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PlaceMalawi
… It was renamed Nyasaland in 1907. The first political party named Nyasaland African Congress was formed in 1944. Initially, it was a moderate party. It only…
Umsebenzi
… Umsebenzi, mouthpiece of the South African Communist Party, deals with issues relating to the national liberation … South African communists are included as…
EventDr. Andries P. Treurnicht is re-elected NP leader in the Transvaal
… and Tourism, was unanimously re-elected as the National Party's (NP)leader in the Transvaal. As the chief spokesman … the conservative wing of the NP, he re…
Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
… harsh, Nortje entered into exile in 1961 and fled to the United Kingdom. While in exile and in South Africa, Nortje … nationalism was growing in the 1930s,…
Address by Oliver Tambo at the opening session of the ANC Conference, Arusha, 1 December 1987
… the eve of another important summit meeting, that between United States President Ronald Reagan and the General … his oneness with the people in the struggle…
Reports of the Passive Resistance Councils: Natal and Transvaal 1946 - 1947 by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer
… the electrifying speeches of the Indian delegation at the United Nations on behalf of the Africans in South Africa, … The Coloured People The Coloured people…
Document 45 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Left Opposition to Cape Town comrades, 23 October 1932
… for which reasons the comrades were expelled out from the Party. As to the conditions of membership into the Left … the same manner, on this following…
EventOscar Dumisani Dhlomo, politician and businessman, is born
… and Culture. He was later elected Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) Secretary-General On 1 June 1990 Dhlomo resigned … resigned from Inkatha to form the Institute…
EventANC promulgates its constitutional proposals
… and were supported by the South African Communist Party (SACP). During Phase One an all-party interim government council would be appointed by CODESA …
PlaceTranskei
… in 1963, Matanzima's Transkeian National Independence Party (TNIP) was defeated by the Democratic Party, which called for multiracialism, common South…
EventTanganyika formally ends all trade ties with South Africa
… sanctions against South Africa in the 1960s. Only the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) continued their friendly relations with …
EventUN Secretary General is killed in a plane crash
… United Nations (UN) Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold was … Press reported that the lone survivor, Harold M. Julian, a United Nations security guard, said…
EventEzrom Kgobokanyo Sebata Legae is born
… In 1970 he was awarded a travel scholarship sponsored by United States/South Africa Leadership Exchange Programme and visited the United States America. From…
EventSouth Africa observes Armistice Day
… it is also called Poppy Day. In Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom it is called Remembrance Day, in the United States Veterans Day, while France, New…
EventFormer Tennis player, Kevin Curren, is born in Durban
… accepted a scholarship from the University of Texas, United States of America. He obtained a BCom degree in sports … reached the Wimbledon finals twice…
Message by Oliver Tambo of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the 71st anniversary of ANC, 08 January 1983
… we have made in the struggle to ensure the widest possible united action of the forces of progressive change in our … ourselves that are blocking the…
EventBotha appoints Hendrikse and Rajbansi into his Cabinet
… The leader of the Labour Party, the Reverend H. J. Allan Hendrickse and Amichand Rajbansi of the National People's Party (NPP) are appointed to the Cabinet…
ArchiveThe women's suffrage movement: The politics of gender race and class by Cheryl Walker
… of attack by General Hertzog and the ruling National Party on already enfranchised black male voters in the Cape … work' among prostitutes, and, specially…
EventDemocratic Alliance federal conference in Port Elizabeth
… DA Eastern Cape leader Athol Trollip was announced as the party's new federal chairman, with Alf Rees elected as … der Walt, second deputy chair is Refiloe…
EventConstant Viljoen announces his resignation from AVF
… anti-election structure constituted by the Conservative Party (CP), ultra-right Afrikaanse Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) … broke ranks with the FA on 14 March…
EventPresident P.W. Botha suffers a stroke.
… was subsequently ousted from office by members of his own party. Even after the party's actions, he persistently retained the presidency amid …
EventPolitical activist and trade unionist James La Guma is born
… (Jimmy) La Guma, member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and president of the South African Coloured … - 1959 was born in Bloemfontein. He joined…
EventCommunity leader James Sofasonke Mpanza is born
… shall all die), community leader, founder of the Sofasonke Party and a champion for better housing for Johannesburg's … of the Orlando Advisory Board on…
EventDr Ali Bacher, director of the SACU, announces the shortening of the ‘rebel cricket tour ‘as a gesture of support for the country’s dramatic political changes
… amid strong disapproval from several governments, the United Cricket Conference and organizations like The United Nations. They took place between the period…
Render South Africa Ungovernable! - Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 73rd Anniversary of ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1985
… power by the people and the building of a new society in a united, democratic and nonracial South Africa. Organised … struggles waged by the workers, we were…
EventAssassination attempt on Kwame Nkrumah, first prime and later president of Ghana
… In 1949 Kwame Nkrumah formed the Convention People's party (CPP). After his 'positive action' campaign created … accused of forming a dictatorship. In 1964…
PlaceLiberia
… by the domestic politics of slavery and race in the United States as well as by U.S. foreign policy interests. In … the “problem” of the growing number of…
”Joint Declaration of Cooperation.” Statement by Dr. A. B. Xuma of the ANC, Dr. G. M. Naicker of the Natal Indian Congress, and Dr. Y. M. Dadoo of the Transvaal Indian Congress, March 9, 1947
… goodwill, good race relations, and for the building of a united, greater and free South Africa, full franchise rights … be made to compel the Union…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… in Zambia and included thirteen poems. [32] 1976 The United Nations Institute of Namibia (UNIN) is founded in … Lusaka: Namibia Support Committee in…
EventA delegation of seven Coloured leaders meets with SA Prime Minister Vorster to discuss the future of the Coloured community
… to immediately release the Chairman of the Coloured Labour Party, the Rev. Allan Hendrickse. In the late 1970s the Coloured Labour Party strengthened its…