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EventGermany invades Poland, starting World War II
… on Germany two days later. On September 4, 1939, the South African parliament refused to accept Hertzog's stance of … the most divisive issues to have…
EventDr Abrahams to be returned to Bechuanaland
… The South African prime minister, Dr H.F. Verwoerd, announced in a … Protectorate. Dr. Abrahams and three other South West African People's Organisation …
EventSecurity Council examines violence in South Africa
… parties, the Security Council invited the Organisation of African Unity now the African Union, Forty-Eight Member States as well as the African National…
Appeal for Action to stop Repression and Trial in South Africa: Statement at the Meeting of the Special Political Committee of the United Nations General Assembly by O. R. Tambo, New York, 8 October, 1963
… which the United Nations is making to induce the South African Government to abolish and abandon policies which are … my own behalf, but also on behalf of my…
EventBafana Bafana play 2-2 draw with Cameroon
… into the international fold, the newly formed South African soccer team, Bafana Bafana, came up against one of the African soccer giants, Cameroon, in three…
EventCelebrated nurse, Constance Nothard, is born
… Cape. Nothard rendered outstanding service in the South African Military Service in Western Europe during the First … in France. She received the first Gold…
Dunbar, Thibedi, Sigamoney: Three figures in the IWW in South Africa by Red Jack (libcom.org), 08 January 2012
… in the early twentieth century. But who were the South African Wobblies? This article looks at three key figures. … Union, and fought against the oppressive…
”Policy of the Congress Youth League.” Article by A. M. Lembede, in May 1946
… are noticeable on the far-off horizon. A new spirit of African nationalism, or Africanism, is pervading through and stirring the African society. A young…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew
… Introduction Part One - South African Socialists and the radically-divided working class … 1929 Document 18 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to the South African…
ArchiveRootedness and Openness in The Life and Works of Véronique Tadjo (b. 1955) by Tim Steckler
… collection of awards include most notably the prestigious African francophone literary award, Le Grand Prix Litettérete … enormous breadth of talents and…
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… and convince the ANC to accept reforms introduced by South African president P W Botha. Other secret meetings between … work? What freedom am I being…
Pan-Africanism was Peter Abrahams’ Country by Tyler Flemming (Africa is a Country), 13 February 2017
… an icon. Only much of the world did not know it. South African-Jamaican writer Peter Abrahams died at 97 in Jamaica, … Mphahlele, Abraham’s friend and…
The CASA Conference
… History. The conference included the participation of the African National Congress’s Department of Arts and Culture …
Thupelo (1985)
… were initiated in 1985 in Johannesburg by the South African artist, David Nthubu Koloane , together with William …
ArticleSpark: A Progressive Arts Project Publication
… it and why? by Mzwakhe Mbuli COSAW The Congress of South African Writers If Poets must have flags by David Evans The …
ArticleProvincial Leaders
… parties we want to represent us in Parliament. The South African Parliament has two bodies or groups. The one is …
Lerato Maduna
… by the CAF -Andalusian Centre of Photography and the African Film Festival of Tarifa (FCAT)2010. …
EventFEDSAW Western Cape Region launched
… The Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) was one of the women’s rights … launched in the Western Cape. Leading women in the South African struggle were…
EventSAP fighting in Zimbabwe
… It was officially disclosed that the South African Police (SAP) were in Rhodesia (later renamed … urging of the Liberation Committee of the Organisation of…
EventNico Basson says that SADF had supplied weapons and covert assistance to IFP in order to weaken the ANC
… a retired army major, Mr. Nico Basson, said that the South African Defence Force (SADF) had supplied weapons (such as … to Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in…
EventProposal for a new constitution
… on 27 August 1990 said that negotiations for a new South African constitution should begin in 1991 and be completed within two years. The African National…
EventPresident Mbeki opens the second sitting of PAP
… The South African state president, Thabo Mbeki, opened the second sitting of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) for the first time at its new … March 2004, by…
EventSA government threatens to pull out of the UN peace plan for Namibia
… The South African government threatened to pull out of the United … for Namibia unless action was taken against the South West African People's Organisation …
ArchiveAlliance paper: the alliance in the Western Cape
… Assessment on the alliance in the Western Cape between the African National Congress, the South African Communist Party and the Congress of South African…
Address by Executive Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, to Corporate Council on Africa’s “Attracting Capital to Africa” Summit, 19-22 April 1997; Chantilly Virgiana, USA
… and white mixed together, for hours on end, under the African sun, to decide on a government of their choice. Many … and what Angola is, will agree with us…
Document 61 - A. Mon [M. N. Averbach] 4 , “A Comment on Trotsky’s Letter to S.A.”, Worker’s Voice, 1, 3, July 1945 […]
… flowed from the imperialist policy of creating a migratory African proletariat kept in readiness in vast reservoirs of … of the way in which imperialism…
ArchiveReport of meeting with HM
… Report from H. Makgothi to the African National Congress National Executive Committee on a meeting with Ntatho Motlana, regarding the South African political…
On the 20th Anniversary of the passing of Comrade Oliver Reginald Tambo, 24 April 2013
… The African National Congress joins the nation in commemorating … of our struggle, a unifier and a selfless leader. The African National Congress…
EventMarianne Kriel was born on this day
… Georgia.[iv] She was elected co-captain of the South African Olympic team.[v] Other than Penny Heyns, Kriel was the only other South African to receive a…
PlaceSoccer City (FNB Stadium) -Johannesburg
… . The design concept of the Stadium is: 'The Calabash, or African pot'. This iconic, 87 436-seater is the largest Venue … It is often fondly referred to, as…