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EventA meeting titled “Conference for Concerned South Africans” is held, bringing together homeland leaders and conservative Afrikaner parties.
… of Bophuthatswana, Andries Treurnicht of Conservative Party and Andries Beyers of the Afrikaner Volksunie. The key … constitution for South Africa. They felt…
EventAdriaan Vlok, Minister of Law and Order, announces a ban on the carrying of pangas, bush knives and axes weapons in “conflict situations”
… The ongoing violence between African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters during the negotiations that led up to …
EventMigrant workers ransack Phola Park
… group of migrant workers aligned with the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) ransacked the Phola Park squatter camp of East … workers to damage ongoing peace talks…
EventNamibia gains Independence
… down by UN, however, things changed in 1948 when the National Party came into power. The NP defied and refused to send …
EventTruman Prince, the controversial ANC manager of the Central Karoo District Municipality, is suspended
… journalism show, Special Assignment. Calls for the African National Congress (ANC) to take disciplinary action against … was however, expelled from the ANC…
EventMultiparty negotiating forum meets for the first time since December 1993
… Despite the negative response from the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Chief Gatsha Mangosuthu Buthelezi , the … the first time since December 1993 to…
EventJudge Essa Moosa passes away
… activists.[iii] He was one of the founding members of the National Association of Democratic Lawyers.[iv] … of South Africa’s democracy and formed part of…
EventANC's economic plans
… African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President Nelson Mandela stated that his party was prepared to abandon its long-held policy of …
Chapter 4 - Removing the obstacles
… day of the meeting dealt with a general exposition by each party on the obstacles to negotiation, several of which were … In addition, temporary indemnities…
EventThe second Carnegie Report on poverty in South Africa is released
… The inquiry's formal report was launched at a week long national conference held at the University of Cape Town in … inheritance. Despite a hostile reception…
EventThe First Draft of the Constitution is published
… with Cyril Ramaphosa, secretary-General of the African National Congress (ANC), as Chairperson. Ramaphosa, called … This had been an issue between the…
EventDay of Reconciliation celebrated as a public holiday in SA for the first time
… Dingane planned an ambush and murdered Retief and his party of 100 people. This act culminated in the Battle of … (MK) was formed. This was the military wing…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 21 May 1962 during the second reading of the General Law Amendment Bill
… incidents such as Rivonia and various others. The United Party and its Press have chosen to call this Bill which I now … from whom I received protests in…
The Durban Moment: Revisiting politics, labour, youth and resistance in the 1970s
… terrain resulting from the banning of the African National Congress and Pan Africanist Congress also sought to be occupied by bodies such as the Coloured…
Will the real PAC please stand up? by Phumza Sokana
… Congress (PAC) is far from over as two factions in the party battle with each other over the legitimacy of this … strategy aiming at making the liberation…
Article“Bantu Education or the Street” by Norman Levy
… a department for each of the four population groups and a national department. These were disbanded and welded into one … as a preparation for labour.4 In…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1920-1929
… of Durban, Walter Gilbert J.P., officially opens the third national conference of Indian organisations in the Durban … is elected its first President. 1-3…
Testimony of Bruno Mtolo, Johannesburg (Rivonia Trial), 15 January, 1964
… the Regional Command receive its orders? Mtolo: From the National High Command. Yutar: Where were the headquarters of the National High Command? Mtolo: On…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the Funeral of Moses Mbheki Mabhida, 29 March 1986, Maputo
… Moses Mabhida to join the ANC, the South African Communist Party and the trade union movement which ultimately coalesced … ANC, Moses Mabhida rose from the…
Statement at the Funeral of Moses Mbheki Mabhida by O. R. Tambo, Maputo, 29 March 1986
… Moses Mabhida to join the ANC, the South African Communist Party and the trade union movement which ultimately coalesced … ANC, Moses Mabhida rose from the…
ArchiveThe Story of Jean Middleton by Grant Rohrmann
… when she was invited to join the South African Communist Party (SACP). Making a change would not be easy for … with these organisations [referring to the…
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… farms or in mines or factories. The South African Native National Congress (later the ANC) forms to protest against … not enough.This causes continual under…
ArticleSouth African Student Organisation (SASO)
… Representative Council) decided to break away from the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS). NUSAS was a … He was further concerned that breaking…
ArticlePaper abstracts and biographies of speakers
… fighters in FRELIMO’s political-military campaign for national independence. My paper concerns the relationship … each other. In the female ex-combatants’…
When your position can't be sustained, create a scarecrow - The Menace of Post-Apartheid South Africa by Thabo Mbeki, 18 January 2016
… It is obvious that when the ANC became a ruling party in 1994 we could not foresee and prepare for all the … to a democratic Republic. This meant that…
Apartheid stakeholders - where are they now?
… at least until the next elections in April 1999. At the national tier of government the transitional phase commits us to an obligatory government of national…
ArchiveSonia Bunting: Continuous Compassion and Adamant Activism by Jack Lucas
… in every sense of the word. She joined the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) before quickly trading her … with other anti-apartheid groups such as the…
ArchiveCourt Transcript of statement from the Dock of Nelson Mandela, Pretoria Supreme Court, 20 April 1964
… I will also deal with the relationship between the African National Congress and Umkhonto, and with the part which I … I shall deal also with the part played…
ArticleThe Conflict between the AZAPO and the UDF - popular violence in the 1980s and 1990s
… the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) . Equally significant was the bloody … and trade unions. A broad front comprising the…
EventANC's Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe rally support against Urban Bantu Councils Act
… African National Congress (ANC) leaders, Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe … Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), South African Communist Party (SACP) and others. These…