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EventCol. Muammar Gaddafi seizes power in Libya
… in Egypt. In 1970, leaders of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) visited Libya to negotiate the use of Libyan territory … Army (APLA). In 1974 Libya permitted…
PlaceWinburg
… part of the Town’s Cultural Heritage! Sand River Convention Site : Located just outside Winburg, this site marks the location of the Sand River Convention of…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the launch of COP 17 Legacy Projects in Groutville, Kwazulu-Natal, 08 December 2011
… conference of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP 17 is meeting at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Convention Centre,…
PlaceSalt River
… Botanical Gardens , the Cape Town International Convention Centre, and the City Bowl). These are all easily …
EventGeneral C.R. de Wet was found guilty of treason for leading the Afrikaner rebellion of 1914
… in the Orange Free State and participated in the convention (1908-09) that framed the constitution of the …
ArticleThe formation of the SANNC/ANC
… four provinces attended the South African Native National Convention (SANNC) in Waaihoek, Bloemfontein, to propose ways …
ArticleBlack Consciousness: Cultural Expression and Representation
… at Turfloop University. In 1972, the Black People’s Convention (BPC) was also established as a politics-driven …
Memorial lecture on the 26th Anniversary of the Lowveld Massacre presented by Comrade Jackson Mthembu ANC National Spokesperson, 15 March 2012
… called South Africa. In 1909 in an All White National Convention, both the British and the Boers agreed that a … up a draft Constitution. All the parties at…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the Celebration the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Charter, Kliptown, Johannesburg, 26 June 2005
… first of these gatherings was the all-white South African Convention that concluded its work in 1909 with the adoption … results that had emanated from the…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… to a split within the ANC by those members like Robert Sobukwe who espoused the Pan-Africanist view of “Africa for … Africans”. He went on to form the Pan…
Document 28 - Negotiations: a strategic perspective
… South Africa is about to ratify Conventions 97 (Convention concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise) and 98 (Convention…
Say It out Loud - The 1909 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 13th April 1909
… ladies and gentlemen, before the meeting of the National Convention, I gave expression both at our Congress and in … privileges hitherto enjoyed, it is to be…
Statement at the Freedom Rally Organised by the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement by O. R. Tambo, Dublin, 26 January 1979
… in international law and codified in the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid. The Convention states: "…
EventOn 17th November 1921 Professor Richard van der Ross was born in Plumstead, Cape Town
… [i] By 1961 he was one of the leaders of the Coloured "Convention" Movement, which organised a widely representative …
EventSteve Biko, a pioneer of the Black Consciousness Movement, is born
… was arrested as a suspected Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) member. Apparently Khaya had recruited almost the entire Stars of Hope rugby club into the PAC and…
EventThe Boipotong massacre takes place
… Party (IFP) to destabilise the country and disrupt the Convention for Democratic South Africa (Codesa). The IFP and …
EventPallo Jordan opens the Mbuzini Samora Machel Public Library
… the South African government was bound by the Chicago Convention to investigate the crash. A team of inquiry …
PlaceConstitutional Court of South Africa, Johannesburg
… of women. Almost all countries have ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination …
PlaceSandton, Johannesburg
… like Sandton City, Nelson Mandela Square, and the Sandton Convention Centre. The area is a cosmopolitan melting pot …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… (ANC). 7 July, The Executive Committees of the All African Convention (AAC) and the ANC meet and pass a resolution … to end the rift between the ANC and the…
ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
… the English is ratified to avert civil war. The Sand River Convention. 1853 Rustenburg’s first shop opens, an event … subject to British suzerainty. The…
Biko’s legacy lives on in our nation’s history and culture by Nkosinathi Biko, 12 September 2012, South Africa
… years now; and with the University of Fort Hare the Robert Sobukwe Memorial Lecture for six years. At a community level, …
ArticleThe Drafting and Acceptance of the Constitution
… On 20 and 21 December the first session of CODESA (Convention for a Democratic South Africa) was held. There …
ArticleThe Nelson Mandela Presidency - 1994 to 1999
… non-racial elections. The first plenary session of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA I) began on … %, Democratic Party (DP) 1.7 %, Pan…
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… Act. From 15 December to 18 December 1935 the All-African Convention (AAC) was held in Bloemfontein to protest against …
The appointment of Judges
… for Rastafarians wanting to smoke marijuana Islamic Unity Convention v Independent Broadcasting Association (2002) - …
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
… of the Suppression of Communism Act, a Defend Free Speech Convention held in Johannesburg where Dr James Moroka …
ArticleThe Freedom Charter by Norman Levy
… Professor Z.K. Matthews proposed the idea of a national convention which would be representative of all South … youth. The writer could have been Mda,…
PlaceeThekwini Municipality
… The World-class Durban Chief Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre (ICC) has hosted a historic line-up of …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Contextual Overview
… worked with established leaders of South African Native Convention to promote formation of a national organization. … ANC, and a movement called the Pan…