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EventCol. Muammar Gaddafi seizes power in Libya
… permitted not just the PAC but also other South African political organizations fighting Apartheid to use Libyan …
Interview with Sunny Singh by C de Vos, Durban, 28 May 2002
… it, I found that it was mutually inclusive, you follow. My political struggle and my armed struggle, well the thing was … to Algeria for his training and so…
Chief Albert Luthuli and the ‘gospel of service’ by Raymond Suttner (Daily Maverick), 12 March 2014, South Africa
… is an analyst and professional public speaker on current political and historical questions. He writes a regular … on Creamer Media’s polity.org.za. Suttner…
Directive concerning the nature of the forthcoming ANC consultative conference in Morogoro by Oliver Tambo, 01 March 1969
… our work. The purpose of this conference was to review our political situation, set new tasks and improve our machinery … with the forces of White supremacy…
African National Congress Press Statement by O. R. Tambo, 5 November 1979
… including legal and illegal ones, combining both the political and the military. The masses of the oppressed black … to seek to raise the level of conscious,…
Directive Concerning the Nature of the Forthcoming ANC Consultative Conference in Morogoro by O. R. Tambo, March 1969
… our work. The purpose of this conference was to review our political situation, set new tasks and improve our machinery … with the forces of White supremacy…
EventSouth Africa's new constitution is approved
… assembly, which had representatives from all the major political parties and liberation organisations. The …
Extract from a speech made at Heilbron on 16 August 1968
… Adv. Vorster once referred to this speech as his "political confession". 1 It was in his second year as Prime … gave clear direction. It is imperative for a…
Chief Albert Luthuli Centenary Lecture by President Jacob Zuma, 7 September 2012, Kimberley, Northern Cape
… banned for one year, and was prevented from attending any political gatherings in all towns and cities in South Africa. … that brought apartheid to its knees…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 86th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January, 1998
… we take advantage of this important day in our country's political calendar to extend our greetings to you all and to … is that democratic South Africa has…
Chapter 13. General Strike, 1932
… it on a big scale in the Hitler fashion. The grave economic problems that were facing the country, the mass … unemployment and starvation, were completely…
ArticleThe Natives Land Act of 1913
… 1910. However, black people were excluded from meaningful political participation in its formation and future. The … with any land amongst other…
ArticleArts and Crafts and reconstruction by Jillian Carman
… other. But they were radically opposed in the social and political sphere, and the results of their efforts were as … had any social contact, being on…
EventJohn Ndevasia Muafangejo is born
John Muafangejo was born in Etunda lo Ghandi in the area of Ovamboland, in Southern Angola. He studied art at the College of Art in Rorke’s Drift from 1967 to…
EventSouth Africa's TRC begins its formal hearings into Human Rights Violations
… from all members of South African society about political crimes, violence and human rights abuses that had …
PlaceDutch and British Coastal Fortifications at the Cape of Good Hope (1665 to 1829)
… then as an important strategic place in military and economic terms. During the renewed Anglo-French war … Britain's sea route to the east, endangering its…
Statement by Malusi Gigaba, ANCYL President, at the funeral of Cde Wanga Sigila, late SASCO Deputy President, Cape Town 23 October 1999
… of his peoples march onward ever to genuine social and economic emancipation; fought to bring about peace; and used … spent and dedicated to the genuine…
PlaceKruger National Park
… Animal (DCA) Protocol between the KNP and LEDET ( Limpopo Economic Development, Environment and Tourism ) is reviewed … that a motion was tabled on September…
The defiance campaign by M. P. Naicker
… close on the decision of the ANC to make 1952 a year of political action against unjust laws, the South African … history, Africans, Indians and Coloured…
EventBeverly Palesa Ditsie is the first out lesbian woman to address the United Nations about LGBT rights
… members of GLOW, South Africa’s first multiracial and political lesbian and gay rights group. During the drafting …
Event90-Days Act comences
… banned organisations. It also allows people convicted of political offences to be held in continuous detention after …
EventThe Republic of South Africa is established
… established, it ushered in a period in which the existing political trends grew in tempo, scope and force. The …
EventSt James Church massacre
… crimes for which amnesty was sought be shown to have a political motivation and that applicants make full disclosure …
EventTRC gathers evidence against Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
… Despite the fact that there was a growing fear that her political career would be tarnished by testimonies against …
EventFormer South African Prime Minister and State President John Vorster is born
… in the Eastern Cape on 13 December 1915. Vorster began his political career as a lawyer after completing his studies at …
EventThe National Party (Transvaal) is founded
… implemented the policy of apartheid. Following decades of political turmoil, South Africa became a democracy under the …
EventSouth African artist Gerard Sekoto is born
… Pietersburg. The writer Peter Abrahims and artists and political activists such as Ernest Mancoba, also attended the …
EventHundreds of thousands of Hutus flee to Zaire
… immediate consequence was a dispute over who would assume political authority. The UN Force Commander Lieutenant …
65. Letter from the Natal Indian Congress to Smuts, 1945
… methods of compromise and collaboration, took over Indian political leadership in 1945. A deputation led by the …
EventANC's Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe rally support against Urban Bantu Councils Act
… Act in April 1960, were forced to conduct their political activities underground. …