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63. Colonisation scheme: the colonial-born Indians respond - From the book "A Documentary History of Indian South Africans" edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai
… the basic philosophy in forming the new organisation. His address is reproduced here in part. Source: Indian Opinion , …
EventNelson Mandela is born
… as the president of the African National Congress (ANC) in 1997 at the Mafikeng Congress. In June 2004, Mandela …
EventSimon Petros Matseke, prominent in African social and political life, dies in Pretoria
… the National Executive of the African National Congress (ANC) and was also listed as the Deputy Speaker and Organizer …
EventFatima Meer is banned for a second time
… campaigns to save the lives of African National Congress(ANC) members sentenced to death, and mobilised support for …
EventWinnie Mandela is banished to Brandfort
… Winnie Madikizela-Mandela , wife of imprisoned ANC leader, Nelson Mandela, was banished to the dusty …
EventNelson Mandela meets President P.W. Botha to begin negotiating the end of apartheid
… between the government and the African National Congress (ANC) that would eventually bring an end to apartheid. …
EventWilliam Brown becomes the first South African officer killed during World War I
… I.S. Uys (section on the battle of the Somme) References: "ANC daily news briefing, this day in history: 6 July" (1997) …
EventPAC’s leader, Potlako Leballo confirms that Poqo is the organisation’s military wing
… time of his claims, the PAC, African National Congress (ANC), the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA)and other …
EventMass funeral for those killed at Sharpeville commemoration
… on 21 March. Members of African National Congress (ANC)-aligned United Democratic Front (UDF) refused entry to …
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Marikana 10 years on: survey shows knowledge of massacre is low, by Benjamin Roberts, Jare Struwig and Steven Gordon (theconversation.com), 16 August 2022
… restitution and healing. A failure to remember and address the issue of reparations will, as William Gumede, …
ArchiveHamba kahle Jennifer Davis 1933-2019
… part of the organizing group which arranged for Mandela to address Congress and to meet with national leaders and …
ArticleAfrican Achievements and Potential
… a reminder of the commitment the 53 member states made to address certain challenges of the continent such as armed …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1600s
… of races) at the Cape. 1683 28 September, Colonists address a petition to the Political Council in which they ask …
ArticleHistory of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper
… Department of History, University of the Western Cape Address to Conference on the Alternate Media to Commemorate …
Interview with Archibald Gumede 21 August 1990
… African situation. Do you think the differences between ANC, UDF, COSATU, and Inkatha have now developed an ethnic … with each other, and yet the violence…
ArticleMedu Art Ensemble
… Posters also reiterated and developed liberation and ANC symbols. In 1984, Thami Mnyele designed the ANC logo currently used today: the hand, shield, spear…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa 1910
… the Union of South Africa went ahead. The Formation of the ANC 1912 Preliminary drafts of the Union governments Natives’ … South Africa’s history and…
ArticleYoung Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA)
… not reconstituted. In 1960, the African National Congress (ANC) , the CPSA, Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) and other … after it was re-launched, the YCL was…
Statement at the Eighth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries by O. R. Tambo, Harare, 1 - 6 September 1986
… there are other important questions to which it must address itself, including those of East Timor, Kampuchea, … to compromise the sovereignty of these…
Interview with Lulu Dube by Sbongiseni Dladla, Ohlange, JL Dube House, 21 March 2011
… 90’s when the fight between IFP(Inkatha Freedom Party) and ANC( African National Congress) broke out a lot of people … to death. And here (Ohlange) the place…
Mandela and his three wives - Evelyn, Winnie and Graca by Sapa-AFP, 6 December 2013
… big city. She was the cousin of African National Congress (ANC) stalwart Walter Sisulu and met Mandela in Sisulu's home … same year that Mandela, Sisulu and…
PlaceA History of Ottosdal and Letsopa
… fought together with the African National Congress (ANC) and the United Democratic Front (UDF) to challenge the … the town was completely dependent on black…
ArchiveAfrican Women`s Resistance to the Pass Laws in South Africa 1950-1960, by Elizabeth S. Schmidt
… an innovation of the 1950s. The African National Congress (ANC) had been organising opposition to the legislation since … appeals, petitions and deputations…
ArticleBloemfontein Timeline 1824-2010
… formed in Bloemfontein. More than 400 delegates from the ANC, CPSA, various ICU's the Native Advisory Boards, African …
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU)
… - which changed its name to the African National Congress (ANC) in 1923 - did not accomplish much to improve the lives …
EventGrace Naledi Mandisa Pandor, SA minister of education since 2004, is born in Durban
… family's exile in 1961 due to her father's involvement in ANC political activities, Pandor received most of her …
Statement "Algeria honours Chief Luthuli" by Oliver Tambo, 30 November 1964
… Literature on Chief A.J. Luthuli, President-General of the ANC of South Africa. The people of Algeria deserve many high …
EventTrade unionist Clements Kadalie dies in East London
… London and became a provincial African National Congress (ANC) organiser. Kadalie's attempts to relaunch his trade …
EventA car bomb explodes in Durban, killing five and injuring 27 people
… Rayman Lalla, a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and a senior officer in Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK). …
EventCastro decides to send troops to Angola to fight South Africa
… in Southern Africa such as the African National Congress (ANC), the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) and the …