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ArticleSouth Africa’s Key economic policies changes (1994 - 2013)
… first democratic elections in April 1994 and the African National Congress (ANC) won with a majority vote to head the government of national unity. In order…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1910-1919
… Imvo Zabantsundu (Black Opinion). 1912 The African National Congress (ANC) is formed as the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) on 8 July in…
Everyone must take responsibility, 21 August, 2012 - Sahra Ryklief
… heroism is over. The irony of having the former National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and ANC … is the kingmaker among our unions. It influences every ANC…
60. Congress and the Non-European Co-operation Conference, 1927
… co-operation among all black organisations on local and national questions. The following document consists of the … one another in their respective…
ArticleCommemoration, remembering and memorialising June 16 Soweto uprising
… of the tombstone was carried out by the Azanian National Youth Unity (Azanyu), an internal wing of the then … and negotiation processes started. In 1992, the…
ArticleAZAPO’s Women’s Wing - Imbeleko
… of the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) national executive committee from 1970 to 1971, representing … situated women's struggles within the…
PlaceBurkina Faso
… marched towards independence under a Mossi dominated party. Upper Volta became independent in 1960. In 1984, the …
Document 46 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International left Opposition to Johannesburg comrades, 23 October 1932
… are members of your League? Probably, the Communist Party (official) has much more members than your League. Is …
Document 44 - Letter from Leon Trotsky to T. W. Thibedi, 4 September 1932
… sufficient for a capitalist army, not for a revolutionary party. We are far from exaggerating our forces. The …
EventThe Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg, Bishop Ambrose Reeves, resigns
… we disagree profoundly with a policy that we cannot be party to in any shape or form'. Rather than sell the schools …
EventSouth African artist, Gerard Sekoto, dies
… In 1947, just before the Afrikaner Nationalist party came to power, Gerard Sekoto left South Africa for …
EventKing Moshoeshoe II, the paramount chief of Lesotho, is killed in an accident
… order to reestablish his control in the country after his party lost the election. Moshoeshoe went into temporary exile …
EventAnglo-Boer War 2 - Kitchener proposes establishment of concentration camps
… whose ultimate triumph was realised with the Nationalist Party (NP) seizing power in the elections of 1948. …
PlaceOranjezicht
… In the 1950s, the park hosted the annual Theatrical Garden Party, a forerunner of today’s Community Chest Carnival in Maynardville. In March 1968, it was…
Press statement by Oliver Tambo in Moscow, 06 November 1986
… We are currently in Moscow as a delegation of the African National Congress which is here to hold discussions with the leadership of the Communist Party of…
Speech on Receiving the Freedom of Durban, Durban, 16 April 1999
… democracy, including my own organisation, the African National Congress, have drawn sustenance from the soil of … All people of influence - political leaders…
Address by ANC President, Nelson R. Mandela, to the Ruth First tenth anniversary commemoration trust Cape Town, 17 August 1992
… Distinguished Chairperson, Comrade National Chairperson, Oliver Tambo, Comrade Joe Slovo, … and for control to be placed in the hands of a multi-party…
Extracts from a press conference, 11 February 1990
… I am confident that if Mr. de Klerk is able to carry the National Party with him in the new line that he has taken that …
PlaceSteadville, Ladysmith
… rural areas failed The lack of support from the African National Congress (ANC) towards this endeavour also drove … Stephen Dlamini. In the 1950s, the ANC…
Document 13 - Sarah Mokone [Victor Wessels] “The T.A.R.C.”, Majority Rule : Some Notes. Chapter XIX
… supports the politics of the Government, the Nationalist Party, or the politics of the United Party." "The Irresponsible" In conclusion the leaflet says: ……
ArchiveCHAPTER TWO: Class, Consiousness and Organisation inthe Political Development of Indian South Africans, 1860 - 1979 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
ArticleKwaMsiza - A Ndebele village
… the use of Ndebele-style decoration has become a matter of national pride, influencing such diverse areas of design as … fashions, stamps, advertising, and…
Message by Albert Luthuli on the eve of Multi-Racial Conference, 1 November 1957
… virulent form, the apartheid policy of the Nationalist Party, race relations have deteriorated to dangerous levels, … the progressive groups such as the…
EventLadybrand Four story told at the TRC
… well as a committee member of the South African Communist Party (SACP). Nomasonto Mashiya was abducted with her …
PlaceZoar, Western Cape
It is difficult to talk about Zoar or Amalienstein separately, so interwoven are these sister Towns. They lie adjacent to one another on Route 62, they are…
ArchiveThe romantic rewriting of Haile Selassie’s legacy must stop by Dr Yohannes Woldemariam, 4 February 2019
… selective reading of history does little to build a strong national foundation. Rather, a new social contract is … while he fled to Britain. For example,…
ArticleState of the Nation Addresses
… of South Africa. It is normally an annual event but in national election years there is one before the election and …
Chapter XIV - End of an era
… a few weeks before and I had been elected Honorary National Vice President. I was certainly proud to hold this … As an illegal organisation we could not call…
Statement at the International Conference on the EEC and South Africa by O. R. Tambo, Dublin, 27 January 1979
… Movement, is of tremendous importance to the struggle for national and social emancipation of the oppressed black … of the racist white minority regimes. To…
ArticleThe Women’s Charter
… and class discrimination, and the evils of the colourbar. National Liberation: As members of the National Liberatory movements and Trade Unions, in and ……