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EventSADF commandos bombs the ANC office in Maputo
… South African National Defence Force (SADF) commandos bombed the African National Congress (ANC) office in Maputo, Mozambique … South African History Online,…
EventIraq boycott SA government’s apartheid policies
… of the Sharpeville killings. Political organisations like African National Congress (ANC),South African Communist Party (SACP), PAC and others were banned ……
'States of Emergence', at Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary Art by Sean O'Toole, November 2002
… Emergence' is a striking debut. Charting an epoch in South African art, this accomplished unveiling presents works by a host of South African contemporaries,…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the football banquet Pretoria, 1 March 1996
… gentlemen. South Africa had dared to expect much of the African Cup of Nations. We felt we would acquit ourselves … and Recreation for their sterling work in…
Address of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr Thabo Mbeki, at the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation (FOCAC) Summit, Great Hall of The People, Beijing, China, 5 November 2006
… and beneficiation of the resources derived from African countries through encouraging joint ventures between … harmonious and ensure a better life for our…
55. S.A.I.C. deputation sees the Minister of the Interior, 1925
… Members of the South African Indian Congress met the Minister of the Interior in … of the deputation elected at the session of the South African Indian…
13 notable women in Cape Town’s history, 6 August 2015
… Along with the ANC, the NLL participated in the South African Communist Party’s United Front campaign of strikes, … as she was known there – became the first…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Foreword
… at the expense of building the numerical strength of the African and Indian Congresses, the NEUF was hence allowed to … over the leadership of the Transvaal…
Draft Report of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, submitted to the Annual Conference, December 15-17, 1950
… 1950 was a turning point in the political history of the African people in this country. It was marked by a number of … indicated a new political outlook on…
EventUmkhonto we Sizwe bombs Church Street, Pretoria
… 1983, when Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress, detonated a large mortar bomb … Square in Church Street, a building which…
EventAssassination attempt on Kwame Nkrumah, first prime and later president of Ghana
… to independence as Ghana in 1957. A firm believer in African liberation, Nkrumah pursued a radical pan-African policy, playing a key role in the formation of…
EventProfessional soccer is introduced in SA when the National Football League is founded
… played between the White Germiston Callies and the Black African Pirates before 10 000 people in Maseru, the capital … clubs that played in the first league…
EventKarel Schoeman, well known Afrikaans author, is born
… He moved back to South Africa and worked at the South African Library in Cape Town from 1983. Schoeman is the … languages In 1999 he was one of only two…
EventChurch Council meets PW Botha over unrest
… A delegation of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) met with President P W … Africa. In 1968, the CCSA changed its name to the South African Council…
EventZambian president Kenneth Kaunda refuses to take part in UK
… offered military bases for both Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) and Joshua Nkomo's Zimbabwe African People Union (ZAPU). However,…
EventAngola becomes independent of Portuguese colonial rule
… bases for military training. For instance, the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) and the South West African People's Organization (SWAPO) established…
EventMK’s Luthuli Detachment and ZAPU in a joint operation
… Luthuli Detachment in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and Zimbabwean African People's Union (ZAPU) guerrillas engaged Rhodesian … was meant to give added military…
EventLinguist and educationist Sedumedi Moloto is born
… subsequently served as Professor and Head of Department of African Languages at the University of Botswana in Gaborone. … equally fluently. Moloto was once…
EventVerney Cameron is first European to cross equatorial Africa
… campaign of 1868 and in the suppression of the East African slave trade. In 1872 the Royal Geographical Society … the first European to transverse the…
PlaceGrey Street Complex
… The significance of the area, in the life of the South African Indian community, can be gauged from the fact that up … settled by Indians, it was also home…
EventCol. Muammar Gaddafi seizes power in Libya
… 1974 Libya permitted not just the PAC but also other South African political organizations fighting Apartheid to use … support for the PAC was its alliance…
ArchiveRemembering French Investments In Apartheid South Africa, 17 December 2013
… there has been unanimous praise in France for the South African leader and the struggle against apartheid he … became Total in 1991, had significant…
Document 136 - “Report on the Relationship of the Party to other Workers’ Organisations in South Africa”, Freedom 5, 4 August 1946
… the interests of the workers of South Africa, the South African Labour Party must be considered as an important section of the South African working class…
EventWalter Sisulu, co-founder of the ANCYL and Umkhonto we Sizwe, is born
… hand and was an active trade unionist before joining the African National Congress (ANC) in 1940. He immediately … to serve their prison sentences. In…
Address on the Occasion of the Budget Vote of the Presidency, 18 June 2002
… consisting of the Presidency, all the Premiers, the South African Local Government Association and the Ministers of … building of a democratic, peaceful and…
PlaceFugard Theatre, Cape Town
… and was named in honour of Athol Fugard , an iconic South African playwright known for his contributions to South African theatre and film. He is one of the…
PlaceSchweizer-Reneke
… is where we ended and the third Boer War, another South African war, will start here again. The Town has a History, … steeped in bloody relations between the…
FREEDOM IN OUR LIFETIME, Durban, December 12-14, 1958
… Presidential Address to the 46th Annual Conference of the African National Congress, Durban, December 12-14, 1958 Sons … to our surprise. Our experience of…
Post-detention weapons
… (namely the Communist Party) or people who supported the African National Congress (ANC), the Pan Africanist Congress … were 3 executive members of the…
Condolence book for Comrade Ahmed Kathrada, 28 March 2017
… The African National Congress mourns the passing of … Johannesburg from 14h00 this afternoon. Issued by the African National Congress Enquiries Zizi Kodwa…