SAHO global search
6,321 records
PlaceKenya
… involvement with the Mau Mau. The Kenyan African National Party (KANU), the successor to the KAU, won a majority of the … Democratic Union (KADU) and the…
EventBarend Strydom kills 8 People in Pretoria
… until 1992. He was released as a part of the National Party and African National Congress prisoner exchange, in …
SABC CEO quits after about-turn by Shain Germaner (Cape Times), 28 Jun 2016
… broadcaster that only serves the interests of the ruling party is wrong and must be condemned,” the organisation said. …
Thanks, Jimi, this is good for you and the broader SA (The Times Editorial), 28 June 2016
… in the past... the same attitude adopted by the National Party when it controlled the SABC. Those rules and attitudes …
PlaceBurkina Faso
… marched towards independence under a Mossi dominated party. Upper Volta became independent in 1960. In 1984, the …
Document 46 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International left Opposition to Johannesburg comrades, 23 October 1932
… are members of your League? Probably, the Communist Party (official) has much more members than your League. Is …
Document 44 - Letter from Leon Trotsky to T. W. Thibedi, 4 September 1932
… sufficient for a capitalist army, not for a revolutionary party. We are far from exaggerating our forces. The …
EventThe Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg, Bishop Ambrose Reeves, resigns
… we disagree profoundly with a policy that we cannot be party to in any shape or form'. Rather than sell the schools …
EventAlbert Luthuli is elected as an ANC President
… a Youth League had been formed. Following the Nationalist Party victory and the imple- mentation of Apartheid in 1948, …
EventThe Motsuenyane Commission finds the African National Congress (ANC) guilty of abuse in its camps
… to take action against these members when the National Party had no such policy in place with regard to abuses …
EventSouth African artist, Gerard Sekoto, dies
… In 1947, just before the Afrikaner Nationalist party came to power, Gerard Sekoto left South Africa for …
EventThe Angolan-Namibian peace plan is accepted
… MPLA (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola - Party of Labour) and anti-communist UNITA (National Union for …
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 …
EventAnglo-Boer War 2 - Kitchener proposes establishment of concentration camps
… whose ultimate triumph was realised with the Nationalist Party (NP) seizing power in the elections of 1948. …
Message to the People of South Africa on the 68th Anniversary of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1980
… of the seventies began, for us, with the government of the United States confidently predicting that southern Africa in … in the face of the most determined…
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 … organiser. He rose through 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 … organiser. He rose through…
Building A National Democratic Society by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
… we are only at the beginning of a long journey to a truly united, democratic and prosperous South Africa in which the … and democratic tasks, and it should…
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
… of 1949. Volunteers from the ANC and SAIC (the Communist Party of South Africa [CPSA] had disbanded in 1950) began … in 1950; it thus included many of the…
Biography: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia's 'Iron Lady' by Alistair Boddy-Evans updated 08 August 2016
… Liberia and began working in William Tolbert's (True Whig Party) government. A Start in Politics Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf … spending. As the 70s progressed,…
Albert Luthuli`s foreword to pamphlet published by the South African Congress of Democrats, 8 August 1960
… reject with the contempt it deserves the Nationalist Party Government policy of separate development. They see it … are to be found in the Congress of…
When Mandela's Predecessor toured the US to Expose Segregation back home by Matthew Blackman (www.ozy.com), 29 May 2018
… of what would become the African National Congress — the party Nelson Mandela would later lead, and the party that would eventually overthrow South Africa’s…
ArchiveGeorge Peake by David Hemson
… to cuts in local government. He was also elected a Labour Party municipal councillor in the town of Slough where he … George made contact with the Militant…
Document 105 - John Gomas, “Cape Town: Liberation League Activities”, South African Worker, 17 April 1937
… Malay Association, African National Congress, Communist Party, Socialist Party, S.A. Railway and Harbour Workers Union and S.A. …
EventThe International Labour Organisation calls for South Africa's withdrawal at the Geneva Conference
… labour standards. It is the only 'tripartite' United Nations agency that brings together representatives of …
EventSADF's 31 Battallion is disbanded
The South African Defence Force's (SADF) 31st Battalion was disbanded at a public ceremony in the Cape Province. This Battalion was composed primarily of the…
EventPAC leader, David Sibeko shot dead in Dar-es-Salaam
… director of Foreign Affairs and representative to the United Nations, David Sibeko, was murdered by a militant …
Belonging - A History of Indian South Africans
… of India, the rise of South Africa ’s National Party, and their ominous promise of mass expulsions, with the …
PlaceZoar, Western Cape
It is difficult to talk about Zoar or Amalienstein separately, so interwoven are these sister Towns. They lie adjacent to one another on Route 62, they are…
The Arrival of the Khoisan
… to organise themselves to larger groups in order to form a united, stronger front against the cattle-raiding San. The …