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EventThe National President of the Black People's Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
On 27 June 1976, almost two weeks after the Soweto Uprising on 16 June, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, the National President of the Black People's Convention (BPC),…
ArticleThe Youth Struggle
… the formation of the African National Congress Youth League in 1945, Youth politics took place without a national … society. Added to this, the African…
ArchiveMinutes of a conference held at 4 Eden Road, Glendinningvale, Port Elizabeth
… Women's Defence of the Constitution League minutes of a conference held at 4 Eden Road, …
ArchiveNotes on Letters from a Kindred Spirit: Ismail Mohamed by Roseinnes Phahle, August 2019
… the Witwatersrand. 1980: On or about this time, joined the ANC underground in South Africa. 1983: Elected as one of the … 1994: Enteredthe first democratic…
The Industrial Workers of Africa, 1917-1921 by Bikisha Media Collective
… workers". It is issued by the International Socialist League, a revolutionary syndicalist organisation influenced … white labour militants, the International…
BiographyShirish Nanabhai
… remembered driving Joe Matthews – a leading member of the ANC and SACP at the time – with Suliman “Babla” Saloojee to …
BiographyGovin Reddy
… and the unbanning of the African National Congress (ANC), the family moved back to South Africa and settled in …
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… organisations and forces. African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) activity was becoming more and more bold, and evident. In March 1980, an…
PlaceConstitution Hill Museum, Johannesburg
Constitution Hill is a Living Museum that tells the story of South Africa’s journey to democracy. The site is a former Prison and military Fort that bears…
Participants in CODESA (1,2, Working Groups and Administration)
… [IFP, CODESA 2] F.X. Gasa [IFP, CODESA 1] DR F Ginwala [ANC, CODESA 2] MR Pravin Gordhan [SACP, Management Committee … CODESA 1] DR P.M.H. Maduna [CODESA 1]…
Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede
… Walter Sisulu Introduction Early Writings Congress Youth League Activities African National Congress Activities …
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… there was tension within the African National Congress (ANC) between those with different ideological and theoretical … struggle. Many members of the African…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
… Chairman of the Council on African Affairs, New York India League of US on: "Equality for Indians everywhere" New York, … Thursday: Mr. Richard J. Walsh,…
BiographyPeter Henry Abrahams
… and the Guardian and was involved with the Liberation League. He also spent time working as a teacher in the Cape …
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… apartheid regime also saw the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) becoming the first … in an era of banishment. Forced…
ArticleAfrapix Chronology 1981-1991
… that year was, The Year of the Youth , which was also the ANC 's theme for 1985. • Staffrider exhibition opened and … for Initiation series. • Omar Badsha…
Article1960's Diaries of Nelson Mandela on his trip through Africa
… the subsequent bannings of the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan African Congress (PAC). The wave of brutality … co-founder of Umkonto we Sizwe (MK),…
Address by President Jacob Zuma, at the James Sebe Moroka Lecture, Northwest Province, 22 August 2012
… ANC provincial chairperson Comrade Supra Mahumapelo, ANC national chairperson Comrade Baleka Mbethe and all ANC … that of the United Nations. At this time,…
Archive2012 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 09 February 2012
… We wish to single out the former presidents of the ANC who led our struggle for liberation and of creating a … and Thabo Mbeki. We welcome the families of…
Historical Overview of Black Resistance, 1932-1952 - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
… Nelson Mandela, delivering his presidential address to the ANC Youth League in December 1951, raised a number of issues, which are … firstly, that the…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1960-1969
… start of armed resistance in South Africa.” 28 March, The ANC calls for a nation-wide strike in protest of the … of the British Labour Party. After the…
The adoption of the Freedom Charter
… The Freedom Charter was not adopted immediately by the ANC. The executives of the four organisations of the Congress … the Transvaal. The Freedom Charter was…
PlaceNewlands Cricket Stadium
… 2007 ICC World T20 championship, the 2009 Indian Premier League and the 2010 Champions League, including the opening ceremonies of the World Cup and …
EventWhite women achieve suffrage in South Africa
… the twentieth century. The first Women's Enfranchisement League (WEL) in South Africa was established in 1902 in … settled in Natal in 1886. Subsequently…
EventHarold Cressy is born in Rorke’s Drift
… Harold Cressy , co-founder of the Teachers League of South Africa (TLSA), educationist and teacher, is …
Article1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
… apartheid regime also saw the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) becoming the first … in an era of banishment. Forced…
EventDaryll Cullinan, SA cricket player, is born in Kimberley.
… He took up a position as a coach with the Indian Cricket League. …
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… apartheid government to enter into negotiations with the ANC. In March 1982, Mandela together with senior members of the ANC was transferred from Robben…
ArchiveThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad by Max Rossiter
… movement, specifically in relation to the SACP and the ANC The international aspect of the anti-apartheid struggle … South Africa’s power to stop Mozambique…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the unveiling of the tombstone of Helen Joseph Avalon Cemetery, Johannesburg, 30 March 1996
… as the nineteen fifties. Helen Joseph belongs to that league of leaders. Her name is not out of place when quoted … model for all of us to follow. May I, on…