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ArticleThe 1992 Whites only referendum ‘For’ or ‘Against’ a negotiated constitution
… between the NP and the African National Congress (ANC) to end apartheid. During the second round of … field is level”. While the CP welcomed the poll, some…
EventHarold Cressy is born in Rorke's Drift
… Harold Cressy, co-founder of the Teachers League of South Africa (TLSA), educationist and teacher, is …
ArticleDespite the 1994 political victory against apartheid, its economic legacy persists by Haydn Cornish-Jenkins
… anti-apartheid movement was the African National Congress (ANC), but they were not alone; many political parties, trade … of segregation; these goals were…
ArticleConvention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA)
… Villiers, NP Chris Hani, SACP Helen Suzman Nelson Mandela, ANC Absent from the Convention was the Pan Africanist … Afrikaners through a white referendum …
EventHaile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, abolishes slavery.
… Ethiopia and led the country to become a member of the League of Nations, the forerunner to the United Nations (UN). …
BiographyPieter Willem Botha
… terrorism and sabotage by the African National Congress (ANC), and growing internal opposition to Apartheid. South …
ArticleCommemoration, remembering and memorialising June 16 Soweto uprising
… started. In 1992, the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) erected a commemorative plaque in Orlando …
PlaceKings Park Stadium, Durban
… Stadium has also been used by the Durban Premier Soccer League Football clubs, and also for major football finals. … of the Manning Rangers, who played in…
ArticleNational and Provincial Elections - 2024 - South Africa
… parties to the GNU include the African National Congress (ANC), Democratic Alliance (DA), Patriotic Alliance (PA), … 16 new cabinet ministers, 10 of which…
ArticleCape Youth Congress (CAYCO)
… responsible for the growth in popular support for the ANC in this region, which was not a stronghold of the ANC. For instance, after his election in 1984,…
Biography of Mandla Langa by Carol Sale
… did not cease to work with the African National Congress (ANC) to end apartheid and write as well as encourage others … education. [ii] His family had an…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2020 submissions
Claire Albin Claire Albin is a sophomore at Southern Methodist University originally from Shreveport, Louisiana. She is currently studying Marketing…
EventItaly invades Ethiopia
… along the border of Somaliland increased the tension. The League of Nations, which Ethiopia had joined in 1923 called …
ArticleThe Nelson Mandela Presidency - 1994 to 1999
… elected the president of the African National Congress (ANC), and his friend and colleague, Oliver Tambo , was elected the ANC’s national chairperson…
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… Covenant’. Since the 1920s, the day was also used by the ANC, SACP and other political organisations to mount protest … weSizwe (MK) and launch of the armed…
South Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, VolumeTwo 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew - Bibliographical note and further reading
… note and further reading African National Congress (1977), ANC Speaks: Documents and statements of the African National … Social Dynamics, 12, 1, 1-14…
The 1994 South African Election by Phyllis Jordan
… to answer is: How could two supposedly sworn enemies, the ANC and the National Party, find common ground on which to … to examine and analyze two issues: 1)…
ArticleDefeat of the Liberation struggle
… Unlawful Organisations Act on 7 April 1960, banning the ANC and the PAC. By 6 May 1960, 18,000 persons were detained … June 1987. Exile circumstances were…
EventRetired soccer player and founder of Kaizer Chiefs FC, Kaizer Motaung, is born in Soweto
… the country. Motaung also co-founded the Premier Soccer League (PSL) with Irvin Khoza. …
EventSir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate and politician, marries Mary Westenra, pioneer aviatrix
… 1928 she received a trophy from the International Aviation League, for champion aviatrix of the world. In 1930, she was …
EventFrance tests an atomic bomb in Algeria
… of 60-70 kilotons. This test put France in the same atomic league with the United States, the USSR and Great Britain. …
EventTinashe Washington Nengomasha, Zimbabwean international football player is born in Harare, Zimbabwe
… the 2003/2004 season, the season that saw them win the PSL league title. Nengomasha has won several awards since he …
ArchiveClass, Consciousness and Organisation: Introduction by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
Document 89 “People’s Front and the Cry for Unity in South Africa”, The Spark, 2, 4, April 1936
… step towards a Workers' and Peasants' Republic. A "broad" League against fascism and war was duly formed -on paper, of … War broke out, a subsidiary…
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… Luthuli was a latecomer to activist politics, joining the ANC at age 50. This paper begins to probe an earlier period … Muziwakhe Lembede, founder and first…
How do we understand Nelson Mandela@100? by Raymond Suttner, 29 May 2018
… Sisulu and is credited as being one of the founders of the ANC Youth League, Mandela was then fairly politically undeveloped, … about trying to create…
EventOlive Shisana is born
Prominent South African academic, Dr Olive Shisana was born in the town of Pietersburg, South Africa, on the 27th of November 1950. [1] She holds a BA degree…
Archive2012 - President Zuma, State of the Nation, 9 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…
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
… organisation from the African National Congress (ANC), the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) staged an anti-pass … control headquarters of the African National…
Document 92 “Communist Party of South Africa Plenum Held from 5th to 8th April 1936”, Umsebenzi, and 16 May 1936
… on the lines of the Programme of the National Liberation League of Cape Town, and if necessary, in conjunction with … on the lines of the Programme of the…