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ArchiveThe current internal political situation: briefing notes
… African National Congress briefing notes on the South African … situation. Covers the political crisis within the ruling party, background to the present…
EventSA politician Roelf Meyer resigns.
… Roelf Meyer announces his resignation as the leader of the National Party (NP) in Gauteng and also as Member of Parliament. A …
EventFormer premier of Mpumalanga, Afrikaans poet and lawyer, Mathews Phosa is born
… in Mbombela Township in Nelspruit. Phosa was an African National Congress (ANC) political campaigner and lawyer. He … that was to being the process of…
EventFormer NP member Roelf Meyer is born
… Roelf Meyer, former politician and National Party (NP) negotiator at the Convention for a Democratic … key major political parties, namely the NP and the…
EventZANU-PF wins the first free elections in Zimbabwe
… The Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) won the first free … Joshua Nkomo and his Patriotic Front-ZAPU (PF-ZAPU) party trailed Mugabe's…
EventDr Kenneth Kaunda, former president of Zambia, is born
… Organising Secretary of the Northern Rhodesian African National Congress for the Northern Province. In 1959, Kaunda broke away from the ANC and formed his…
Biography of Lefifi Tladi by Paul Linck
… Consciousness outlook, but he never joined a political party. South African History Online talks about the meaning … (FLS) was formed in Botswana in 1974 …
100 Years ‘Emancipation of Slaves’ by John Gomas, 1 December 1934, South Africa
… of Slaves” First Published: 1st December 1934 as A call to National and Social Emancipation . The pamphlet was sold for … Written: by John Gomas District…
ArchiveThe Arthur Chaskalson I knew by George Bizos, 5 December 2012
… would never have been a secret member of a political party Speech by George Bizos SC, Constitutional Litigation … Roma in the then Basutoland. The election…
Chapter 10 - A framework for negotiating the final constitution
… The election produced 490 political leaders at national level: 400 in the National Assembly and 90 in the senate. In terms of section … mandated forum, and…
ArticleHow Lenin and Stalin are remembered today?
… due to growing popularity, both within the communist party and amongst the Russian public. Stalin managed to maintain his position as party secretary and…
PlaceSophiatown
… inner City of Johannesburg. The JCC was controlled by the National Party (NP). These new arrivals had no place to go; thus they … of metal sheets and excess…
South Africa in the 1900s (1900-1917)
… establishment of the South African Native Convention or National Convention in March 1909, which called for a … leading to the formation of the South…
ArchiveSpeech delivered by Joe Slovo
… history of the SACP and its association with the African National Congress. Outlines the strategic aims of the Party. …
BiographySparrow Mkonto
… policemen) Mgoduka, Faku and an askari, (an African National Congress (ANC) guerrilla turned security policeman) …
BiographyHaile Selassie I
… this was their final stand. Afterwards, Ethiopia lost its national independence. The following year Selassie was forced …
BiographyYvonne Mokgoro
… and presented papers and participated in a myriad of national and international conferences, seminars and …
BiographyProfessor Emeritus Phillip Tobias
… in anti-apartheid politics, and was the chair of the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS). Tobias, …
BiographyMaggie Resha
… at Holy Cross that she first read about the African National Congress (ANC) in a copy of The Bantu World. The … Member of the ANC and office-bearer,…
BiographyBonisile John Kani
… of the Market Theatre Laboratory and chairman of the National Arts Council of South Africa. He is currently …
BiographyNavanethem (Navi) Pillay
… as possible”. In South Africa, as a member of the Women's National Coalition, she contributed to the inclusion of the … High Commissioner for Human Rights,…
BiographyFather Trevor Huddleston
… the highest award given by the African National Congress (ANC) to people who have made an …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education
… history is the 1994 transfer of political power from the National Party (NP) to the African National Congress (ANC). Contrary to many predictions, South …
Document 48 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: The Native Question (Majority) (1934)
… of living. The first task of a revolutionary workers' party must therefore be to bring class-consciousness to every … class struggle and agrarian revolution…
ArticleThe World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born
… revolutionary faction of the German Social Democratic Party that was anti-war.It agitated for mass strikes among … In January 1919 the Spartacist League…
4. Conclusion
… The decisions made by the Party executive at the end of 1938 proved to be a lifesaver for the Party. Although Johannesburg and Cape Town officials … the…
EventFive developed countries recall their Ambassadors from South Africa
… for its Apartheid policy which was introduced by the National Party government in 1948. The policy instituted racial …
EventScores of people are killed in Boipatong, Vaal
… between the South African government, the African National Congress (ANC), the South Africa Communist Party (SACP) and other liberation movements. Following…
EventMalawi voters take part in the first multiparty election in three decades
… early in 1993 on whether Malawi should remain a one-party state. In the referendum, on 14 June 1993, 63% of those voting favoured adopting multi-party…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Introduction
… history is the 1994 transfer of political power from the National Party (NP) to the African National Congress (ANC). Contrary to many predictions, South …