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ArticleRobert Mangaliso Sobukwe Timeline 1924 - 1978
… suffering from tuberculosis. 1944 2 April, The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL), the youth wing of the African National Congress is formed…
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…
Extract from a speech during a political meeting held on 17 June 1971 at Naboomspruit in the Waterberg constituency
… in Waterberg was of particular significance to both the National Party and the Re-constituted National Party. The HNP knew that it would mean a great deal …
EventNP wins by election
… at Randfontein, formerly Dr. Connie Mulder's seat, the National Party (NP) candidate wins, but with a much reduced majority over the Herstigte Nasionale…
Fatima Meer: Portfolio
… organisations and administrations assembled in this Multi-party Planning Conference: BEING FULLY CONSCIOUS of the … individually and collectively to the…
South Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, VolumeTwo 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew - Bibliographical note and further reading
… Drew Bibliographical note and further reading African National Congress (1977), ANC Speaks: Documents and statements of the African National Congress 1955…
ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
… political economy. District Committee of the Communist Party. Josie Palmer is the first person on the right in the … White politics took a dramatic new turn…
ArticleNon-European Unity Movement (NEUM)
… stalinists and socialists of various hues in the African National Congress (and its ancillary movements) before it … group of Congress Militants and, of…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Congress (TIC)
… only advance in their struggle if they cooperated with national organisations representing African and Coloured … during this year he attended the South…
ArticleTreason Trial 1956 - 1961
… as 'co-conspirators'. Amongst those released were African National Congress (ANC) President Chief Albert Luthuli; African National Congress Secretary General…
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 …
EventSouth Africa holds a referendum to decide if SA should become a republic
… The South African government led by National Party (NP) held a referendum in which white voters decided … than Afrikaners, voted against it. The opposition…
Negotiations
… Thornhill branch of the ANC on negotiations between the National Party and the African National Congress. …
Umsebenzi
… Umsebenzi, mouthpiece of the South African Communist Party, deals with issues relating to the national liberation struggle, from a Communist ideological ……
ArchiveA Place In The City - The Rand On The Eve Of Apartheid by Luli Callinicos
… walk. It’s no use talking, to gold-propped ears When the National Party won the 1948 election, white liberals were horrified. … black South Africans had a…
ArticleRivonia Trial 1963 - 1964
… conviction due to lack of evidence that they were actually party to the conspiracy. However, Mhlaba was found guilty on … Raid Nelson Mandela, second from…
BiographyDr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy
… time that Dr Ponnusamy encountered members of the African National Congress (ANC). This coupled with early experiences … Member of the African National…
EventANC promulgates its constitutional proposals
… The African National Congress (ANC) announced its constitutional … and were supported by the South African Communist Party (SACP). During Phase One an all…
BiographyChristiaan Neethling Barnard
… on Dr Philip Blaaiberg , whose dauntless spirit made him a national hero in his own right. Blaiberg lived for twenty …
BiographyWinston Monwabisi Ngozi
… events such as the annual Standard Bank Grahamstown National Arts Festival in 1990, 1991 and 1993, the “Sax …
BiographyErnest Cole
… had taken were still being used extensively by the African National Congress (ANC) in their newsletters and magazines …
Article”People’s Power!”, 1986
… In January 1986, the UDF met the African National Congress (ANC) for talks in Stockholm. It was at … the people's courts. People's power was the theme at the…
15th Anniversary of 1922 Rand Strike - South African Worker, 27 February 1937
… Communist Party Calls Mass Demonstration to Commemorate", South African … and murder and kill. UNITED DEMONSTRATION The Communist Party of South Africa calls…
EventBotha appoints Hendrikse and Rajbansi into his Cabinet
… The leader of the Labour Party, the Reverend H. J. Allan Hendrickse and Amichand Rajbansi of the National People's Party (NPP) are appointed to the Cabinet…
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president
… After South Africa's first national democratic elections held in April 1994, the president of the African National Congress (ANC), Nelson Mandela, was sworn…
EventSouth Africa closes its borders with Lesotho
… was the case particularly under government of Basutoland National party (BNP) led by Chief Leabua Jonathan who came to power as … of apartheid while…
ArticleAngolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Timeline of Events
… establishes itself firmly as a Marxist-Leninist party. 1979 A stalemate is … 1993 The US issues Executive Order 12865, declaring…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Glossary
… influential in politics during the decades following the National Party’s takeover in 1948 agent provocateur, pl. agents … Tanzania, Zambia and, from 1980,…