African National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… and furthering the aims of banned ANC. 2 December, Afrikaans poet, Breyten Breytenbach , is released from prison … Dakar, Senegal. The conference is attended by 61, mainly Afrikaans-speaking South Africans and a 17-person ANC … to the press. 18 July, Die Beeld , a pro-government Afrikaans newspaper, runs an editorial coinciding with Nelson …