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EventArchibald Gumede, former President of the United Democratic Front, is born in Pietermaritzburg.
… to Natal and joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1949 and became secretary of the Natal branch. Gumede was very active in the Natal ANC, leading…
EventJoe Slovo is born
… Communist Party (SACP) and African National Congress (ANC) leader and Minister of Housing was born in Lithuania. … South Africa democratic elections, which…
EventPolice break up demonstrations against South African rebel Cricket Tour
… demonstrators including the African National Congress (ANC) and the mainly black National Sports Congress … Cricket Union Dr Ali Bacher but was opposed by…
EventUN passes resolutions on South Africa
… imprisoned leader of the banned African National Congress (ANC). The UN General Assembly also called for the abolition of apartheid, the unbanning of the ANC…
EventDr Louis Luyt resigns as president of the SARFU
… Australia and New Zealand. References: http://www.anc.org.za/anc/newsbrief/1998/news0511 Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: …
EventSA President Nelson Mandela to step down
… and some old guards of the African National Congress (ANC) swung things in Mbeki's favour. Mbeki was ultimately elected ANC president in 1997, thus putting…
EventPixley Seme, lawyer, journalist and co-founder of SANNC is born
… in 1912, which was renamed the African National Congress (ANC) in 1923. The organisation was formed as a result of … SANNC in 1912. He was the barrister and…
EventFormer MK members are dismissed from SANDF
… Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) of the African National Congress (ANC). Those who failed to return, were viewed as deserters … who missed an opportunity to remain in…
ArchiveAn Interview With F.W. De Klerk, the Last Apartheid President of South Africa by Nicolas Rossier
… of all major apartheid laws including the lifting of the ANC ban. While Nelson Mandela is probably today’s most known … is also an element of threat to the…
Gandhiji and the struggle for liberation in South Africa
… policies of powerful nations much more than justice. The ANC was branded by Western intelligence services as … for African lives One of the first mass…
Briefing to organisation of African Unity Kampala, September 8, 1990
… process that is going on in the country today. We, the ANC, initiated this process as far back as 1986. Eventually, … negotiations The next stage in the…
Address to Extraordinary Summit of the World Economic Forum 21 June 2003
… bodies came to meet the African National Congress (ANC) outside South Africa, which by this time had mobilised … government. These groups also came to…
Second National Consultative Conference Communiqué, 25 June 1985
… The Second National Consultative Conference of the ANC has taken place. It opened on June 16th, the ninth … our leaders said: "We were most delighted to hear…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the South African Communist Party Cape Town, 28 July 1996
… join others in proclaiming;many happy returns. We, in the ANC, wish you all the best not merely out of sentiment. We … millions, is their cry of anguish;and…
ArticleThe Land Act, Traditional Authorities and the Native Affairs Department (NAD) 1913-1953
… Congress (SANNC), renamed the African National Congress (ANC) in 1923. In the first 30 years of its existence, the ANC had an upper house of chiefs who…
Chapter 2: The Nature and Character of Vigilantes in Kwazulu-Natal
… that the IFP had built in Lindelani through Shabalala, the ANC was unable to operate in the area. Shabalala's power made … led to the continuation of…
African National Congress Press Statement by O. R. Tambo, 5 November 1979
… struggle in all its forms. It is therefore the task of the ANC and all other patriotic forces in South Africa … The urgent need to respond to the call issued…
Extracts from the book ‘A long walk to Freedom’. Nelson Mandela’s autobiography
… - 25 November 1992. The strategic perspective of the ANC is the transfer of power from the white minority regime … Africa were making it increasingly…
PlaceAvalon Cemetery, Soweto
On the Southern edge of one of the Country’s most famous townships, Soweto, lies the equally Historic Avalon Cemetery. The biggest cemetery in South Africa…
PlaceKakamas, Northern Cape
Kakamas is a rather small town situated in the Northern Cape of South Africa. This interesting town was originally built by a church and named after the Khoi…
EventAmina Lawal's sentence upheld
On 19 August 2002, an Islamic high court in the Katsina state of Nigeria, upheld a sentence of death by stoning for Amina Lawal. The 31 year old woman had been…
ArchiveThe ANCs first armed military operation: the
… tells the story of the African National Congress' (ANC's) first armed military operation and its Luthuli … 31 July 1967 into Rhodesia. Their mission was…
EventSA Prime Minister sends a goodwill message to the new government of Mozambique
… 1981, 13 exiled members of the African National Congress (ANC) were killed in Matola, Mozambique.This was the first … for attacks on one another. Mozambique…
EventFourteen are killed in Phola Park violence
… and residents, mainly African National Congress (ANC) supporters, became serious when residents from Thokoza … General Election of 1994, because of attempts…
EventNP presents its revised constitutional proposals
… proposals. Though the African National Congress (ANC) accepted the plan for the constitution to be drafted by … referee role during the first phase of the…
EventInkatha Freedom Party boycotts parliament
… left with no choice after the African National Congress (ANC) and the National Party (NP) had reneged on an agreement … in the first democratic election in…
EventThe United Nations adopts a resolution establishing an eleven member United Nations Council for South West Africa
… South Africa was bleak as the African National Congress (ANC), South African communist Party (SACP), Pan Africanist … West African People’s Organisation …
ArchiveThe end of an era - A tribute to Cde Govan Mbeki, by Jacob Zuma, 8 September 2001, Port Elizabeth
… South Africa. In addition, Oom Gov passes on just as the ANC is preparing for a celebration of its 90th birthday next … A disciplined and hardworking member…
ArchiveHow history will judge FW de Klerk by RW Johnson, politicsweb (28 November 2021)
… South Africa is heading for failure. If fail it does, the ANC will inevitably get most of the blame but there will also … up an agreed legal document. This…
65th Anniversary of the South Africa Communist Party - Joe Slovo
… that, sooner or later, they will have to reckon with the ANC which, in the eyes of the greater part of the black … power in our land. Since there is no way…