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EventThe inquest into the death in detention of Dr. Neil Aggett is adjourned
… secret information relating to the South African Communist Party (SACP), and that Major Arthur Cronwright had given …
EventFirst president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah (62), dies in Bucharest.
… in 1960. Nkrumah was a founder of the Convention People’s Party. Nkrumah experienced several assassination attempts. …
ANC Youth League Manifesto 1944
… i.e. Africans must struggle for development, progress and national liberation so as to occupy their rightful and … a resolution was passed by the conference…
ArticleDavid Goldblatt Timeline
… and virulent anti-Semitism. I can remember vividly Nat party posters outside my father's shop with the … , Murray Crawford Johannesburg Exhibited at the…
Statement by Albert Luthuli on the "Sabotage Act", 6 June 1962
… in 1910 and even during the 14 tragic years of Nationalist Party rule. Its provisions go far beyond the legitimate … others in any cause. The Bill confirms…
Pravin Gordhan on a leash by Daniel Silke (Politics Web), 16 May 2016
… like China and Russia where state (and governing political party) linkages into business and crony capitalism combine in … Minister. Although denigrated by…
Chapter 25. A Reichstag Fire Trial Replete With A Van Der Lubbe
… In the general election of May 1948, the Nationalist Party polled 400,453 votes and its ally, the Afrikaner Party, 41,885, a total of 442,338 votes. On the…
Address by ANC Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa at Freedom Charter Forum, 29 September 2015, Pietermaritzburg City Hall
… League has returned to the source. Under its newly-elected national leadership, it is getting back to the basics. Now that its 25th National Congress has…
ArticleFederation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU)
… that organised mostly Black employees that aimed to be a national, non-racial umbrella organisation that could … parties, unlike SACTU, who joined forces…
Message from the President, South African Society of Artists
… mounted by Iziko Museums of Cape Town at the South African National Gallery. We are grateful to the Director of Art … art, including its involvement in the…
ArticleEnd Conscription Campaign (ECC)
… 1983, 13 objectors had been jailed. In 1977, compulsory national service had been increased from one to two years, … provided stringent sentences for those…
Black consciousness and the land question by Pandelani Nefolovhodwe, 17 March 2015, South Africa
… Rural Development and Land Reform put adverts in the main national newspapers, stating their commitments to uplifting … 25.4 (a) and( b ) states "the public…
Address by President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the World Economic Forum, Southern Africa summit Cape Town, 9 June 1994
… But we are confident that we have entered it with a new national spirit. The first democratic elections which we have … by the progress already made by the…
Chapter 14 - Epilogue: lessons from the negotiating table
… with the greatest possible public participation. To each party the negotiations were as much about constitutional … for strong provincial and local…
EventClarence Makwetu Passes Away
… from the Pan-African Congress, Makwetu had represented the party in parliament and served as president in 1996. To the …
EventUnion leader, Moses Mayekiso is reported to be under arrest on his return from Sweden.
… and became a member of the South African Communist Party (SACP). Mayekiso was first detained in February 1986 …
EventNames of 303 banned people are published
… 235 were not. Amongst this last group have been Liberal Party members. The strict security legislation aroused huge …
EventDr Louis Luyt is born
… of SARFU in May 1998. Luyt founded the Federal Alliance Party (FA) in 1998, which he personally bankrolled. The FA …
EventThe Santo Alberto is wrecked
… considerable contact with the Bantu in the area. Another party was not so fortunate - of a group of twenty-eight who …
EventHelen Zille, former leader of the Democratic Alliance, is born in Johannesburg
… the Black Sash . In the 1990s Zille joined the Democratic Party (now the Democratic Alliance). She became a member of …
EventWalter Sisulu celebrates 90th birthday
… together in Bloemfontein to form the South African Native National Congress (later renamed the African National Congress). In 1902 the South African Native…
Freedom In Our Life Time - African Nationalism
… Youth League working under the auspices of the African National Congress, was held. Among several brilliant and … of the audience upon the sterling qualities…
South African and World leaders
… responsible for framing the organizational units of the National High Command, Regional Commands, Local Commands and … In 1959 she was chosen as the leader…
ArticleGertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… to protect each race. The Afrikaner Nationalism of Malan’s National Party posited that each race has their own biological skills, … ‘ focusing on the…
ArchiveSouth Africa in World War One, 31 October 2018
… Then, in January 1914, he broke with Botha to form the National Party. Hertzog argued that it was the right of each Dominion … the ANC (then still called the…
ArticleEnuga Sreenivasulu Reddy Timeline 1924 - 2020
… Consulate. 8 November, Reddy meets a delegation of African National Congress (ANC) President-General Dr. A. B. Xuma, … Africa. 2000 March, Reddy is awarded…
ArchiveThe 16th of December in South Africa by Wolfram Kistner
… by Africans. This happened at a conference of the African National Congress (ANC). Dr A.B. Xuma praised the Zulu … Nationalistic thinking should be…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Protest and Resistence
… Smuts, and his government was swept from power. The Labour Party, which represented most of the English-speaking craft workers, and the National Party, which…
EventZulu King Dingane orders the execution of Piet Retief’s men
… of Dingane and Retief's treaty, Piet Retief and his party were treated to a farewell dance by the Zulu impis at … of Dingane and Retief's treaty, Piet…
EventProfessor Bob Hepple is born
… His father, Alex Hepple, was a trade unionist, Labour Party member and Chairman of the Treason Trial Defence Fund. …