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EventTrade unionist Clements Kadalie dies in East London
… he was trained as a teacher. In 1915, he went to South African in search of work. Three years later, he had settled … branch of the ICU in East London and…
EventPresident P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela conditional release from prison
… P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela , leader of the banned African National Congress (ANC), conditional release from the … publication, in the same month. In…
EventA car bomb explodes in Durban, killing five and injuring 27 people
… Commission (TRC) by Rayman Lalla, a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and a senior officer in … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999)…
EventForces of the White Rhodesian regime (UDI) attack a nationalist guerrilla base in Mozambique
… was established, which was opposed by the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) and Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU),two Black nationalist political …
EventP.W. Botha becomes Prime Minister
… One result of this was the new tricameral South African Constitution of 1983, which continued to exclude all South African Blacks (72% of the total…
EventThe new ochre-red, white and green tri-colour of the Transkei is adopted
… the Transkei Constitution Act of 1963, an Act of the South African Parliament, made provision for the adoption of a … not all, of the Xhosa speaking tribes…
EventZulu King Zwelithini threatens to establish a separate Zulu state
… as an act of insubordination against the government and African National Congress (ANC). The ANC replied claiming it … Act established a basis for ethnic…
EventBantu Women’s League protests against pass laws
… and in 1922 they had achieved some success as the South African government conceded that women should not be obliged … workers. Events of BWL precipitated…
Extraordinary Life: Zapiro
… Cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro – aka Zapiro – is South African journalism’s Don Quixote: he has taken up his pen to … and author of 'WHAT'S SO FUNNY? Under…
Chapter 6 -The making of a black Bolshevik: Gumede and the League Against Imperialism, 1927
… CPSA was the only white party which represented the South African blacks’ interests.456 “I am glad to say”, Gumede … of Communism; secondly the influence of…
ArchiveLetter to Zuma by David Goldblatt (Mail and Guardian), 25 November 2011
… Highly acclaimed South African photographer David Goldblatt has decided to renounce a top South African award, in protest against the Protection of State ……
Freedom Charter and the United Nations by E.S. Reddy
… antagonism, but during the discussion of SASO (South African Students' Organization) queries were increasingly … meeting, and that he could not participate…
Emily Hobhouse addresses public meetings in Britain on the concentration camps
… the conditions of the Concentration camps during the South African War. These campaigns were aimed at raising awareness … War being dropped in preference of…
Intersex South Africa (ISSA)
Intersex South Africa (ISSA) is an organization founded in 2010 by late activist Sally Gross. According to ISSA’s manifesto, the goals of their mission include…
‘Just say yes, Mr President’: Mbeki and AIDS by Anthony Brink A PROSPECTUS
… examined and disassembled the ideological core of the African AIDS construct; Part Five : A positive appraisal of … Political commentators unanimously agree…
Evidence before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the house of commons: Oliver Tambo, 29 October 1985, London
… Tambo if he would describe to us the structure of the African National Congress and its organisation. TAMBO : May I … for giving us this opportunity to…
Document 47. Minutes of the Annual Conference of the ANC, December 15-19, 1949
… telegram from Messrs. R.H.GodIo, M.J. Sipamla, Nyasaland African National Congress, and the S.A. Indian Congress … took place. Mr. H.S. Msimang said that the…
ANC condemns hijacking of Spokesperson, 24 November 2009
… The African National Congress (ANC) condemns in the strongest … Fikile Mbalula in addressing this scourge. Issued by: African National Congress Enquiries:…
EventThe First Gay Pride March is Held in South Africa
… held in Johannesburg . It was the first Pride March on the African continent and acted as both a gay pride event and an … a broader struggle to decriminalise…
Press Statement by O. R. Tambo, December 1964
… Deputy President African National Congress (S.A.) [1] The statement of Mr. … Administrative Secretary-General of…
EventThe Black People’s Convention (BPC) holds its first National Congress
… in December 1972, attended by approximately 200 African, Indian, and Coloured delegates and observers. The … Envisaged as a broad-based counterpart to the…
EventThe UN General Assembly adopts resolution 1881, requesting South Africa to release all political prisoners
… resistance came from political organisations such as the African National Congress (ANC). By 1950, the ANC's Programme … Nations adopted resolution (XVIII),…
EventThe first detainees are held under the apartheid regime’s 90-day Law
… introduced the General Law Amendment Act, the South African Security Police, or Special Branch, were given the … Available at: news24.com [Accessed 4 May…
EventCôte d’Ivoire gains independence from France
… to the French Parliament in Paris, and became the first African minister in a European government. By 1959, he had … during apartheid, and helped to…
EventAlbert Luthuli is elected as an ANC President
… The African National Congress (ANC) was founded as the SANCC in … He has been lauded as one of the greatest men in South African history and this is…
EventThe United Democratic Front (UDF) is dissolved
… leaders. By 1986, the UDF had held talks with the African National Congress (ANC) to strengthen opposition to … later, it increasingly worked with the…
EventThe Angolan-Namibian peace plan is accepted
… threat to white and capitalist dominance in the southern African region. Cuba, backed by the Soviet Union, provided … aim was to rid Namibia (South West…
EventZubeida Jaffer is detained, while pregnant, by the security police under Apartheid regulations
… Qoboza Foreign Journalist Award presented annually to an African journalist by the US-based National Association of Black Journalists. She became the first…
EventOne-fifth of SA’s military infected with HIV virus, so HIV positive people are no longer accepted into their ranks
… the Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota stated that 'the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is no longer accepting … Director of the Centre for…
EventThe First Anglo-Boer War: Boers defeat the British at the Battle of Majuba
… The poverty and vulnerability of the South African Republic (Transvaal) prompted Disraeli's Conservative … an important step in achieving the federation of…