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ArticleA history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
… years after the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War in 1899, a National Convention of white representatives from the four … the convention. This, in part, laid…
ArticleArmed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990
… These riots continued until 1986, when the African National Congress (ANC) called on South Africans to make the … of Emergency was declared in 1985, and this…
Biography of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile by Brianna T. Hogg
… paid off, especially after her introduction to the African National Congress, (ANC). After actively participating in the … after her return from exile, Mbete…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… In 1948, the National Party (NP), representing Afrikaners, won the national election on a platform of racism and segregation …
BiographyC. S. Mabaso
… secretary and bookkeeper of Abantu-Batho, the African National Congress (ANC) newspaper. He was a member of the …
BiographyElijah H. Mdolomba
… In the late 1920s he was president of the Cape African National Congress (ANC) and later held the position of ANC …
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… range of people. By chance he has contact with Communist Party member Rusty Bernstein, who loans him the first piece … literature which Walter read, Stalin’s…
ArticleYoung Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA)
… was to play a leading role in the affairs of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) , for 17 years, noted in his … as secretary of the YCL signed the…
ArticleLesotho Timeline
… II the monarch and Chief Leabua Jonathan of the Basotho National Party (BNP) as prime minister. 1970 Chief Leabua Jonathan … a State of Emergency in February…
ArticleThe Namibian struggle for independence – 1966 – 1990 – a historical background
… increased rapidly after South Africa gave support to the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). … and SWAPO won with 57% of the votes…
ArticleGrade 12 - How SA emerged as a democracy from the crises of the 1990s
… government came under increasing internal pressure. The National Party attempted a political solution to the crisis it faced …
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament
… planned for from the 1976/7 provincial congress of the National Party (NP), and once it became a reality in 1984, it …
BiographyLefifi Tladi
… their own poetry. Consequently, Tladi burst onto the national South African political scene during the 1970s … him during an exhibition of his work at the…
BiographyManiben Sita
… the Group Areas Act and the establishment of the Indian National Council (later the South African Indian Council - … was elated to finally witness the…
BiographyYusuf Joe Jacobs
… to the rote learning that prevailed. He organised a national conference of college lecturers with the theme: … ahead. As such, he was invited to participate…
ArticleThembisile Chris Hani Timeline 1942 - 2003
… of Young Africa (SOYA) for six months; joins the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL), citing the arrest of African National Congress (ANC) leaders…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… was in the hands of the pro British South Africa Party and United Party, which were led by Prime Minister … Botha and later Prime Minister Jan Smuts . The…
BiographyDavid Bruce
… where they asked him once again if he would do his national military service and he refused. They placed him … broke into “Nkosi Sikeleli Afrika" (God Bless…
Delegations and dialogue between ANC and internal non government groups
… The African National Congress (ANC) in exile developed strategies to … many in the Afrikaner intelligentsia began to question the National Party’s vision of…
BiographyCaleb Mayekiso
… Caleb Mayekiso was an African National Congress (ANC) supporter who was arrested on 16 …
ArticleSharpeville
… shock waves around the country and the world. The African National Congress (ANC) President, Chief Albert Luthuli, … and declared a day of mourning. He…
BiographyEudy Simelane
… Simelane was a successful soccer player and received national recognition for her talent on the field. She played … Sweepers team, as well as for the South…
BiographyAlbert Dlomo
… Dlomo joined the African National Congress (ANC ) at Chesterville in Durban just … and he was the KwaZulu-Natal Chairperson and Deputy National Chairperson…
BiographyDumisani Shadrack Kumalo
… in the 1920s,and became a member of the African National Congress. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from …
BiographyBreyten Breytenbach
… 1962 he married Yolande Ngo Thi Hoang Lien, a Viëtnamese national. His first published work, in 1964, Die Ysterkoei …
BiographyFikile Charles Bam
… KAPBeteiligungs in Germany, Putco, Volkswagen SA, First National Bank, Iscor Ltd., Armscor, Silver Oak Industries and …
BiographyNnoseng Ellen Kate Khuzwayo
… remarkable work. In 1994 Kuzwayo was appointed an African National Congress (ANC) member of paliament. She died on 19 …
BiographyJohannes Jacobus Degenaar
… Degenaar with the Order of Ikhamanga in Silver at the National Orders awards on 19 October 2004. …
BiographyLouis Problem Mkhize
… April 1994. Mkhize was integrated into the South African National Defence Force on 8 July 1995. He was promoted to the …
BiographyMilwa Mnyaluza “George” Pemba
… George Pemba with the Order of Ikhamanga in Gold at the National Orders awards on 19 October 2004, for his pioneering …