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ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… in Engcobo District in the Transkei, in the same year, the ANC was formed. 1920 Walter returns from his aunt Agnes’ home … in East London, Walter vainly…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… not accepted as members of the African National Congress (ANC) when it was formed in 1912. This acceptance only came in … claim to represent the will of the…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… as an armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). The formation of the MK Umkhonto weSizwe ("Spear of the … white minority government. The African…
ArticleThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
… Tom Jackson. Founding father and later president of the ANC, Josiah Gumede , visited the USSR in February and later … he was elected president of the African…
African National Congress President, Comrade Jacob Zuma, delivers the Peter Mokaba Memorial Lecture, Mankweng Village, Polokwane, Limpopo, 6 June 2010
… Programme Director, The Family of Comrade Peter Mokaba, ANC Youth League President, Cde Julius Malema, National Executive Committee of the ANC Youth League,…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1970-1979
… By the 1970s a number of leading figures in the ANC were in prison while others were in exile. Those that … These countries played an important role for the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… boycotts, strikes and other defiance tactics. In 1949, the ANC adopted this programme, which represented a radical … organisation and execution of the…
ArchiveRadio Freedom: A History of South African Underground Radio by Chris A. Smith
… hearing this stuff could get you eight years in prison. ANC Radio Freedom - Kea Rona (It Is Ours) from jonneke k on … many roles. It was a recruiting tool,…
Last of The Gandhians in South Africa
… His courageous spirit was reflected in his presidential address to the Transvaal Indian Congress in 1948. He said: … Congress and the escalation of…
ArticleReactions to Silverton Siege 1980
… and prominent personalities both locally and abroad. The ANC sent an appeal to the United Nations: ‘We call upon the … Marais Viljoen commuted the three men…
ArchiveChristian principles and race problems by Jan H. Hofmeyr
… of 'humanitas' with an outlook towards fellow men. This address clearly describes the political atmosphere in South … of humanitas with an outlook towards…
ArchiveChristian principles and race problems
… of "humanitas" with an outlook towards fellow men. This address clearly describes the political atmosphere in South … of humanitas with an outlook towards…
ArticleArmed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990
… continued until 1986, when the African National Congress (ANC) called on South Africans to make the country … which proved effective, were advocated for by…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… anti-pass campaign, which resulted in the banning of the ANC and the PAC following the Sharpeville Massacre. In … Trial to its conclusion in 1961. That same…
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…
Political executions
… Poqo members. Killings in Paarl. Lebajoa, Peter 1984/08 ANC members. Treason/murder of farmer (1978). Letsoare, … Killings in Paarl. Mahlangu, Solomon, 21…
Grade 4 term 2 Timeline: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… 1942 He starts attending African National Congress (ANC) meetings informally 1943 He enrols at the University of … and discrimination. 1944 Mandela…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… organizations such as the African National Congress (ANC; founded in 1912) and the Industrial and Commercial … by the Pan-Africanist Congress (an offshoot of…
ArticleThe Congress of the People, Kliptown 1955
… Albert Luthuli , the banned National President of the ANC said: "‘Why will this assembly be significant and unique? … in the country." In the wake of the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1930-1939
… During this period the ANC cooperated with other organisations such as the APO and … a united force for a significant part of the 1930s, the ANC was plagued…
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
… capital of Zambia, where the African National Congress (ANC) had its headquarters. In 1984 students resolved to … The petition echoed the million-signature…
Nelson Mandela’s leadership: The early years (Part 1) by Raymond Suttner, 4 June 2018
… of his life. This series of articles attempts to address and interpret some of these qualities. It is not … when he became a student at Fort Hare, he did not…
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The turn to armed struggle
… Following the Sharpeville Massacre, the state banned the ANC and PAC in April 1960 under the Unlawful Organisations … and banning of leading political…
Chapter 8 - Negotiating an end to the deadlock
… deadlock abounded, in the media especially. On 20 May the ANC alleged that someone had tapped its CODESA office … the ANC first abandon its policy on armed…
ArticleA history of Apartheid in South Africa
… for liberation were the African National Congress (ANC), the Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC), the Inkatha Freedom … groups (the Christian Institute). We shall…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1999
… by only 16 political parties: African National Congress (ANC), Democratic Party (DP), New National Party (NNP), … Party of Azania (SOPA). Prior to the…
ArticleThembisile Chris Hani Timeline 1942 - 2003
… (ANCYL), citing the arrest of African National Congress (ANC) leaders in the Treason Trial of 1956 as his main … Simon Kekana, head prefect at Lovedale and…
ArticleStudent Protests at Tshwane University of Technology - Timeline
… education has also been promised by the Post-Apartheid ANC-led South African government under the Presidencies of … for students who cannot afford their fees…
First National Consultative Conference - Morogoro, 26 April 1969
… The first National Consultative Conference of the ANC was held at Morogoro, Tanzania, from 25 April to 1 May … over seventy delegates from various centres…