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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…
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 …
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…
ArticleThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
… and the establishment of the USSR, the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), established in 1922, became a … Later that year he was elected president of…
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…
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 …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 2 - Explaining the Miracle by Max du Preez
… between 1990 and 1994 in South Africa – the Whites-only National Party had had a firm grip on political and military power … of his deputy-presidents: F.W…
A Brief History of Niger - Part 1 by US Department of State
… 1960, however, membership was allowed to lapse. Single-Party Rule : For its first 14 years as an independent state, … political parties and civic…
EventANC Constitutional proposals are disclosed
… After a three day meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC), the meeting adopted a new strategic … preparation…
ArchiveReport of a meeting with Prof. Willem Kleynhans
… report of a meeting between representatives of the African National Congress and Professor Willem Kleynhans of the … of elections and for becoming a fully…
EventMosibudi Mangena is born
… Mosibudi Mangena, the National Minister of Science and Technology and President of the opposition party Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) was born in …
Address by President Jacob Zuma to the 12th International meeting of the Communist and Workers Parties, 3 December 2010, Centurion, Pretoria
… General Secretary of the South African Communist Party, Comrade Blade Nzimande; Comrades` delegates to the … friends, I bring revolutionary greetings from…
EventNegotiations between Nelson Mandela and Mangosutho Buthelezi
… Buthelezi 30 March 1990 Nelson Mandela of the African National Congress (ANC) and Mangosutho Buthelezi of Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) met to negotiate on…
EventANC Consultative Conference comes to an end
… The African National Congress (ANC) Consultative Conference, which was … unbanning, came to conclusion. It was the first party conference held within South…
EventMalebane Metsing stages a coup in Bophuthatswana
… the Bophuthatswana Defence Force and some members of the National Executive Committee of the People's Progressive Party, led by Rocky Malebane Metsing,…
ArchiveChapter 11 - SACTU in the Congress Alliance
… Nevertheless, as Bunting states, it was "the greatest national political strike ever witnessed in South Africa." … was not in the hands of organised workers,…
EventEleven protesters are killed in Sebokeng
… who sought to march on the local offices of the ruling National Party (NP). The incident claimed eleven lives and more than …
Alan Wieder on the Rivonia Raids & South African Non-Violent Struggle
… attacked the Rovonia farm, then occupied by the African National Congress and the South African Communist Party. These two groups, from which Nelson Mandela…
Document 75 - A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), “The Historical basis for the Programme of the Fourth International Organisation of South Africa”, Workers’ 1944
… against by white labour. It was not only the Labour Party which based itself in its "socialism" upon the … in South Africa. The struggle for democratic…
EventChris Heunis is appointed acting president
… Botha surprised everyone when he resigned from the National Party (NP) leadership but not as state president, where he …
ArticleCouncil of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)
… Union (AMWU), which was formed with the aid of the African National Congress (ANC) and Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA). In November 1941 history was ……
EventAfrican Mineworkers’ strike starts
… on this day. The strike was initiated by the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), which was active in … members of the District Committee of the Communist…
EventDr. Connie Mulder is acquitted and discharged on charges of contempt
… became a politician. In 1958, he became a member of the National Party (NP) and was the mayor of Randfontein. Ten years later … In later years, he helped…
EventAlan Paton is born
… after the publication of Cry, the Beloved Country, the National Party came to power in the Union of South Africa and … screenplay Paton contributed. In 1953…
EventHilda Bernstein passes away
… in politics when she joined the South African Labour Party League of Youth, of which she remained a member until 1940, when she left to join the Communist…
EventMoses Kotane receives Isitwalandwe/Seaparankoe
… death Moses Kotane, member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the African National Congress (ANC), was awarded the ANC's highest honour …
EventEuropean Community observers arrive in SA
… fighting supporters of two political parties, the African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). In addition, six police experts joined the…
EventChurch leaders initiate peace summit in Durban
… the violence between local warring factions of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in the KwaZulu-Natal Province. …
Document 52 - International Secretariat of the International Communist League [B-L),Minutes of meeting, 23 April 1935 (Extract)
… groups in three cities) are in the process of founding a party upon theses which the minority of' the Lenin Club … (particularly the one on the constitution…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… Strike of 1922. 1912 8 January, The South African Native National Congress (SANNC) is formed in Bloemfontein. It later changes its name to the African…