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EventSouth African Political activist, James Sofasonke Mpanza dies
… Mpanza, a political activist and founder of the Sofasonke Party in Orlando Township, Soweto , passed away at his … Mpanza died in 1970, but his organisation,…
PlaceMalawi
… It was renamed Nyasaland in 1907. The first political party named Nyasaland African Congress was formed in 1944. Initially, it was a moderate party. It only…
EventHarry Frederick Oppenheimer is born in Kimberley
… of Parliament for Kimberley in 1948 under the United Party. After the death of his father in 1957, he resigned … was instrumental in the formation of the…
Address to United Nations Security Council, by Nelson Mandela, 15 July 1992, New York United States
… January, 1992 to June 1992. Control of state power by the National Party regime allows it the space to deny and cover up the … clearly benefited from the…
EventOscar Dumisani Dhlomo, politician and businessman, is born
… and Culture. He was later elected Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) Secretary-General On 1 June 1990 Dhlomo resigned … resigned from Inkatha to form the Institute…
Document 45 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Left Opposition to Cape Town comrades, 23 October 1932
… for which reasons the comrades were expelled out from the Party. As to the conditions of membership into the Left … the same manner, on this following…
Introduction - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… the period of its Industrial Revolution. Every major national problem-racial conflict, poor whiteism, and mass … United States race discrimination features…
ArchiveOpening Address at the Omar Badsha Photographic exhibition by Jakes Gerwel, September 2001
… We are a few days away from the celebration of one of our national holidays, Heritage Day. The opening of this … a story to the decision to have Heritage Day…
ArticleList of uMkhonto weSizwe Operations
… explosion 01/06/81 Firebombs at three Progressive Federal Party (PFP) offices, Johannesburg. No injuries 04/06/81 SAP … station - No details 01/01/87 SADF…
ArchiveAt the Pompidou by Jeremy Harding, 26 April 2018
… people … Most, I surmised, were supporters of the National Party and its policy of apartheid. I had great difficulty in … the craggy defiance of the Boers…
EventDemocratic Alliance federal conference in Port Elizabeth
… DA Eastern Cape leader Athol Trollip was announced as the party's new federal chairman, with Alf Rees elected as … der Walt, second deputy chair is Refiloe…
EventPresident P.W. Botha suffers a stroke.
… was subsequently ousted from office by members of his own party. Even after the party's actions, he persistently retained the presidency amid …
EventPolitical activist and trade unionist James La Guma is born
… (Jimmy) La Guma, member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and president of the South African Coloured … - 1959 was born in Bloemfontein. He joined…
EventCommunity leader James Sofasonke Mpanza is born
… shall all die), community leader, founder of the Sofasonke Party and a champion for better housing for Johannesburg's … of the Orlando Advisory Board on…
EventAssassination attempt on Kwame Nkrumah, first prime and later president of Ghana
… In 1949 Kwame Nkrumah formed the Convention People's party (CPP). After his 'positive action' campaign created … accused of forming a dictatorship. In 1964…
PlaceOutcrop of Main Reef Group of Conglomerates, Johannesburg
… Click on image to enlarge It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 22 February … his find. This time, Kruger was accompanied by a…
Chapter 4. From The Poverty of the Platteland to the Slums of the City: Farm Girls Turned Into Factory Hands
… major political parties, and especially the Nationalist Party, adopted throughout a most bitterly hostile attitude … With regret, it must be stated that even…
ArticleAnti-pass campaigns, 1910s
… on domestic work in Bloemfontein, which suited the ruling party, and which took the women away from their own homes and … survived until the early 1930s, but…
Colonial history of Polokwane
… according to DW Kruger. The defeat of the Boers saw a new national spirit emerge, and poet Eugene Marais gave birth to … and nationalist consciousness. Louis…
ArticleSharpeville Massacre, 21 March 1960
… At the annual conference of the African National Congress (ANC) held in Durban on 16 December 1959, … in the 19 March 1960 issue of Contact, the Liberal…
John Vorster Square revisited as Timol inquest reopened by Ernest Mabuza (Timeslive.co.za), 27 June 2017
… Essop was charged with furthering the aims of the African National Congress and the South African Communist Party and of endangering the maintenance of law…
PlaceOld Fort and Cemetery, Durban
… Bay of Port Natal took place in 1824, when a small trading party made their base here. By the beginning of 1837, parties … are located, forms part of this…
ArchiveGarment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… groups, and at an early age Sachs acquired a loathing for national hatred and racial persecution. By the time he … 22. A Slight Case of Blackmail Chapter 23…
ArticleGhallywood: An Evolution of Ghana’s Film Industry
… the industry, the GFIO decided to rather act as a third-party and allow external investment and gain. For example, …
EventA delegation of seven Coloured leaders meets with SA Prime Minister Vorster to discuss the future of the Coloured community
… to immediately release the Chairman of the Coloured Labour Party, the Rev. Allan Hendrickse. In the late 1970s the Coloured Labour Party strengthened its…
PlaceClumber, Eastern Cape
… land allocated in 1820 to Dr Thomas Carlton, leader of a party of settlers from Nottinghamshire. In October 1893 its … away from the original. On this site…
EventHumphrey Ndlovu, veteran IFP leader dies
… Inkatha Cultural Liberation Movement, now Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), in 1976. He was the Party’s West Rand Regional Chairperson from 1991 to 2000. … …
BiographyMalcomess Johnson Mgabela Kondoti
… in the community. Very soon after, he joined the African National Congress (ANC) but did not become heavily involved …
Lindiwe Charity Nyembezi Mthembu
… Ntuzuma Youth League. In 1984, Mthembu joined the African National Congress (ANC) and Congress of South African … Mthembu was an active member of the African…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Introduction
… Centre in downtown Johannesburg to launch the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL). Motivatedby their desire to shake up the "Old Guard" in the…