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EventPolitical violence claims 100 lives in KZN
… remained in doubt as about 15,000 armed Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) members were allowed to march through Empangeni. …
EventGeneral De la Rey releases General Lord Methuen after his wounds are treated
… treated. After only travelling 29 kilometres Methuen's party was once again taken - De La Rey had been forced to …
EventGuinea-Bissau is granted independence
… after the death of the leader of, Portuguese for African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC)., …
EventTrade union federation, COSATU, celebrates its 26th anniversary
… National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP). The alliance remains strong despite COSATU’s …
EventIraq boycott SA government’s apartheid policies
… African National Congress (ANC),South African Communist Party (SACP), PAC and others were banned the previous year …
NUSAS Congress 1984: Head Office report
… involvement, in particular the Union's role in the United Democratic Front and the End Conscription Campaign. …
EventSouth African swimmer, Penny Heyns, wins a gold Medal at Atlanta Olympics
… a bursary to study at the University of Nebraska in the United States. In 1996, Heyns was part of Team South Africa …
EventFifteen African states tabled a draft resolution at the UN denouncing racial discrimination
… At the annual conference of the United Nations (UN) Economic Commission for Africa at … at www.neslonmandela.org [Accessed: 30 January 2012]| United…
EventDemocratic Republic of Somali is formed
… century. In 1956, in accordance with a decision by the United Nations, Italy granted its territory internal autonomy …
EventTranskei gains complete independence
… beyond South African borders. The General Assembly of the United Nations rejected the declaration of independence as …
EventWalvis Bay is handed over to Namibia
… which stretched back to 1878, was commended by the United Nations and the international community as it …
EventSA accepted back in international cricket
… Council (ICC) agreed to grant full membership to the United Cricket Board of South Africa (UCBSA), which would …
EventUS opposes new sanctions against SA, believing they will be counterproductive to the transformation and negotiation process
… In his address to the senate foreign relations committee, United States (US) Assistant Secretary of State, Herman …
EventDelmas Treason Trial starts
… started in Delmas, east of Pretoria. Twenty-two Transvaal United Democratic Front (UDF) leaders, including former …
EventA UN report estimates the number of people who have HIV/AIDS in Africa at 50,000
… A United Nations report estimates the number of people who have …
EventUN and OAU take a stand against Apartheid policy
… on Sanctions against South Africa was hosted by the United Nations (UN) and the Organisation of African Unity … United Nations, ‘The United Nations: Partner…
EventSeveral leading members of trade unions affiliated to the UDF are arrested
… several leading members of trade unions affiliated to the United Democratic Front (UDF). The move followed nationwide …
EventNelson Mandela announces his separation from his wife, Winnie Mandela.
… to life imprisonment on Robben Island. The couple were re-united in 1990 after Mandela's release, however, they …
EventThe DG for Transport, Mr. A.B. Eksteen, outlines plans for a marine line along the SA coast
… marine line along the South African coast, similar to the United States coastguard but with no military connection. The …
EventRev. Robert Selby Taylor, Bishop of Grahamstown, is elected Archbishop of Cape Town and Metropolitan of the Province of South Africa.
… Rev. Robert Selby Taylor was born in the United Kingdom in 1909. His parents later sent him to New …
Women’s Food Committees in Cape Town during the 1940s
… of food during the Second World War . The Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA, now SACP) was quick to become …
Reply by President Jacob Zuma to the debate of the Presidency budget vote, 13 May 2010
… that we do not have a vision. The Manifesto of the ruling party, the programme of action of government as a whole and … in 1923, which was 25 years before…
Dream of Total Liberation of Africa is in Sight - Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 72nd Anniversary of ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1984
… of the underground structures of the ANC; second, the united mass action of the peoples; third, our armed … which we have the power to destroy, as a result…
Address of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, to the Parliament of Canada Ottawa, 18 June 1990
… It is that South Africa should be transformed into a united, democratic and non-racial country. We wish to see … Klerk and his colleagues in the leadership…
EventIraq boycott SA government's apartheid policies
… African National Congress (ANC),South African Communist Party (SACP), PAC and others were banned the previous year …
Document 40 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi to the Communist League of America’, 26 April 1932
… superior. We have been calling ourselves "Communist Party of Africa". The undermentioned negro comrades pledge … Communist Party of Africa …
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki leads a government delegation to the funeral of former state president, P.W. Botha
… Botha's political career began when he joined the National Party, and acted as Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs. … as he suffered a stroke. He resigned…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the Press, 16 November 1984, Addis Ababa
… Council, and has, moreover, strongly condemned the United States policy of constructive engagement. The Summit … of our struggle that this reinforcement of…
Statement to the Press by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 16 November 1984
… Council, and has, moreover, strongly condemned the United States policy of constructive engagement. The Summit … of our struggle that this reinforcement of…
ArchiveAppendix 5.1 The First Anniversary of the Declaration of the State of Palestine by Denis Goldberg
… has rightly been declared a Crime Against Humanity by the United Nations General Assembly. Equally, the General … PLO LEADS! FORWARD TO THE PALESTINIAN STATE…