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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). …
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,…
EventLegendary South African Football Administrator Abdul Bhamjee dies
… Football Administrator and founder of the National Soccer League (NSL) Abdul Bhamjee who was affectionately known as …
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…
EventKaunda calls for Thatcher's exclusion from talks on South African sanctions
In protest of the system of apartheid, economic sanctions against South Africa had been advocated from the 1960s onwards. However, it was only in the 1980s…
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 …
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…
EventHarold Cressy is born in Rorke's Drift
… Harold Cressy, co-founder of the Teachers League of South Africa (TLSA), educationist and teacher, is …
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 …
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)…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
ArticleCosatu timeline
… COSATU spends about R2 million campaigning for the ANC. After a decline in the vote towards the ANC, General secretary of COSATU, Zwelinzima Vavi warns the ……
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Source-based Questions
The picture above shows how dire the situation was in America during the Great DepressionImage Source Source 2A The source below describes the impact of…
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…
PlaceTogo
… occupied by British and French forces in 1914. In 1922 the League of Nations then; assigned eastern Togoland to France …
EventSouth Africa mandated to govern South
… The League of Nations, the world body formed after World War 1 in …