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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…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… to operate secretly. Malmesbury Convention of Coloured leaders The Group Areas Development Board begins to provide … The name South African Students’…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… and many important Afrikaans political and cultural leaders supported him- particularly people from the Orange … often publicly disagreed with the opinions…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…