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ArticleAfrapix Chronology 1981-1991
In the 1980s the National Party witnessed a renewed national and international pressure to initiate political reform. The Apartheid government accelerated its…
Speech on the Occasion of Installation as the Chancellor of the University of Fort Hare and on being Awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws by O. R. Tambo, 19 October 1991
… by the rulers to a national ideal. Especially after 1948, the state considered all those critical of it as …
Death of a lion of the law, Arthur Chaskalson by Rebecca Davis, 3 December 2012
… in Johannesburg in 1931, Chaskalson finished school in 1948, the year in which a Nationalist Party coalition took …
Chapter 18. Disrupting the Trade Unions
… by the Nationalist Party and its stooge organisations, in 1948 the Mineworkers' Union came under the control of the …
ArchiveCHAPTER 1 - Old Battle-Cries and Borrowed Language by Howard Barrell
- The ANC’s operational strategic heritage, 1960-1975 The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living. And just…
Chapter 9 - People’s Education and People’s Power: Mobilisation and Collective Action
In this chapter my concerns are with SANSCO's mobilisation of students and its collective actions, and especially the form and content of mobilisation and…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1946-Press Reports on the Campaign
… under the Immigrants Regulation Act of 1913, 26 February 1948 Your Worship, We are charged with the offence of … in the year 1913, no such grounds exist in…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 97th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2009
INTRODUCTION On the occasion of the 97th Anniversary of the African National Congress, we wish to extend to all our people best wishes for a successful and…
BUT NOT FOR BREAD ALONE
… of seasonal labour. When the Nationalists came to power in 1948, they excluded virtually 90 per cent of African workers … of benefits. Nationalist changes in…
Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
… in the parliament to push their agenda. In the election of 1948, the Nationalist Party ran on platforms of White …
ArticleThe Black Sash: A History of Transformation
… after the Nationalist Government came into power in 1948. At the time of formation the group was less concerned …
ArticleNon-European Unity Movement (NEUM)
… elements, including the main architects of apartheid after 1948, declared their support for Germany. In a close vote in … and reappeared in the annals of the…
Chapter 7 - Gumede keeps the bright fire burning, 1928-29
‘I am prepared to lay down my life for freedom’, Gumede, 1928. Introduction As the first President-General to represent the ANC officially in Moscow, Gumede’s…
Hendrik Verwoerd: 10 quotes by Hendrik Verwoerd (Politics Web), 20 September 2016
… was not able to put in practice) and then apartheid, post-1948 (which he was), below are ten extended quotes …
Press Conference in Lusaka: Oliver Tambo, 25 June 1985
… because apartheid was war against the people anyway. From 1948 when the Nationalist Party came into power it pursued …
Press Conference by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 25 June 1985
… because apartheid was war against the people anyway. From 1948 when the Nationalist Party came into power it pursued …
ArchiveBiography of Ellen Kuzwayo by Laura Wilson, 3 May 2018
… of South Africa. Given the implementation of Apartheid in 1948, Kuzwayo was 34 when the full impact of the racist …
Address by President Mandela at the 53rd United Nations General Assembly New York, 21 September 1998
… human rights instruments that have been adopted since 1948. Immediately, a whole range of areas of conflict …
The National Question in Post 1994 South Africa. A discussion paper in preparation for the ANC`s 50th National Conference by Z. Pallo Jordan
… the Ethnic Entrepreneur. The NP`s victory at the polls in 1948 marked the political defeat of those amongst the Whites … as an instrument of power. It was…
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… Walter plays a key role in re-shaping the ANC after WW2. 1948 The election victory of the Nationalist government …
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… at the International Women's Day Meeting in Johannesburg. 1948 ANC Women's League is formed, with treason trialist …
ArticleForced Removals in South Africa
… simply accept it. The Nationalist Party came to power in 1948 and it said it would implement residential segregation …
ArticleChanges in modern forms of communication
… disposable camera: The Kodak Fling. Image source In 1948 Polaroid cameras began being sold. For the first time …
Chapter 7 - 1957-58: The Movement in a Crucial Phase
From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 7 - 1957-58: The Movement in a Crucial Phase By 1957 any relative lull in the mass…
EventWalter Sisulu celebrates 90th birthday
… Albertina had five children: Max (born 1945), Lungi (born 1948), Zwelakhe (born 1950), Lindiwe (born 1954) and … sister's children, Gerald (born 1944) and…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Notes
… attracted to the ADP. The ADP was kept alive until about 1948. The Fourth International of South Africa (FIOSA) … an election pact to combat Jan Smuts'…
Archive”Presidential Address” by Dr. A. B. Xuma
Document 25a. "Presidential Address" by Dr. A.B. Xuma Fellow Countrymen, If you may ever need comfort, courage and inspiration for the difficult yet manly…
Covert operations
From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman Up to this point attention has been focussed on those…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 91th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2003
Compatriots and Comrades, Today, on January 8th, we observe and celebrate the 91st Anniversary of our movement, the African National Congress. This day also…
Chapter 9 - Negotiating the transition
At the beginning of february 1993 it became apparent that most role-players had realized the urgent need for the resumption of multi-party negotiation. However…