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EventState of emergency declared in 27 townships
… the police to abuse their rights." On 1 September 1990, in response to the pressure of mounting allegations, President … belief that the force as a whole was…
ArchiveChapter 3 University by Denis Goldberg
… discussing such matters. The League of Nations and the UN charters assert the right of self-determination of … asked me to help him send a tape-recorded…
EventBophuthatswana decide not to publish report of Smith Commission
… at Winterveld on 26 March 1986 because, according to the homelands minister of Foreign Affairs '. its recommendations …
Chapter 4 - Poor, yet generous Lesotho
… banished away from their homes to the repression of the homelands where jobs were few. Homeland regimes in … as most of the aforementioned did not register…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 15 September 1970 during the Prime Minister’s Vote
… for a Black man to become the Secretary-General of the UN. They have been searching assiduously; in former years … of Zambia will become the next Secretary…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Essay Questions
… pauper families in society. [13] This was partly in response to the debate around ‘racial suicide’. It was … as he regarded Jews as a separate race who were…
Speech by Rev. Dr. Allan Boesak at the launch of the United Democratic Front, 20 August 1983, Rocklands Civic Centre, Mitchell’s Plain
… to name but a few – remain untouched and unchanged. The homelands policy, which is surely the most immoral and … the words of the proposals by the President…
Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s
… boycott also spread to universities, rural areas and the' homelands. Indian schools in Pretoria and Durban joined the …
Background to the Freedom Charter 1955
… African racial policy was an international issue and a UN Commission was established to investigate the situation. …
EventTanzania gains independence
… the Tanganyika region was placed under United Nations (UN) trusteeship, which mandated Britain with the development …
EventBeginning of the Waterberg Battle in the Herero Revolt
… South African control after World War One and then under UN Trusteeship. Namibia finally gained independence in …
EventYoussou N’Dour, Senegalese singer, is born.
… serving as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations (UN). In 2008, N’Dour launched his microfinance company, …
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 1 - People, Politics and Ideology by Malegapuru William Makgoba
… No foreign government recognised the independence of the homelands . Given these factors, the government began to … Press, 1990, p.224. recrimination ”” an…
ArticleTimeline of the History of Rugby in South Africa
… 1967 New Zealand All-Blacks cancel tour of South Africa in response to Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd's announcement …
EventDurban Declaration is published denouncing Thabo Mbeki’s AIDS denialism
… caused AIDS. The declaration was signed and published in response to then President Thabo Mbeki’s AIDS denialism. … and this viewpoint affected the South…
EventCastro decides to send troops to Angola to fight South Africa
… Fidel Castro decides to send Cuban troops to Angola in response to South Africa's invasion of the country. After … UNITA as part of its strategy of…
The African Resistance Movement (ARM): An Organisational History
… Sharpeville Massacre and its aftermath. The heavy-handed response of the state saw thousands of activists detained and … with IDAF in Britain and travelled…
EventThe last French troops pull out of Rwanda
… the start of the genocide. By the time the United Nations (UN) troops had been stationed in Rwanda, thousands of Tutsi …
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 97th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2009
… struggle is waged in a complex world and that the ANC`s response to this world must have regard to both domestic and … commercial farming areas and…
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki leads a government delegation to the funeral of former state president, P.W. Botha
… South Africa, whereby more autonomy could be provided to homelands and power could remain in the hands of the White …
ArticleOliver Reginald Tambo Timeline 1917 - 2011
… Council Resolution on Apartheid 1964 Addresses the UN Special Committee on Apartheid on the situation in South … Nations General Assembly in New York 1977…
EventThe Motsuenyane Commission finds the African National Congress (ANC) guilty of abuse in its camps
… committed in ANC camps also began to surface in 1992.In response to allegations that ANC members tortured individuals … paid to victims was made, but this…
Reclaiming Radical Traditions of Workers' Education by Linda Cooper and Sheri Hamilton
… education in our country, and points to some of the un- and under-researched areas that could bear fruit in the …
ArchiveThe declaration of the state of emergency
… Statement issued in response to the declaration of the state of emergency …
ArchiveUngovernability and peoples power
… Discussion document on organs of people's power in response to a request from activists. …
ArchivePutting the Black Renaissance Convention into correct perspective
… A memorandum in response to "biased", mainly press, reports of the Black …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… liberation soldier, James Mange , were circulated at a UN Women's Conference in Copenhagen. 500 signatures were … against South Africa, organized by the…
ArchiveBlack Peoples Convention: Press Release 3rd March 1973
… The Black Peoples Convention press release in response to the banning of Black leaders …
EventBeverly Palesa Ditsie is the first out lesbian woman to address the United Nations about LGBT rights
… of Ditsie’s address can be found here: http://www.un.org/esa/gopher-data/conf/fwcw/conf/ngo/13123944.txt …
EventSouth Africa, Cuba and Angola Sign formal peace agreement, allowing Namibian independence from South Africa
The agreement was the culmination of months of intense diplomatic efforts brokered by the United States. South African President P.W. Botha proclaimed, "A new…