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EventMartin Luther King, Junior, is born
… and fined. As the South African Government, led by the National Party under D.F. Malan was introducing Apartheid in 1948, … Atlanta. It emerged from the…
ArticleThe Johanna
… Cape of Good Hope at the time, Simon van der Stel , sent a party, under the instruction of Olaf Bergh, a Dutch East … The Johanna is the second shipwreck…
EventSmuts becomes Prime Minister
… in April 1923, when the two opposition parties, the Labour Party (LP) and National Party (NP), agreed to join forces against the South African …
EventCPSA is founded
… The founding conference of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) took place in Cape Town from 30 July to 1 August 1921, however, the party was founded…
BiographyBheki Cele
… Democratic Front ( UDF ), and later joined the African National Congress ( ANC ) underground network. Under the … Goniwe , Cele became instrumental in the…
ArticleThe Jacob Zuma Presidency - 2009 to 2017 (March)
… on a wave of popular euphoria fuelled by voters and fellow party politicians alike. A controversial candidate, Zuma’s … opened the way to advance his…
Chapter 5 - Preparing to negotiate
… formal talks to remove the obstacles in the path of multi-party negotiations. However, it was not until nearly ten … of civil war. The effect of the exchange…
Indian South Africans timeline 1950-1959
… attitudes he encountered in his discussions with African National Congress (ANC) branches in Natal. ” Some took pride … that he had been an active supporter…
Chapter 7 - CONCLUSION
… From: The South African Communist Party In Exile 1963 - 1990 The Party, as an organisation, … for our education and establishing which among NLM [national…
Chronology
… , Italy attacks Ethiopia December, Coloured radicals form National Liberation League December 15-18 , Professor D. D. … of AAC December , "Silver Jubilee"…
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
… Durban protests in March 1950, Bertha Mkize of the African National Congress Womens League (ANCWL) was a leading … Drum Archive / african.pictures In June…
EventJoe Slovo dies
… with being one of the masterminds of South Africa's national reconciliation, died after a long battle with cancer of the bone marrow. He was a long- time…
Event26 parties meet to discuss future negotiations
… objections to CODESA. They agreed to resume multi-party negotiations early in April. As result of this, what became known as the Multi-party Negotiating…
Negotiations: a strategic perspective
… Statement by the African National Congress on negotiations as adopted by the National Executive Committee on 25 November 1992. Covers … Struggle and…
Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike
… 1946 Mine Strike A Salute by the South African Communist Party to South Africa's Black Mine Workers Published by the … Sol Plaatje, the first Secretary…
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… April 15 as Africa Day was made this week by the African National Congress, the South African Indian Congress, the … Unions. This decision was taken at a…
EventF.W. de Klerk announces the release of Nelson Mandela and unbans political parties
… de Klerk to release Nelson Mandela and unban the African National Congress (ANC), Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), the South African Communist Party (SACP)…
ArchiveBanned
… Council of the University of Cape Town, asking the United Party to explain its stand on the banning of eight persons, seven of whom were office bearers of…
Banned
… Council of the University of Cape Town, asking the United Party to explain its stand on the banning of eight persons, seven of whom were office bearers of…
Chapter 6 - Defining the agenda
… ANC and the NP to address the obstacles preventing multi-party negotiations. The path to multilateral negotiation was … of an 'interim constitution' that…
EventGeneral J.C. Smuts (80), former prime minister of SA, dies
… inspired by the Native Representative Council, the African National Congress (ANC), the Transvaal Indian Council and … of migrant workers. Smuts, on behalf…
BiographyIshmael Mkhabela
Ishmael Mkhabela began his political activism in the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM). After the BCM was banned, he served as a member of the Soweto Action…
BiographyBoas Moiloa
… He was accused of being a member and agent of the African National Congress (ANC) who mobilised funds for defending …
BiographyAlex Tikana
… Tikana’s banishment would erode the ‘Congress’ [ African National Congress (ANC)] influence in Cala. An order signed …
EventNP presents its revised constitutional proposals
… The National Party (NP) government put its revised constitutional … All participants in CODESA except the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) objected to the…
EventThe last general election of the Union of South Africa takes place
… it became a Republic on 31 May 1961, was held with the National Party (NP) under Adv J.G. Strijdom, registering a victory. … victory up to that time, while…
EventANC makes second submission before TRC
… An African National Congress (ANC) delegation of 20 members, led by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, made the party's second major submission to the Truth and ……
Harry Snitcher 1, Unite Against Segregation! Condemn the C.A.C. [1943]
… them. The voice of the people must be heard. The Communist Party considers this issue must be approached in the light of … been made in recent years by the…
EventSouth Africa Freedom Day - 26 June 1950
… Suppression of Communism Act. In March 1950, the African National Congress (Transvaal), the Communist Party of South Africa, the Indian Congress and the…
ArticleUrban Removals - the Destruction of Sophiatown
… of Sophiatown. Dominated by the majority United Party (UP), the JMC failed to carry the motion proposed by the Nationalist Party (NP) that Sophiatown be…