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Appeal to the British People to Oppose the Visit of P.W. Botha: Open Letter to Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, President of the Anti-Apartheid Movement by O. R. Tambo, 21 May 1984
… struggle for freedom. We hope the British people, in a united and massive demonstration, will dissociate themselves … of the apartheid system - which has…
Message to the People of South Africa by O. R. Tambo, August 1976
… in countrywide stays-at-home and other industrial actions. United power of labour is unchallengeable. The time to … attacks. The regime with all its allies…
EventFive American nuns are shot to death in Liberia
… 1822 and was to serve as the home of freed slaves from the United States. Although Liberia has an indigenous population, … Monrovia raged, they were moved…
Document 95 - “Welcome The All-African National Convention! African National Convention Must Mark Beginning of National Liberation Movement”, South African Worker, 27 June 1936
… a political issue in every place where Natives congregate. United Action Will Strengthen The Cause of The People Expose … Connect your movement with the…
Chapter 3 - Exploring the feasibility of negotiation
… violence or severed its relationship with the Communist Party, which the ANC refused to do. There were also several … for membership of the Organization of…
Closing address by President Nelson Mandela in the president’s budget debate Cape Town, 22 April 1998
… of principle, embraced the fundamental principles of multi-party democracy;an abiding culture of human rights;and open … these principles are the exclusive…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister Strijdom dies
… Former National Party leader and Prime Minister of South Africa, Advocate J. …
EventNew Prime Minister P.W. Botha appoints cabinet ministers
… the MP for Bloemfontein West and Chairman of the National Party (NP) defence group in Parliament, Kobie Coetzee. …
EventMozambique gains independence
… the country to independent in 1975. Machel established one-party state form of government. …
EventDe Klerk announces referendum date
… Former South African president and leader of National Party (NP) F.W. De Klerk promulgated the date for the …
EventButhelezi and Mandela meet and call for cease-fire
… African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). The meeting was addressed by Zulu Chief …
EventPolitical Organisations are unbanned in Transkei
… Pan African Congress (PAC), the South African Communist Party (SACP), the South African Students' Organisation …
EventNP serves legal papers on TRC
… The National Party (NP) served legal papers on the Truth and …
EventReginald (Reg) September, prominent trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist, is born
… and an executive member of the South African Communist Party and the African National Congress. He was born in …
EventBotha announces third naval base
… the position of Prime Minister under the ruling National Party (NP). Later, in August 1961, Verwoed endorsed Botha for …
EventGeneral Muhamed Lamari, head of Algeria's army, resigns for health reasons.
… 1992, when the army had seized power as a radical Muslim party was on the verge of an electoral victory. …
EventThe world pay tribute to former president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium
… of the life of Nelson Mandela. Speeches were delivered by United State President Barack Obama, President Dilma Rousseff …
EventThe Association of Chambers of Commerce issued a “no work, no pay, no penalty” statement
… from work on June 16. The statement was released after the United Democratic Front and National Education Crisis …
ArchivePromise of hope
… South Africa' and an equal voice in the affairs of one united land. (from 'South Africa - A land divided' - Black …
EventThe Queen Mother of Lesotho, Mamohato Bereng Seeiso dies.
… to study at Bath Training College of Home Economics in the United Kingdom. In 1962, she married King Moshoeshoe II and …
EventRhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Douglas Smith, declares a state of emergency
… declared a state of emergency. This was prompted by the United Kingdom’s (UK) refusal to grant Zimbabwe independence …
EventThozamile Botha breaks banning order
… escaped to Lesotho. PEBCO was an affiliate of the banned United Democratic Front. Thozamile Botha studied BA Law with …
EventInternational Labour Organisation and UN meet over apartheid in SA
… Body. The meeting was convened in cooperation with the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid. The main …
EventLocal elections in Townships
… townships boycotted these local council elections and the United Democratic Front (UDF) organised anti-elections …
EventFrontline states call on RSA government to release Mandela and end Apartheid
… and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). They also urged the United States and other European countries to increase their …
EventOlympic games end in Athens
… flag lowered. The overall winner of the 2004 Games was the United States with 103 medals, followed by Russia with 92 and …
EventMakhaya Ntini is found guilty of rape
… He maintained his innocence, receiving the backing of the United Cricket Board, but a shock awaited him in court when …
EventMonty Naicker dies
… in this country. As early as 1948, he called for a united front amongst the oppressed political organisations. …
EventSouth African actor, Ken Gampu, dies in Vosloorus
… to act in Hollywood films, having spent two years in the United States. His first acting job was a role in the play No …
ArchiveA death warrant for Afrikaans by Hermann Giliomee, 11 November 2019
… force, a veritable obsession.’ [viii] When the National Party government began to cede power in 1992 the debate over … overwhelmingly sympathetic to the…