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EventOrganisations forward applicants for amnesty to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
… The African National Congress (ANC) confirmed it had forwarded 300 … Army (APLA), had applied. No high-ranking Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) members were known…
EventTransvaal Anti-SAIC Committee decided to revive the old TIC
… a united democratic front to mobilize resistance on a national scale to participation by Indians and Coloureds in the new Constitution. In 1983, the National…
Dawn
… The official policy of the African National Congress was one of non-violence. However, after … was founded in 1961 as the military wing of the African…
EventOne person killed by bomb meant for Chris Hani
… of Hani's perceived growing influence in the African National Congress (ANC) - South African Communist Party (SACP) alliance. This led to several attempts on…
EventMarais Viljoen is inaugurated as state president
… Former minister of labour and a moderate member of the National Party, Marais Viljoen, was inaugurated as South Africa's …
EventMandela and De Klerk hold emergency talks
… standing political feud between the supporters of African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). Mandela was hoping that by engaging De…
EventThe third democratic elections in SA are held
… 76% of the registered voters voted and the leading party, the African National Congress (ANC) received 67.7% of the votes. The 2004 …
Document 91 - John Gomas, “The Native Representation Bill is Passed: What Must be Done Now?” Umsebenzi, 25 April 1936
… objections against the Native Bills at the All African National Convention and the protests all over South Africa … for all elementary human rights of…
PlaceStatue of President Paul Kruger, Pretoria
… it being viewed as an "Icon of Apartheid" by some African National Congress activists. In 2015, following the Rhodes … This Rally ended with Steve Hofmeyr…
1983, Volume 7 Dawn pages 4 and 5 Article: The great illusion
… are those who did not want to side with the Conservative Party and other so-called Verkramptes who called for a no … same time allow for Coloureds and…
South Africa's freedom struggle by E.S. Reddy
… of the Non-European United Front, and of the Communist Party when it was revived as a clandestine organisation. And … movement. His contribution was…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
… 1947 Walter decided to quit his job and join the African National Congress (ANC) full time at this time Albertina was … Yusuf Cachalia (TIC) were elected…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… seen as a Congress-led protest. Cusa’s largest union, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), was the fastest growing … in Soweto, where a wide range of…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Timeline
… first constitution 8 Jan 1912 Formation of the ANC 1948 National Party comes to power 1955 26 June, Adoption of the Freedom … Assassination of Chris Hani 25…
EventA list of people prohibited from attending gatherings is published in the Government Gazette
… prohibited from attending public meetings were African National Congress (ANC) leaders. They included Albert … liberation movements like ANC, South African…
EventRobert Mugabe returns to Rhodesia after being in exile for five years
… years. Mugabe had been trying to gather support for his party the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) in Mozambique and …
EventMandela and de Klerk agree to restart talks
… the Boipatong massacre when Mandela, leader of the African National Congress decided to suspend his party's participation in the Convention for Democratic…
EventTripartite Alliance plans mass action
… The Tripartite Alliance, consisting of the African National Congress (ANC), South African Communist Party (SACP) and Congress of South African Trade Union …
EventF.W. de Klerk delivers his farewell address to Parliament
… Former State President and National Party leader Frederik Willem de Klerk delivers his farewell …
EventProvincial Executive Committee of Free State resigns
… Provincial Executive Committee resigned. The African National Congress (ANC) was concerned that the Executive … a sharp division within the provincial…
EventCol Eugene de Kock testifies in Court
… over a two-week period, his testimony implicated leading National Party (NP) figures and senior officers in the security …
EventIFP commemorates Shell House shootings.
… Thousands of Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters marched through the streets of … were killed by the security guards at the African National Congress (ANC…
EventTrade union federation, COSATU, celebrates its 26th anniversary
… and 21 years in the Tripartite Alliance with the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP). The alliance remains strong…
EventIraq boycott SA government’s apartheid policies
… Sharpeville killings. Political organisations like African National Congress (ANC),South African Communist Party (SACP), PAC and others were banned the…
ArticleDebating Stellenbosch University’s Language Policy
… and how the language was previously painted white by the National Party to oppress black South Africans during Apartheid. This … [16] However, Afrikaans…
ArchiveAn Interview With F.W. De Klerk, the Last Apartheid President of South Africa by Nicolas Rossier
… is also an element of threat to the constitution. The ANC party from time-to-time comes with legislation, which if … I prefer not to claim the honor that I…
PlaceNigeria
… for president and vice president, the two houses of the National Assembly, governorships, and state houses of … in which a northerner, Alhaji Shehu Shagari…
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… of the central challenges of the new society the Communist Party sought to create. What is nevertheless surprising is … Army Cuba’s war against South Africa…
Statement by Albert Luthuli to the council of the Institute of Race Relations, 19 December 1960
… they face an uncompromising nationalism of the Nationalist Party brand. Such a stand strains the black-white relations … of Union provoked the African…
PlaceGreenhill Road 14, Emmarentia, Johannesburg
… surviving dwellings in Johannesburg. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 9 May 1986. … Louis Botha and Jan Smuts were eager to…