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ArchiveChapter 14 Out of prison: 28 February 1985 as a free person by Denis Goldberg
… was incredible after the relative calm and silence of our political prison wing in Pretoria where there were seldom … thought. I embraced Esmé in the kombi,…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 94th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2006
… consists in the imperative that we should use our political power to accelerate the advance towards achieving … the 2000 NGC said: “(We must) implement and…
ArticleThe death of Samora Machel
… Tupolev TU 134A turned towards the South African border in response to signals from a VOR ( a very high frequency …
ArticleWomen’s Revolts in Natal: 1959
… earlier for being in possession of dangerous weapons. In response to that, they then marched to the police station …
Rejuvenation of the ANC and intensification of the struggle 1940s
… African professionals and intellectuals of varied political views - met on December 13 and 14, 1943, in …
ArticleAccount of events: Rand Rebellion 1922
… never in doubt, for Smuts only directs final assaults for political acclaim when the issue is absolutely safe'. Fisher …
People Against Gangsterism and Drugs
… a threat to Islamic values. It also aims to create better political representation for South African Muslims. Due to …
ArticleWorld War I
… first genocides of the twentieth century. The social and political consequences of the War were far reaching. When …
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Formation of the International Socialist League (ISL)
… Party under Colonel Cresswell was the predominant party political voice of organised white labour in South Africa. By …
ArticleHow Lenin and Stalin are remembered today?
… outweigh those caused by the brutality of the Nazi regime. Political Importance: Russia and the subsequent challenge to …
ArticleCape Youth Congress (CAYCO)
… members of the ANC and its military wing MK. By 1985 political violence sweeping across the country had reached …
We are no longer in France - Book Launch
… liberation struggle intensified, the PCA’s concern with political and social justice attracted growing numbers of … socialist visions. While the PCA’s vision…
ArchiveChristian principles and race problems by Jan H. Hofmeyr
… towards fellow men. This address clearly describes the political atmosphere in South Africa at the time and the … towards fellow men. This address clearly…
ArchiveChristian principles and race problems
… towards fellow men. This address clearly describes the political atmosphere in South Africa at the time and the … towards fellow men. This address clearly…
EventNigeria gained independence from the United Kingdom
… power on the back of increasingly enthusiastic demands for political independence from colonial powers that swept across … and the AG mostly Yoruba and…
EventSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) is formed
… federation suffered major reversals after the banning of political organisations in 1960. Many SACTU members were also … against the apartheid regime. With…
EventCharles Nqakula , Minister of Safety and Security and Chairperson of the SACP, is born
… in the Eastern Cape. Nqakula, like his peers, developed political consciousness in the 1970's when he became political reporter for Imvo Zabantsundu in King…
EventJoe Slovo is born
… of Communism Act of 1951. However, Slovo and other political activists proceeded with their political engagements clandestinely. He was instrumental in …
EventWhite ministers and theologians of the DRC reject apartheid
… Church is convinced that the application of apartheid as a political and social system by which human dignity is adversely affected, and whereby one…
EventZimbabwe becomes a member of the United Nations (UN)
… unified. However, factions soon developed, leading to the political turmoil currently experienced in Zimbabwe. Despite its political tensions, Zimbabwe was…
EventThe Azanian People’s Organisation is formed
… Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: …
EventSipho Malaza allegedly dies in detention
… Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: …
EventJimmy Kruger announces amendment to the Internal Security Act
… Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: …
EventChief Mangosuthu Buthelezi calls for National Convention
… in South Africa to make a decision on the country's future political direction. This call was rejected by Prime Minister … yet more violence. Such a stance,…
EventChief Albert Luthuli, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former President of the ANC, is killed in Groutville
… as a teacher and lay preacher in the Methodist Church. His political activities and defiance brought him into direct … his home. This, however, did not stop…
EventCODESA 1 convenes in Johannesburg
… several months of negotiating, delegations from nineteen political organisations and the South African government … It aimed: to take the lead in creating a…
EventFifty killed over three days during Inkatha
… between the African National Congress (ANC) and other political formations and the Apartheid regime. A further … of a Third Force emerged and much of the…
EventThe TRC refuses amnesty to Hani’s killers
… that both applicants failed to make a full disclosure and political motivation in respect of any of the relevant and … or espoused a policy of violence or…
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections
… polls to vote for a government of their choice. Nineteen political parties participated and twenty-two million people … took place in a festive atmosphere,…
Document 91. ‘April 6: People’s Protest Day’. Flyer issued by the ANC (Transvaal) and the Transvaal Indian Congress
… is that enunciated by the A.N.C. and by no European political organisation in South Africa. The A. N. C. calls … and, therefore, a most legitimate and humane…