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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…
EventANC flag raised at the funeral of John ‘Hennie’ Ferus
… "political funeral" where ANC supporters openly raised the party flag without fear of recrimination. Ferus was detained … who was 41, was also a member of…
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections end as counting begins
… majority of votes with 12 237 655 (62.9%), the National Party(NP) under the leadership of F W de Klerk won 983 690 (22%) of the national votes, the Inkatha…
EventMinister of Constitutional Development Roelf Meyer set to resign
… On the day the National Party (NP) launched a 'core values' document in Pretoria , aimed at taking the party forward, it was also reported that the…
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,…
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,…
EventF.W. de Klerk is unanimously elected the new leader of the Transvaal NP
… was unanimously elected the new leader of the National Party (NP) in the Transvaal. His election came after Dr Andries Treurnicht quit the party. At the time…
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;…
Fatima Meer: Portfolio
… organisations and administrations assembled in this Multi-party Planning Conference: BEING FULLY CONSCIOUS of the … individually and collectively to the…
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…
EventSouth Africa's first multiracial elections start
… parties, the ANC (who won the election), the National Party (NP), and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) shared the executive power. Nelson Mandela became …
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 …
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…
Liberal Opinion/Reality
… Liberal Opinion (1961-1968) was published by the Liberal Party of South Africa which was established in 1953 by Alan … had won its second General Election…
EventTony Leon is born
… was elected Member of Parliament and leader of Democratic Party. He succeeded Zech De Beer as the leader of the DP. He led the Party until it merged into…
Contact
… Contact, the official publication of the Liberal Party, was published monthly, in Pietermaritzburg, during the … until publication ceased in January 1967…
ArticleWomen’s resistance in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… (FEDTRAW) , Natal Organisation of Women (NOW) and the United Women's Congress (UWCO) in the Western Cape, were … campaigns in 1960 - and the South African…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 -…
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…
ArticleWomen, employment and the changing economic scene, 1920s
… 1920s women also became involved in the early Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA). Its radical socialist ideas … (in 1953) as the less extreme South…