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EventDr Ben Ngubane is born
… (Ben) Ngubane, political activist and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) politician, was born at Inchanga Roman Catholic … relationship with the IFP when he…
EventP.W. Botha proposes a 'Constellation of States'
… During the National Party rally in Ladysmith, Natal, Prime Minister P.W. Botha assured his party supporters that the proposed constitutional reforms …
EventApartheid leader P. W. Botha Resigns
… this day he announces his intention to resign the National Party presidency while remaining State President. His … and leads to an internal succession…
PlaceClumber, Eastern Cape
… land allocated in 1820 to Dr Thomas Carlton, leader of a party of settlers from Nottinghamshire. In October 1893 its … away from the original. On this site…
EventHumphrey Ndlovu, veteran IFP leader dies
… Inkatha Cultural Liberation Movement, now Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), in 1976. He was the Party’s West Rand Regional Chairperson from 1991 to 2000. … …
EventMogadishu seaport is handed over to the combined task force by UN
… 1995, Mogadishu seaport was handed over to the combined United Nations Organisation (UNO) and the Organisation of … security personnel. In April, the…
EventSAIC Executive meets in Cape Town
… to assist in the preparation of the Indian case before the United Nations. Ashwin Choudree, delegate of the PRC's of … of the American people. However, the…
EventA police mob attacks big SWAPO rally
… by nearly 3000 people, including delegates from the United States Embassy in South Africa. SWAPO, which was … ruled otherwise, organised the rally to…
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…
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…
EventPower Struggle in Zulu hierarchy
… Minister of Home Affairs and leader of Inkatha Freedom Party, and his nephew King Goodwill Zwelithini, escalated … a full investigation; whilst the South…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
ArchiveDemocracy and the Left in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Ben Turok interviewed by Carilee Osborne
… underground leadership of the South African Communist Party, which he joined in the late 1950s and from which he … national assembly. Its high point was in…
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…
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,…
ArchiveThe Trotskyist Groups in South Africa - A Retrospective View by Baruch Hirson (Encyclopedia of Trotskyism On-Line: Revolutionary History: Volume 4, No. 4, 1993, South Africa)
… had been a one-time nun in the leadership of the Workers Party of South Africa. But no details were available, even … Documents at Nanterre in 1991 to look…
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…
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 …
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…
ArticleEOAN Group
… opera seasons and tours throughout South Africa and the United Kingdom . Presenting works such as Giuseppe Verloi’s …