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EventHistory of December 16
… the date became a rallying point for protests. Formation of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) and launch of the armed …
Document 7 - Draft declaration of unity provisionally adopted at Unity Conference, Bloemfontein, 17 December 1943
… the Non-Europeans. ”¢ That during the 33 years since the formation of the Union, the promises of the rulers? (who have …
PlaceSteadville, Ladysmith
… the Freedom Charter in 1955 and played a major role in the formation of powerful resistance organisations in Steadville …
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Introduction
… relationships and communities were in the process of formation. As people sought to come to terms with the …
Hundred years of resistance, E.S. Reddy, 29 January 2012
… people of the country. After Britain approved the formation of the Union of South Africa, thereby handing over …
ArticleAfrican Heritage Sites
Within 37 African countries, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has listed 135 World Heritage Sites within the continent…
Trade Unions in South Africa by Ari Sitas and Bianca Tame
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference South African trade unions had a decisive role in the political life of…
ArticleWhat is heritage?
Heritage Heritage is a deceptively simple idea. It can be considered to be made up of the practices and traditions that are passed on from parents to children…
Political report by Oliver Tambo on the National Executive Committee to the National Consultative Conference of the African National Congress, 17 June 1985, Kabwe, Zambia
… the BCM could consolidate itself as, at worst, a political formation to replace the ANC and, at least, a parallel … it might be appropriate at this stage to…
Political Report of the National Executive Committee to the National Consultative Conference of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Kabwe, Zambia, June 1985
… the BCM could consolidate itself as, at worst, a political formation to replace the ANC and, at least, a parallel … it might be appropriate at this stage to…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
… African National Congress had met and decided to allow the formation of an organisation that would engage in violent … that the South African Communist Party…
Address by Oliver Tambo to the joint session of Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, Port-of-Spain, 2 July 1987
… Two Alternative Paths In 1912, two years after the formation of the Union, the African National Congress was …
Chapter 3 - The Rise of the ANC
… This represented a radical departure for the ANC. From its formation in 1912 until this time, the ANC had been little … conference, Lutuli expressed …
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… London. Some have argued that Sharpeville precipitated the formation of the AAM, but the Boycott Committee had already … unions. Some unions had supported…
Chapter 2
… first manifestation of the new form of struggle was the formation of the earliest African political organisations … been removed. Nevertheless, with respect…
EventCI and SACC offices are raided
On 27 November 1976 the offices of the Christian Institute (CI) and the South African Council of Churches (SACC), two religious formations considered to have…
Executive summary of the statement of the National Executive Committee of the ANC delivered by President Jacob Zuma at the 100th anniversary of the ANC, Mangaung 8 January 2012
… free, just and which belonged to all. One year after its formation, the ANC confronted one of its biggest challenges … for all has always been a key feature…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2012
… free, just and which belonged to all. One year after its formation, the ANC confronted one of its biggest challenges … for all has always been a key feature…
BiographyKgalema Petrus Motlanthe
Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe was born on 19 July 1949 at the Boksburg-Benoni Hospital. He grew up in Alexandra, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). His parents,…
ArticleNon-European Unity Movement (NEUM)
… it was said, white groups would also join to help in the formation of one large federated movement. The unifying … Yet crucially, the position the WPSA took,…
Address by ANC Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa at Freedom Charter Forum, 29 September 2015, Pietermaritzburg City Hall
… a product of the political revival brought about by the formation of the ANC Youth League. The League has returned to … democratic society. Comrades and…
ArchivePetrus Mashishi
… relief funds and ANC versus PAC politics. This led to the formation of the General Workers Union (MGWUSA) which aligned … I laughed again When three buses…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Themes to Think About
… ICU; the 1913 Land Act was also an important cause of the formation of the ANC) to a struggle for survival in the … end at any particular point, for it still…
Document 18 - The Pretoria Minute
… years mat followed me Defiance Campaign, one witnessed the formation of the South African Coloured People's … restructuring of all aspects of the South…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 1 - Rural Change and the Future of South Africa by Rachidi R. Molapo
… impact of the 1913 Natives Land Act? Three years after the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910, a piece of … access to the land as independent…
BiographyDr Alfred Bitini Xuma
… troubled by the Congress of the People and the ensuing formation of the Congress Alliance. Although he himself had …
Political Overview by the Gauteng ANC Chairperson, Paul Mashatile, at the Provincial General Council, 8 June 2012, St George`s Hotel, Tshwane
… the 31st of May, was the hundred and second year since the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910. Uppermost in … few days after we celebrated the…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… medical and educational facilities. He also condemns the formation of separate social security funds and the holding … delegates to India, America and…
ArchiveThe Tay Bridge Disaster by Peter Ball (The Heritage Portal), 24 September 2016
… were cast; there were six columns per pier (in hexagonal formation) to support the wrought iron lattice girders. It …
ArticleA Luta Continua Dialogues, Episode 1: Student Activism
… has had a global impact, as seen in the subsequent formation of Rhodes Must Fall Oxford based in England. … Fees Must Fall Within a few months of the…