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EventF.W. de Klerk announces the release of Nelson Mandela and unbans political parties
… Africanist Congress (PAC), the South African Communist Party (SACP) and other liberation movements. This was … only from the political opponents, but also…
EventChief Buthelezi considers registering the IFP for April 1994 election
… that he was considering registering his Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). The elections were set to take place on April … was determined to contest the election,…
EventPrime Minister Louis Botha resigns because of conflict with Hertzog
… the new cabinet. Hertzog subsequently formed the National Party (NP) as an opposition to the ruling South African Party (SAP). …
EventPieter Willem Botha resigns as state President of SA
… elections. In 1990 Botha resigned from the National Party (NP) in protest against President F.W. de Klerk's … Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) and South African…
EventJoe Kachingwe is appointed Malawi’s first Ambassador to South Africa
… Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster in May 1970. Vorster and his party, the National Party (NP) were enthusiastically received in Malawi. …
EventA new right-wing group Aksie Eie Toekoms (Action for our Own Future) (AET) is founded in Pretoria.
… Afrikaners were disenchanted with then ruling National Party (NP) and its leaning towards desegregation. Lubbe and … survived. The group later became part of…
EventKwame Nkrumah, the first President of independent Ghana escapes 5th assassination attempt
… attempt. Shortly thereafter, he declared Ghana a one party state. During the same year Nkrumah forced a … Ako Adjei, Information Minister Tawia Adamafio, and…
Baleka Mbete: In The Centre Of The Maelstrom by Greg Nicolson (Daily Maverick), 17 February 2015, South Africa
… both at Fort Hare as a librarian and for the Communist Party underground. According to Mbete, former President … Mbete became leader of the ANC Women's…
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…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Receiving the Congressional Gold Medal Washington, 23 September 1998
… and healing of our nation. In all these ways the United States and its people have played a significant role … people speaks of the special place that the…
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…
ArticleThe Establishment of the Afrikaner Broederbond in May 1918.
… the OFS and Transvaal. They had to compete with the Labour Party for the support of White workers in the cities. In the …
ArticleTruth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
… members of the African National Congress, the ruling party at the time of the trial, could also be charged. 5392 …
ArticleThe Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960
… and concern and increased suppression from the National Party (NP) government. The negative thing for the PAC was …
EventLibya becomes independent
… It was the first country to achieve autonomy through the United Nations (UN) and one of the first former European … each for Egypt, France, Italy, Pakistan,…
Chapter Seven - Re-examining the Past
… which reflected much of his own difficulties with the Party in South Africa. Taking his cue from Padmore, he … is developed further in Chapters.). From 1929…
EventSouth Africa’s first multiracial elections start
… parties, the ANC (who won the election), the National Party (NP), and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) shared the executive power. Nelson Mandela became …
ArchiveANC Statement on the death of Ray Alexander Simons, African National Congress, 12 September 2004
… the African National Congress, the South African Communist Party and the trade union movement, Ray Alexander Simons was … Latvia, became active in the…
ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
… of apartheid such as the Anti-Apartheid Movement and the United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid. What … Furthermore, it set goals for itself…
EventAhmad Mahir Pasha, the Egyptian Prime Minister, is assassinated
… most important figures in the early history of the Wafd party in Egypt. The Wafd party came to prominence in Egyptian politics after World War …
EventHendrik Jacobus Coetsee is born
… Free State. Both his parents were members of the National Party in the Ladybrand local branch. He became actively … general elections. Coetsee was a member…
EventJournalist and political activist Selby Msimang dies
… numerous articles. He was a founder member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA), a multiracial party formed in 1953. Msimang was married twice and…
EventManuel Pinto da Costa becomes the president
… and the MLSTP became the nations' sole legal political party. Dr Manuel held the position until 1991, when his party suffered defeat in the first democratic…
EventNico Basson says that SADF had supplied weapons and covert assistance to IFP in order to weaken the ANC
… assault rifles) and covert assistance to Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in order to weaken the African National Congress … the largest ethnic groups in South…
Crucial Stage in the Struggle for Liberation of Southern Africa - Statement at the World Conference for Action against Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Lagos, Nigeria, 23 August 1977
… by the thirty-first session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. (5) Your contributions at the Havana Seminar and subsequently at United Nations…
EventThe possessions of Piet Retief are auctioned
… Dingane appeared ready to grant land to Retief and his party, but had one condition: that they retrieve cattle … token of his appreciation, Dingane invited…
ArticleEOAN Group
… opera seasons and tours throughout South Africa and the United Kingdom . Presenting works such as Giuseppe Verloi’s …
ArticleTimeline: Father Trevor Huddleston
… of Selly Oak, Birmingham. Huddleston is awarded the United Nations Gold Medal. 1984 The Zambian government awards …
PlaceWitbank, Mpumalanga
… An outspoken opponent of Apartheid . He lived in the United States, Europe, and Africa while bringing this …
EventBafana Bafana legend Philimon Raul Masinga dies
… in 1994. He also played for international teams:Leeds United in England, St Gallen in Switzerland, Salernitana Bari in Italy and Al Wahda in the United Arab …