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Chapter 3 - The Rise of the ANC
… the 1940s, the vacuum left by the failure of the Communist Party to build a mass workers' political organisation was being filled by the African National…
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… results, or tried to force people to vote for a particular party. Active citizen: Citizens who play a role in their …
PlaceBenin
… under the Union Progressiste Dahoméenne (UPD), but the party quickly splintered into the three ethnic and regionally … Law,” came into force. Two years later…
Statement of the Alliance Political Council, 13 October 2009
… The Alliance Political Council, comprising of the National Officials of the African National Congress (ANC), the South African Communist Party (SACP), the…
David Goldblatt, once and future freedom hero by Rebecca Davis (Daily Maverick), 28 November 2012, South Africa
… explaining that he was declining the Order of Ikhamanga, a national honour awarded by the presidency to individuals who … was created”. He quotes from the…
EventPatrice Lumumba, former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is shot
… of Congo ). In 1958 he formed and led the Movement National Congolais (MNC), which sought a unitary state while … 1960 elections, the MNC emerged as the…
EventMass funeral for the victims of Bisho massacre
… gathered wanted to hear the speeches from leading African National Congress (ANC) and South African Communist Party members such as Walter Sisulu, Chris…
EventTwelve ANC supporters are killed in eSikhawini
… in eSikhawini. The political rivalry between the African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) rose alarmingly in the Esikhaweni location…
EventP. W. Botha refutes possibility of Black majority rule
… of a Black majority government in South Africa at the National Party's Annual Congress in Durban. The principle was rejected … South African History Online,…
Event19 die at Shell House massacre
… African National Congress (ANC) security guards at Shell House killed nineteen Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) members following a tip-off that IFP marchers …
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications by Allison Drew
… political currents within the trade unions, student and national liberation organisations could contribute towards … cartoons. Bob Symes, a Workers…
Document 85 - E. R. Roux, “The Native Exploiters: A reply to ‘A. Z.”’, Umsebenzi,20 April 1935
… to day I doubt whether the average rank and filer in the party has a clear picture of the Native Republic. This is due … they provide the economic basis of…
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… bringing down apartheid took place between the ANC and the National Party. Western countries with business interests in South … unions, political…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… African Mine Workers strike. 1948 Rise of the Nationalist Party to state power. 1950 Introduction of the Suppression of … Alliance, consisting of…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1960-1969
… Chief Albert Luthuli joined them. 8 April, The African National Congress (ANC) and Pan African Congress (PAC) are … this slavery and humiliation.' October,…
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Union Timeline 1919-1989
… worker organisations and other centers, and becomes the national workers organisation. The Industrial and Commercial … Workers' Union of South Africa (ICU)…
Zulu Community
… Imperial control, and allowed local Whites to run the new national state. Quick shifts towards greater regulation of … also saw the revival of Inkatha, later…
Statement at the 25th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 24 – 26 July 1989
… We take this opportunity to extend our thanks to the Party, the Government and the people of Ethiopia for all they … spelt out in the much heralded five year…
Chapter 29. Policy and Tactics of The Union
… of workers in a country which was troubled by grave national and racial issues, in which the economy was unevenly … protectors of law and order. A thorough…
`We will come back with Msholozi`- erupts Pondoland, 12 December 2008
… hall as crowds sang their hearts out to greet African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma on arrival to … that "if someone tells you he or she…
PlaceDe Waal Park, Camp Street, Oranjezicht
… tress which overlook its large lawns. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 22 March … the park became the venue of the annual…
Document 32 - League of African Rights, Petition, 1929
… Petition with a million signatures Members of the African National Congress, I.C.U. Communist Party and other bodies espousing native interests filled the ……
EventAnti-SAIC political rally ends in Lenasia
… On 19 and 20 August 1981, in response to the National Party (NP) government’s attempts to co opt Indians and … apartheid-created body established in 1968 as…
ArchiveAziz Pahad: Rest in peace by David Kenvyn
… my involvement in the Anti-Apartheid Movement and the National Union of Students. He was, without a shadow of a … the Transvaal Indian Congress, and worked…
Chapter 2 - Historical Background
… years after the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War in 1899, a National Convention of white representatives from the four … the convention. This, in part, laid…
ArticleResponse to the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising by organisations in exile
… June 16 marks the commemoration of National Youth Day in South Africa. This is the day the … the political organisations in exile, notably, the African…
EventNiger's Independence Day
… Burkina Faso). The French Fifth Republic and the Nigerien National Assembly agreed on the 28th of July 1960 that Prime … in independent Niger, proceeded to…
EventGeraldine Fraser is born
… Cape (UWC), she left South Africa to join the African National Congress (ANC) in exile, where she worked under Joe … She also became a member of the South…
EventDetectives testify against members of the ANC and the Congress Alliance in the infamous Treason Trial
… of the Congress Alliance, which included the African National Congress (ANC), the South African Communist Party (SACP), the South Indian Congress (SAIC) and…
EventANC receives letter of gratitude from the British Prime Minister, Herold Macmillan
… 0n 10 February 1960, the African National Congress (ANC) received a letter from the British … to you for giving me a statement of the views of your party,…