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ArchiveChapter 3 University by Denis Goldberg
… retired after about ten years and went to live in the United States, where one winter he slipped on an icy … Bodenstein, a quite famous fund-raiser for the…
Academia and activism: A unique alliance in working class organisation post 1973 by Vannessa Kruger
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference The post-1973 period created a space for academics, students, and…
PlaceChad
… for independence from France, the Chadian Progressive Party (PPT) and Chadian Democratic Union (UDT) [lxxxvi] . The … of internal conflict Habré can be…
ArchiveNUSAS talks to the ANC
… relationship of the ANC with the South African Communist Party and socialist countries. …
EventTunisia gains independence from France
… the French and the Neo-Destour (“New Constitution”) party, which was backed by the trade unions. Tunisia, located …
EventZambia gains independence from Britain
… Kaunda, the country’s first president, proclaimed one-party rule at independence. . Their independence came four …
EventKwame Nkrumah orders release of political prisoners
… which had rejected multiparty rule in favour of one party rule and scientific socialism. …
EventMinister Kobie Coetsee on meeting between Botha and Mandela
… Congress (ANC) ties with the South African Communist Party (SACP). …
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first democratic President
… on 10 May 1994.. He replaced the outgoing National Party leader F.W. de Klerk as President. Mandela spent the …
EventNigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua is inaugurated
… rivals were MuhammadBuhari of the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) and Vice President Atiku Abubakar. …
EventThe International Labour Organisation calls for South Africa’s withdrawal at the Geneva Conference
… labour standards. It is the only 'tripartite' United Nations agency that brings together representatives of …
EventThe Luanda International Jazz Festival is launched in Luanda, Angola
… brought together jazz artists from Angola, Brazil, United States, South Africa and many other countries. Amongst …
EventCourt commutes James Mange’s sentence
… campaign led by international bodies such as the United Nations, Organisation of African Unity (now AU), …
EventSA tenor Johan Botha is born
… in Roodepoort. He travels extensively in Europe and the United States and is a popular performer at the world's major …
EventUN warns Africa of the scourge of HIV
… The United Nations states in Addis Adaba that more than eighty … he people History," UN 2005 United Nations Africa and Aids March 4th, 2005 ",From: The …
EventPresent UN headquarters is opened
… The international peace keeping body, the United Nations (UN), which had replaced the League of Nations … The Star, 09 th Jan 2004, Milestones,| United…
Zonal Centenary Memorial Lecture on the Life and Times of David Bopape, presented by David Makhura, ANC Gauteng Provincial Secretary, 21 June 2012, Tsakane
… afford to buy decent clothes. Bopape joins the Communist Party and becomes a leading African Communist Through his … Bopape came into contact with the…
ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
… campaigns were organised in the 1930s by the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) and various trade unions. The … to discrimination became necessary after…
ANC NGC – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly by Marius Strydom (News24 Voices), 12 October 2015
… political competition is needed to galvanise the ruling party to perform better . It appears as if the increased … will change anytime soon, there is a…
ArchiveTen commandments for voters
… out for wolves in sheep's clothing. Do not vote for a party without knowing its aims and policies 3. People who …
ArchiveInterview with Alexander Hepple
… South African parliament for the white socialist Labour Party from 1953 to 1958, and edited its newspaper "Forward". …
EventPhyllis Naidoo escapes to Lesotho
… Africa, assisting members of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and ANC to escape from South Africa, and …
EventTwelve people are killed in Daveyton
… police while defending themselves against Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters' attacks. …
EventANC and IFP joint peace rally is called off
… called off a peace rally to be held with Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) scheduled for 2 April in KwaZulu-Natal. The local …
EventChris Hani succeeds Joe Slovo as Chief of MK
… appointed general secretary of the South African Communist Party (SACP). MK was intensifying its struggle against South …
EventNew ANC National Working Committee is elected
… of the 60-member National Executive Committee (NEC), the party's second highest decision-making structure. The NEC …
EventPresident Mandela reshuffles Cabinet Ministers
… As result of the National Party's withdrawal, President Nelson Mandela carried out a …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Introduction
… is the 1994 transfer of political power from the National Party (NP) to the African National Congress (ANC). Contrary … (MK) and Secretary-General of the…
EventKing Williams Town schools are closed in commemoration of Victoria Mxenge
… driveway in Durban. At that time she was one of fifteen United Democratic Movement team members facing trial for …
EventJoint call for June 16 Stay away
… The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), United Democratic Front (UDF) and National Education Crisis …