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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,…
EventThe ANC calls for a day of protest and observes this day as 'South Africa Freedom Day' for the first time
… disrupting meetings held by the Convention organizers.In response to the 1st May call to "Stay at Home", the …
PlaceCarletonville
… history and evidence for one kind of extreme strategic response to the strife of that period which. In the shifting …
Document 54 - K. A. Jordaan, “What are the National Groups in South Africa? A Contribution to the Symposium”, Forum Club, Cape Town, May 1954
… without a thorough assessment of the extant social and political arrangements. The truth is always concrete. 1. The … are two prongs to the national question…
ANC President Nelson Mandela’s press statement on the Bisho Massacre King William’s Town - 8 September 1992
… a capacity to map our country's way forward are all the political formations and movements that share a common … in the first instance by the state and by…
Bibliographical Data
… on the Defiance Campaign. Dr. S. M. Molema collected political material and correspondence that are available from … Race Relations (London: Merlin Press,…
Document 16 - F. W. de Klerk’s speech at the opening of Parliament
… undertaken; The Alliance Secretariat should assume political oversight of the Task Team and develop its work … the same time, this paper reflects the concern…
WE HAVE THE KEY TO FREEDOM NOT THE OPPRESSOR, December 16, 1957
… of the law by the police; Bannings and deportations of political leaders; Deposition and banishment of African … Congress but of all African leaders of all…
ArchiveAppendix 7 South Africa, the transition to democracy and the banning of torture, by Denis Goldberg
… after the Sharpeville massacre, when thousands of political activists were arrested, torture was used against … he had been compelled to say more than he…
ArticleSouth Africa needs a national holiday on 16 November to acknowledge its indentured
… cultural and religious artefacts by not only suppressing political freedom, but also stifling religious choices in … in this initiative. Government agencies…
A City within a city: Vestiges of the socio-spatial imprint of colonial and apartheid Durban, from the 1870s to 1980s by Leonard Glenn Rosenberg
… as "Currie’s", which served as a sports, cultural and political protest venue for seven decades. This urban … that are of cultural, educational, religious,…
EventSASOL plant under attack
… at the time had the power to hold people suspected of political crimes indefinitely, without access to a lawyer or … Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999)…
EventThe apartheid government reportedly pays compensation for death of Steve Biko
… Steve Biko was born in King Williams Town and began his political career as the co-founder of the all-black South … Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999)…
EventCODESA II Talks end in deadlock
… Established by the end of 1991, it included diverse political representation. Certain political parties decided not to participate, including the … the Zulu…
The purpose of the Archie Mafeje Annual Memorial Lecture by Sehlare Makgetlaneng (Pambazuka News), 31 March, 2016
… to the concrete understanding of the African socio-political and economic situation. He emphasised the … each nation and a re-arrangement of social,…
Dr. Nelson Mandela’s acceptance address at the Clark University Investiture Atlanta, Georgia, 10 July 1993
… called grand apartheid, crafted the Freedom Charter, a political programme born of our struggle and rooted in South … one group. A Bill of rights cannot be…
The Mission: A Life for Freedom in South Africa by Denis Goldberg
… in Cape Town, 1933 – 1949 Chapter 3 University Chapter 4 Political activity 1950-1963 Chapter 5 Last resort: armed … 1: Time Line of South African history…
EventNon military national service for objectors
… The offer is not extended to objectors motivated by political values. The number of conscientious objectors to … the lives of many South African soldiers and…
EventPresident Vorster challenges Dr Rhoodie
… Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: …
EventPAC leader Robert Sobukwe is released
… the Minister of Justice to prolong the detention of any political prisoner indefinitely. Subsequently, Sobukwe was … 1950. Sobukwe was therefore prohibited…
EventNelson Mandela is voted the greatest South African
… Former SA president and long serving political prisoner, Nelson Mandela, was voted the Greatest … African of all time. The program was stopped because of…