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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 …
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…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)
… its organisational and structural ties to the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) , its cadres received training … 1978, tensions between SAYRCO members…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… just about every institution throughout the country. The National Party held the parliamentary seat in Rustenburg throughout … were a particularly vicious…
ArticlePolitical executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 - 1989
… June 1983, three members of the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), were … and banned the ANC, PAC and the South…
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…
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…
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…
`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…
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)…
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…
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…
EventZANU-PF under Robert Mugabe wins the first free elections in Zimbabwe and Robert Mugabe becomes president
… On 4 March 1980, Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) won Zimbabwe's first … the new 100-seat House of Assembly with 63…
EventAmichand Rajbansi threatens non-cooperation with the James Commission
… National People's Party leader, Amichand Rajbansi, threatens that he would not …
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…
EventMadagascar adopts its second constitution
… 1940's, the Malagasy had started to demand independence. A national uprising took place in 1947, but was crushed by the … made from the 1980s. Ratsiraka…
EventMembers of the ANC and SACP are detained due to Operation Vula
… forces detained approximately forty members of the African National Congress (ANC) and South African Communist Party (SACP). Among those arrested were…
EventThe Azanian People’s Liberation Army (APLA) disbands
… PAC and other political organisations such as the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP). APLA supported the PAC…
EventApartheid policemen apply for amnesty at TRC
… liberation organisations, in particular the African National Congress (ANC). During their application Coetzee … for allowing the ANC and South African…