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January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 87th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1999
… Today, we mark the 87th Anniversary of the birth of the African National Congress. Since its birth, this organisation of the people of … fraud. On this…
EventPixley Seme, lawyer, journalist and co-founder of SANNC is born
… in Natal (now kwaZulu Natal). Seme was a founding member of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) in 1912, which was renamed the African…
BiographyVirginia Engel
… in politics at Livingstone High School , where several of her teachers were involved in the Unity Movement and the … Affairs Department (Anti-CAD) activities…
BiographyGreg Marinovich
… The first pictures Marinovich took of a news event were of Archbishop Desmond Tutu when he led a church service in … Nancefield hostel, where a battle…
BiographyJoseph Johannes Marks
… staying away from work on 16 and 17 June, at the height of the Soweto Uprising. Active in liberation politics since … the period 1980 to 1981, he was the…
BiographyAchmad Cassiem
… Imam Achmad Cassiem was born 12th of December in 1945 and grew up in an Islamic environment. He became politicised in the 1960s when the Pan Africanist…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki on the Occasion of the Freedom Day Celebrations at the ABSA Stadium, Durban 27 April 2005
… Director of Ceremonies, Mike Mabuyakhulu, Your Majesty, King Goodwill Zwelithini, Honourable Minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan, Honourable Minister…
ArchiveDiscussions with Silvino Da Luz, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cape Verde: Praia, 25 March 1984
… Report by Mr D W Steward of the Department of Foreign Affairs, regarding discussions with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cape Verde,…
ArchiveStatement of the National Executive Committee of the National Executive Committee announcing the dissolution of the United Democratic Front
… Statement of the National Executive Committee of the National Executive Committee announcing the dissolution of the United Democratic Front. … Statement of…
ArchiveMinutes of the second general meeting of the Society for the Abolition of the Death Penalty in South Africa
… Minutes of the Second General meeting of the Society for the Abolition of the Death Penalty in South Africa held on 24 May 1989 at … Minutes of the second…
BiographyHugh Masekela
… and Dudu Pukwana. Masekela also formed an integral part of the orchestra for the South African Broadway-style musical … End for two years. This successful…
ANC to convene Provincial Memorial Services in honour of Madiba, 8 December 2013
… The African National Congress, South Africans and the world at large continues to … gratitude to every person who observed the National Day of Prayer and…
EventJoaquim Chissano succeeds Samora Machel as president of Mozambique
… Following almost 400 years of Portuguese presence, Mozambique became an independent … apartheid South Africa. At this time, the African National Congress(ANC…
BiographyStephen Bantu Biko
… Introduction Stephen (Steve) Bantu Biko was a popular voice of Black liberation in South Africa between the mid 1960s and … got involved with the local…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 86th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January, 1998
… Compatriots: Today we mark the 86th anniversary of the people's organisation, the African National Congress. As in previous years, we take advantage of this…
EventuMkhoto weSizwe (MK) launches its first acts of sabotage
… On this date, uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress (ANC) announced its existence by launching its first acts of…
BiographySipo Elijah Mzimela
… become a priest. He obtained a degree from the University of South Africa that enabled him to teach. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) and became…
EventAdriaan Vlok, Minister of Law and Order, announces a ban on the carrying of pangas, bush knives and axes weapons in “conflict situations”
… The ongoing violence between African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters … was the reason that the ANC demanded that the…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Second Joint Sitting of the Third Democratic Parliament Cape Town: February 11 2005
… Madame Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly; Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson … 1996 Constitution the alternative vision adopted at the…
BiographyDr. Frene Noshir Ginwala
… April 1932 in Johannesburg in what was then the Province of the Transvaal (now Gauteng Province). Her politics would … The ANC grew out of the South African…
ArchiveMaseru : the certainty of their defeat drives them to massacre. : The certainty of our victory grows out of mobilisation.
… White poster with black lettering. Black and white image of people protesting. … Maseru : the certainty of their defeat drives them to massacre. : The…
EventBantu Holomisa deposes Stella Sigcau as President of the Transkei
… 30 December 1987, Major General Bantu Holomisa, commander of the Transkei Defence Force (TDF), a staunch African National Congress (ANC) activist, led a…
Statement on naming of OR Tambo International Airport, 31 October 2006
… The African National Congress commends the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, the Department of Arts and Culture, Department of Transport and the Airports…
EventSamora Machel pledges solidarity with the people of South Africa
… President Samora Machel of Mozambique pledged solidarity with the South African … were killed. Machel, together with the African National Congress (ANC)…
Speech by OR Tambo on the occasion of installation as the Chancellor of the University of Fort Hare and on being awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws, 19 October 1991
… Speech by OR Tambo on the occasion of installation as the Chancellor of the University of Fort Hare and on being awarded the Honorary Degree of …
Statement of the Chairperson of SADC and President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the Launch of the SADC Free Trade Area, Sandton, South Africa, 17th August 2008.
… Statement of the Chairperson of SADC and President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the Launch …
Speech of the President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, at the funeral of the National Chairperson of the ANC, Oliver Reginald Tambo Johannesburg, 2 May 1993
… Speech of the President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, at the funeral of the National Chairperson of the ANC, Oliver Reginald Tambo …
Message of the President of the ANC, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, on the occasion of the graduation ceremony at the University of Natal 23 April 1993
… Message of the President of the ANC, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, on the occasion of the graduation ceremony at the University of Natal 23 …
Response of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Debate of the State of the Nation Address, Parliament, Cape Town,14 February 2008.
… Response of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Debate of the State of the Nation Address, Parliament, Cape Town,14 …
First National Consultative Conference: The Freedom Charter revolutionary programme of the ANC, 26 April 1969, Morogoro
… two hundred and fifty years the African people fought wars of resistance against the European invaders in defence of … interests of the white minority only…