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ArticlePre-colonial history of Southern Africa
… paintings are on display at Iziko Museum, Cape Town, the Natal Museum , Pietermaritzburg, and the Origins Centre, … people had moved from East Africa into…
Event”Ghetto Act” or The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act No 28 of 1946 is passed
… to curtail Indian property ownership in White areas in Natal. Natal was divided into controlled and uncontrolled areas. The … with two provincial councillors…
EventNigeria becomes the first Anglophone independent state in Africa to become an associate member of EEC
… military government that assumed power was unable to address ethnic tensions or produce a constitution acceptable …
EventSAAN announces its decision to close the Rand Daily Mail
… at the height of apartheid. It was the first newspaper to address the issues of Black people at the time. Its demise …
Freedom Part to Host Ken Oosterbroek Legacy Exhibition
… more information, contact Freedom Park on 012 336 4000 Address: Cnr 7th and Koch Streets, Salvokop, Pretoria …
EventPieter-Dirk Uys, SA activist, satirist, playwright and novelist, is born in Cape Town
… very vocal in his activist capacity, often using satire to address pressing social and political issues. …
EventTwo psychiatrists give evidence on the proceedings of David Beresford Pratt’s case
… of the Union of South Africa. After his opening address, he took his seat. Shortly afterwards, a man in his …
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… was founded and demanded rights for 'coloured' people. The ANC or African National Congress was formed in 1912. The … elected government. Africanist members…
ArticleYoung Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA)
… in various centres in the Transvaal, Cape Colony and Natal, and it has long passed the stage of a mere debating … not reconstituted. In 1960, the African…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… brewing in urban areas. The African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General and Journalist attend the … by Pixley ka Isaka Seme . Chief Albert Luthuli , a…
How Zweli ‘misled’ Khwezi, 17 September 2017
… A new book reveals how ANC presidential hopeful Zweli Mkhize tried to manipulate … in the last two, Mkhize let her down. He was KwaZulu-Natal finance MEC at…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid, 12 January 1982
… inviting me to represent the African National Congress (ANC) at this special meeting which is being held to … against South Africa. This is a meeting which…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the meeting of the United Nations Special Committee against apartheid, 12 January 1982
… inviting me to represent the African National Congress (ANC) at this special meeting which is being held to … against South Africa. This is a meeting which…
ArticleUnion, Segregation, apartheid and Democracy: From Union to non racial democracy
… Free State and the Transvaal, and two British colonies of Natal and the Cape Province, the constitution explicitly …
ArticleBoipatong massacre - 17 June 1992
… Party (NP) government and the African National Congress (ANC). In response to the massacre the ANC withdrew from the negotiations, blaming the NP government …
ArticlePoqo
… part of the time it was subdued by bannings and the ANC's growing stature as the more powerful liberation … Ruvu was conceived by Leballo to be similar to…
ArticleSophiatown timeline 1899-1955
… of that year. This showed the widespread support the ANC had in the township The Native Laws Amendment Act of 1952 … the resistance to the impending forced…
ArticleSouth African Youth Congress (SAYCO)
… Mandela and other political prisoners The unbanning of the ANC and other organizations Clearly SAYCO, like other … release of political prisoners, and the…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1910-1919
… (Black Opinion). 1912 The African National Congress (ANC) is formed as the South African Native National Congress … weekly newspaper. 18 May, Future…
ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
… debate. Two years earlier the African National Congress (ANC) had adopted its Programme of Action. Phyllis Ntantala … was established in 1959 after its…
Safety and security issues
… The Domestic Violence Act (DVA) In 1996, in an attempt to address the state of affairs, the government introduced the …
Chapter 8 - The politics of Congress in the late 1950s
… and the Government”¦ "The Government should earnestly address itself to seeking means and ways of establishing some … April 21, 1958.) The National Executive…
EventJohn Langalibalele Dube is born
… Mission station of the American Zulu Mission (AZM) in Natal to James and Elizabeth Dube. His father, James Dube was … he married Nokutela Mdima Dube . He…
ArticleObituary: Sheila Weinberg
… slogans and other activities after the banning of the ANC and SACP. She was one of the early detainees in the … take that work into the most relaxed…
Historical Background of the Constitutional Court
… a bill of rights for South Africa can be traced back to an ANC document in the early 1920s. The Freedom Charter of 1956 … organised by the Constitutional…
1. The Way to Fox Street
… Inspired by the African National Congress's (ANC) heightened activism after World War I, he joined the ANC after leaving Bensonvale. The ANC were fighting…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 4
… marriage was to hold up certain negotiations between the Natal Indian Congress and the Natal Municipal Association. The Natal Municipal Association was…
ArchivePrison letter from Petros Sipho Mkhize to his parents-in-law at Zondi, Soweto
A handwritten letter in isiZulu on prison notepaper, sent from "V963 Petros M'Khize, Central Prison, Private Bag 45, Pretoria." It opens "Mama wami noBaba" (My…
Countdown to the elections July 1993 – April 1994
… levels as the elections came and went. The pattern for Natal, while also reflecting an immediate increase in the … of people and pressed charges in court…
Umrabulo - Issue No.11, 2nd Quarter 2001
… How do members take charge? The countrywide realignment of ANC branches, which started at the beginning of this year, … of government such as the four…