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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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
The 1994 South African Election by Phyllis Jordan
… One of the last election holdouts, the Inkatha Freedom Party of Mangosuthu Buthelezi, jumped the train last week. It seems, then, that only the Conservative…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
EventPresident Jacob Zuma steps down as President of South Africa
… did not understand why he was being told to step down. The party then stated it would go on to undertake a vote of no … effect.”, Zuma said in his official…
DOCUMENT 37. “Black Power--Students Forced to Leave Meeting.” Article in Dome (University of Natal), March 27, 1969
… succeed in this great and noble endeavour if it itself is united and strong, if it is conscious of its inspiring … responsibility. The workers of South…
67. The Xuma-Naicker-Dadoo Pact, 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 Government…
Statement by Oliver Tambo, on behalf of the Southern African Liberation Movements, at the closing session of the seventh summit meeting of the Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African states, 02 December 1988, Arusha
… Excellency, President Ali Hassan Mwinyi, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Vice-Chairman of Chama Cha … to His Excellency Ali Hassan Mwinyi,…
Statement, on Behalf of the Southern African Liberation Movements, at the Closing Session of the Seventh Summit Meeting of the Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African States, Arusha by O. R. Tambo, 1 - 2 December 1988
… Excellency, President Ali Hassan Mwinyi, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Vice-Chairman of Chama Cha … to His Excellency Ali Hassan Mwinyi,…
Event11 die when the South African Defence Force (SADF) opens fire on negotiators in Sebokeng
… covert underground organisations to functioning as open party political structures. This transformation was the focus … in Sebokeng on 22 July 1990, when the…
EventA few days after deciding to establish a Dutch newspaper in South Africa, the name De Burger is chosen
… and apartheid, and was the mouthpiece of the National Party of South Africa. This changed in the 1950's, when then … with Prime Minister HF Verwoerd. In 1990…
EventSuppression of Communism Act 44 of 1950 severely limits what the media could report
… organisations. It is under this law that the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA). was banned in 1950. On 20 June … met in Cape Town (15 votes to 2 votes…