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ArticleA Charge of Treason by Norman Levy
… Education Movement; and documents of the SACP. The illegal Party had not yet publicly “emerged” and evidence of its … Vernon’s remarks “as more appropriate…
Ahmed Timol: Three Documents by Politicsweb, 27 June 2017
… reopened into the death of the South African Communist Party (SACP) underground operative Ahmed Timol while in the … of the Central Committee of the South…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Report on Delegations, Publications and Organisations of the PRC
… of the PRC Report on Delegations PRC Delegates to United States On 10 July 1946, Mr. Ashwin Choudree left for the United States of America as delegate of the…
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 …
EventUN concerned about Fischer’s arrest
… The United Nations (UN) Committee on the Policy of Apartheid of … in May 1966. Click here to read a chronology of the United Nations and Apartheid Source:…
EventPercy Qoboza, editor of the Post, states that it is difficult to see how a credible newspaper for Blacks can be created in South Africa
… Black newspaper in the country. After studying in the United States for a year, Qoboza returned to South Africa … were thwarted by the government. Qoboza…
EventUS Secretary of State Cyrus Vance travels to South Africa to promote transition to black rule in Namibia
… a decade of extensive diplomatic efforts culminated in a United Nations resolution to supervise Namibia's transition … 1988, South Africa agreed to give up…
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…
EventScores of people are killed in Boipatong, Vaal
… National Congress (ANC), the South Africa Communist Party (SACP) and other liberation movements. Following the … government colluding with members of the…
EventPresident. F.W. de Klerk lifts the state of emergency
… political uncertainty for de Klerk and his ruling National Party. The release of Nelson Mandela from prison and the … political violence between the ANC and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
ArticleSALDRU Newspaper Clippings Archive 1974 - 2000
The clippings collection built up by the Southern Africa Labour & Development Research Unit (Saldru) in the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town…
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…
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…
ArticleAfrican Heritage Sites
… Within 37 African countries, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural … cultures. Gough and Inaccessible Islands (Saint Helena, United…
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…
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…
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…