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PlaceQunu, Wild Coast of Eastern Cape- Where Mandela Spent His Childhood
Just South of Mthatha (Umtata) in the Eastern Cape on the rolling green Hills, of a cluster of Villages; their is one known as Qunu. It has recently been added…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… White voters only. The attempts by the National Liberation League and African People Organisation to protest this … Act of 1953 This Act was passed as a…
Passive Resistance in South Africa by O. R. Tambo - Extract from "Southern Africa in Transition by Davis, John A. and James K. Baker"(Pall Mall Press), London, 1966
… of heart in the rulers. The African National Congress (ANC), on the other hand, expressly rejected any concepts and … and exploitation. At the time of…
ArchiveChapter 1 Break down the walls by Denis Goldberg
… involved in the politics of national liberation, then the ANC was the place to be. When he wanted to be involved in the … they had been convicted of…
Steve Biko revisited by Tim Crowe (Politics Web), 21 June 2016
… African in style”. This is reminiscent of the neo-VPM ANC/Jacob Zuma view: “We [Africans] have more rights here … BPC was to unite shattered/disparate…
Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979
… the armed fist salute of the African National Congress (ANC) to deafening cries of 'Amandla' (Power). Minister of … high-ranking members of the African…
ArchiveZuma rape case judge stands down (BBC News),13 February 2006
… her from the Zuma supporters. Mr Zuma is a veteran of the ANC struggle to end apartheid. At one stage he was championed … Thabo Mbeki. Mr Zuma remains deputy…
Document 83 “Native Bourgeoisie as a Class”, Umsebenzi, 16 February 1935
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 83 "Native Bourgeoisie as a Class",…
EventB.J Vorster steps down as Prime Minster
… Ian Smith to counter the infiltration of guerrillas of the ANC-ZAPU alliance into South Africa through Zimbabwe in 1967. The ANC-ZAPU cadres aimed to find a…
Speech by Nelson Mandela at the Zionist Christian Church Easter Conference Moria, 20th April 1992
… I present Cyril Ramaphosa, Secretary-General of the ANC;Thomas Nkobi, our Treasurer- General;Joe Nhlanhla, a member of the National Executive Committee of…
EventThe first legal photograph of Nelson Mandela released.
… photograph appeared on a Booklet titled ‘Talking to the ANC’. The booklet was produced by the Bureau of information, …
EventAfrican delegates urge U Thant to enter Nelson Mandela fray
… release of Nelson Mandela, leader and co-founder of the ANC's armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe. Mandela was arrested on 5 …
EventBlacks are making bonfires of their “passes” in Johannesburg
… follow his example. Duma Nokwe, Secretary General of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, Arthur Letele, Treasurer, and Walter …
EventAfrican leaders issue a call for African unity
… leaders, mainly from the African National Congress (ANC), issued a Call for African Unity. These leaders included …
EventPolitician and Community leader Horatio Mbelle dies
… (SANNC), which was renamed the African National Congress (ANC) in 1923. Click here to read the report on interview with …
EventFormer NP member Roelf Meyer is born
… parties, namely the NP and the African National Congress (ANC). Former Sate President Nelson Mandela rewarded Meyer …
EventSouth Africa is invited to rejoin Commonwealth of Nations
… reform between the government, African National Congress(ANC) and other key liberation movements. South Africa …
EventEleven people are killed in eSikhawini township
… thousand residents of the pro-African National Congress (ANC) J1 section marched to the local police station to …
EventUnited Front launch in jeopardy
… On 20 October the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC) barred AZAPO from …
EventNic Cruse, who worked for PC Plus, which was started by people within the Mass Democratic Movement is assassinated.
… to their trade with ‘liberal organisations’ such as the ANC, the Black Sash, and Women for Peaceful Change. PC Plus …
EventThe Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) is launched
… Leaders part of the organisation had become one of the ANC's most important rural partners. After the demise of …
EventJohannesburg Magistrate court is bombed
… were also injured. Two African National Congress (ANC) members and a supporter were granted amnesty by the …
EventWinnie Mandela attacked by a group of people
… at the time wife of imprisoned African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela, was pelted with eggs and cool …
EventMagoo’s Bar is bombed
… in a bomb explosion in Magoo's Bar on the Durban beach. An ANC's arm wing, uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) cell, led by Robert …
EventJustin Alexander (Alex) La Guma, SA novelist, short story writer and political activist, is born in Cape Town
… Cuba, where he became an African National Congress (ANC) representative. He died in 1985. …
EventSouth African Foreign Minister, ‘Pik’ Botha denies South African support for RENAMO
… Mozambique agreed to expel the African National Congress (ANC) from their country while South Africa agreed to cease …
EventSol Kerzner admits to the Harms Commission, that he has paid R2m for the personal benefit of Chief George Matanzima
… being connected to both the apartheid government and the ANC government. He has since resigned as chairman of Sun …
EventChief Albert Luthuli is banned for a further five years
… President General of the African National Congress (ANC), led the Defiance Campaign in 1952, a non- violent … ANC, Biography: Albert John Luthuli , from…
EventDr Kenneth Kaunda, former president of Zambia, is born
… the Northern Province. In 1959, Kaunda broke away from the ANC and formed his own party, the Zambian National Congress …
Broadcast to South Africa by OR Tambo on the 8th Anniversary of Umkhonto we Sizwe, 16 December 1969
… and elsewhere, our people under the leadership of the ANC are now poised for large-scale guerrilla warfare against … - this has already demonstrated the…