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ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… of the CAC should be suspended and elections held for new leaders. 1943 June: ANC officials authorise Xuma to take … second term as president of the ANC…
Increasing repression and the turn to the armed struggle
… unit of Poqo. Each task force had 10 members and cell leaders in Langa. Members of this group began attacking the … who was the Secretary of the PAC for New…
ArticleState of Emergency - 1985
… the numerous house arrests of influential anti-apartheid leaders, and the detaining of 2346 people under the Internal … organisations by arresting a number…
Prominent South Africans Indians
… and Medicine Motala, Mahomed (Dr) Community and Religious Leaders Bassa, Cassim Mohammed Joosub, Mohamed Lakhi, Cassim …
Some Personal Recollections of the Free Nelson Mandela Campaign by Mike Terry
… was to last through to the 1990s and involved many NUS leaders who are now prominent in Government and the media. A … was with neither the AAM nor the ANC…
ArticleThe 1992 Whites only referendum ‘For’ or ‘Against’ a negotiated constitution
… field is level”. While the CP welcomed the poll, some ANC leaders were opposed to the referendum as it was for White … for a “Yes” vote among their employees…
Article”People’s Power!”, 1986
… better links between itself and the UDF, and told UDF leaders to try and avoid arrest at all costs. The UDF felt … groups that were often connected to either…
The Mass Democratic Movement, February 1988 - January 1990
… COSATU was also severely restricted. Various leaders were restricted, and restrictions were extended … the movement was continued. The Black Consciousness…
ArticleThe African Students Association (ASA)
… Events in the country at the time forced many of ASA leaders to go to exile in the early 1960s. Once in exile, the … youth against apartheid internationally…
ArchiveBiography of Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin by Victoria Sedeno
… and other ANC activists were sought out by SASO, the South African Students Organization which was … father of Black Consciousness in South Africa, and other…
ArticleCurries Fountain events timeline
… Sizwe in 1993 and ANC electioneering prior to 1994. Many leaders were welcomed home from exile in the stadium. …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… became an official public holiday known as Freedom Day. Leaders of the Indian Congresses, APO and CPSA pledge their … Selborne, a non-white township in…
ArticleThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
… good reception and had various conversations with Georgian leaders and peasants’, reported AF Plate, his interpreter, 50 … Between 1963 and 1965, 328 cadres…
BiographyMohamed Farouk Asvat
POLITICAL HARASSMENT FAROUK ASVAT was banned by the South African regime between 1973 and 1978; and nominated an Amnesty International "Prisoner of…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… and many important Afrikaans political and cultural leaders supported him- particularly people from the Orange … often publicly disagreed with the opinions…
ArticleKingdoms of Southern Africa: Mapungubwe
… be seen from the location of people's houses separating leaders and commoners. The elite lived at the top of … be seen from the location of peopl’s houses…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu and the organisations she was connected to
… the success of which convinced FEDSAW and ANC women leaders that a mass protest would be an effective means of … and imprisonment of her husband and other…
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… more than 100 activists were detained. Among these, 12 UDF leaders were taken into custody, and six of them were charged with high treason. Twelve leaders of…
Dr Mamphela Ramphele interviewed by Rupert Taylor, 16 April 1998, Cape Town
… movement. And I’m intrigued that you don’t include SASO here as one of the anti-apartheid organizations - you … the one of the 60s because of the…
ArticleTransition to Armed Struggle by Norman Levy
… Conference, which Chief Luthuli and other African leaders had proposed at a consultative gathering of African leaders in December 1960. It charted the way…
ArticleMoses Kotane Timeline
… chairman of the CPSA. 1937 Due to various issues with the leaders in the Johannesburg branch of the SACP, Kotane … damage the war effort. 1946 Kotane amongst…
ArticleFederation of South African Women (FEDSAW)
… campaigns of the Congress Alliance. Among the African leaders of the Federation, a large number were trade … also been declared a public holiday. In December…
ArticleThe Early History of Rugby in South Africa
… was jailed on Robben Island and several of its subsequent leaders were either killed or imprisoned by the apartheid … slogan was 'No normal sport in an…
ArticleXhosa
… and to act deferentially to their adult male leaders. Different stages in the initiation process were … There was great rivalry among them, and few of these…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 Glossary
… especially of people in authority. Dynasty: A series of leaders of a country that all belong to the same family. For …
ArticleOrganisation of African Unity (OAU)
… tied to the interests of France. A number of African leaders, including Tanzania's Julius Nyerere and Nigeria’s … Pan-African ambition with the assumption…
BiographyDr. Neville Edward Alexander
… way it did because its socio-historical circumstances and leaders enabled it. Soon after, the African Academy of … C. (1996). The Spirit of Freedom: South…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… district under Martial Law. 15 January, Trade Union leaders and union members, who had gathered at the Union … field gun. The strike collapses and many of…
EventAfrica Women’s Peace Train leaves Kampala for Johannesburg
… In Johannesburg, they were going to protest against world leaders attending the World Summit on Sustainable Development … involved in shady business deals,…
ArchiveMy Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… '[Neither] Jail nor death must hold fear for our leaders. They must feel always that the people are with them. … the people for their part must nurture and…