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BiographyThabang Sampson Phathakge Makwetla
… in Angola. Between 1984 and 1989, he was the Chair and Secretary of the ANC’s Regional Political Military Committee … as the treasurer of the South African…
Yunus Ismail Mahomed
… Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP). In 1974 Yunus undertook legal articles in Durban and … movement for fundamental change.In…
BiographyKenneth Hlaku Rachidi
… branch of BPC, but in 1973 after the banning of the Secretary General and Vice Chairperson he became the national … Congress held the following year, Rachidi…
BiographySifiso Nkabinde
… of this. After the unbanning of the ANC, Nkabinde was elected Chairman of the organisation's Richmond branch. This was followed by his election as the…
BiographyGertrude Shope
… Women (FEDSAW) . In the late 1960s she was provincial secretary for the FEDSAW. Shope got to know Bram Fischer very … and Nigeria . While in exile, from 1970…
ArchiveLetter from D Nokwe to OAU Secretary General
… Letter from D Nokwe, Secretary-General of the African National Congress, to the Organisation of African Unity Secretary-General in Ethiopia. Includes several…
BiographyNorman Levy
… into the newly revived South African Communist Party (SACP); he was part of an underground unit that included Rusty … congresses to consult together, serving…
BiographyFrederik Willem de Klerk
… University, but declined the position when he was elected Member of Parliament for Vereeniging in November … 1989, he was succeeded by de Klerk. In September…
EventSouth Africa's first democratic elections
Following a series of tense negotiations and years of liberation struggle, the first democratic election was held in South Africa on the 27th April, 1994. This…
EventUnited Nations appoints Kofi Annan as secretary
… A Ghanaian citizen, Kofi Annan, was appointed as secretary-general of the United Nations (UN) to replace the … 1 January 1997. After accepting office, Annan,…
BiographyMolefi Paul Sefularo
… Organisation (AZASO) in 1979. He was subsequently elected Secretary in 1981. That same year he also became president of … and Development Programme (RDP)…
BiographyJacob Dumdum Nyaose
… to Johannesburg about 1941 and took a job as organising secretary for the African Bakers and Confectioners Union. … Congress (PAC) and was formed shortly…
BiographyT W Thibedi
… in Ferreirastown, Johannesburg . The same year he was elected to the party's central executive committee. With … African workers' Organisations, personally…
BiographyPhilemon Mathole
… and participated in the Defiance Campaign of 1952. He was elected secretary of the Transvaal ANC in 1955, he also served on the … Union. Participated in the…
Yoweri Museveni is re-elected as Uganda’s president.
… Yoweri Museveni is re-elected as Uganda’s president. …
Chapter 8- Gumede walks the ANC and SACP tightrope, 1930–46‘
… of the African trade unions.685 On 18 May 1930 Gumede was elected as a delegate to the International Conference of … claimed that there was no history of…
EventMembers of the ANC and SACP are detained due to Operation Vula
… National Congress (ANC) and South African Communist Party (SACP). Among those arrested were Sathyandranath 'Mac' … Members of the ANC and SACP are detained…
BiographySheila Weinberg
… of the ANC and the South African Communist Party (SACP) . Her father was an anti-apartheid activist, … early age. She painted slogans and was involved in…
BiographyCassim Mohammed Bassa
… like factories and shops. His appointment as honorary secretary of the society followed in 1953. As community … all Indian special schools and training…
Letter from S. P. Bunting to the Secretary, Communist Party of South Africa, 22 September 1930
… Letter from S. P. Bunting to the Secretary, Communist Party of South Africa, 22 September 1930 …
EventThabo Mbeki is elected 2nd President of a democratic South Africa
… Mbeki was sworn in as South Africa's second democratically elected president in front of a vast crowd of dancing and … was also a farewell to South Africa's…
ArchiveMkhatshwa ends term as SACBC Secretary-general
… by Smangaliso Mkhatshwa on his resignation as SACBC Secretary-general and the three recent events that have … Mkhatshwa ends term as SACBC Secretary-general …
ArchiveConversation with Chris Ledechowski, Cape Town, October 1985
… Conversation with Chris Ledechowski, Cape Town, October 1985 …
BiographyJosie Palmer
… – which later became the South African Communist Party (SACP) in 1953 – and the African National Congress (ANC) , … CPSA in the late1920s, becoming the…
BiographyMosiuoa Gerard Patrick "Terror" Lekota
… of the United Democratic Front (UDF) , where he was elected national publicity secretary. As a member of the UDF, Lekota faced police … the African…
BiographyHermanus Gabriel Loots
… ANC delegation that included Oliver Tambo , Mac Maharaj , Chris Hani and Thabo Mbeki , who met with White South African … of Zambia, returned to South Africa…
EventCyril Ramaphosa resigns as ANC Secretary-General
… that he was resigning as African National Congress Secretary-General, as well as from Parliament. Speculation … [Accessed 28 May]|50th National Conference,…
BiographyA. J. Sililo
… , and prominent in the All African Convention, he was elected to the Natives' Representative Council in 1937. In … committee during the 1940s, he was also…
Report of the Secretary-General
… Report of the Secretary-General …
ArchiveFWN speaks to SFAWU secretary
… FWN speaks to SFAWU secretary …