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EventJosiah Gumede is succeeded by Pixley ka Isaka Seme as ANC president
… called for a convention of Africans to form the South African Native National Congress (SANNC). This organisation was renamed the African National Congress …
EventRay Alexander Simons, founder of Food and Canning Workers Union, arrives in South Africa
… 1950s, members of FCWU played a leading role in the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) In April 1954, Ray … and Florence Mkhize helped found the…
Coetzee as Contractarian: Disgrace as Political Theory by Joshua Richman
… being the most critically engaged with novel in the South African canon, there remains an ambiguity regarding the … of the Rainbow Nation. Having traced…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1900-1909
… of the disease. 1902 31 May, the Anglo-Boer War/South African War ends with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging . The South African Republic (Transvaal)…
Briefing on Lekgotla outcomes, 27 January 2015
… The African National Congress invites members of the media to a … media cards Issued by Zizi Kodwa National Spokesperson African National Congress Enquiries…
Sechaba
… The African National Congress began publication of Sechaba in … injustice. Sechaba documents the process by which the African National Congress, banned in…
EventJames Ranisi Jolobe, Xhosa author and poet, and Presbyterian clergyman, dies in Tsolo, Transkei
… James Ranisi Jolobe made a contribution to South African arts and culture through poetry. Born in Transkei, … Verwey, E.J. (ed) (1995). New Dictionary of…
EventBritish labour conditions in South Africa condemned
… of the 141 British companies investigated have been paying African workers below the relevant poverty line. New British … operating in South Africa; British…
EventANC promulgates its constitutional proposals
… The African National Congress (ANC) announced its constitutional … a post-apartheid democracy and were supported by the South African Communist Party (SACP)…
EventDe Klerk announces referendum date
… Former South African president and leader of National Party (NP) F.W. De Klerk promulgated the date for the referendum on South African reform process, which…
EventAgreement to reincorporate Ciskei into South Africa is reached
… ruler Brig. Oupa Gqozo signed an agreement with the South African government, represented by Foreign Minister Roelof … public works and transport were handed…
EventSchalk Burger wins two International Awards
… The twenty-one year old South African rugby flanker, Schalk Burger, picked up two major … to these international awards, Burger also won the South African…
EventThe first Chadian oil pipeline opens
… President Idriss Deby on 10 October. Thus the small West African republic of Chad joined the group of oil-producing African nations. The opening of this…
EventBantu Holomisa is dismissed
… Environment and Tourism Minister after revealing that the African National Congress (ANC), received a sum of R2 million … to face internal ANC disciplinary…
EventUN Special Committee on Apartheid urges a boycott of all SA racist sporting organizations
… Committee on Apartheid urged a boycott of all South African racist sporting organizations and supported the African bloc’s proposal to exclude the country…
Letter from Neville Curtis, NUSAS, to Dear Sir
… various developments regarding the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS). These include the reaction and … as well as the relationship between…
ArticleShipwrecks in South Africa
… these ships is important when trying to understand South African history, as South African contact with European sailors goes so far back, that …
Statement by Albert Luthuli to the council of the Institute of Race Relations, 19 December 1960
… objectivity and with an understandable emphasis on the African viewpoint and interpretation of political events in … and a delaying tactic. This was the view…
EventDurban Declaration is published denouncing Thabo Mbeki’s AIDS denialism
… sole cause of AIDS and this viewpoint affected the South African government’s response to the AIDS epidemic. Access to … strong support for HIV being the…
EventBevil Rudd, the Olympic gold, silver and bronze medalist
… College in Grahamstown.[iii] He became the first South African to win a full set of Olympic medals, for which he … (20 April 2017). ↵ [iv] David van Lill,…
EventP.W. Botha launches CONSAS at the Carlton Conference to eliminate “Marxist threat”
… On 22 November 1979 South African prime minister P. W. Botha gathered business leaders … announced his plan to launch the Constellation of Southern African…
EventThe Bisho Massacre occurs
… into South Africa. The protest was led by several senior African National Congress (ANC) leaders, including South African Communist Party Secretary General…
EventDr. Federik Van Zyl Slabbert leads delegation to meet ANC
… intellectuals, to meet with the then-banned African National Congress (ANC) in Dakar, Senegal. Delegates … meeting is regarded as a milestone in South…
EventExplorer and navigator Vasco da Gama completes his voyage round the Cape of Good Hope to India
… had turned back after making landfall on the southern African coast, Da Gama and his crew sailed further along the east African shoreline. They were the…
EventNelson Mandela celebrates 88 th birthday
… Former South African president Nelson Mandela's 88th birthday celebrations … of the foundation's board. The photo exhibition by South African veterans Alf…
EventIan Smith announced that he is ready to yield to majority rule in Rhodesia
… was subjected to anti colonial struggles led by Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) and Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU). By 1977 ZANU’s military…
Address by I. B. Tabata, AAC Conference, December 16,1941
… our women, instead of lightening the chains tying down the African —the Colour Bar Laws, the Pass Laws and the Poll … what can be termed a declaration of…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 88th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2000
… South Africans: Today we mark the 88th anniversary of the African National Congress. We celebrate our anniversary … we must, through our own efforts, make…
Umrabulo Roundtable discussion, 7 March 2016
… The African National Congress will hold an Umrabulo Roundtable … Luthuli House Issued by Zizi Kodwa National Spokesperson African National Congress…
ArchiveA study of the theoretical aspects of ANC mobilisational methods in the Eastern Cape Townships of Cradock and Port Alfred, 1980-1988
… theoretical aspects of the mobilisational of the African National Congress and its surrogate organisations … The study focuses on the mechanisms utilised by…