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EventNelson Mandela condemns the Lockerbie bombing, the first mass killing of Americans by terrorists
… leader Muammar Gaddafi. Mandela defied criticism from the United States of America to meet Gaddafi. In 1999, Mandela … and the West. Part of the compromise…
EventAn international measure is adopted in Antwerp to block rebel groups from trading conflict diamonds
… Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) in Sierra Leone. According to the United Nations (UN), conflict diamonds, or…
EventAfrican Mineworkers' strike starts
… on this day. The strike was initiated by the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), which was active in … members of the District Committee of the Communist…
A Brief History of Niger - Part 1 by US Department of State
… 1960, however, membership was allowed to lapse. Single-Party Rule : For its first 14 years as an independent state, Niger was run by a single-party civilian…
The defiance campaign by M. P. Naicker
… and other draconian measures adopted by the Nationalist Party Government since it came to power in 1948, the National … of the Arab League; the Council on…
Mandela: Message to India
… our freedom movement. Your championing of our cause at the United Nations and other world fora further helped to …
ArticleThe Causes of World War I
… and Unionists, who wanted Ireland to remain part of the United Kingdom disagreed violently over the imposition of …
Abbreviations - Missionary settlement in southern Africa
… Alliance Mission UFS : Foreign Mission Committee of the United Free Church of Scotland WMMSW : Women’s Auxiliary of …
EventLesotho’s Foreign Affairs Minister reveals details of agreement with Pik Botha
… the military wing of the opposition Basutoland Congress Party (BC), if Lesotho will expel members of the ANC. This … country gained independence from Britain…
INTERNATIONAL NGO CONFERENCE AGAINST APARTHEID AND COLONIALISM IN AFRICA Geneva, 2 - 4 September 1974
… Statement by Sean MacBride United Nations Commissioner for Namibia Having had the honour … of disbelief or cynicism as to the effectiveness of the United…
First National Consultative Conference: Extracts from the Political Report of the National Executive Committee, 25 April 1969, Morogoro
… and well known fact. In Latin America and Asia, too, the United States in particular, supports its puppet regimes … the mighty anti-imperialist force and…
Biography of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile by Brianna T. Hogg
… South African Indian Congress and South African Communist Party , Mbete became very aware and knowledgeable about the … her father’s affiliation with the…
EventAfrican Mineworkers’ strike starts
… on this day. The strike was initiated by the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), which was active in … members of the District Committee of the Communist…
EventKader Asmal, political activist and future Member of Parliament, is born
… a prominent member of the ANC cabinet and considered the Party’s think tank and intellectual. Despite having served … of some tendencies developing in…
EventDr. Connie Mulder is acquitted and discharged on charges of contempt
… a politician. In 1958, he became a member of the National Party (NP) and was the mayor of Randfontein. Ten years later … In later years, he helped…
EventButhelezi snubs ANC and homeland leaders
… meeting since members of both the ANC and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) were held responsible for the violence, which had … for such a meeting, and the issue…
EventHilda Bernstein passes away
… in politics when she joined the South African Labour Party League of Youth, of which she remained a member until 1940, when she left to join the Communist…
EventSir Patrick Duncan, Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, is born
… practiced as a lawyer. He then first joined the Unionist Party before resigning to join the South African Party (SAP). He was minister of internal affairs,…
ArticleThe death of Samora Machel
… Also killed in the crash were thirty three members of his party and the crew of the Russian built Tupolev TU 134A. The … of the crash and death of the…
EventThe Angolan government announces a unilateral ceasefire
… in the presence of President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, United Nations representative Ibrahim Gambari and observers from the United States of America, Portugal…
ArticleBattle of Cuito Cuanavale 1988
… Angolan independence in 1975, the Marxist orientated party Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), … struggle. Jacob Zuma, president of the ANC…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
… The TIYC was still a fledgling organisation when National Party (NP) came to power following the general elections in … the 64th Anniversary of May Day , in…
ArticleAfrican Heritage Sites
… Within 37 African countries, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural … cultures. Gough and Inaccessible Islands (Saint Helena, United…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 73th Anniversary of the ANC 8 January 1985
… power by the people and the building of a new society in a united, democratic and non-racial South Africa. Organised … struggles waged by the workers, we…
ArchiveZuma rape case judge stands down (BBC News),13 February 2006
… I have decided to step aside," he said. Rape is not a party Carrie Shelver Women's rights activist Crowds stand by … Abuse spokeswoman Carrie Shelver. "This…
PlaceStikland Cemetery
In a 1947, a letter to the Cape Town Clerk and the secretary of the Board of Trustees to the Cape Peninsula Cemeteries requested the establishment of a new…
EventJulius Nyerere chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) addresses the ANC in Arusha
… Nyerere president of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), a party that succeeded the TANU, addressed delegates attending … African socialism. Nyerere called for an…
EventMorgan Tsvangirai becomes Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
… fleeing to neighbouring countries, the dominant Zanu-PF party and MDC-T under Tsvangirai agreed to share power in a multi-party government. …
EventANC sacks its chief whip Mbulelo Goniwe, after finding him guilty of sexual harassment
… office. The incident occurred on the evening of a birthday party that was held in his home. Goniwe and the assistant, … into disrepute and provoking…
EventPAC’s leader, Potlako Leballo confirms that Poqo is the organisation’s military wing
… the PAC, African National Congress (ANC), the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA)and other liberation movements … and re-launched in 1953 as the South…