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EventJ.C. Smuts calls general election
… in April, prime minister and leader of the South African Party (SAP), J.C. Smuts, decided to hold a general election … The SAP suffered a defeat at the hands…
EventANC flag raised at the funeral of John ‘Hennie’ Ferus
… "political funeral" where ANC supporters openly raised the party flag without fear of recrimination. Ferus was detained … participation in the 1981 general…
EventDr Albert Hertzog confirms that television would not be introduced in South Africa
… many years the monopoly, controlled by the white minority National Party government. The National Party's Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, Dr Albert …
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… many with links to the political movements. 1948 The National Party comes to power in South Africa on a ticket to enforce … members, the organisation has…
BiographyMohamed Farouk Asvat
… Police of the apartheid regime; and then from the African National Congress/United Democratic Front/Congress of South … Students' Organisation, Black…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… not afford to rent office space. It was the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) that provided the union with … neighbouring countries. The party then…
ArticleIndentured Indian labourers and their struggle for citizenship in South Africa by Dr Brij Maharaj
… man…”. The repatriation of Indians was a key issue in the National Party election manifesto in 1948: “The party holds the view that Indians are a foreign and…
BiographyPeter Clarke
… started to spread. Mathys Bokhorst, the Director of the National Gallery, came to know about him and thus in 1951 … 1979: Pratt Institute, New York 1982:…
BiographyChief Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk
… education, and as a teenager, he delivered African National Congress (ANC) newspapers, The New Age and The … across South Africa for the creation of the…
ArticleThe Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Brief History
… December of 1956 as an offshoot of the Angolan Communist Party, had as its support base the Ambundu people and was … by other African countries, Cuba and the…
Extract from a speech made at Bethlehem on 2 September
… public appearance following the announcement of the United Party's federal policy. After referring to South Africans … stability, then I do not know what is…
ArticleOliver Reginald Tambo Timeline 1917 - 2011
… as its secretary 1947 Tambo becomes a member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ANC 1948 Tambo … to Africa's Survival, under the auspices of…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - List of Abbreviations
… AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ANC African National Congress AWB Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging BEE Black … for Development Management MK Umkhonto we…
EventNP Natal Congress agrees to multiracial membership
… the wind of change powerfully blowing in South Africa, the National Party under the leadership of young but politically … held in 1994, the party formed part…
BiographyJohannes Henricus Brand
… as officials. In 1871 Brand was asked by a large party to become president of the Transvaal, and thus unite …
ArticleWomen and the struggle against Apartheid
… was not really out of choice, but also because the African National Congress (ANC) was reserved for male membership. … 1991 the ANCWL moved back into South…
ArticleAfrican Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
… which, according to the founding document of APDUSA, the national situation was frankly and exhaustively discussed. … It appealed for a rethink on…
Dorothy Alexander
… a member of this study group, which became known as the National Liberation Front (NLF). In 1963 she was arrested and …
Ntombikayise Priscilla Ngocobo (née Khubeka)
… (now KwaZulu-Natal) and was affiliated with the African National Congress (ANC) armed wing uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) . …
BiographyMark Shinners
… Mothopeng and together they revived the PAC. After the national uprising in 1976, Shinners and 17 other PAC members …
BiographyDeseni Soobben
… representation of women in the print media. She holds a National Higher Diploma in Journalism from ML Sultan …
BiographyNosipho Dastile
… first president and also became the region’s African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) chairperson shortly …
EventMarais Steyn dies
… career started in 1948, when he stood for the United Party (UP) against the National Party MP for Alberton, Hendrik Verwoerd. In the face … After years in…
Tribute To Michael Harmel: Oration At Funeral In Prague, June 24, 1974
… attracted to Marxism in his student days. He joined our Party in 1939 and for the rest of his life the Party was his … when he was transferred to Cape Town…
EventDate is set for constitutional talks
… meeting would take place on 20-21 December 1991. Every party or government would be represented by twelve delegates. … part of CODESA and accused the…
BiographyAdam Glasser
… from the Big Picture”, and “His Girl Friday” at the Royal National Theatre in 2005. …
BiographyKing Dinuzulu
… 1884. At the time, Zululand was experiencing a process of national disintegration. After the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, …
BiographyFreda Levson
… 1952, Freda became involved in the launch of the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Indian …
BiographyPaul Stopforth
… Court of South Africa; Tufts University Gallery; the National Gallery, Cape Town; Johannesburg Art Gallery; Durban …
BiographyJohanna (Joey) Hendrina Scheepers
… other workers into trade union structures. In 1943 the National Union of Distributive Workers began a strike to gain …