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ArchiveInterview with Ashby Peter Solomzi Mda
… the Transkei. He was prominent among the founders of the ANC Youth League in 1943-44, and served as its president … became a partisan of the Africanist…
EventA list of people prohibited from attending gatherings is published in the Government Gazette
… attending public meetings were African National Congress (ANC) leaders. They included Albert Luthuli, Oliver Tambo, … At the time of its publication…
EventInaugural Conference of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
… union co-ordinating body and the trade union wing of the ANC led Congress Alliance. After Sharpeville most of the … went into exile, were banned, banished,…
EventPolitical parties call for Constitutional changes
… clause proposed by the NNP. The African National Congress (ANC) was criticised for supporting the NNP call. They were both (ANC and NNP) accused of…
EventPolitical activist and lawyer A. P. Mda is born
… Youth League presented the Programme of Action (PA) at the ANC's Cape Provincial Conference held in Port Elizabeth in … of the breakaway group from the…
All Gwede’s horses and all Gwede’s men… can’t put Cosatu together again by Stephen Grootes (The Daily Maverick), 11 November 2014
… He’s been Chair of the SACP, Secretary General of the ANC, and general secretary of Cosatu’s now biggest affiliate … is “bad for Cosatu, bad for the alliance…
Dr Piet Koornhof, one of the most controversial figures in South African history, dies
… Koornhof surprised many of his comrades when he joined the ANC, serving as Member of Parliament. His eldest son, Dr Gerhard Koornhof, also joined the ANC in…
EventTrade union federation, COSATU, celebrates its 26th anniversary
… Tripartite Alliance with the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP). The … strong despite COSATU’s disagreement with…
Emissaries from Russia
… meeting of the National Executive Committee of the ANC adopted on the 23rd June, 1992. 2. In my Memorandum and the statement of the ANC we pointed out that…
Thanks, Jimi, this is good for you and the broader SA (The Times Editorial), 28 June 2016
… news that projects South Africa as a haven and the ruling ANC as the beginning and the end. Motsoeneng believes that … state. Now, in 2016, the SABC under…
EventThe UN General Assembly adopts resolution 1881, requesting South Africa to release all political prisoners
… organisations such as the African National Congress (ANC). By 1950, the ANC's Programme of Action was implemented, which called for a … as Sharpeville…
EventVanessa Brereton, former human rights lawyer, admits that she was an Apartheid spy
… the Apartheid regime. When the African National Congress (ANC) was unbanned in 1990, she was unanimously elected as the … for the Port Elizabeth branch. Her…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Timeline
… Africa’s first constitution 8 Jan 1912 Formation of the ANC 1948 National Party comes to power 1955 26 June, Adoption … in a Cape Town hospital 1987 July,…
37. Deputation to Lord Selborne, 1905
… the word 'coolie' has caused a great deal of mischief in Natal. At one time, it became so serious that the then … White, and those rendered by the Indian…
EventLesotho’s Foreign Affairs Minister reveals details of agreement with Pik Botha
… Congress Party (BC), if Lesotho will expel members of the ANC. This was the first implicit indication from SA that the … South Africa fled to Lesotho,…
English Settlement in South Africa
… Afrikaner Republics away from British control such as the Natal Republic in 1839, the Transvaal in 1852 and the Orange …
Launch of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… very proud. We read about it in the following day in the Natal Mercury. The damage was quite substantial. This …
Manifesto of the emigrant farmers By Piet Retief, 1837
… colony. (Signed) P. Retief. Source: Chase, J.C. (1843). Natal, A reprint of all the authentic notices - descriptions … - bulletins and military despatches…
ArchiveGeorge Peake by David Hemson
… member of the Coloured People's Congress, allied to the ANC, and soon became its national President. He was a … Africa. In exile in Africa he participated…
ArchiveRobert Grendon: A Life Rediscovered, (Daily Maverick), 4 March 2024
… regarded teacher. He was one of the first editors of the ANC’s newspaper, Abantu Batho , but spent much of his life … across other poems by Grendon published…
Condolence book for Comrade Ahmed Kathrada, 28 March 2017
… today, 28 March 2017. Members and supporters of the ANC, the Alliance, MDM formations and South Africans at … book in honor of Comrade Kathy which will be…
NDCA Statement, 3 April 2012
… The NDCA of the ANC has informed Comrade Julius Malema and Comrade Floyd … against the sentence handed out to them by the NDC of the ANC will be held on 12…
EventTwenty former SA political prisoners launched a campaign against apartheid laws
… campaign came a month after the African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela met with President P.W. Botha at … a statement saying, that only…
EventRobert McBride is born
… The African National Congress (ANC) member and current chief of Ekurhuleni Metro Police, … was born in Addington Hospital, Durban. McBride led the ANC's…
EventSisulu is served with two notifications
… The then African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General, Walter Sisulu, was served with two … or office-bearer from certain organisations such as the ANC…
EventEbrahim, Maseko and Dladla are abducted in Swaziland
… Security Forces abducted African National Congress (ANC) activists Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim, Mandla Maseko and … were convicted in January 1989 despite…
EventWinnie Mandela is dismissed from government
… parties as well as the African National Congress (ANC) and its aligned structures, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and ANC Youth League…
EventManne Dipico, former Premier of the Northern Cape, is born in Kimberley
… regional secretary of the African National Congress(ANC). In 1994, Dipico became Premier of the Northern Cape. … ended in 2004. He is now the Provincial…
EventWalter Sisulu evades security police and goes underground
… On 19 April 1963, African National Congress (ANC) leader Walter Sisulu forfeited R6000 bail and went … high command of uMkhonto weSizwe(MK), armed wing of…
Document 25 - Response by Nelson Mandela to De Klerk’s 2 July 1992 memorandum
… not however wish to have a public slinging match with the ANC. An urgent Alliance meeting will be called so that the ANC can explain its decisions. We remain…