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"Form united front now": Interview with Albert Luthuli, 5 May 1962
… Chief Sabata and Dr. van der Ross of the Coloured Convention Movement, Archbishop Dennis Hurley and Archbishop …
PlaceNdabeni
… the establishment of a universal franchise at the National Convention in 1909. This outbreak was not unique to Cape …
PlaceBarberspan Bird Sanctuary
… national birding site. Given then that it is also a RAMSAR Convention-accredited wetland of international importance for …
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… of the city in response to the 1950 Group Areas Act. 1959 The As-Salaam Educational Institute is established by … fast a very warm wish for the future.” 12…
Statement Issued by Joint Meeting of African and Indian Leaders for Closer Co-operation, February 6, 1949
… of the Orange Free State. N. Mkele, Observer, All African Convention. D. W. Moshe. S. B. Ngcobo. S. R. Naidoo (Cape). …
Document 46. “Statement Issued by Joint Meeting of African and Indian Leaders” [For Closer Co-operation], February 6, 1949
… of the Orange Free State. N. Mkele, Observer, All African Convention. D. W. Moshe. S. B. Ngcobo. S. R. Naidoo (Cape). …
EventCODESA II Talks end in deadlock
… The second Convention for a Democratic South Africa, or CODESA II, ends … Organisation (AZAPO) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). The first sitting of…
Article#Am I Next? A Global Question
… Parliament in Cape Town and outside the International Convention Centre, also located in Cape Town, where …
PlaceBronberg Conservancy, Pretoria
The Bronberg Conservancy is located on the South East side of Pretoria, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is marked by its outstanding landscapes…
Document 104 - Boycott the Elections! The Spark, 3,4, April 1937
… political and economic enslavement. A year ago the African Convention agreed that these slavery Bills must be rejected … (see pages 6, 7: "The Wrong Policy…
Call for United Front by Albert Luthuli, 5 November 1961
… which such a broad united front could be built: A National Convention to draw up a new Constitution for South Africa … and fight the Nats on every front…
May Day
… is more than enough for any man to perform." At the 1863 convention of the Machinists' and Blacksmiths' Union, the … eight-hour day was linked to the date of…
EventFirst celebration of May Day in South Africa
… is more than enough for any man to perform." At the 1863 convention of the Machinists' and Blacksmiths' Union, the … eight-hour day was linked to the date of…
EventInternational celebration of ‘May Day’
… is more than enough for any man to perform." At the 1863 convention of the Machinists' and Blacksmiths' Union, the … eight-hour day was linked to the date of…
ArticleOrganisation of African Unity (OAU)
… with the issue of refugees by adopting the 1969 African Convention on Refugees and the African Charter on Human and … with at least temporary refuge. …
South Africa in the 1900s (1900-1917)
… in the establishment of the South African Native Convention or National Convention in March 1909, which called for a constitution …
EventJosiah Gumede is succeeded by Pixley ka Isaka Seme as ANC president
… Mangena, Richard Msimang and George Montsio called for a convention of Africans to form the South African Native …
The search for Peter Johnson’s story
… aside from former leader of the Pan African Congress (PAC), Robert Sobukwe . In order to begin an enquiry, the first thing …
ArticlePseudo-scientific racism and Social Darwinism
… the newly created United Nations Organization adopted the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of …
ArticlePrehistory of the Pretoria area
… Transvaal. This resulted in the signing of the Sand River Convention in 1852. In 1853, the son of Andries Pretorius, …
Opening Address to the ANC’s 48th National Conference by O. R. Tambo, Durban, 2 July 1991
… one can only but mention landmarks in this report. In 1959 the ANC took a decision that Comrade Josia Matlou and I … the Sharpeville massacre and just before…
ArchiveObituary: Eddie Webster’s influence over generations of students extended to the country and beyond its borders by Andries Bezuidenhout (Mail and Guardian), 6 March 2024
… discussed the significance of the fallout between Robert Sobukwe and his mentor at Healdtown and how we, as South …
Political changes from 1750 to 1820
… north of the Vaal and signed a treaty of the Sand River Convention (1852). At the time, Britain did not see value in … signed a treaty with the Boers, known…
BiographyJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
… he began attending the organisation’s meetings too. In 1959, he joined the ANC and the African National Congress … at the first ANC conference held in South…
Margaret Thatcher's role in SA's transformation by FW de Klerk, 5 December 2016
… federations in Canada and Australia. A National Convention was assembled in 1908 and reached agreement on a … the West. A prime example was its instigation…
ArticleTransition to Armed Struggle by Norman Levy
… 1960. It charted the way forward following the ANC and PAC’s banning and the government’s holding of a “fraudulent” … and a demand (addressed to the…
PlaceBritish Bechuanaland
… annexed Griqualand West to the Cape. In 1881 the Pretoria Convention between the British and the Transvaal sought to …
The Durban Moment: Revisiting politics, labour, youth and resistance in the 1970s
… underground, Black Consciousness, the Black Peoples Convention, Black Community Programmes, the Black Sash and …
General Act of the Berlin Conference on West Africa, 26 February 1885
… in any way whatsoever. POSTAL REGIME Article 7 The Convention of the Universal Postal Union, as revised at Paris …
ArchiveThe Little Acknowledged Legacy of Steve Biko by Prithiraj Dullay, (Daily News), 08 Sept 2008
… the extent to which terror could be applied. The ANC and PAC were banned already in 1960. Nelson Mandela and Robert Sobukwe were on Robben Island, with most…