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Biography of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile by Brianna T. Hogg
… after her introduction to the African National Congress, (ANC). After actively participating in the ANC for several years, Mbete decided to leave South…
ArticleSouth African General Timeline 1976
… from Swaziland to visit Samson Lukhele in Mahlabatini in Natal. Zuma tells Lukhele that he has people he would like to … that her husband died in police…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa 1910
… Discontent was welling up among many black people in Natal, particularly with regard to the allocation of land for … the Union of South Africa went ahead…
Edwin Mofutsanyana the oldest Communist in Africa: Flyer for briefing by Edwin Mofutsanyana. August, 1991
… persists in portraying the crisis as a creation of the ANC . This attitude is unhelpful and extremely dangerous. The … basis. In what follows in this…
ArticleKasturba Gandhi timeline 1869 - 1944
… After resolving the case, he decides to remain in Natal to help the Indian community facing the Indian … Palace near Poona. Kasturba Gandhi goes to Shivaji…
EventArchibald Gumede, former President of the United Democratic Front, is born in Pietermaritzburg.
… Hare), but dropped out after two years. He returned to Natal and joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1949 and became secretary of the Natal branch…
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU)
… - which changed its name to the African National Congress (ANC) in 1923 - did not accomplish much to improve the lives … trade union movement spread to other…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… its ties to local nationalist organizations, such as the ANC. During the years it was banned, while the ANC continued … took up a job as principal in an…
ArticleHeritage day, Braai Day or Shaka Day: Whose Heritage is it Anyway?
… and identity .' History of Heritage Day In KwaZulu-Natal, 24 September has been observed as 'Shaka's Day,' in … and celebrate their diverse cultural heritage…
EventMore than a dozen people are killed, including seven children, in Kwamakhutha Massacre
… From 1976 to 1996, political violence in KwaZulu Natal led to 11 700 deaths and the displacement of up to 500 … escalated in the 1980s with the African…
ArticleNational Union of South African Students (NUSAS)
… the following universities were represented: Pretoria, Natal, Witwatersrand, Rhodes, Bloemfontein, Potchefstroom and … a meeting with the banned African…
Article”People’s Power!”, 1986
… In January 1986, the UDF met the African National Congress (ANC) for talks in Stockholm. It was at these talks that the … place between the two groups on…
African People’s Organisation (APO)
… of both government and opposition from the Cape Colony, Natal, the Orange River Colony, the Transvaal, Southern … The years following World War I offered an…
EventThe Boipotong massacre takes place
… area of the conflict in the late 1980s was in the KwaZulu-Natal area where battles between Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the African National Congress (ANC…
EventAmanzimtoti blast kills five
… explosion in the Sanlam shopping centre in Amanzimtoti , Natal South Coast. Umkhonto we Siswe (MK) cadre Andrew … Commission (TRC), the African National…
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… the national elections with the African National Congress (ANC) topping the list with 54 percent, while the National … May, Nelson Mandela delivers the…
ArticleFreedom Day: 27 April
… South African government, the African National Congress (ANC) , the South African Communist Party (SACP) and other … in the 1994 national election. The…
Planned DA march to Luthuli House, 23 January 2014
… of the intended march by the Democratic Alliance to the ANC Headquarters, Chief Albert Luthuli House, on the 4th … protest, rights must be exercised with…
EventF.W. de Klerk clamps down on KwaZulu
… F.W. de Klerk imposed a state of emergency in KwaZulu-Natal, coinciding with a report by the South African Human … strict conditions for marches. African…
Indian South Africans timeline 1940-1949
… the meeting ends in failure. February, The decision of the Natal Indian Association (NIA) executive to cooperate with … to raise money. December, The African…
EventSifiso Nkabinde is shot dead by assassins
… former Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Natal Midlands and at the time of his death secretary-general … death triggered the…
ArchiveThe Emperor has no Clothes by Liz Timbs
… of the KZLA, rejected the king’s application. The ANC historian, Mzala, in the 1988 book Gatsha Buthelezi: … to work with (to say the least). In the new…
Increasing repression and the turn to the armed struggle
… By the late 50s the Defiance Campaign launched by the ANC and its Congress Alliance partners was broken. A new … led by Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe broke away…
ArchiveCHAPTER 2 - You only win once by Howard Barrell
… and that’s at the end. - Joe Slovo 1 Introduction THE ANC’S PROSPECTS as a national liberation movement changed … 30 months between January 1974 and June…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on South African Raid on Matola, 05 February 1981
… 1981, South African troops attacked and killed a number of ANC refugees in Matola, Mozambique. The following is from an address by Mr. Tambo to thousands of…
ArticleGandhi and the Passive Resistance Campaign 1907-1914
… was not the initiator of Indian political activity in Natal and South Africa. Indian traders and middle classes had … of non-violence, and led the African…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party (SACP)
… it maintained was with the African National Congress (ANC). Although the relationship was based on a tumultuous beginning, with the ANC rejecting communism…
Chapter 7 - Gumede keeps the bright fire burning, 1928-29
… As the first President-General to represent the ANC officially in Moscow, Gumede’s Russian hosts remained … combined ANC-CPSA mass meeting in Waterkant…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… of organisations such as the African National Congress (ANC) , South African Indian Congress (SAIC) , South African … first annual national conference, the…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… as an armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). The formation of the MK Umkhonto weSizwe ("Spear of the … white minority government. The African…