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ArticleAzanian Students Organisation (AZASO)
… associated organisations like SASO and the Black People’s Convention (BPC). The formation of AZASO Black students at …
ArticleYouth Politics in South Africa in the 1970s
… to reinforce Black subjugation. In 1972 the Black People's Convention (BPC) was formed to organise Black people and … Education & Apartheid From SASO to…
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts timeline 1602-1966
… intermittently during this period. 1787 The Philadelphia Convention takes place in America and the different American …
ANC statement on the state of readiness for celebrations of 101 year celebration of the ANC, 9 January 2013
… 6th of January 2013 at Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre in Durban. The concert was addressed by the … of January 2013 at the Inkosi…
A Brief History of Niger - Part 1 by US Department of State
… 1993 Mahamane Ousmane was elected president, leader of the Convention Démocratique et Sociale (CDS, Democratic and Social Convention). Rivalries within the…
An Appeal to the people of South West Africa by Nelson Mandela
… It called on the Union government to convene a National Convention before May 31st, composed of elected … decided that, if the government failed to call this…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… and political bodies. The conference calls for a national convention of elected representatives. The conference also … Goldreich, Moosie Moolla and Charlie…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1900-1909
… Bill. 24 July, Gandhi calls at Ali Khamisa's shop in Pretoria where applications for registration certificates are … July, An open air Indian mass protest…
59. The South African Federation challenges Congress over the settlement
… Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai A convention was held in Johannesburg on 28-30 December 1928, … fall to the lot of few; because the…
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
… in this regard is the judgment passed last week by a Pretoria judge on seven Africans whom he found guilty of … by the General Assembly on October 11, 1963,…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the General Assembly of the African Ombudsman Association (AOA): Misty Hills Conference Centre, Muldersdrift, Johannesburg: 11 April 2005.
… Fyodor Dostoevsky lived in Russia between 1821 and 1881, during the difficult reign of Tsar Nicholas I. In 1849, … Thank you. Issued by The Presidency…
EventA meeting titled “Conference for Concerned South Africans” is held, bringing together homeland leaders and conservative Afrikaner parties.
… discussion was the way they were being treated at the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (Codesa), a body set …
EventDate is set for constitutional talks
… that the proposed multiparty conference would be called Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) and that … S.B. (eds) (1993). South Africa in the…
Event60,000 delegates attend the World Summit on Sustainable Development
… Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg at the Sandton Convention Centre. The summit began on 26 August and ended on …
EventGideon Scheepers executed
… America, as he was not treated in accordance to the Geneva Convention. There was also a serious doubt as to whether a …
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 2 - Imperialism and the Union in South Africa by Timothy Keegan
… annexed by British and handed over to Cape Colony 1880-1881 Gun War 1884 Basutoland becomes a British colony During … fell to a small British military force…
Archive`The struggle is my life`- Nelson Mandela press statement
… fight against the Verwoerd republic, and for a National Convention. You will remember that the Pietermaritzburg … warned that if the government did not call…
EventThe Constitution of the Republic of South Africa is approved by Parliament
… parties and the release of political prisoners. The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) I and II …
85. Charter for Change, 1981
… arrangement that does not flow from a national convention representative of all the peoples of South Africa; … that the preconditions for a successful…
ArticleThe Crackdown on the Black Consciousness Movement in 1973
… the project to dismantle apartheid. The Black People’s Convention In March 1971, SASO leaders held meetings with … various meetings, they resolved to form…
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
… African Students' Organisation (SASO), Black People's Convention (BPC), Black Community Programmes (BCP), Black … George Wauchope, former leader of the Black…
PlaceEdward Hotel, Durban
… Casino, u Shaka Marine World and the International Convention Centre. The Hotel is also one about five minutes … Suncoast Casino, uShaka Marine World and the…
Chapter Five - The Fighter for Black Unity: 1935 - 1945
… life. It was Seme and Jabavu who initiated the call for a convention to challenge the bills. Unity had become the most … he left Cape Town for Bloemfontein…
EventFormer Vaal policeman Gerhardus Peens admits his role in the Boipatong Massacre
… Party (IFP) to destabilise the country and disrupt the Convention for Democratic South Africa (Codesa). The IFP and …
Afrikaner Newspapers and the newspaper industry from 1830
… it disagreed with. Between December 1880 and February 1881, the paper called for the establishment of a Huguenot … was established in 1915 by National Party…
BiographyDr. Abu Baker Asvat
… who was then Vice-President of the Black People’s Convention for Education and Culture. Asvat joined the Black …
ArchiveInterview with Lybon Tiyani Mabasa
… School in Soweto, and joined the Black People’s Convention [BPC]. Following the outbreak of the student …
EventAssassination attempt on Kwame Nkrumah, first prime and later president of Ghana
… In 1949 Kwame Nkrumah formed the Convention People's party (CPP). After his 'positive action' …
EventGhana demands independence from Britain
… after a general election. The 1956 election returned the Convention People's Party (CPP) to power with 71 of the 104 …
EventCol. Muammar Gaddafi seizes power in Libya
… that received Libyan support were the Black People's Convention (BPC) and the South African Students Organization …