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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…
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…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Foreign Relations during Apartheid, 1948
… want to involve themselves in an armed struggle. African National Congress First National Consultative Conference Morogoro, Tanzania, 25 April … ‘verligtes’ …
PlaceEswatini (formerly Swaziland)
… security interests. Swaziland would deport all African National Congress (ANC) members to South Africa. This did not … Opposition parties were, however,…
Bibliographical Data
… CAMP. A popular and sympathetic history of the African National Congress is Mary Benson's South Africa: The Struggle … 1966) and The African Patriots: The…
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. … …
PlaceKenya
… alleged involvement with the Mau Mau. The Kenyan African National Party (KANU), the successor to the KAU, won a majority of the … maintaining this wealth and…
Chapter 1: Introduction
… the then banned ANC started negotiating with the ruling National Party (NP) behind closed doors. The negotiations had an … with the ANC-COSATU alliance over…
ArticleThe Establishment of the Afrikaner Broederbond in May 1918.
… the OFS and Transvaal. They had to compete with the Labour Party for the support of White workers in the cities. In the …
ArchiveChief Albert Luthuli Lecture, Africa and Freedom, delivered by the patron of the TMF, Thabo Mbeki, 10 December 2021
… of his beloved Movement he led so brilliantly, the African National Congress, to what Chief Luthuli thought about the … against the ANC made by Jordan…
EventSouth West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) is founded to oppose South African rule
… Namibia) on 19 April 1960 by Herman Toivo Ya Toivo. The party was originally formed to advocated immediate Namibian … from South Africa and became the…
EventKwame Nkrumah, the first President of independent Ghana escapes 5th assassination attempt
… attempt. Shortly thereafter, he declared Ghana a one party state. During the same year Nkrumah forced a … Ako Adjei, Information Minister Tawia Adamafio, and…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… However, resistance was to emanate not from the national organisation, but from the NIC and the TIC. On … major political organisations in India, such as the…
Interview with Africa Report by Oliver Tambo, 01 March 1981, New York
… AFRICA REPORT : To many critics, the African National Congress (ANC) looks like a failure. After 70 years, … clique. There is a political crisis within the…
A tribute to Sam Ramsamy and others who fought apartheid sport by E.S. Reddy
… Movement sent appeals to Olympic Committees and other national sports bodies to exclude apartheid sport from … next elections, but it was roundly defeated…
Debate in the House of Assembly during the second reading of the Immorality Amendment Bill on 23 February 1962
… hon. member for Houghton, I cannot say it of the United Party unfortunately, because I am not sure what the party's attitude is. I am never sure how long the…
The Fruits of the 1973 Durban Strikes: A Powerful Black Trade Union Movement. Are they still on track or are they off the rails? by Johann Maree
… Black workers into a separate union that became the National Union of Textile Workers (NUTW). However, the … a hierarchy of committees from branch to…
ArchiveNew Deal? South Africa 1983
… the other side of town the all white governing Nationalist Party was trying to drum up support for a New Constitution … the black majority. The right wing…
EventAhmad Mahir Pasha, the Egyptian Prime Minister, is assassinated
… most important figures in the early history of the Wafd party in Egypt. The Wafd party came to prominence in Egyptian politics after World War …
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Themes to Think About
… resistance was real. It was only when the Nationalist Party government placed further restrictions on the trade … movements developed. 1912 saw the founding…
BiographyMakhanda Nxele
… society. [32] More so, it explains how he came to occupy a national role of leading amaXhosa, beyond just the amaNdlambe … 19cm. [60] The scene at…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 1 - The Transition in Context by Christopher Saunders
… something that is not what it appears to be Government of National Unity (GNU) ”” a coalition government formed after the 1994 elections consisting of the…
EventThe possessions of Piet Retief are auctioned
… Dingane appeared ready to grant land to Retief and his party, but had one condition: that they retrieve cattle … token of his appreciation, Dingane invited…
ArchiveZondeni Veronica Sobukwe interviewed by Ntsikelelo Sandi,King Williams Town,12 May 1997
… Act. MRS SOBUKWE: It is both the NP and the opposition party of the day that agreed that he should be, he should … Sobukwe, you have made a request in…
Address to the 21st Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the OAU by O.R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 19 July 1985
… Leaders of Delegations, Excellencies, On behalf of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress, its militants and combatants inside…
Presidential Address to the Twenty-Third Conference of the South African Indian Congress, Durban, September 3, 1961
… rightful position in international affairs. As the oldest national organisation in South Africa, the South African … has made its position clear both in…
Chapter 7 - Gumede keeps the bright fire burning, 1928-29
… with the Comintern. Propagating the latest approach to the national question in the country, La Guma emphasised that the … of friendship to the Africans. The…
EventThe Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) invade the World Trade Centre, during constitutional negotiations, in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, Transvaal
… The country faced violent clashes between the African National Congress (ANC ) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in Kwazulu-Natal (KZN). The assassination…