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EventP.W. Botha becomes Prime Minister
… resignation by Prime Minister B.J. Vorster, the National Party caucus elected Pieter Willem Botha, the Minister of Defence and leader of the National Party…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: The SACP and Early Socialist Traditions. Convenor: Natasha Erlank
… hundreds of thousands. By the mid-1920s, the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) saw black workers as the … “‘Hundreds of Native Workers are Joining the…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the Second Annual Raymond Mhlaba Memorial Lecture, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 12 October 2009, Port Elizabeth
… and members of the Alliance, is the creation of a united, non-racial, non-sexist, prosperous and democratic … as the Alliance is therefore to ensure a strong…
South Africa in the 1900s (1900-1917)
… in 1914 by the formation of the Afrikaner National Party (NP) under General Hertzog . The NP dedicated itself … Dube . A minister and schoolteacher who had…
Chapter 6 - TOWARDS HOME
… From: The South African Communist Party In Exile 1963 - 1990 The 7th Congress, organised in … and attended by 49 delegates, was the highest point the Party…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1910s
… African Native National Congress. Afrikaaner Nationalist Party formed by General Hertzog - pledged to achieve … and strike leaders deported by General Smuts…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… every institution throughout the country. The National Party held the parliamentary seat in Rustenburg throughout … and in the first election his…
EventTanganyika becomes a member of the UN
… On 14 December 1961, Tanganyika became a member of the United Nations(UN) and two years later, in 1963 it merged … on 1 December 1964 the two countries…
EventSteytler launches a nationwide protest campaign against the General Laws Amendment Bill
… Dr. Jan Steytler, leader of the Progressive Party, which was later renamed Progressive Federal Party (PFP) launched a nationwide protest campaign against ……
EventJaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenyan independence leader dies
… away from democracy, resigned to form his own opposition party. The new party, Kenya People’s Union (KPU) was constantly harassed and … his quest for…
ArchiveCHAPTER FIVE: The Politics Of Collaboration: The Campaign for Participation In The Tricameral Parliament by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
THE POLITICS OF COLLABORATION: THE CAMPAIGN FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE TRICAMERAL PARLIAMENT
… tricameral parliament took place on 28 August 1984. The United Nations Security Council dismissed the elections as … or participation. Success was assessed…
ArticleEuropean missionaries in southern Africa: the role of the missionaries
… the fruits of their labours with too much joy. The United Missionary Conference reports for 1884 consistently … presence in some areas dating back over four…
Speech by Oliver Tambo on the occasion of the award of an honorary Doctorate to Nelson Mandela by the Karl Marx University of the German Democratic Republic, 11 November 1987, Leipzig
… Members of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, Members of the Council, staff and students … Africa and many other Western…
Speech on the Occasion of the Award of an Honorary Doctorate to Nelson Mandela by The Karl Marx University of the German Democratic Republic by O. R. Tambo, Leipzig, 11 November 1987
… Members of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, Members of the Council, staff and students … Africa and many other Western…
Introduction - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… racial problems, and many still have them today. In the United States race discrimination features prominently in … the country and the sterile, cowardly…
Chief Albert Luthuli Centenary Lecture by President Jacob Zuma, 7 September 2012, Kimberley, Northern Cape
… or moderation from the Government, be it Nationalist or United Party? No! "On the contrary, the past thirty years have seen … speaking visit by the…
Umrabulo - Issue No.11, 2nd Quarter 2001
… to transform South Africa into a non-racial, non-sexist, united democracy. The main clauses of the Charter inspired … have equal rights, as such, to achieve…
EventDr. Albert Hertzog is attacked by Ben Schoeman
… During his first speech as a member of Herstigte Nationale Party (HNP) a far-right political party that emerged in 1969, Dr. Albert Hertzog was scornfully ……
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces Whites-only referendum results
… with the African National Congress (ANC), the Democratic Party (now Democratic Alliance (DA)] and the National Party (NP). Those opposed to reforms were the…
EventSmuts becomes Prime Minister
… in April 1923, when the two opposition parties, the Labour Party (LP) and National Party (NP), agreed to join forces against the South African Party (SAP) in…
EventCPSA is founded
… The founding conference of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) took place in Cape Town from 30 July to 1 August 1921, however, the party was founded…
EventUDF men takes refuge in the US consulate
… Crisis Committee) all of them senior members of the United Democratic Front (UDF) took refuge in the United States consul general's office after escaping…
Statement at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa and Namibia, 11 August 1981
… all racial groups. Their determination borne out of anger united them even more. Their resolve was firm. I quote: "We … from the reserves and the villages…
Opening Address to the ANC’s 48th National Conference by O. R. Tambo, Durban, 2 July 1991
… rule. We salute our allies in the South African Communist Party and the Congress of South African Trade Unions. We … we met Kwame Nkrumah. It was there that…
EventThe Committee of Artists of the World against Apartheid is established in Paris
… Apartheid was established in Paris with the support of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid. The United Nations Special Committee against…
ArticleA Luta Continua Dialogues, Episode 2: Policing and Resistance
… which resulted in the passing of 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution . Abolition Resources | CRITICAL …
Chapter 25. A Reichstag Fire Trial Replete With A Van Der Lubbe
… In the general election of May 1948, the Nationalist Party polled 400,453 votes and its ally, the Afrikaner Party, 41,885, a total of 442,338 votes. On the…
EventNP set to withdraw from GNU
… Deputy President F.W. de Klerk announced that the National Party was to withdraw from the Government of National Unity … meant the NP was declaring itself an…
2. Potchefstroom: A Fighting Location
… the lead in responding to their grievances, the Communist Party also dispatched some of its precious few African … the courts. When a location committee…