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EventUN committee is barred to enter SA
… A United Nations (UN) committee consisting of eight, with … be detained and sent back and that it would involve the United Nations in an act of aggression…
EventThe League of Nations officially dissolves
… though the brainchild of President Woodrow Wilson of the United States of America (USA), was weakened by the failure … War II and was replaced by the new…
EventThe UN Group of Experts on Apartheid proposes establishment of a National Convention to set a new course for the future of South Africa
… The United Nations Group of Experts on Apartheid presented its report to the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN). The group suggested the creation…
Statement at the 19th African-American Conference by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 12 January 1989
… for the message sent to this Conference by the United States President-elect, George Bush, in which he … is necessary, possible and inevitable. Twenty years…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the 19th African-American Conference, 12 January 1989, Lusaka
… for the message sent to this Conference by the United States President-elect, George Bush, in which he … is necessary, possible and inevitable. Twenty years…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Strategic Debates, the ANC - SACP alliance and the Soviet Union. Convenor: Tshepo Moloi.
… The role and influence of the South African Communist Party in the armed struggle by Patrick Mangashe UFH [email protected] Abstract The Communist Party of…
Pretoria the Segregated city
… supremacy was systematised. The intention of the National Party in 1948 was to reinforce constitutionally the … controlled. This report became the policy of…
EventThe “Ossewabrandwag” is founded
… the reaction against the coalition between the National Party (NP) and the South African Party (SAP) during 1930s. The movement was strongly … the republican…
Document 25 - Letter from E. R. Roux to John Gomas, 23 July 1956
… of view to-day as I had in Moscow in 1928. I was a loyal Party member then - I left the Party in 1936. Surely I must have changed my viewpoint in the … the…
ArticleThe Langa March, 30 March 1960
… Native Representatives and members of the new Progressive Party voted against the Bill. In conclusion; Sharpeville , …
EventPFP stays its ground concerning president Vorster
… Progressive Federal Party (PFP), official opposition in parliament, refused to … of the Erasmus Commission had been made public. The party also maintained…
EventHaitian leader General Raoul Cedras resigns in favour of exiled President Jean
… faced by foreign intervention, particularly that of the United States. A dictatorship led by Dr. FranÁƒÂƒÂ§ois … into exile, and more than 40, 000 Haitians…
ArticleTimeline of South African photographic books and exhibitions 1958 - 2003
… activist, and member of the banned South African Communist Party (SACP) is detained for three months under the state of … Studies in Science, at Manchester…
ArchiveCHAPTER 1 - Old Battle-Cries and Borrowed Language by Howard Barrell
… bombs and the like. 3 Within the South African Communist Party (SACP), reconstituted in secret in 1953 three years … liberals, South African whites were…
EventANC makes second submission before TRC
… 20 members, led by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, made the party's second major submission to the Truth and … executions in penal camps and the planting of…
EventThree IFP leaders resign
… Three prominent Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leaders, Frank Mdlalose, national chairperson and … in the Gauteng provincial legislature, resigned from the…
ArticleDefining culture, heritage and identity
… by man as a member of society." More recently, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural … people to name but a few. All of these people are…
EventSA artist Sydney Khumalo is born
… guidance from Edoardo Villa. In 1967 he visited the United States of America and Europe as a guest of USSALEP (United States/South Africa Leadership Exchange…
EventCaribbean countries refuse to send troops to Haiti
… Community said it would not provide troops for the United Nations (UN) Peacekeeping Force in Haiti. Aristide was … 2004. He claimed that he was abducted at…
EventGhanaian President Kwame Nkrumah calls on world leaders to impose “total economic and political sanctions” on South Africa
… of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, was a leader who strived for a united Africa. Nkrumah was one of the founders of the … continent. In addition, the OAU managed to…
EventUN troops arrive in Congo to help deal with the political crisis
… United Nations (UN) troops arrived to help deal with the … request for assistance from African countries and the United Nations. The secession of Katanga…
EventNP wins by election
… formerly Dr. Connie Mulder's seat, the National Party (NP) candidate wins, but with a much reduced majority over the Herstigte Nasionale Party (HNP). The by…
ArticleThe Jacob Zuma Presidency - 2009 to 2017 (March)
… on a wave of popular euphoria fuelled by voters and fellow party politicians alike. A controversial candidate, Zuma’s … power-struggle, his popularity…
ArticleDespite the 1994 political victory against apartheid, its economic legacy persists by Haydn Cornish-Jenkins
… Fall of Apartheid Apartheid was introduced by the National Party in 1948 following their election success; the system … Blanton, 1997, p.567). Between 1990…
EventSACP is legally re-launched
… On 29 July 1990 the South African Communist Party(SACP), which had been unbanned in February 1990, was … the feature here. References: South African…
PlaceMaphikela House
… the foundations of what would eventually become the ruling party of the country. The house was built in 1926 and was … of the African National Congress…
Document 37 - “Communist Election Policy Defined: National Conference Decision”, The Guardian, 8 January 1948
… - Everything possible will be done by the Communist Party ling general elections to work for the defeat of the … and Pro-Fascist forces represented in the…
EventSouth African Political activist, James Sofasonke Mpanza dies
… Mpanza, a political activist and founder of the Sofasonke Party in Orlando Township, Soweto , passed away at his … Mpanza died in 1970, but his organisation,…
EventSA Prime Minister speaks before the British Parliament
… moving speech to the British Parliament he called for the United States, Russia and Great Britain to take more … as a threat to world peace and called on…
EventThe UN Security Council condemns all violations of its embargo against South Africa
… sanctions were still not in place. On 23 July 1970, the United Nations (UN) Security Council condemned all violations … votes to none against, with France,…