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EventVanessa Brereton, former human rights lawyer, admits that she was an Apartheid spy
… her legal practice, which largely consisted of defending political activists, had become successful, making her cover …
EventThe trial of Dr Allan Boesak on charges of theft and fraud starts
… the 1976 Soweto uprisings, he increased his anti-Apartheid political activities. A dynamic public figure, Boesak quickly …
EventRobert McBride is arrested in Mozambique
… arrest fuelled suspicions held by several South African political parties regarding his involvement in gun running. …
EventBoutros Boutros Ghali, former UN Secretary General, is born
… impressive academic career as his basis, Ghali started his political career as a member of the Arab Socialist Union in …
EventHaitian leader General Raoul Cedras resigns in favour of exiled President Jean
… as an independent republic in 1804, but faced a number of political challenges. These challenges were faced by foreign …
EventNelson Rolihlahla Mandela passed away
… that Apartheid be completely dismantled and legitimate political activities be allowed by the state. This action …
EventFormer Ivorian president is extradited to the ICC
… a self-referral. This fuelled the debate over the ICC's political bias, as Ouattara forces were also accused of human …
EventThe corner stone of the Union Buildings in Pretoria is laid
… century, the Union Buildings served as a location for political protests, particularly during apartheid. One of the …
EventThe corner stone of the Union Buildings in Pretoria is laid.
… century, the Union Buildings served as a location for political protests, particularly during apartheid. One of the …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Timeline
… opens Parliament; announces freeing of Mandela and other political prisoners 1990 5 May, Groote Schuur Minute 1991 …
EventCol. Muammar Gaddafi seizes power in Libya
… permitted not just the PAC but also other South African political organizations fighting Apartheid to use Libyan …
Address at the Opening of The XIII Summit Conference of the Non Aligned Movement 24 February 2003
… believe that the very future of our Movement rests on its response to these challenges that are central to the …
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Bridging two worlds by Emilia Potenza
… won the sympathy of church leaders and politicians. In response the government passed the 1913 Land Act. The 1913 …
Chapter 12. The General Strike Of 1931 - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… per cent. of their weekly wages to the strike, but the response from the trade union movement as a whole was not …
Chief Albert Luthuli and the ‘gospel of service’ by Raymond Suttner (Daily Maverick), 12 March 2014, South Africa
… is an analyst and professional public speaker on current political and historical questions. He writes a regular … on Creamer Media’s polity.org.za. Suttner…
Directive concerning the nature of the forthcoming ANC consultative conference in Morogoro by Oliver Tambo, 01 March 1969
… our work. The purpose of this conference was to review our political situation, set new tasks and improve our machinery … with the forces of White supremacy…
African National Congress Press Statement by O. R. Tambo, 5 November 1979
… including legal and illegal ones, combining both the political and the military. The masses of the oppressed black … to seek to raise the level of conscious,…
Directive Concerning the Nature of the Forthcoming ANC Consultative Conference in Morogoro by O. R. Tambo, March 1969
… our work. The purpose of this conference was to review our political situation, set new tasks and improve our machinery … with the forces of White supremacy…
INDIAN SOUTH AFRICANS - A brief history
… disregard by the legislatures in southern Africa. THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF INDIA AS A MEMBER OF THE BRITISH … would have to rely entirely on themselves…
Gigs, hustles and hope: work for young South Africans beyond the wage by Adam Cooper and Bernard Dubbeld
… circumstances are shaped by shared social, historical and political conditions. Rather than a lack of skills, …
EventSouth Africa's new constitution is approved
… assembly, which had representatives from all the major political parties and liberation organisations. The …
ArticleArts and Crafts and reconstruction by Jillian Carman
… other. But they were radically opposed in the social and political sphere, and the results of their efforts were as … had any social contact, being on…
Document 51 - W. P. van Schoor, “The Origin and Development of Segregation in South Africa A. J. Abrahamse Memorial Lecture, Cathedral Hall, Cape Town, 5 October 1950
… the enjoyment of the full franchise. This class and caste political segregation made it easy for the rulers later on to … for Natal, the growth of the sugar…
Dr Mamphela Ramphele interviewed by Rupert Taylor, 16 April 1998, Cape Town
… in 1976 you’ve got to understand the analysis of the political activists of that day - and they were not ANC, they … schools and youth organizations across…
Brief Detention Diary by Michael Hathorn (an excerpt)
… and he seemed quite sympathetic with some of the political views I expressed to him. Police and a Dead Man. … the police in the "study". [2] They were not…
EventJohn Ndevasia Muafangejo is born
John Muafangejo was born in Etunda lo Ghandi in the area of Ovamboland, in Southern Angola. He studied art at the College of Art in Rorke’s Drift from 1967 to…
EventBeverly Palesa Ditsie is the first out lesbian woman to address the United Nations about LGBT rights
… members of GLOW, South Africa’s first multiracial and political lesbian and gay rights group. During the drafting …
PlaceCote D’Ivoire or Ivory Coast
… kingdoms. The Akan kingdoms introduced highly centralised political systems in Ivory Coast. The first Europeans to …
EventPansy Tlakula, Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission, announces her resignation
… and provincial elections, Tlakula came under attack from political parties with many of them calling for her …
Event90-Days Act comences
… banned organisations. It also allows people convicted of political offences to be held in continuous detention after …