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Event18 political prisoners are released from Bophuthatswana
… officials. Their release came after the African National Congress(ANC) restated that amongst its fundamental …
EventSA Prime Minister, P.W. Botha calls for unity against Marxism
… At a National Party (NP) Congress in Bloemfontein, the South African Prime Minister, …
EventNelson Mandela announces he will not stand for re-election in 1999
… would mean stepping down as the African National Congress's (ANC's) and as the country’s president. The …
EventANC’s chief representative in Swaziland, Stanley Mabizela, writes a letter to the ANC following a visit by Thabo Mbeki and Max Sisulu
… On 12 March, 1975, Stanley Mabizela the African National Congress (ANC) Chief representative in Swaziland wrote a …
EventPoqo members arrested
… Jada and Qebele Makasa. The Pan African National Congress recorded them as eight instead of the long-held view …
EventAlbert Luthuli accepts the Nobel Peace Prize
… Luthuli, president of the then banned African National Congress (ANC), was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1960 for … About African History This Day in…
EventManto Tshabalala - Msimang, controversial minister of health, is born
… driven students were ordered by the African National Congress (ANC) to skip the country. President Thabo Mbeki was …
EventSouth African anti-apartheid activist Ronnie Kasrils is born in the Johannesburg
… and its aftermath drew him closer to the African National Congress (ANC). He was renowned for perfectly executing tasks …
EventJournalist and anti-apartheid activist M.P. Naicker dies
… and Director of Publicity of the African National Congress (ANC) External Mission, Marimuthu Pragalathan …
EventBanned PAC leader Sobukwe is admitted as attorney
… Robert Sobukwe, former leader of the banned Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC), although still under a banning order, was …
EventPhotographer, Abdul Shariff, is murdered in Katlehong
… in the back and killed while covering an African National Congress (ANC) delegation visit to Katlehong near …
EventCODESA’s starting date set
… delegations. The delegations of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) were …
EventANC calls for the dismissal of Adriaan Vlok and Magnus Malan
… The African National Congress (ANC), in an emergency meeting, called for the …
EventNamibians vote for a Constituent Assembly
… agreement also entailed the removal of African National Congress (ANC) bases from Angola. …
EventF.W. De Klerk is inaugurated
… he freed Nelson Mandela and unbanned the African National Congress (ANC) and other liberation movements. He released …
EventMemorial service for the victims of mining disaster
… the imprisoned leader of the banned African National Congress (ANC) , addressed the memorial service References: …
EventMilton Obote (81), Uganda’s former dictator, dies in a South African hospital
… council of Uganda from 1957, founded the Uganda People's Congress in 1960. Obote became Uganda's Prime Minister after … was granted political asylum in…
EventHolomisa on corruption
… had donated two million rand to the African National Congress (ANC) before the 1994 elections. Holomisa claimed …
EventNP set to withdraw from GNU
… Unity on June 30. This came after the African National Congress (ANC) refused that the coalition government … former president says ,(online), from The…
EventEleven people are killed at Donnybrook, Kwazulu
… the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the African National Congress (ANC). This rivalry reached its height during the …
EventNelson Mandela appeals for calm after the assassination of Communist Party chief, Chris Hani
… weSizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), serious tensions emerged as South Africans … occurred outside Hani’s house in Dawn Park…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister JG Strijdom dies
… the ideological principles of the African National Congress (ANC), was endorsed. A year later, on 9 August 1956, …
EventThe Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO) is founded after the government banned a host of BCM organisations in October 1977.
… with some of its members adhering to the African National Congress’ (ANC) Freedom Charter which promotes non-racialism. …
EventThe passive resistance movement begins with a mass meeting of 2000 Africans
… were peaceful. The South African Native National Congress (SANNC) had even hired constables to ensure this was … African National Congress Campaign against…
EventEx-mutineers consider resigning from the ANC
… in exile considered resigning from the African National Congress (ANC). This came after the suppression of political …
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Receiving the Congressional Gold Medal Washington, 23 September 1998
… end apartheid, including critically through action by this Congress. It is also because of the actions of countless … members of the CBC offered the…
88. Gandhi’s legacy
… Mahatma Gandhi (link to bio on site), the father of the Congress of Indian South Africans, was a leader who was alert … an advocate of socialism. And the…
Search for a United Front against racism
… by Mr. M.D. Naidoo, Joint Secretary of the Natal Indian Congress, who was released on Tuesday morning, after serving … Dr A.B. Xuma, President-General of the…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Search for a United Front against racism
… by Mr. M.D. Naidoo, Joint Secretary of the Natal Indian Congress, who was released on Tuesday morning, after serving … Dr A.B. Xuma, President-General of the…
II - The Life of Steve Biko
… of the Zimele Trust Fund in 1976, and in that year, at the congress of the Black People's Convention in Durban””a congress he could not attend because of his…