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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,…
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…
PlaceSomalia
… a unified Somali state were dealt a blow in 1950 when the United Nations granted Italy a 10-year trusteeship over its … the British Protectorate achieved…
Address by President, Nelson R. Mandela, at the funeral of Martin Chris Hani FNB Stadium, Soweto, 19 April 1993
… the arrest of a leading member of the Conservative Party, Clive Derby Lewis, in connection with this murder. We … want to present the ANC as the other half…
Chapter 7 - Defining the process
… applied equally to the right wing. For the Conservative Party, not all its leaders supported the boycott of CODESA, … surface some of the tension already…
Address by I. B. Tabata, AAC Conference, December 16,1941
… quick to utilise this disappointment for its own party political aims, namely, Congress. For the outset it was … us show the oppressor that we shall struggle…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the ordinary Congress of the Socialist International, 20 June 1989, Stockholm
… Klerk, as he aspires to the presidency, that the National Party has recognised that the time has come for apartheid to … division of our people can only be…
Statement to the Ordinary Congress of the Socialist International, Stockholm by O. R. Tambo, 20 June 1989
… Klerk, as he aspires to the presidency, that the National Party has recognised that the time has come for apartheid to … division of our people can only be…
Verwoerd's Grim Plot by Nelson Mandela
… can, study the alternatives submitted by the Nationalist Party. PARTITION The newspapers have christened the … which ip upheld by all countries and confirmed…
General Act of the Berlin Conference on West Africa, 26 February 1885
… 26 February 1885 Signed by the representatives of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, the United States of America, Italy,…
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…
PlaceNamibia
… 1892, despite efforts by the Nama and Herero to put up a united front, they were crushed. By the beginning of the … , South Africa was subjected to regular…
ArticleNelson Mandela: Father of the Nation
… peace Apartheid was introduced in 1948 by the NP (National Party) which was an all-white government. It was a harsh …
ArticleThe Battle - Andries Pretorius and his men advance
… the battle, but the church was built). The Pretorius party crossed the Ncome (Buffalo) River, and on Saturday 15 …
EventUS Secretary of State Colin Powell is heckled by activists on the closing day of the World Summit.
… It was convened to discuss sustainable development by the United Nations, and gathered numerous leaders from business … Yells and claps interrupted Powell's…
EventBoutros Boutros Ghali, former UN Secretary General, is born
… Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs before moving to the United Nations (UN). Ghali's role as UN Secretary General has … Ghali was nominated for a second term…
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…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 69th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1981
… battle fought on many fronts. Only yesterday, the United Nations Conference on Namibia opened in Geneva, … representatives of the people of Namibia,…
Document 76 - The Speakers’ Notes - A Brief Course on the Training of Organisers [Document found by the police during the Rivonia raid of 11 July 1963]
… in 1912. Other organisations which constituted the United Front, were the African Peoples OrganisaÂtion for … to 1950, the South African Indian Congress,…
Archive1994 - President De Klerk, State Of the Nation Address, 28 February 1994 (Before National Elections)
… historical process. It is essential that no-one and no party should be able to claim that they are excluded or that … It was to this end that the Government,…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress On The Occasion Of the 105th Anniversary of the African National Congress Presented By President Jacob Zuma
… ANC has remained resolute in our determination to build united, non-racial, non-sexist, democratic and prosperous … call for the unity of the South African…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Conference of the Association of African Universities: Cape Town, 22 February 2005.
… of African countries abandoning the failed systems of one-party rule and military dictatorship, in favour of more open … regional and religious conflicts,…
Post-detention weapons
… under the Suppression of Communism Act When the National Party government came to power in 1948; it preferred to use … in Bekkersdal, 6 Soweto leaders of…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the launch of COP 17 Legacy Projects in Groutville, Kwazulu-Natal, 08 December 2011
… Ministers, Mayors and councilors, Representatives of United Nations agencies, Representatives of the private … a better world. The 17th conference of the…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the occasion of the eighth anniversary of the Triumph of the Sandinista Revolution, 01 July 1987, Managua
… to end the oppressive and exploitative rule of the United States-imposed Somoza dynasty. It is especially … site of some of Augusto Sandino`s greatest…
Document 29 - Kenneth Hendrickse, “The Opposition in Congress”, The Citizen 3, 3, 4 March 1958
… movement that the whole people can be organised and united. Leaving aside now the implicit sectarianism of this … superior aparte status. The people in South…