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EventAt least 150 people die in clashes between the ANC and IFP
… Conflict broke out between supporters of the African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and resulted in the death of at least 150 people…
EventFifty killed over three days during Inkatha
… killed over three days in battles between Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) supporters in … and totally disrupt the negotiations…
EventAngolan government signs peace treaty with UNITA
… Jose Eduardo dos Santos and the rebel organisation, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) … it into government forces, become a…
EventNelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu on Robben Island 5 August 1982
… anniversary of the arrest of Nelson Mandela, African National Congress (ANC) leader and first commander-in-chief … his release by China. This was publicized…
EventANC leader Walter Sisulu is convicted and sentenced to six years in prison for contravening the unlawful Organisations Act
… On 04 March 1963, the African National Congress (ANC) leader, Walter Sisulu was sentenced … Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), South African Communist Party …
EventJacobus Johannes (Jim) Fouché is born in Wepener in the OFS.
… State and a staunch republican as well as member of the National Party . He first served as the Minister of Defence up until …
How Zuma, the smiling spy, controls South Africa by Joe Brock and Ed Cropley (World News), 04 May 2016, Johannesburg
… As head of intelligence for the outlawed African National Congress during apartheid, Jacob Zuma neutralized … who work around Zuma say. He has also changed…
Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
… the Coalition Government made up of Afrikanar Nationalist Party headed by General Hertzog and the South African Labour Party took away their right of the…
Umrabulo - Issue No.11, 2nd Quarter 2001
… society - Gwede Mantashe Social emancipation and national liberation - Ngoako Ramatlhodi Organisation Through … The Charter recognizes the symbiotic link…
ArticleFatima Meer Timeline 1928-2010
… of the Federation of Black Women in South Africa - a national body which campaigned for education and rural … to persuade Indians not to vote for the white…
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… rights by the apartheid regime also saw the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) … or the safety of the public to be…
From Segregation to Apartheid
… people were once again forcibly removed. In addition, the National Party tried to promote the economic development of the … tide of militancy, they were…
Biography of Bessie Emery by Elizabeth Venditti
… Movement, or the PAC, [xiii] in the 1950s, and the Liberal Party in 1961. [xiv] Regrettably, Bessie Head died 1986, due … Daymond also wrote, “while she…
EventBarend Strydom kills 8 People in Pretoria
… in prison until 1992. He was released as a part of the National Party and African National Congress prisoner exchange, in which ANC member …
EventRobert McBride is arrested in Mozambique
… alleged that the guns were used to arm Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) members. Dr Pieter Mulder of the Freedom Front … Organisation of African Unity, George…
Statement at the Conference of The Socialist International and Frontline States on Southern Africa, Harare by O. R. Tambo, 15 February 1989
… Ambassadors and High Commissioners, Fellow leaders of the National Liberation Movement, My compatriots, comrades in … Friends: It is my honour today on…
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,…
Document 61 - A. Mon [M. N. Averbach] 4 , “A Comment on Trotsky’s Letter to S.A.”, Worker’s Voice, 1, 3, July 1945 […]
… position from where we are to set out along the path of national and agrarian emancipation, through the social … forms part and parcel of the entire problem…
Historical Overview of Black Resistance, 1932-1952 - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
… Political Organisations in the 1940s The Transition to a National Mass Movement, 1949-1952 Campaign for the Congress … Mandela asserted: ... in any case the…
Document 105 - John Gomas, “Cape Town: Liberation League Activities”, South African Worker, 17 April 1937
… Hall, Cape Town, on March 22 last. It was organised by the National Liberation League of South Africa and supported by … the S.A. Indian Congress, Cape Malay…
First Matabele War
… British Fort Victoria. Reacting, a large Ndebele raiding party attacked the Mashonas, massacring as many as 400 before … December 1893. From a painting by…
Chapter 14
… the Assembly met Dr. A. B. Xuma, President of the African National Congress. The aims of the Assembly were fully … one of the first sponsors. Dr. Xuma…
Biography of Can Themba by Aisha Ahmed
… and many of his companions turned to alcoholism and a party life to cope with the bigoted intolerance they had to … of apartheid in South Africa was…
ArchiveDiana Mitchell obituary by Julia Gallagher (The Guardian), 08 February 2016
… a campaign to save one school led Mitchell to establish a national drive for better education of black children. … for the regime’s end. She helped establish…
“Exodus without a map”: What happened to the Durban moment? by Edward Webster
… Alliance, comprised of Cosatu, the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the African National Congress (ANC) in the eighties and nineties without … their…
EventThe constitution of the South African Students’ Organisation (SASO) is adopted at its inaugural conference and Steve Biko is elected president
… and Steve Biko is elected president. Other leading party members include: Barney Pityana, Harry Nengwekhulu, … Black Consciousness, it does not reject the…
EventThe constitution of the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) is adopted at its inaugural conference and Steve Biko is elected president
… and Steve Biko is elected president. Other leading party members include: Barney Pityana, Harry Nengwekhulu, … Black Consciousness, it does not reject the…
Arthur Chaskalson Chief: Justice Emeritus, Constitutional Court of South Africa
… (December 1989-March 1990), a Consultant to the African National Congress on constitutional issues (April 1990-April … Committee on Constitutional Issues,…
EventSouth African Parliament repeals The Separate Amenities Act of 1953
… but equal" public facilities. Under F.W. De Klerk, the National party dismantled the entire system of petty apartheid by the …
EventMayor of Welkom, in the Free State, is tarred and feathered
… wheelchair marathon event. According to sources, the National Party mayor, ran foul of his White constituency when he …