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SACTU press release in ‘New Age’, 22 November 1962
… was one of heavy repression by the state of high levels of political mobilization nationally. SACTU had become involved … to develop an external mission. By…
Article by Oliver Tambo in World Marxist Review, 06 March 1980
… the blacks are treated like colonial slaves. They have no political rights of any kind, no representation in … on the entire African continent. Nowhere is…
Racism in Isolation by O. R. Tambo, World Marxist Review, March 1980
… the blacks are treated like colonial slaves. They have no political rights of any kind, no representation in … on the entire African continent. Nowhere is…
Chapter 2 - THE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD
… and Dar es Salaam subsequently emerged as two important political centres of the exiled movement, with the Party … Afrikaner with family ties deep into the…
President Jacob Zuma arrived in Tanzania
… arrived in Tanzania to attend an emergency summit on the political crisis in Burundi. The President has been invited …
ArchiveAfrica beyond the Union
… by W.M. Macmillan who describes and differentiates the political, economic and social conditions of countries …
EventColoured Labour Party strengthened its stance against apartheid
… unequivocally to tell the government that the present political dispensation of apartheid was unacceptable. They …
EventThe North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is founded.
… The Soviet Union. Another reason was to encourage European political integration. One hundred and ten thousand military …
EventGraça Machel is born
… Graça Machel, political activist and champion of children's rights, widow …
EventNelson Mandela says general strike will go ahead
… F W De Klerk from power; the immediate transfer of political power to the people; installation of an interim …
EventSASOL plant explodes again
… after a giant gas explosion, this time not as result of a political attack or sabotage but rather from a gas leak which …
EventNatoo Babenia is born
… Natoo Babenia, a political activist first in India, resisting British rule and …
EventJB Marks is born
… John Beaver (JB) Marks, teacher, trade unionist and political activist was born in Ventersdorp, Transvaal (now …
EventFirst Black-owned newspaper is published
… by Thanda Press in King William's Town as an independent political newspaper for Black people. Its first editor was …
ArchiveCrisis News
… together with theological viewpoints about the deepening political and social crisis in South Africa, during the 1980's …
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 2: The Transatlantic slave trade
… slaver traders arrived. They had a wide variety of political arrangements including kingdoms, city-states and … were large and powerful with monarchs heading…
Biography of Hugh Masekela by Fardin Rahman
… with Abdullah Ibrahim in order to raise money for the political party, Patriotic Front of Zimbabwe, that was … Having a desire to be involved in a musical…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1700s
… two of his sons, Gcaleka and Rharhabe, lead to a deep political rift in his kingdom. A commando attacks a group of … indigenous population should be accorded…
ArticleSonghai, African Empire, 15-16th Century
… kingdom had been ruled by about 40 kings, showing that its political administration was well developed to allow new … organised force in the western Sudan;…
ArchiveThe failure of the Coloured Persons Represen
… for the Coloured people, the role of the various Coloured political parties within such structures and the latter's …
ArchiveFounding statement for the visit to Washington DC of a delegation of South African church leaders
… US Administration to lift the State of Emergency, release political prisoners, to unban organisations such as the …
EventThe Black Consciousness Movement of Azania is formed in London
… which used the Azanian People Organisation (AZAPO) as its political voice. …
EventNP wins by election
… after the Information Scandal of 1978, that brought his political career within the NP to an abrupt end and to a …
EventPik Botha is appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs
… at the United Nations (UN). Read more about Botha's political career and his visit to Beijing in 1991. Read more …
EventP.W. Botha resigns from the National Party
… state president on 14 August 1989 in the midst of rising political instability, growing economic problems and …
EventAmnesty application of Gideon Nieuwoudt fails
… Pillay stated that Nieuwoudt had failed to demonstrate a political motivation for his actions, a requirement for …
EventPFP Leader Colin Wells Eglin born
… Wells Eglin was born in Sea Point, Cape Town. During his political career, Eglin was instrumental in the merging of …
EventAn assassination attempt is made on first Ghanaian President, Kwame Nkrumah
… Act which he used to imprison more than 1 000 of his political and social opponents. This was not the first …
EventThe Labour Party (LP) adopts a resolution to represent the Coloured community
… was welcomed by the Prime Minister but criticized by other political organizations. Three leading members of the LP …
ArchiveTowards racial justice: will there be a change of heart?
… July 3, 1979 in which the author portrays the social and political injustices in South Africa. Further discussion is …