involved in anti-apartheid activism. She joined the Congress of Democrats (COD) in hopes that she could make a … slip an envelope under the door of Jean…
Chapter 5
… Association, the Trade Unions, the African National Congress and the Teachers' Association were all affiliated to … teachers the Teachers' Associations, and…
ArticleLegacy: A Timeline of HIV/AIDS by Carlos Motta
… number will jump to at least 2 or 3 million within 5 to 10 years." 1987 AZT, the first antiretroviral drug, becomes … Keith Haring dies from AIDS-related…
Women delegates to the inaugural conference of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW)
… Cape Town : 1. Dora Tamana – African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) , Retreat Women’s Vigilance … League. 9. Katie White – Guardian Christmas Club…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… that preferential rights to each stand be sold for 5 to 10 years with a monthly rental of 10s; Jan Eloff asks for a … stands in Johannesburg, including No…
Memorandum To The United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, April 1964
… On behalf of the South African Indian Congress I express my appreciation for this opportunity to … the great Mahatma Gandhi who founded the Natal Indian…
Document 47. Minutes of the Annual Conference of the ANC, December 15-19, 1949
… 1. Conference opened at 10:10 a.m. on the 15th December 1949. In the absence of the … R.H.GodIo, M.J. Sipamla, Nyasaland African National Congress, and the S…
Indian South Africans timeline 1940-1949
… is held between the Nationalist Bloc, Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) leadership and the Indian Agent-General, Sir … for Asiatic Rights. The Reverend Scott…
EventPaarl Riots report submitted
… on Poqo, an armed offshoot of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). Snyman had heard evidence detailing the … PAC and Umkhonto we Sizwe with the banned African…
EventAmy Biehl is murdered in Cape Town
… surrounded the vehicle, shouting the Pan African Congress (PAC) militant slogan "One settler, one bullet!" Amy … during a Sunday evening service. The African…
EventThree people are murdered at Eikenhof
… James Bholo and Sipho Samuel Gavin, three African National Congress (ANC) activists were found guilty of their murders … and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)…
EventDate is set for constitutional talks
… to make final arrangements for CODESA. The Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC), arguing that the constitutional talks should … CODESA and accused the government…
EventInkatha Freedom Party is concerned about stability
… blamed for the murder of G'caba by the African National Congress. Mr Xolo was the Chairman of the IFP Youth Brigade … in Richmond. All were members of the…
EventMlungisi Sisulu dies.
… both in the 1970s and 1980s. As a youth, he joined the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) and also became chairman of the Dube branch of the Soweto…
EventSix Treason Trialists miss resumption of trial
… Trengove, for the Crown. He said that the African National Congress(ANC) consisted of “intelligent politicians” who were … at the Treason Trial 1956-60’from…
EventSA Police kills eleven Pondo tribesmen when they revolt against the imposition of Bantu authorities.
… one hand, there were the people of the African National Congress and the Pan Africanist Congress, who rejected the system of Black authorities …
ArchiveThoughts on Winnie Mandela by Enuga Reddy
… in love with Nelson Mandela. From our first date on March 10 1956, Madiba spoke to me about his classmates from Wits … forced our organisation to be…
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… many years there was tension within the African National Congress (ANC) between those with different ideological and … liberation struggle. Many members of…
68. Passive resistance 1946-1947
… by a policy of weak-kneed appeasement. When the present Congress leaders assumed office, the first question they … and the farther the masses were kept away…
ArticleThe 1992 Whites only referendum ‘For’ or ‘Against’ a negotiated constitution
… to negotiations between the NP and the African National Congress (ANC) to end apartheid. During the second round of … were representatives of the ANC and the…
ArticleStates of Emergency in South Africa: the 1960s and 1980s
… we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC) – precipitated the declaration of the State of … Africa. What began as a peaceful march…
Article”People’s Power!”, 1986
… In January 1986, the UDF met the African National Congress (ANC) for talks in Stockholm. It was at these talks … through better organisation and working…
The Mass Democratic Movement, February 1988 - January 1990
… began to work above ground, forming closer relations with Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) , which was … the two formed closer relations with…
Evidence before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the house of commons: Oliver Tambo, 29 October 1985, London
… would describe to us the structure of the African National Congress and its organisation. TAMBO : May I begin by … thrust upon us, that we have rejected and…