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BiographyMapetla Frank Mohapi
… He helped people leave the country to join the African National Congress (ANC). On 16 June 2004, the South African …
BiographyAlbert Newall
… He was also awarded the commission in a highly competitive national competition to produce a public sculpture for the …
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…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… formation of the regional UDF structures resulted in the national steering committee, which comprised of a few … NUSAS , Andrew Boraine- amongst other…
Debating Lineages of Socialism in Africa Webinars
… to mark the centenary of the South African Communist Party in 2021. The programme, which runs from July to … 2021, aims to present new research on the…
ArticleCosatu timeline
… The second part of the statement promoted soccer as a national sport. The sport is the most popular in the country … a month housing allowance. 1 September:…
EventP.W. Botha proposes a 'Constellation of States'
… During the National Party rally in Ladysmith, Natal, Prime Minister P.W. Botha assured his party supporters that the proposed constitutional reforms …
EventApartheid leader P. W. Botha Resigns
… and, on this day he announces his intention to resign the National Party presidency while remaining State President. His … and leads to an internal…
The people armed, 1984-1990
… the intensification of the freedom struggle against the National Party government in the 1980s. This decade witnessed an … support to rebel organisations…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… the intensification of the freedom struggle against the National Party government in the 1980s. This decade witnessed an … support to rebel organisations…
ArchiveNUSAS talks to the ANC
… Subtitled: Reportback on meeting between the National Union of South African Students and the African National Congress held from Sunday, 31 March to Tuesday…
ArchiveMemorandum: a study in political heresy
… the Peoples Struggles and strategy and the tactics of the National Liberation Movement and the South African Communist Party up to the 1950s. Critique of the…
EventButhelezi snubs ANC and homeland leaders
… refused to attend a meeting organised by the African National Congress (ANC) and other five homeland leaders to … meeting since members of both the ANC and…
Grade 12 - Topic 4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
… Africa was a fascist state with a capitalist economy. The National Party was strongly anti-communist and said they were faced … hardware. The collapse of the…
ArchiveAddress at the opening of the ANC Conference at Arusha, 1 December 1987
… of Chama Cha Mapinduzi, at the opening of the African National Congress (ANC) Conference in Arusha, 1 December … in South Africa, international support,…
ArticleThe death of Samora Machel
… Also killed in the crash were thirty three members of his party and the crew of the Russian built Tupolev TU 134A. The … government was in the midst of an…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1900-1947
… black and white people. July, The South African Native National Congress (SANNC) meets and discusses the passing of … and discusses the Beaumont Commission…
Liberation organisations
… Front (UDF) was a non-racial alliance of about 400 national, regional and local organisations. It was launched … the Freedom Charter . The UDF was supported…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 4: Turning points in modern South African History since 1948
… massacre At the annual conference of the African National Congress (ANC) held in Durban on 16 December 1959, … in the 19 March 1960 issue of Contact, the…
EventChief Buthelezi considers registering the IFP for April 1994 election
… that he was considering registering his Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). The elections were set to take place on April … emerged after several hours of talks…
EventPrime Minister Louis Botha resigns because of conflict with Hertzog
… out of the new cabinet. Hertzog subsequently formed the National Party (NP) as an opposition to the ruling South African Party (SAP). …
EventJoe Kachingwe is appointed Malawi’s first Ambassador to South Africa
… Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster in May 1970. Vorster and his party, the National Party (NP) were enthusiastically received in Malawi. …
EventA new right-wing group Aksie Eie Toekoms (Action for our Own Future) (AET) is founded in Pretoria.
… he and other Afrikaners were disenchanted with then ruling National Party (NP) and its leaning towards desegregation. Lubbe and … survived. The group later…
Chapter Five - The Fighter for Black Unity: 1935 - 1945
… with old ones. How to reconcile the class with the national struggle remained the crucial question. The … which caused the CPSA to move closer to the white…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
… arrested. The TIYC was still a fledgling organisation when National Party (NP) came to power following the general elections in … by all racial groups under…
ArticleLenin’s implementation of Leninism in Russia and the changes made
… same philosophy. During this reform period the Bolshevik Party changed its name to the Communist Party, and established measures to restrict political ……
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Intelligence Services Day 10th Anniversary Awards Ceremony and Inauguration of the Wall and Garden of Remembrance: Musanda, Tshwane: 24 November 2005
… Honourable Minister of the National Intelligence Services, Ronnie Kasrils, Honourable … Zola Ngcakani, Acting Director General of the National Intelligence…
Chaskalson transcended his bias and loyalties by Tony Leon, 4 December 2012
… ability to reconcile two seeming irreconcilable things: party loyalty and judicial independence. Only a statement by … although his nomination was at the…
EventJulius Nyerere chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) addresses the ANC in Arusha
… Nyerere president of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), a party that succeeded the TANU, addressed delegates attending the African National Congress (ANC)…
EventANC sacks its chief whip Mbulelo Goniwe, after finding him guilty of sexual harassment
… the most recent of which was the post of African National Congress (ANC) chief whip. In 2006, it was revealed … office. The incident occurred on the evening…