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EventNelson Mandela receives a hero’s welcome in New York
… who was deputy president of the African National Congress (ANC) at the time, was received at the City Hall after a … that we, the oppressed people of South…
EventArchibald Gumede, former President of the United Democratic Front, is born in Pietermaritzburg.
… to Natal and joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1949 and became secretary of the Natal branch. Gumede was very active in the Natal ANC, leading…
EventCharlotte Maxeke dies
… be the President-General of the African National Congress (ANC). Professor D.D.T. Jabavu of Fort Hare is said to have … best known figures in public life in…
EventJoe Slovo is born
… Communist Party (SACP) and African National Congress (ANC) leader and Minister of Housing was born in Lithuania. … South Africa democratic elections, which…
EventPolice break up demonstrations against South African rebel Cricket Tour
… demonstrators including the African National Congress (ANC) and the mainly black National Sports Congress … Cricket Union Dr Ali Bacher but was opposed by…
EventUN passes resolutions on South Africa
… imprisoned leader of the banned African National Congress (ANC). The UN General Assembly also called for the abolition of apartheid, the unbanning of the ANC…
EventDr Louis Luyt resigns as president of the SARFU
… Australia and New Zealand. References: http://www.anc.org.za/anc/newsbrief/1998/news0511 Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: …
EventSA President Nelson Mandela to step down
… and some old guards of the African National Congress (ANC) swung things in Mbeki's favour. Mbeki was ultimately elected ANC president in 1997, thus putting…
EventPixley Seme, lawyer, journalist and co-founder of SANNC is born
… in 1912, which was renamed the African National Congress (ANC) in 1923. The organisation was formed as a result of … SANNC in 1912. He was the barrister and…
EventFormer MK members are dismissed from SANDF
… Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) of the African National Congress (ANC). Those who failed to return, were viewed as deserters … who missed an opportunity to remain in…
ArticleThe Land Act, Traditional Authorities and the Native Affairs Department (NAD) 1913-1953
… Congress (SANNC), renamed the African National Congress (ANC) in 1923. In the first 30 years of its existence, the ANC had an upper house of chiefs who…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - PART 3 by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… to stop what we were doing and us. In 1958 they banned the ANC in some places, like in Zeerust, where there had been a … that time of the State of Emergency…
The tragedy of history: When caricature displaces the truth by Thabo Mbeki, 11 January 2016
… to define my character as I served as President of the ANC and the Republic, and argued that this characterisation … that Mbeki was aloof, intellectual, out…
EventSouth Africa's first multiracial elections start
… National Unity (GNU) led by the African National Congress (ANC). Three parties, the ANC (who won the election), the National Party (NP), and the …
ArchiveRecollections of the Resurrection of Women’s Day, 40 Years Ago by Julie Wells
… Later I found out that it had all been pre-planned by the ANC underground! For those of us involved in the planning, …
Second National Consultative Conference Communiqué, 25 June 1985
… The Second National Consultative Conference of the ANC has taken place. It opened on June 16th, the ninth … our leaders said: "We were most delighted to hear…
Chapter 2: The Nature and Character of Vigilantes in Kwazulu-Natal
… that the IFP had built in Lindelani through Shabalala, the ANC was unable to operate in the area. Shabalala's power made … led to the continuation of…
ArticlePoor Whites and their Political Weapon: Constructing the Kakamas Dam
The term “poor whites” was coined during the 19th century, as the mineral revolution and development of mines forced smaller farmers off their land.[1] This…
African National Congress Press Statement by O. R. Tambo, 5 November 1979
… struggle in all its forms. It is therefore the task of the ANC and all other patriotic forces in South Africa … The urgent need to respond to the call issued…
Extracts from the book ‘A long walk to Freedom’. Nelson Mandela’s autobiography
… - 25 November 1992. The strategic perspective of the ANC is the transfer of power from the white minority regime … Africa were making it increasingly…
ArchiveThe end of an era - A tribute to Cde Govan Mbeki, by Jacob Zuma, 8 September 2001, Port Elizabeth
… South Africa. In addition, Oom Gov passes on just as the ANC is preparing for a celebration of its 90th birthday next … A disciplined and hardworking member…
3. The Communist Party of South Africa and the Communist International
… editor of the Negro Worker , and mentioned the name and address of his host in Lourenco Marques. Huiswood then mailed … that Marks was the only one who could…
Archive”I am Albertina Sisulu”, Interview from Blue Portraits
… died in 1987. He was assassinated. From there I joined the ANC Women's League. As you know, ANC has been banned for the last thirty years, and in 1989 it ……
ArchiveThe ANCs first armed military operation: the
… tells the story of the African National Congress' (ANC's) first armed military operation and its Luthuli … 31 July 1967 into Rhodesia. Their mission was…
EventCharlotte Maxeke, politician and founder of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa, is born
… in political activities in the African National Congress (ANC). She co-founded the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa, later renamed the ANC Women’s League…
EventSA Prime Minister sends a goodwill message to the new government of Mozambique
… 1981, 13 exiled members of the African National Congress (ANC) were killed in Matola, Mozambique.This was the first … for attacks on one another. Mozambique…
EventFourteen are killed in Phola Park violence
… and residents, mainly African National Congress (ANC) supporters, became serious when residents from Thokoza … General Election of 1994, because of attempts…
EventNP presents its revised constitutional proposals
… proposals. Though the African National Congress (ANC) accepted the plan for the constitution to be drafted by … referee role during the first phase of the…
EventInkatha Freedom Party boycotts parliament
… left with no choice after the African National Congress (ANC) and the National Party (NP) had reneged on an agreement … in the first democratic election in…
EventThe United Nations adopts a resolution establishing an eleven member United Nations Council for South West Africa
… South Africa was bleak as the African National Congress (ANC), South African communist Party (SACP), Pan Africanist … West African People’s Organisation …