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ArticleCODESA 2 Timeline
… its constitutional principles. 08 January 1992: The ANC gives it annual statement. 20 January 1992: 5 Working … demonstrators gather outside the legislature…
EventThe International Labour Organisation calls for South Africa's withdrawal at the Geneva Conference
On 29 June 1961, during its plenary conference in Geneva, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) adopted a resolution condemning the racial policies of…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… as an armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). The formation of the MK Umkhonto weSizwe ("Spear of the … white minority government. The African…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 The Mughal Empire
The Mughals were a powerful Turkic-Mongol tribe that originated from Central Asia.[1] The Mughal Empire controlled most of Northern India from the 16th to the…
EventUS Secretary of State Cyrus Vance travels to South Africa to promote transition to black rule in Namibia
… during World War I and retained it after the war under a League of Nations mandate. In the years that followed, South … Assembly passed resolution 2145 (XXI)…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1970-1979
… By the 1970s a number of leading figures in the ANC were in prison while others were in exile. Those that … These countries played an important role for the…
ArticleThe co-optation of the African National Congress: South Africa’s original ‘State Capture’, Sampie Terreblanche
… to the presidency of the African National Congress (ANC) last month, it is vital to understand deep structural … justice. The ideological shifts that took…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… Principles CODESA 2 Plenary The Aftermath of CODESA 2 ANC National Conference and Plans of Mass Action Codesa … Massacre on 17 June Rumours of Police…
ArticleGrade 11 Topic 3 – Source-Based Questions
An image showing the persecution of German Jews after the Nazi took powerImage Source Source 3A The source below shows how the Nuremberg laws affected…
Document 45 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Left Opposition to Cape Town comrades, 23 October 1932
… you already established the connexion with the Communist League of Africa? If not it is desirable to do it … only. As concerns these questions the American…
ArticleReactions to Silverton Siege 1980
… and prominent personalities both locally and abroad. The ANC sent an appeal to the United Nations: ‘We call upon the … Marais Viljoen commuted the three men…
EventWendy Botha, South Africa’s world champion surfer is born
Wendy Botha was born in East London on 28 August 1965.[i] She began surfing at the age of 13, and won four consecutive South African National Championships…
ArticleArmed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990
… continued until 1986, when the African National Congress (ANC) called on South Africans to make the country … which proved effective, were advocated for by…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… anti-pass campaign, which resulted in the banning of the ANC and the PAC following the Sharpeville Massacre. In … Trial to its conclusion in 1961. That same…
Political executions
… Poqo members. Killings in Paarl. Lebajoa, Peter 1984/08 ANC members. Treason/murder of farmer (1978). Letsoare, … Killings in Paarl. Mahlangu, Solomon, 21…
ArticleThe Congress of the People, Kliptown 1955
… Albert Luthuli , the banned National President of the ANC said: "‘Why will this assembly be significant and unique? … in the country." In the wake of the…
ArticleCongress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa
… which is currently led by the African National Congress (ANC) towards a more unified and strong South Africa. … the beginning, Inkatha became quite close…
Document 43 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi fo Leon Trotsky, 10 August 1932
… me you shall have seen a letter I send to the Communist League of America Opposition. Quite a lot has happened in the … Party are forming a common front in…
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
… capital of Zambia, where the African National Congress (ANC) had its headquarters. In 1984 students resolved to … The petition echoed the million-signature…
OR Tambo Memorial Lecture delivered by President Jacob Zuma, 25 October 2015, Port Elizabeth
… ANC provincial chairperson, Members of the ANC NEC, Provincial Leadership of the ANC, Leadership of the … He was among the founding members of the ANC Youth…
ArchiveChapter 16 Tee Shirts, Music and More Solidarity by Denis Goldberg
… people. Mandela’s name was better known than that of the ANC. We in the ANC worked hard to change the focus of the campaign from … shirts promoting the ANC…
Cyril Ramaphosa: Can ‘Mr Nice’ Be A Decisive President? Some say he lacks decisiveness, also in pursuit of his own interests by Liesl Pretorius (Huff Post), 21 August 2017
… Cheryl Carolus, who was deputy secretary-general of the ANC while Ramaphosa was secretary-general and considers … itself as the antithesis of the captured…
Chapter III - The world outside
… members of the PAC, now itself underground like the ANC. Unlike Umkhonto, it did not confine its violence to … It had always been the most militant…
The turn to armed struggle
… Following the Sharpeville Massacre, the state banned the ANC and PAC in April 1960 under the Unlawful Organisations … and banning of leading political…
ArticleJames Sebe Moroka Timeline 1892 - 2012
… becomes involved with the African National Congress (ANC) . 1943 Moroka is a member of the Atlantic Charter Committee of the ANC. 1946 Moroka plays a leading…
ArticleMiriam Makeba: Activist on Two Fronts by Connor Kirkpatrick
… She was very grateful and would go on to participate in ANC meetings and perform in freedom concerts. She said …
ArchiveInterim Government now!
… Yellow poster with black lettering. ANY Youth League Logo. List of demands …
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1999
… by only 16 political parties: African National Congress (ANC), Democratic Party (DP), New National Party (NNP), … Party of Azania (SOPA). Prior to the…
ArticleThe banning of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and student politics in the 1980s
… first of these was the formation of the Soweto Students League (SSL) in March 1978, an attempt to revive the SSRC and … Moremi inspired the formation of the…
BiographyShirish Nanabhai
… remembered driving Joe Matthews – a leading member of the ANC and SACP at the time – with Suliman “Babla” Saloojee to …