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Speech by Oliver Tambo at the World Conference on Sanctions Against Racist South Africa: Victory is within our grasp, 16 June 1986, Unesco House, Paris
… sanctions. Equally, this feeling in favour of meaningful action against the apartheid regime provides the basis for … all thinking people that unless the…
Victory is Within our Grasp: Statement at the World Conference on Sanctions against Racist South Africa by O. R. Tambo, UNESCO House, Paris, 16 June 1986
… Equally, this feeling in favour of meaningful action against the apartheid regime provides the basis for … all thinking people that unless the world…
Document 57 - Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers’ Party of South Africa, 13 January 1936
… questions which are to-day rousing the masses of Africa to action on a scale unprecedented in modern times. The members …
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Silkaatsnek begins
… of this type of war with four Boer actions, of which the action of Silkaatsnek was but one of three successes, with …
Restrictions on the media
… their journalists have been the prime target government action. The electronic media is almost exclusively … to be present at an incident of 'unrest' or…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the 1995 National Conference of IDASA Cape Town, 18 August 1995
… in particular in employment and education. Affirmative action is a strategy of corrective action to bring previously disadvantaged people to the same ……
Soweto forty years on: The Black student rebellion of 1976 by Professor Noor Nieftagodien
… Secondary School in Soweto were among the first to take action. On 24 February, they confronted the principal about … the students embarked on a class…
Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike
… standards and rising costs had forced some government action. From 1943 automatic 'cost of living allowances' had … built up on the mines and began to spill…
EventProtection for whistleblowers' is ensured
… disclosed irregular conduct in their workplace, came into action on this date. …
EventAn application to the Pretoria Supreme Court, to declare the Freedom of Choice to Terminate Pregnancy Law unconstitutional, fails.
… in court by three Christian groups; the United Christian Action Group, the Christian Lawyers' Association, and … Act, arguing that a fetus has a right to…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 78th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1990
… Historic Achievements We observed 1989 as the Year of Mass Action for People's Power. We are proud today that we have, … country for this historic…
BiographyDennis Brutus
Dennis Brutus was born in Salisbury, Rhodesia (present day Zimbabwe) on 28 November in 1924.His parents moved to Port Elizabeth where he grew up,at the age of…
"We have Decided to Liberate Ourselves": Address to the Royal Commonwealth Society by O. R. Tambo, London, 23 June 1986
… United Nations Security Council has met, again to consider action arising out of developments in southern Africa. Twice, … intended to see the international…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… and demands an end to "the shocking inhumanity" of police action in rural areas. The report is based on about 50 statements to lawyers by victims of police…
ArticleSouth African Coloured Peoples Organisation (SACPO)
… culminated in the formation of a 33-member Franchise Action Council (FRAC) as a direct reply to the government's … emerging unity across racial and class…
Pravin Gordhan on a leash by Daniel Silke (Politics Web), 16 May 2016
… connected elites. Whatever the legal merits of suggested action against Pravin Gordhan, it’s the context in which this … largesse should realize the…
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
… decided the Conference, the workers would take strike action. From May till July the Union redoubled its efforts to … after speaker mounted the platform and…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1960-1969
… of journalists.Chief Albert Luthuli is detained for this action and held until August, when he is tried. He is given a … also elects Nelson Mandela as…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Glossary
… during the 18th to early 20th century. Colonization : The action/process of settling among and establishing control …
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1930-1939
… workers marched to the Indian Agent's house demanding action. This induced an instant response and the Natal Indian … policy of Passive Resistance and to set…
The Centenary Celebration of the February Revolution 8-12 March 2017
… of Petrograd [2] decided to embark on widespread strike action. Despite warnings from the leaderships of various … revolutionary parties of the possible…
Why protect worker’s rights?
… members of a trade union or engaging in any "protest action". The Constitutional Court decided that prohibiting … and marital status, among other things…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… to publish the party's membership rolls. ANC programme of action The logo of the African National Congress (ANC). Image source A Programme of Action was…
Statement at the 2053rd meeting of the Security Council by Mfanafuthi Johnstone (Johnny) Makatini, 9 December 1977
… when the Council at long last appears to be poised for action against the apartheidregime. The unanimous adoption of … has recently and solemnly committed…
BiographyNjinga Ana de Sousa
The history of Queen Njinga (or Nzinga) of Ndongo/Matamba is contested. Portuguese colonial historians and missionaries would emphasise her conversion to…
ArticlePedi & Anglo-Pedi Wars 1876-1879
… and fled to Nyabela, an Ndebele chief, for asylum. This action brought the downfall and imprisonment of Nyabela, and …
Mandela: Message to India
… African scene, organised by the Indian National Social Action Forum (New Delhi, June 11, 1994), Nelson Mandela sent …
References and links: Learning from Leaders
… Dalton, D., (2012), Mahatma Gandhi: Nonviolent Power in Action, (West Sussex) E-Classroom, (2014), Social Sciences: …
The Cape Northern Frontier
… to the Orange River first came into being in 1809, but no action was taken until 1820. Farmers had, however, been …
Address at the World Food Summit, 10 June 2002
… If we are to achieve the targets set in the 1996 Plan of Action and confirmed in the Millennium Declaration, we have … NEPAD, within which the World Food…