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… 1944 War Measure 1,425 February 2 , Meeting of youth leaders with Dr. Xuma April 2 , Inaugural meeting of ANC … on trains in Cape Peninsula October 3 ,…
4. The ANC underground between Rivonia and 1976
… Joe Gqabi, while Terrence Tryon, then a young official of SASO (the South African Students’ Organisation), the founding … initiating activities. 63 They…
Challenges of Leadership in the Current Phase, 1 July 1997
… civic associations, the religious community, traditional leaders and so on. To be national in character and be seen as … and specialised knowledge. And the…
Speech by President Mandela at the Funeral of Nokukhanya Luthuli, 22 December 1996, Groutville
… Members of the Luthuli family; Minister and Premiers; Leaders and veterans of the ANC; Members of the diplomatic … peace and democracy. Mama Nokukhanya was…
Joint Communique of the Meeting of the National African Federated Chambers of Commerce and the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 27 May 1986
… with other people within the broad spectrum of the leaders of our country. The NAFCOC delegation explained … the situation when it will be possible for…
Statement at Press Conference in Dar es Salaam Concerning Sentences in the Rivinia Trial by O. R. Tambo, 12 June 1964
… to the white government which appointed him. The Rivonia leaders have done their duty to South Africa and all its … evil have been put away by the evildoers…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… from the CPSA. Johannes Nkosi, one of the first black leaders in the CPSA, is killed in violent clashes with the … the racial policies of Prime Minister…
Document 34 - Letter from the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, to the Executive Committee, Comintern
… we do not aim at making the League a mere organisation of leaders, but desire to develop it on the basis of affiliation … of the mass struggle. So far the…
Formation and launch of the UDF
… de Klerk announced the unconditional release of eight key leaders of liberation movements who were imprisoned by the …
EventFollowing the infamous Treason Trial, ANC leader Chief Albert Luthuli is banished by the Apartheid Government for five years
… Prize winner in 1961, was one of South Africa's greatest leaders. In 1952, the Apartheid Government demanded that … held in Queenstown. In 1956, he was…
Address by his excellency, President Jacob Zuma at the 50th Anniversary of the Mpondo Revolt of 1960, 07 June 2010, Ingquza Hill, Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape
… Faku, Nkosi Mqikela, the land of Nkosi Sigcawu, great leaders and sons of warrior kings - deeply honoured to grace … for organising this event. I also thank…
Document 91 - John Gomas, “The Native Representation Bill is Passed: What Must be Done Now?” Umsebenzi, 25 April 1936
… The proposals of the C.P. was not only turned down by the leaders of the A.N.C. and I.C.U. but they energetically … be denied that this attitude of the A.N.C…
ArticleSouth African Coloured Peoples Organisation (SACPO)
… The decay of the FRAC raised a fear amongst other Coloured leaders that CPNU would misrepresent their opinion. The fear … the Coloured franchise issue. The…
Into the Fifties: Defiance by Norman Levy
… brief period of non-compliance but after that the need for leaders who were available and out of gaol, able to think … Registration Act of 1913. On the trade…
ArchiveCHAPTER THREE: The Emergence Of Grassroots Politics, 1979-1981 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
ArticleDifferences between Capitalism & Communism and why did it start in Russia?
… of 1917, which had begun spontaneously. Lenin and other leaders were overseas, and the Bolsheviks were unable to … soldiers were killed or wounded in action…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… formed uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in 1961, and most of Sactu’s leaders, who were also members of the ANC, joined the … in 35 affiliates. But state repression saw…
ArchiveApartheid Super Spy, Craig Williamson’s Trails of Death and Destruction: The Scandinavian Connection, (Responses to recent exposures in Jyllands Posten) by Prithiraj Dullay
… Apartheid. Just a few years earlier Biko and other student leaders at the segregated black campuses, who had been … In 1969 the South African Students’…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 7 - Participatory Democracy for South Africa
… process. The black South African Student Organisation (SASO) states in its manifesto that "the basic tenet of Black … good. But being black is not a…
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
… In his evidence at the subsequent trial of strike leaders and their supporters, Mr. Limebeer, secretary of the … five minutes to disperse. Only quick action…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… A Bus Service Committee is set up by the ANC and included leaders of the community and representatives from trade … government celebrations on V-E Day. The…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… of Trade Unions (SACTU) local Committee is formed and the leaders elected to take responsibility are Billy Nair, as … South African Congress of Trade Unions …
ArticleDesmond Mpilo Tutu Timeline
… hardly a word of concern let alone condemnation from us leaders of Africa? After the horrible things done to hapless … opposition ... what more has to happen…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… to raise the spirit of a dejected people. Those liberation leaders who escaped the massive state clampdown slipped out … was formulated. This enabled the ANC…
ArticleThe Pietermaritzburg Treason Trial, 1984
… eye of the international press. 1984. The Star. UDF leaders speak out against the incarceration of fellow … to overthrow the state violently. The UDF was…
The Centenary Celebration of the February Revolution 8-12 March 2017
… In the very early morning of the 26th a number of worker leaders were arrested. Five of them were high profile … Bolsheviks. Ever since the failed attempt in…
ArticleThe Landless People’s Movement
… 2001, The Landless People's Movement (LPM) was formed by leaders of various landless people of South Africa in … which would “deliver a resounding warning to…
ArticleSharpeville Massacre, 21 March 1960
… quite willingly. Early on the 21st the local PAC leaders first gathered in a field not far from the … to advance - in conformity with the novel PAC motto of …
EventUmkhonto We Sizwe, military wing of the ANC, claims responsibility for power station blast
… in 1963. This resulted in the arrest of 19 ANC and MK leaders. The Rivonia Trial followed, in which 10 ANC leaders were tried for sabotage. MK was classified…
PlaceMaphikela House
… In 1912, prominent black leaders gathered here and forged the foundations of what … the ANC in Bloemfontein in 1935. In 1912, prominent black leaders…