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EventPW Botha gives the “Rubicon” Speech in Durban
… would be announced, Botha told a meeting of his National Party, he would press ahead with reform programmes, which were aimed at consolidating the power his…
EventThe TRC refuses amnesty to Hani’s killers
… of Chris Hani, leader of the South African Communist Party (SACP). Walus, a Polish immigrant, on 10 April 1993 … on their express authority or orders from…
EventMolly Blackburn, political activist and civil rights campaigner is killed in a car accident
… not very active. She then joined the Pregressive Federal Party(PFP) and became the party’s provincial councilor0f Walmer, Port Elizabeth. …
EventMartin Luther King is arrested for his role in a bus boycott
… sanctions against South Africa. Submissions to the United Nations urging for adoption of a resolution calling … more about the Montgomery bus boycott. Read…
EventPolitical activists seek refuge in the British Consulate in Durban
… political refugees, Archie Gumede, the president of the United Democratic Front (UDF), Mewa Ramgobin, George … Education Crisis Committee), fled to the…
EventThe UN ends SA mandate over South West Africa
… The United Nations (UN) debated the South West Africa issue (now … the administration of the region the responsibility of the United Nations. The UN…
EventWinnie Madikizela-Mandela’s bodyguards arrested in connection with the death of Stompie Seipei
… Jerry Richardson and Jabu Sithole (coach of the Mandela United Football Club) were arrested at her home. The 4 were … Seipei, after rumors in mid-February…
EventAmerican troops withdraw from Somalia
… lives. The seriousness of the situation prompted the United Nations to order a peacekeeping force to stabilise the region. The United States contributed…
Chapter 5
… their voice could be heard. It was obvious that no single party could fulfil this task, A single political party cannot … Thus the people are taught in a…
The National Anthem
… kranse antwoord gee, Sounds the call to come together, And united we shall stand, Let us live and strive for freedom, In …
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 6: The South African War and Union
… of powerful Capitalist blocs in mining and agriculture united the Brits and the Boers in their need to secure cheap …
ArticlePretoria: The Founding of the City
… E. (ed.). 2015. Oxford dictionary of world history. United Kingdom: oxford Press. page 536 ↵ [ii] Nathan, M. …
Grade 4 term 2 Timeline: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… to spend more time with his family and friends 2009 The United Nations General Assembly declared, 18 July ‘Nelson …
Yet another Myth: Mbeki and the Monopolisation of Power by Thabo Mbeki, 25 January 2016
… and aloofness. Above all, the President treated his own party, the African National Congress, as if it were no more … its responsibilities as a…
Robert Sobukwe Inaugural Speech, April 1959
… a scramble for Afrika and both the Soviet Union and the United States of America are trying to win the loyalty of the … leadership of Dr. Nkrumah and the…
"Future of the Africanist Movement" Questions and Answers Y R. M. Sobukwe, in The Africanist, January 1959
… a scramble for Afrika and both the Soviet Union and the United States of America are trying to win the loyalty of the … leadership of Dr. Nkrumah and the…
PlaceWitbank, Mpumalanga
… An outspoken opponent of Apartheid . He lived in the United States, Europe, and Africa while bringing this …
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1987
… Hail to the young lions and all the patriots who have united in combat groups and confronted the enemy. Hail also … and whatever its opinion of itself, can…
EventCODESA II Talks end in deadlock
… decided not to participate, including the Conservative Party (CP), Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) and the Pan … came to be called CODESA II. But the…
Nelson Mandela and the last Afrikaner leaders by Hermann Giliomee (Politics Web), 12 May 2015
… were contrasting perspectives of the unexpected National Party victory in the 1948 election. Privately Eben DÁ¶nges, … system, which today is still used in…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the International Conference in solidarity with the frontline states and Lesotho, Lisbon, 25 March 1983
… as a threat to international peace and security and sought United Nations action in terms of the United Nations Charter. In the period since then, the … that…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Intelligence Services Day 10th Anniversary Awards Ceremony and Inauguration of the Wall and Garden of Remembrance: Musanda, Tshwane: 24 November 2005
… about the rule of law. He said: While we (the Communist Party), are correcting unhealthy tendencies and cracking down … institutions. It is not appropriate…
EventAnti-apartheid activist, Norman Levy is born
… Communist League (YCL) and, by 1946, in the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA). After the passing of the … recruited into the newly revived South…
EventPolitical activist Molly Blackburn is born
… of Walmer, Port Elizabeth, for the Progressive Federal Party (PFP). A year later she became involved in the advice … about the problems that faced South…
EventFourteen are killed in Phola Park violence
… between hostel dwellers, who were mainly Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters, and residents, mainly African … to hostels that were predominantly Inkatha…
EventNP presents its revised constitutional proposals
… The National Party (NP) government put its revised constitutional … All participants in CODESA except the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) objected to the…
EventChris Hani, the SACP secretary-general, is assassinated
… day twenty five years ago, the South African Communist Party (SACP) secretary-general, Chris Thembisile Hani also … linked to co-conspirator Clive Derby…
EventThe UN decides not to support the request of the Union of South Africa concerning the treatment of Indians in SA
… During the second part of the first session of the United Nations General Assembly, the General Committee … the two Governments, and the relevant provisions…
EventTreason Trial of 16 UDF members resumes
… after the first Treason trial in 1956, 16 members of the United Democratic Front (UDF) were accused of treason in the … (n.d.), ‘Commemorating 25 years of…
EventSouth African Indian Congress opposes "Ghetto Act"
… Delegations were also sent to India, Britain and the United States. The Indian government protested against the … In June 1946, India requested the secretary…