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EventJournalist and political activist Selby Msimang dies
… Congress (SANNC), renamed the African National Congress (ANC) in 1923. He was a staunch labour organiser, who teamed …
EventNUSAS President Ian Robertson is banned
… and the Government`s response [Online], available at: anc.org.za/ [Accessed 07 May 2010] …
EventHarold Strachan is served with restriction order
… (MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), was served with a restriction order in terms of the …
EventProposal for a new constitution
… during the drafting of the new constitution. The ANC wanted an Interim government, whereas the Democratic …
EventHundreds of political prisoners began a hunger strike at Robben Island
… in order to strengthen the bargaining positions of the ANC. While de Klerk suggested that the unconditional release …
EventSamora Machel pledges solidarity with the people of South Africa
… Machel, together with the African National Congress (ANC) President, Oliver Tambo was addressing mourners at the …
EventJoshua Nkomo’s freedom of movement and association in Southern Rhodesia is restricted
… Nkomo, who supported the African National Congress (ANC) when he was in South Africa inthe 1940's, came to the …
EventBantu Holomisa deposes Stella Sigcau as President of the Transkei
… Defence Force (TDF), a staunch African National Congress (ANC) activist, led a bloodless coup against the Transkei …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education
… the National Party (NP) to the African National Congress (ANC). Contrary to many predictions, South Africa avoided a …
EventMK soldiers threaten armed struggle
… were being investigated. The African National Congress (ANC) responded with a strongly worded statement promising …
ArticleSignificance of the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… it also provided the stimulus for the creation of new ANC branches. The campaign for the Congress of the People and …
PlaceZithulele Hospital, Mqanduli
Zithulele Hospital is a 147 bed government-funded Hospital near Mqanduli, Eastern Cape. The Hospital serves a population of 130,000 people. Originally a…
PlaceHankey
Hankey is the oldest Town nestled at the confluence of the Klein and Gamtoos Rivers, is a treasure trove of History and natural wonders. Part of the Kouga…
PlaceTsolo, Eastern Cape
(prior to 1910) St Augustine's was established in 1865 by the Reverend Bransby Key as a station of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel on Foreign…
PlaceBredasdorp, Overberg
Located on the Northern edge of the Agulhas Plain, about 160 kilometres South-East of Cape Town and 35 kilometres, North of Cape Agulhas. The Town was named…
Article1967 Terrorism Act, No. 83 of 1967
… and for participating in African National Congress (ANC) activities as a member and officer in Durban in 1962 and … under the Suppression of Communism Act…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the murder of Griffiths Mxenge, 01 November 1981
… by the apartheid courts on a charge of membership of the ANC after it was banned in 1960. On completion of his … unable to stop the forward march of the…
PlaceSophiatown
… Resident of Sophiatown lost everything they owned. The ANC turned to boycotts, strikes and civil disobedience. In 1956, the ANC issued what it called the…
Document 40 - Anti-CAD, Why You Should Not Vote [1958]
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 40 - Anti-CAD, Why You Should Not Vote [1958]…
Document 17 - The Groote Schuur Minute
… apartheid is dead. (We heard that before) Unbanning the ANC, is an admission that your banning in March 1960 was … laws passed to hound, nay, annihilate us…
Introduction
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai 'The appeasers', declared the report of the Passive…
EventThembisile Chris Hani is killed
… beyond the right wing, linking the assassination to the ANC. …
Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
… youth and to give the movement political direction. The ANC in exile called for immediate international action and … in exile, notably, the African National…
The Struggle Continues and Grows More Intense - Statement by O. R. Tambo, 23 August 1984
… time. Tomorrow is our day. Oliver R. Tambo President, ANC …
ArchiveThe Pan African Congress venture in retrospect: a Non-European Unity Movement pamphlet
… British imperialism With the PAC breaking away from the ANC, and then the launch of the Anti-Pass Campaign,the …
EventDr Joshua Nkomo African nationalist and guerrilla leader is born.
… to Rhodesia where he was elected as president of the ANC.In June 1999 he passed away in Harare, the capital of …
EventThami Mnyele, SA artist and member of MK, is killed in Gaborone
… He became very active in the African National Congress’ (ANC) military wing Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK). On June 14, 1985, …
EventChief Cyprian Zulu warns his people not to participate in the Defiance Campaign
… African government. During the African National Congress (ANC) Annual Conference in December 1952 it was decided, "to …
EventAllan Boesak is born
… he was elected chairperson of African National Congress (ANC) in Western Cape. His meteroric rise was checked in 1985 …
EventBlack People Convention is formed
… years after the banning of the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), a new political …