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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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 …
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…
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…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1910-1919
… newspaper. 18 May, Future founding member of the ANC Youth League, Secretary General of the ANC and member of MP High … of America, Marcus Garvey founds the…
ArticleThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
… December 1927. A delegate at the inaugural congress of the League Against Imperialism in Brussels, Gumede was … of the ANC, and Duma Nokwe , president of the…