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EventItaly invades Ethiopia
… along the border of Somaliland increased the tension. The League of Nations, which Ethiopia had joined in 1923 called for …
ArticleThe Founding of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… Fighters when he was still the president of the ANC Youth League as the struggle for economic freedom does not possess … boundaries and confines. Malema’s…
EventSouth Africa, Cuba and Angola Sign formal peace agreement, allowing Namibian independence from South Africa
… (present-day Namibia). In 1920 the newly established League of Nations legitimized the South African occupation with a Class … South Africa steadfastly…
EventPortuguese explorer Bartholomew Dias anchors at Walvis Bay
… Africa (SWA) to administer as a mandated territory by the League of Nations. …
ArticleOrganisations involved in Youth and the National Liberation Struggle
… Youth Congress (TIYC) African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) Young Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA) Transvaal Youth Organisation … for Young…
BiographySusan Shabangu
Susan Shabangu was born on 28 February 1956. She attended Madibane High School in Soweto, Transvaal (now Gauteng). From 1980, she became involved in politics…
EventAssassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
… in particular. It also saw the establishment of the League of Nations, the forerunner of the United Nations, which hoped to prevent a conflict of this nature…
EventProceedings against SA start in the International Court of Justice
… search archive South Africa received a mandate from the League of Nations over South West Africa (SWA) on 17 December 1920. … to certain guarantees. After…
EventWorld War I begins
… in particular. It also saw the establishment of the League of Nations, the forerunner of the United Nations, which hoped to prevent a conflict of this nature…
Chronology
… December, Coloured radicals form National Liberation League December 15-18 , Professor D. D. T. Jabavu and Dr. … and a new constitution; authorizes formation…
BiographyReverend Allan Aubrey Boesak
… to become South Africa's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva. However, two weeks before he was due to …
PlaceNewlands Cricket Stadium
… its journey towards becoming one of the great cricketing Nations. Australia’s first visit to South Africa (1902 - … 2007 ICC World T20 championship, the 2009…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… in upholding the purposes and principles of the [United Nations] Charter." The vote on the resolution was 9 in favour … form the anti-racist professional…
EventWW2: Italy invades Ethiopia
… In 1935, the League of Nations was faced with another crucial test. Benito …
EventHaile Selassi I, Emperor of Ethiopia, is born
… also spoke out against the use of chemical weapons at the League of Nations. Exiled to England in 1936, he was restored to power …
ArticleOliver Reginald Tambo Timeline 1917 - 2011
… Anton Lembede, a group of young people form the ANC Youth League (ANCYL). At its official inauguration , OR is elected … from these two countries. 8 October,…
Enuga S Reddy: Notes on meeting with Dr. Cassim Jadwat -1997
… - DURBAN Cassim Amra was the real founder of Liberal Study League. He was its first secretary. I was a founding member … Gool. 1945- LONDON In London, I …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1947-Press Reports on the Campaign
… by His Excellency, Azzam the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, to whom they conveyed the deep and … were in Cairo they were handed a cable…
EventSmuts becomes Prime Minister
… who contributed tirelessly to the formation of the League of Nations, an international body with the aim of preserving …
Article1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
… to raise the issue of the Ghetto Bill before the United Nations Organisation (UNO). 3 February 1946 The NIC convenes … Resisters in their brave struggle. The…
EventHaile Selassie, deposed Ethiopian emperor, dies
… also spoke out against the use of chemical weapons at the League of Nations. Exiled in 1936, he was restored to power in 1941. …
ArticleEnuga Sreenivasulu Reddy Timeline 1924 - 2020
… York University. 1949 26 May, E.S Reddy joins the United Nations Secretariat as Political Affairs Officer in the … 1956 November, Reddy is political officer…
EventWalter Sisulu, co-founder of the ANCYL and Umkhonto we Sizwe, is born
… Oliver Tambo and Nelson Mandela, in forming the ANC Youth League (1944). He was elected its treasurer, and thereafter … events leading up to the ANC's…
ArticleWomen and the struggle against Apartheid
… but they had to wait another 5 years for the ANC Women's League (ANCWL) to be created in 1948. This means that in the … organization formed to fight…
BiographyBessie Amelia Head
… with her funding from the refugee allowance or United Nations grant to study agriculture, and suspected her money …
BiographyDenis Theodore Goldberg
… it at the Anti-Apartheid Committee of the United Nations. A large group of USA organisations presented …
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… against South Africa, thus removing the remaining United Nations sanctions against South Africa. [Resolution … His responsibilities are assigned to former…
BiographyPhillip Qipu Vundla
Philip Vundla was born in 1901 and attended Healdtown for some years before finding work in Johannesburg as a mine clerk. In the mid-1940s he was an organiser…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott - Timeline
… of the first session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. 1952 — The UN creates a task team to monitor the … Cultural Boycott of South Africa. 6…
BiographyLesetja Kganyago
Lesetja kganyago was born in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg, in Gauteng Province in 1965. At the age of five, he moved to Northern Province, now known as…