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EventProposal for a new constitution
… during the drafting of the new constitution. The ANC wanted an Interim government, whereas the Democratic …
EventHundreds of political prisoners began a hunger strike at Robben Island
… in order to strengthen the bargaining positions of the ANC. While de Klerk suggested that the unconditional release …
EventSamora Machel pledges solidarity with the people of South Africa
… Machel, together with the African National Congress (ANC) President, Oliver Tambo was addressing mourners at the …
EventJoshua Nkomo’s freedom of movement and association in Southern Rhodesia is restricted
… Nkomo, who supported the African National Congress (ANC) when he was in South Africa inthe 1940's, came to the …
EventBantu Holomisa deposes Stella Sigcau as President of the Transkei
… Defence Force (TDF), a staunch African National Congress (ANC) activist, led a bloodless coup against the Transkei …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education
… the National Party (NP) to the African National Congress (ANC). Contrary to many predictions, South Africa avoided a …
EventMK soldiers threaten armed struggle
… were being investigated. The African National Congress (ANC) responded with a strongly worded statement promising …
ArticleSignificance of the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… it also provided the stimulus for the creation of new ANC branches. The campaign for the Congress of the People and …
EventThembisile Chris Hani is killed
… beyond the right wing, linking the assassination to the ANC. …
Article1967 Terrorism Act, No. 83 of 1967
… and for participating in African National Congress (ANC) activities as a member and officer in Durban in 1962 and … under the Suppression of Communism Act…
A brief history on South African prisons and prisoners
… Boesman, a member of the banned African National Congress (ANC) , was convicted of the 1985 killing of Mellina Fass, a … Vuyisile Mini , a trade union…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the murder of Griffiths Mxenge, 01 November 1981
… by the apartheid courts on a charge of membership of the ANC after it was banned in 1960. On completion of his … unable to stop the forward march of the…
PlaceSophiatown
… Resident of Sophiatown lost everything they owned. The ANC turned to boycotts, strikes and civil disobedience. In 1956, the ANC issued what it called the…
Document 40 - Anti-CAD, Why You Should Not Vote [1958]
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 40 - Anti-CAD, Why You Should Not Vote [1958]…
Document 17 - The Groote Schuur Minute
… apartheid is dead. (We heard that before) Unbanning the ANC, is an admission that your banning in March 1960 was … laws passed to hound, nay, annihilate us…
Introduction
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai 'The appeasers', declared the report of the Passive…
Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
… youth and to give the movement political direction. The ANC in exile called for immediate international action and … in exile, notably, the African National…
EventControversial 'Black Jesus' painter, Ronald Harrison, dies
… in 1962 when he painted African National Congress (ANC) leader, Albert Luthuli as Jesus. The painting, named …
The Struggle Continues and Grows More Intense - Statement by O. R. Tambo, 23 August 1984
… time. Tomorrow is our day. Oliver R. Tambo President, ANC …
ArchiveThe Pan African Congress venture in retrospect: a Non-European Unity Movement pamphlet
… British imperialism With the PAC breaking away from the ANC, and then the launch of the Anti-Pass Campaign,the …
EventDr Joshua Nkomo African nationalist and guerrilla leader is born.
… to Rhodesia where he was elected as president of the ANC.In June 1999 he passed away in Harare, the capital of …
EventThami Mnyele, SA artist and member of MK, is killed in Gaborone
… He became very active in the African National Congress’ (ANC) military wing Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK). On June 14, 1985, …
EventChief Cyprian Zulu warns his people not to participate in the Defiance Campaign
… African government. During the African National Congress (ANC) Annual Conference in December 1952 it was decided, "to …
EventAllan Boesak is born
… he was elected chairperson of African National Congress (ANC) in Western Cape. His meteroric rise was checked in 1985 …
EventBlack People Convention is formed
… years after the banning of the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), a new political …
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk promises repeal of apartheid laws
… made by then President F.W. de Klerk to free the jailed ANC leader Nelson Mandela and others and to unban political …
EventMalebane Metsing stages a coup in Bophuthatswana
… fled the country and joined the African National Congress (ANC). He successfully applied to the Truth and Reconciliation …
EventAllan Boesak guilty on charges of fraud
… the Western Cape region of the African National Congress (ANC) and director of the Foundation for Peace and Justice, …
EventNP holds federal congress
… its withdrawal from the African National Congress (ANC)-led Government of National Unity, the National Party …
EventIndustrial and Commercial Workers Union is founded under Clements Kadalie
… pushed the more conservative African National Congress (ANC) into the background during the 1920s. This provoked a …