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James Arthur Calata, Anglican clergyman and African National Congress (ANC) leader, dies in Cradock, Eastern Cape.
… Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1, Pretoria: HSRC. … Arthur Calata, Anglican clergyman and African National Congress …
African National Congress president Nelson Mandela addresses a freedom rally in Mmabatho, Bophuthatswana, a week after the nomi
… African National Congress president Nelson Mandela addresses a freedom rally …
Document 43 - ‘Oppositionists in Congress Attack C.O.D. Against Participation in Racial Elections”, The Citizen, 3, 3, 4 March 1958
… Document 43 - ‘Oppositionists in Congress Attack C.O.D. Against Participation in Racial …
The governing Lesotho Congress for Democracy wins the election in Lesotho with Pakalitha Mosisili as premier.
… The governing Lesotho Congress for Democracy wins the election in Lesotho with …
The Pan-Africanist Congress rejects the government’s invitation to negotiations. Newly elected PAC president, Clarence Makwetu,
… The Pan-Africanist Congress rejects the government’s invitation to negotiations. …
Gunmen attack a delegation including African National Congress chairman Cyril Ramaphosa in a township in South Africa, killing
… Gunmen attack a delegation including African National Congress chairman Cyril Ramaphosa in a township in South …
The British Government, The Trade Union Congress, and Black South African Trade Unionism, 1973 to 1994 by Dan Feather
… Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference In the aftermath of the Durban Strikes (1973) the British Trade Union Congress (TUC) began to engage much more…
A history of Soweto
… The consequence of this promising wealth was that a great number of people … in his rise was the failure of the African National Congress to take the rights…
ArticleMessage of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, delivered by Mr. Tambo, at the funeral of Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo
… are gathered here to pay homage to an outstanding leader of the African liberatory struggle, a comrade and friend who … pact which served as a forerunner to…
ArticleThe Founding of the SANNC
… Bloemfontein on 8 January 1912 to consider the formation of a dynamic and unified movement that would challenge the … Section • To formally establish the…
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
… With many hardships, violence and struggles that majority of the population had to endure, when change came about South … to possibly negotiate a settlement…
BiographySimon Nkoli
… anti-apartheid movement help shift the anti-gay opinions of many of those within the movement. His eventual arrest shifted … Johannesburg, Nkoli joined his…
ArticleA History of the Springbok Legion
… organisation formed in 1941 to fight for the rights of soldiers during World War II and in the post-war period. … joined the struggle against apartheid…
ArchiveJordan Ngubane – forgotten founding member of the Congress Youth League by Sbonelo Radebe (Mail and Guardian), 10 January 2023
… When the story of the founding of the Congress Youth League (CYL) — the … Vilakazi and Walter and MB Nhlapho. The founding of the Congress Youth League in…
ArticleLenin’s implementation of Leninism in Russia and the changes made
… Communist state in Russia, we have already touched on many of the curriculum's remaining questions, but we will now … were improved with working hours…
BiographyPetrus Linda Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo)
… Petrus Linda Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo) was born in 1958 in Soweto, Transvaal (now … youths from Soweto, he left the country to join the ranks of uMkhonto…
BiographyRenfrew Leslie Christie
… At the age of 17, Renfrew Leslie Christie found himself in the South … Army. He was on guard at Lenz ammunition dump (east of Johannesburg), when he saw…
EventNelson Mandela is acquitted of high treason
… Nelson Mandela, leader of the Transvaal branch of the African National Congress (ANC), was acquitted of treason charges after a four … Indians and 8…
Numsa: Noisy in its silence at Cosatu’s special congress by Mphumzi Maqungo (Mail & Guardian),14 July 2015
… Numsa: Noisy in its silence at Cosatu’s special congress by Mphumzi Maqungo (Mail & Guardian),14 July 2015 …
African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela visits Oakland, California, a day after receiving a star-studded welcome in Los
… African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela visits Oakland, California, a …
James Arthur Calata, Anglican clergyman and African National Congress (ANC) leader, is born in Rabula, Keiskammahoek, Eastern C
… Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1, Pretoria: HSRC. … Arthur Calata, Anglican clergyman and African National Congress …
Transcontinental Connections: Alfred B Xuma and the African National Congress on the World Stage, by Timothy Bennett-Smyth
… Connections: Alfred B Xuma and the African National Congress on the World Stage, by Timothy Bennett-Smyth …
Document 91. ‘April 6: People’s Protest Day’. Flyer issued by the ANC (Transvaal) and the Transvaal Indian Congress
… issued by the ANC (Transvaal) and the Transvaal Indian Congress …
Seven African National Congress members receive a tumultuous welcome in Soweto following their release after twenty-six years’
… Seven African National Congress members receive a tumultuous welcome in Soweto …
A Black teachers’ association, the Progressive Teachers’ Congress (PROTECO) is secretly launched in the Transvaal to fill the v
… South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89, Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, p. 253 … A Black…
African National Congress deputy president Nelson Mandela and Inkatha leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi agree on a five-point peace p
… African National Congress deputy president Nelson Mandela and Inkatha leader …
BiographyLetlapa Mphahlele
… Limpopo) to Radikubu and Nkone. He grew up in the village of Manaleng in Northern Transvaal. He attended Rosenkrantz … the SSRC. Eventually he decided to…
BiographyPregaluxmi (Pregs) Govender
… – valued critical thinking and emphasised the importance of taking action against injustice. Due to the Group Areas … Govender would become a member of the…
Response by Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress, to the speech by the State President, F. W. de Klerk, at the first session of CODESA, World Trade Centre, Kempton Park 20 December 1991
… Response by Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress, to the speech by the State President, F. W. de Klerk, at the first session of CODESA,…
BiographyIsmail Jacob Mohamed
… family she had worked. The Fortuins were devout members of the NG Sending Kerk and attended church regularly. He then … liberation of South African Society…