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ArticleTimeline: Father Trevor Huddleston
… of Selly Oak, Birmingham. Huddleston is awarded the United Nations Gold Medal. 1984 The Zambian government awards …
ArticleSPEAK Magazine (1982 - 1994)
… (NOW) , United Women’s Congress (UWC) , the ANC women’s league (ANCWL) and the Federation of Transvaal Women (FEDTW) … SPEAK interviewed the secretary…
ArticleMiriam Makeba: Activist on Two Fronts by Connor Kirkpatrick
… Key Words: Miriam Makeba, Apartheid, Civil Rights, United Nations, Manhattan Brothers, Harry Belafonte, Stokley … in the United States. She later testified…
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… that mixed sports should be allowed. 14 April, The United Nations Special Committee on Apartheid urges a boycott of all … leading to Black racism. The…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 4: A Heritage trail through the provinces of South Africa
… a place that has been officially recognised by the United Nations as having special value to all human beings. The United Nations Organisation (UNO) is a…
ArticlePass laws in South Africa 1800-1994
… low wages, poor housing and Passes. The Bantu Women’s League, precursor of the African National Congress Women’s League, also led an anti-Pass campaign…
ArticleThembisile Chris Hani Timeline 1942 - 2003
… for six months; joins the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL), citing the arrest of African National … head prefect at Lovedale and chair of the…
ArticleRobert Mangaliso Sobukwe Timeline 1924 - 1978
… 1944 2 April, The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL), the youth wing of the African National … to form a branch of the African National…
ArticleSouth African Coloured Peoples Organisation (SACPO)
… Movement (NEUM) and its affiliates, namely the Teachers League of South Africa, the remnants of the old APO and the … support from mostly Whites…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… ANCYL opposed the stay-away. Mandela and other ANC Youth League members disrupted communist meetings and heckled … 1951 Mandela was elected President of…
ArticleCurries Fountain events timeline
… Currie's served has a 'home ground' to the ANC Women's League and Mkhonto-We Sizwe in 1993 and ANC electioneering …
ArticleUnited Women’s Organisation (UWO)
… the organisation had been active in the ANC Women’s League in 1950s. For instance, Dorothy Zihlangu, Mildred …
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 1: Kingdoms of southern Africa: Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Great Zimbabwe
… as centres of agriculture, but developed into trading nations, exchanging goods with Arab and Portuguese merchants …
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… of South Africa without using racial labels. The United Nations Organisation was formed at the end of the Second World War. The United Nations Declaration of…
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
… Congress (SAIC) sent to the 1946 session of the United Nations General Assembly when the question of the treatment … used the occasion to appraise Member…
Indian South Africans timeline 1940-1949
… segregation on Indians. 5 March, The Natal Indian Youth League’s first AGM is held in Clairwood. George Gangen Ponnen … keenness that Dr AB Xuma should…
ArticlePeople and Culture of South Africa
… African rulers founded sizable and powerful kingdoms and nations by incorporating neighboring chieftaincies. The … Zulu, Xhosa, Pedi, Venda, Swazi, Sotho,…
ArticleBiko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath
… led directly to the West’s decision to support the United Nations (UN) Security Council vote to ban mandatory arms … international agenda almost from the…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1910 - 1919
… against Indians led to the formation of the Anti-Asiatic League. The Chairman is LJ Philips, an attorney from … Sir Abe Bailey is the first President of the…
ArticleHistory of Africa Day - 25 May
… arose. Consequently on 25 May 1963 , leaders of 32 African nations converged in Ethiopia‘s capital Addis Ababa and … 15 April to 25 May. As a consequence of…
ArticleAhmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017
… 1941 At the age of 12, Kathrada joins the Young Communist League of South Africa. It is at the Young Communist League’s meetings that he meets Ruth First,…
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM)
… majority. The General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) passed Resolution 395(V) declaring that "a …
ArticleTimeline for Grade 12.4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
… government does away with apartheid. 1963 The United Nations adopts a resolution demanding that all political …
ArticleSouth African Constitution: The Bill of Rights
… the people of the world came together at the first United Nations General Assembly to enshrine a document against … countries of the world banded together to…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1970-1979
… Nzo submits a letter, on behalf of the ANC, to the United Nations which condemns the announcement by the government of … starts in Pietermaritzburg. 12…
ArticleAngolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Timeline of Events
… increased by the Soviet Union, Cuba and other Eastern bloc nations. 1987 South Africa … International Emergency Economic Powers…
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… and petitions, unsuccessfully, to win the support of the League of Nations to reestablish Ethiopia's sovereignty 1937 Nnamdi … 1944 Nelson Mandela founds…
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… and petitions, unsuccessfully, to win the support of the League of Nations to reestablish Ethiopia's sovereignty. 1937 Nnamdi … 1944 Nelson Mandela founds…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement Timeline 1903-2009
… of America, Marcus Garvey founds the African Communities League and the ‘Black Star Line’ (part of the Universal Negro … 1944 2 April, The African National…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
… 1949 he briefly joined the African National Congress Youth League. He was expelled from the university in 1950 for his …