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EventDr Kenneth Kaunda, former president of Zambia, is born
… In 1959, Kaunda broke away from the ANC and formed his own party, the Zambian National Congress (ZANC). In 1964, Kaunda …
EventFirst president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah (62), dies in Bucharest.
… in 1960. Nkrumah was a founder of the Convention People’s Party. Nkrumah experienced several assassination attempts. …
EventANC’s Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe rally support against Urban Bantu Councils Act
… Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), South African Communist Party (SACP) and others. These liberation movements, banned …
Article2016 in Review
… won by incumbent Edgar Lungu and his Patriotic Front party. - 14th: Wayde van Niekerk won the men’s 400m final and … Ghanaian General Elections won by…
Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979
… National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) attended MP's funeral in London, where Tambo … Norman Middleton, executive member of the…
Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10
… analysis of the Cape Town 'answer' to the Bolshevik Party (the Industrial Socialist League). Jewish Trade … of South Africa held on 15 September 1910. The…
Document 24 - E. R. Roux, Thesis on South Africa, presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 28 July 1928
… on South Africa contains the following passage: "The Party should put forward as its immediate political slogan in … possible the growth of a predominantly…
EventWinnie Madikizela-Mandela's bodyguards arrested in connection with the death of Stompie Seipei
… Jerry Richardson and Jabu Sithole (coach of the Mandela United Football Club) were arrested at her home. The 4 were … Seipei, after rumors in mid-February…
The first Bram Fischer Memorial lecture, delivered by President Nelson R. Mandela Market Theatre, Johannesburg, 9 June 1995
… was not an experience that led him to join the Communist Party in South Africa. He returned from his travels to take … and it was only years later that he…
Chapter 5 - The Indian Tobacco Workers Strike of 1920: A Socio-Historical Investigation by Evangelos A. Mantzaris
… "War-on-War" League, a group that split from S. A. Labour Party, after denouncing the pro-war stand of the latter in … such as Harry Norrie or Hoggins of the…
ArticleDebating Stellenbosch University’s Language Policy
… the language was previously painted white by the National Party to oppress black South Africans during Apartheid. This … Afrikaans became a political tool…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 72th Anniversary of the ANC - 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…
Luthuli House to be auctioned over R25m debt?, 20 August 2017
… the building. The order was issued after the cash-strapped party failed to pay a R25-million debt owed to former spooks … On Friday, ANC secretary-general…
Pravin Gordhan on a leash by Daniel Silke (Politics Web), 16 May 2016
… like China and Russia where state (and governing political party) linkages into business and crony capitalism combine in … Minister. Although denigrated by…
EventMalebane-Metsing stages a coup in Bophuthatswana
… National Executive Committee of the People's Progressive Party, led by Rocky Malebane-Metsing, attempted to overthrow …
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the struggle continues and grows more intense, 23 August 1984
… around the world, including the Security Council of the United Nations, are confident of a total rejection of the …
EventJacob Thabo Lengane is murdered in Soweto
… Although both the Azanian People’s Organisation and the United Democratic Movement expressed shock at the killing, …
EventMarsha Cox, the South African hockey player is born
… debut for the South African team was in 2001 against the United States of America. Marsha captained the national side …
ArchiveInterview with Amabutho members
… most were unemployed school-leavers who supported the United Democratic Front during the years of its ascendance, …
EventLadysmith Black Mambazo, male choral group, win a Grammy Award
… album Wenyukela. A hybrid of the album was released in the United States and went platinum, helping the group win the …
EventThe existing ban on marriages between White and Black people (Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act (1949) is extended to White and Coloured people
… Amendment Bill was adopted - despite opposition from the United and Progressive Parties. This amendment furthered the …
EventThe UN lifts mandatory sanctions against SA
… General Assembly of the United Nations requested States to terminate prohibition or …
EventThe European Community announces that it will lift economic sanctions against South Africa
… In contrast to the stance taken by western countries, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly passed numerous … [Accessed: 08 December 2010]|SAHO, South…
EventNamibians vote for a Constituent Assembly
… 'free and fair'. The elections, supervised by the United Nations Transitional Assistance Group (UNTAG), …
EventNegotiations between SA, Cuba and Angola start in London
… Representatives of South Africa, the United States (US), Angola and Cuba met in London (3-4 May) …
EventSpringboks wallop their Australian counterparts
… for consecutive victories on their end-of-year tour to the United Kingdom, a record which they, however, only equaled. …
EventAhmed Helmy, Egyptian actor, is born
… black and white colours. Helmy is also ambassador for the United Nations programme “Food for Education”. …
EventClarence Makwetu Passes Away
… from the Pan-African Congress, Makwetu had represented the party in parliament and served as president in 1996. To the …
EventUnion leader, Moses Mayekiso is reported to be under arrest on his return from Sweden.
… and became a member of the South African Communist Party (SACP). Mayekiso was first detained in February 1986 …
EventSACC publishes a report condemning apartheid as a false faith hostile to Christian beliefs
… the SACC was constituted in 1968. By then the National Party had been governing the country for twenty years and the …