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EventSouth African Communist Party leader Abram Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of communism
… during the Rivonia Trial in 1964. It was inevitable that his involvement with anti-Apartheid activists and his dedication to the SACP would implicate him in…
Archive2017 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2017
… years old this year, had he lived. This selfless patriot his adult life to a tireless pursuit of the liberation of our … United Nations in 1963, appealing…
ArticleAfrican National Congress (ANC)
… galvanized the party. As a result of the establishment of apartheid, its aversion to dissent by Black people and brutal … pressure and the collapse of the…
39. Second report of the Natal Indian Congress, 1899
… the store only after Mr. Bhan became a member and gave his subscription. They then went to the next station. On the way, Mr. Hassam Juma was thrown off his…
ArticleThe ANC’s MK Special Ops Unit Material - Yunus Carrim Collection - 6 November 2025
… was used to put together a book, Attacking the Heart of Apartheid: The ANC’s MK Special Operations Unit , published … the economy, shake the morale of those…
The National Question in Post 1994 South Africa. A discussion paper in preparation for the ANC`s 50th National Conference by Z. Pallo Jordan
… the constitution in December 1996. How Did We Understand Apartheid? Since 1969 Morogoro Conference the ANC has held … of Zulu birth, be a member of the…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the Budget Vote of the Presidency: National Assembly, 12th June 2007
… who at the age of 30 years was callously killed by the apartheid security police, thus denying our country the … Steve Bantu Biko demonstrated during the…
The Durban Strikes of 1973 and the End of a Cycle of Struggle by Mondli Hlatshwayo
… structures and trade unions that sought to challenge apartheid and the cheap labour system. Shop stewards, … and the inability of COSATU to organise workers…
EventKenneth David Kaunda wins Zambian elections
… against colonial domination in the sub continent. Under his presidency, Kaunda allowed liberation movements from … South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia and…
EventRichard J. Goldstone, former Justice of the Constitutional Court of SA, is born
… judge of the Transvaal Supreme Court. Towards the end of apartheid, Goldstone headed a commission to investigate … law with regard to Israel's occupation of…
EventNelson Mandela is free
… unconditionally from prison after 27 years. Accompanied by his then-wife Winnie, he left the Victor Verster prison … had waited for hours to see him. He…
EventPolice open fire, killing 34 striking mine-workers at Marikana
… memories of security-police brutality suffered under Apartheid. Addressing a press conference, the South African … with dangerous weapons. President Jacob…
Chapter V - Acts of conscience
… hospital. Since Brain's imprisonment, tragedy had struck his family again. Paul, his only son died suddenly in Cape … on 17 June, the day after it all…
EventDavid Kramer was born on this day
… is born on this day. He is especially well-known for his musicals about the Coloured communities and the ways in which he combatted Apartheid through the…
ArchiveThe Freedom run
… Speakers. Artwork of a man running, with an AA logo on his T-Shirt. Artwork of african people, singing, in the background. Anti-Apartheid Movement…
ArchiveMessage of goodwill and solidarity
… Message of goodwill and solidarity from His Excellency Dr Kenneth David Kaunda, President of the … of the meeting of the Swedish people parliament against…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the 26th Singapore Lecture, “Africa’s Season of Hope: The Dawn of a new Africa-Asia Partnership”, at Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore, 21 April 2005.
… and traditions. Historian Basil Davidson, writing in his book, African Civilisation Revisited says that: "When our … achieved political and moral victory…
ArchiveBiography of Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin by Victoria Sedeno
… as a female political activist who was detained for her work in the underground ANC during the height of the anti-apartheid struggle reveal the excessively…
EventUDF activist Toto Dweba’s mutilated body is found
… widow Daphne stated that her husband was abducted from his place of work on 19 August 1985. He was fatally stabbed and mutilated … scrutiny. He was buried on…
PlaceKroonstad
… subjugating the indigenous populations. Oliver Tambo , in his December 1964 Foreword- to President Nelson Mandela’s … Africa’s high prison population and…
PlaceClaremont, a Suburb of Cape Town
… to buses and trains which people used as transport to work throughout the City. Moreover, Lower Claremont comprised … making the forced removals of later…
ArchiveANC 2019 Election Manifesto
… by working together and never giving up. As we continue to work as a nation to create jobs, end poverty and build a … the course of history and broke the…
EventHistory of December 16
… first MK casualty occurred when a soldier was killed by his own bomb and another lost an arm. MK continued to engage … December 16 continued to form part of…
EventThe National President of the Black People’s Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… with Youth Day, was the result of increasing opposition to apartheid amongst the black youth of South Africa. In particular, students were protesting against…
EventGhana’s Black Stars, the only African team standing in the Quarter Finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in SA, are defeated by Uruguay
On 2 July 2010, the Ghanaian soccer team’s dreams of becoming the first African team to reach the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup came to an end after they…
EventSouth Africa withdraws from the Commonwealth
… that 52% were in favour of a republic. In accordance with his promise that the republic would remain within the British … change, but because of South Africa…
Speaking Notes for the President of the African National Congress, President Jacob Zuma, during the MKMVA National Conference, 12 October 2012
… and diverse onslaughts from imperialism, colonialism and Apartheid. These storms, trials and tribulations included … Hence, the movement, through its…
Closing address by President Nelson Mandela in the president’s budget debate Cape Town, 22 April 1998
… many flattering remarks were made about the President and his role in the transition that we are going through. These … democracy on its own does not mean…
EventPresident P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela conditional release from prison
… conclusion of the Rivonia Trial in 1964. The condition of his release is that he renounces violence, and violent … bring about change in South Africa…
PlaceMostert’s Mill, Rhodes Drive, Mowbray
… The farm Welgelegen was established by Bothma. After his death the farm changed hands a number of times until … property of Jacob van Reenen. It is generally…