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EventPolice arrest members of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) High Command at Lilliesleaf Farm
… South African police raided the African National Congress (ANC) underground headquarters, the Liliesleaf Farm in … leadership of Umkhonto we Sizwe(MK), armed…
EventB.J. Vorster, Minister of Justice, announces extensive security measures following the Sharpeville Massacre
… government had passed a state of emergency and banned the ANC and the PAC. The response from the ANC and the PAC was to declare an armed struggle, marked by …
Document 24 - “Wreckers at Work”, (Editorial), Liberation. 18, April 1956
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 24 - “Wreckers at Work", (Editorial),…
In search of the good society: Social policy in South Africa after twenty years of democracy
… reconstituted later into the African National Congress (ANC), was formed in order to challenge colonial domination … argues that in fact, this approach…
Don’t be misled by the PROPAGANDA OF THE KAJEE-PATHER GROUP
… Executive Committee and selected other members of the ANC from outside the country, to enable them to return and … lifting of the state of emergency. In this…
Milton Obote by Angela Thompsell updated 28 February 2016
… Obote began purging his government and orchestrated a new constitution, passed by the parliament, that did away with …
Document 59 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa to N. J. Barclay, 21 February 1936
… (The I.L.P. blew up before achieving an organ or even a constitution.) As a result of its growth the Lenin Club …
Document 47 - “International Communist League Formed in South Africa”, International Bulletin of the International Communist League, New Series, 2, September 1934
… the many adverse factors. We enclose a copy of our draft constitution to be formally adopted upon affiliation to the …
Document 90 - “Hertzog’s Native Bill Passed: Only 11 Oppose Reactionary Measure”, Umsebenzi, 1 1 April 1936
… the provisions provided for the amendment of the State constitution which were declared invalid in law. In this …
Document 2 - Letter from E. R. Roux to Douglas Wolton
… on child labour not only in the legislation but in the new constitution of South Africa. 7. Enforcement We are delighted …
PlaceDurban, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… However in 1996, under South Africa’s, new Democratic Constitution the Homelands were dismantled and South Africa …
EventSteve Tshwete is born
… school he began working for the African National Congress (ANC). Even while still in school at East London's Welsh … secretary. The club was a cover for…
42nd African National Congress Conference: Resolutions, 20 December, 1953
1. That this Conference urges branches, Regional Committees, Provincial Executives and the National Executive Committee to make plans for and embark upon an…
ArchiveStatement
… Statement by Alfred Nzo, Secretary General of the ANC National Executive Committee, on the current situation in … few weeks had launched a counter-offensive,…
Closing remarks to the 13th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government, 03 July 2009, Sirte, Libya
… remember and will have met the former President of the ANC, His Excellency Oliver Tambo, who always reminded his cadres that the strength of the ANC came…
Freedom In Our Life Time - African National Congress Activities
From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede 11. A. M. LEMBEDE, "Congress on the March," Bantu World, 9 September 1944. The African…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott - Timeline
… Africa’ 25 May 1989 — The Executive Committee of the ANC published a paper on its position on the Academic and …
EventCharges against Cape Times editor, Mr Anthony Heard are dropped
… Mr Nel Bureau to launch a booklet ‘Talking with the ANC’’. Mr Dalling said the charges had to be dropped as the government published a booklet which…
EventMandela and Tambo meet in Sweden
… to speed political change, African National Congress (ANC) Vice-President Nelson Mandela met his old friend, ANC President Oliver Tambo, for the first time…
EventNNP federal council decides to disband the party
… The council decided to join the African National Congress (ANC) and fight all future elections under the banner of the ANC. …
EventSifiso Nkabinde is shot dead by assassins
… former Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Natal Midlands and at the time of his death … death triggered the murder of eleven…
EventSouth African Parliament votes to restore citizenship to residents of so-called independent states
… was set up for these deliberations, consisting of the ANC and the SA government. These territories had about 10 … in 1977. This announcement produced a…
EventPolitical activist, Professor ZK Matthews is born
… a founder member of the African National Congress (ANC). Matthews devoted the first part of his life exclusively … involvement. He found his true political…
EventNgoako Abel Ramathlodi is born
… (now Limpopo) and current Africa National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee member, was born in … North, Ramathlodi left the country for Lesotho…
EventPhyllis Naidoo escapes to Lesotho
… In Lesotho she joined the African National Congress (ANC) and was involved in providing for children who had left … members of the South African Communist…
EventDumisani Makhaye passes away
… Affairs and member of the African National Congress (ANC), Dumisani Makhaye, succumbed to lung cancer at Parklands … to pass away in office. A committee was…
Book launch: Attacking the Heart of Apartheid by Yunus Carrim
… largely untold. Formed under the direct command of ANC president Oliver Tambo and senior ANC and SACP leader Joe Slovo, this elite unit executed some … role…
ArchiveObituary for Andrew Verster
Andrew Verster died peacefully in his bed on Sunday 16th February. It was the kind if death he would have wished for. No fuss, no drama – an end to a life…
EventMaluzi Gigaba is born
… Previously, he had been African National Congress (ANC) member of parliament and president of the ANC Youth League. References: Hayes, S. (ed)(2000). Who's…
EventThe Pretoria Minute is agreed upon
… The government and the African National Congress (ANC) reaffirmed their commitment to the Groote Schuur Minute … Internal Security Act and suspension of…