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Contact
… Contact, the official publication of the Liberal Party, was published monthly, in Pietermaritzburg, during the … until publication ceased in January 1967…
Statement at the Ninth Extraordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation of African Unity, Dar Es Salaam by O. R. Tambo, 7 – 10 April 1975
… African National Congress, we express our gratitude to the Party, Government and people of Tanzania who have made … Africa's future in foreign policy-making…
ArchiveBiography of Nawal El Saadawi by Sierra Hussey
… extremism entered mainstream politics under the Wafd party. The year after Sultan Fuad became king, the national … signed an arms deal with Czechoslovakia,…
Albertina Sisulu, Freedom Fighter
… even while in gaol, as one of the Co-Presidents of the United Democratic Front (UDF), the largest democratic … difficult conditions. Her candidature was,…
ArticleContinued resistance and internal criticism 1920s and 1930s
… Union. The ANC began to work together with the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) on some of their campaigns, …
ArticleMetal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU)
… the venue quickly they were attacked by Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) members. The security police also began harassing …
EventDate is set for constitutional talks
… meeting would take place on 20-21 December 1991. Every party or government would be represented by twelve delegates. … twenty groups and headed by Zach De…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
… members of the banned ANC and South African Communist Party (SACP) in 1961. The decision was endorsed by the … war based on four pillars – ANC underground…
Document 43 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi fo Leon Trotsky, 10 August 1932
… Opposition. Quite a lot has happened in the communist party of South Africa, private meetings are still continuing, … expelled Stalinist and those who are…
Biography of Abdullah Ibrahim by Chance Overby
… He eventually sought political exile in Europe and the United States. [1] During his time in exile, Ibrahim found … and became a major success.6 Ibrahim soon…
The coup that set Ghana and Africa 50 years back by Charles Quist-Adade (Pambazuka News), 02 March 2016
… A few days after the overthrow of the Convention People’s Party government of Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s pioneer president, … handiwork of the Central…
Address to the National Council Of Provinces, 19 September 2003
… Believe that South Africa belongs to all who live in it,united in our diversity. "We therefore, through our freely … and free the potential of each person;…
EventThe NNP joins the ANC
… The New National Party (NNP) announced its dissolution and merger with the … under the banner of the ANC. Officials would retain their party membership and…
From Protest to Challenge: Documents of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964 Volume 1
… The Seventh Annual Conference of the Communist Party of South Africa, which lasted from Saturday evening, … 20 black and 10 white. The visitors were guests…
Chapter 5. A Rebel’s Daughter - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… an ardent Nationalist, believing that the South African Party was to blame for our poverty and unemployment. Later, I … bitterly and this made me lose faith…
EventDr Albert Hertzog confirms that television would not be introduced in South Africa
… the monopoly, controlled by the white minority National Party government. The National Party's Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, Dr Albert Hertzog, … saw…
Press Conference in Lusaka: Oliver Tambo, 25 June 1985
… inside the country. We have campaigned ceaselessly for united action. We have called on our people in the various … UDF was formed because that created a…
Press Conference by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 25 June 1985
… inside the country. We have campaigned ceaselessly for united action. We have called on our people in the various … UDF was formed because that created a…
Chapter Two - The year with the ICU: 1921 - 1926
… hand, had close ties with the white Democratic Labour Party and the Cape Federation of Labour Unions, a fact which … In a letter to one Dr Norman Leys of…
”Report on Talks between the PAC and the OAU liberation Committee Sub-committee” by Potlako K. Leballo, Dar es Salaam, November 20,1968
… in Dar es Salaam, on November 12, 1968. At these talks the Party was represented by the Acting President, Mr. Potlako K. … Molotsi, their partners in the…
ArchiveReport on Talks between the PAC and the OAU liberation Committee Sub-committee by Potlako K. Leballo, Dar es Salaam, November 20,1968
… in Dar es Salaam, on November 12, 1968. At these talks the Party was represented by the Acting President, Mr. Potlako K. … Molotsi, their partners in the…
EventVan Zyl Slabbert is elected as the leader of the PFP
… Zyl Slabbert was elected as the leader of the opposition party, the Progressive Federal Party (PFP). He took over from Colin Wells Eglin, who was elected the…
EventGeneral Louis Botha wins elections
… 1910, General Louis Botha and Hertzog's South African Party (SAP) won the majority number of seats in the House … and General Louis Botha leader of the…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Afrikaner Response and the 1914 Rebellion
… 1914 voted in favour of the invasion. The South African Party was supported by the Labour Party and the Unionists. Herzog’s National Party voted against the…
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… Town, and by the time they were discovered by a rescue party at the mouth of the Kei, only 22 had come through their … Bay of Natal. Timeline: Durban 1700 -…
Documents, and articles relating to the Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… with the ANC, holds the key to peace in this country. The United Democratic Front and its main affiliates, the Congress … exceptions, these blacks are the…
Edendale and the birth of the ANC, 06 January 2012
… in assisting Seme in bringing his idea of a political party to pass, but served on both committees created by the … workers Union — and one of the founders…
A Brief History of Mali by US Department of State updated 01 October 2015
… and withdrew from the French Community. Socialist Single-Party State : President Modibo Keita – whose party Union Soudanaise-Rassemblement Démocratique…
EventProposal for a new constitution
… ANC wanted an Interim government, whereas the Democratic Party and Inkatha Freedom Party favoured the Nationalist Party government to remain in power during…
EventIndependent Democrats benefits from floorcrossing rule
… The Independent Democrats (ID), a political party which was formed by Patricia de Lille, who had defected … of parties at all three levels of government to…