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ArticleNew identities and the construction of heritage
… of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations Organisation (UNO) in 1948. It is the basis for human rights … the African Union, the Commonwealth…
ArchiveANC National Conference: Building the ANC
… by the African National Congress Commission on Building Organisation for the ANC National Conference in July 1991 in Durban. Covers who builds the ANC, the…
EventThe Federation of South African trade unions
… Trade Unions (FOSATU) was to be a national umbrella organisation that could coordinate the movements of Black … Trade Unions (FFATU) disintegrated in the…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Bibliography
… Minutes of the Inaugural Conference of the Natal Indian Organisation. 4 May 1947. Correspondence from the Natal Indian organisation to J.C. Smuts. 21 May…
ArticleEconomic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… former ANC Youth League spokesman Floyd Shivambu. The organisation describes itself as a radical and militant …
ArticleThe Order of the Companions of O.R. Tambo
… pillar of international and multilateral relations. Organisation This Order can be awarded in three Classes: …
EventThemba Sono is expelled from SASO
… forced to resign as president of the South African Student Organisation (SASO) before he was expelled from the organisation during the second annual General…
EventFormation of the South African Native National Congress
… Dube was elected as its first president in absentia. The organisation developed out of a situation of racial exclusion … Africans in the country. As SANNC…
EventDorothy Nyembe is released from jail
… After her release she became an active member of the Natal Organisation of Women (NOW), a community organisation fighting against rent increases, transport …
EventFinal Commission report on University Christian Movement
… regard to its close ties with the South African Students Organisation (SASO), which was seen in government spheres as a radical organisation, aimed at…
EventZanzibar and Kenya are admitted to the United Nations.
… since the two African countries have been members. The organisation’s membership grew to 115 members that year. The United Nations currently boasts 193…
EventPaul Mosaka establishes the African Democratic Party
… Basner established the African Democratic Party (ADP). The organisation had the same goals as the African National … Congress ( ANC), but was more committed…
SASO Newsletter, 1970 - 1976
… in 1968 came agreement on the need for a new black student organisation and a representative conference of black … higher education formation, the South…
ArticleRivonia Trial 1963 - 1964
… military training for potential recruits. Thereafter the organisation dispatched more than 300 recruits abroad for … Congress have gone underground. This is…
ArticlePoqo in the Western Cape and Transkei in the early 1960s
… irritation among the people gave Poqo an entry point. The organisation offered to assist members and prospective … by Poqo were Africans believed to either…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer
… International Support: UNO - 1948 Support from persons and Organisation - 1946 Support from persons and Organisation - 1947 Support from persons and…
Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
Introduction
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1990-1999
… The ANC elects Nelson Mandela as Deputy President of the organisation. 5 April, At an informal meeting in Cape Town, … gives a speech at the 26th Assembly of…
ArticleMass Democratic movements, 1976-1983
… to Pango military camp. The South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) camps were not spared either. Botha's … Democratic Front (UDF) in 1983. The UDF…
EventThe League of Nations officially dissolves
… The Organisation for international cooperation and peace, the … was weakened by the failure of that country to join. The organisation ceased its operation…
Closing address by President Neslon Mandela at the 49th National conferenceof the ANC Bloemfontein, 22 December 1994
… defiance campaigns. It sought to transform the organisation from one which drew its leadership from the … couldn't find one in the ANC. And then we went to a…
EventThe Black People’s Convention (BPC) holds its first National Congress
… delegates and observers. The Congress followed the organisation's official launch in July 1972 in … a broad-based counterpart to the South African Students'…
EventGhanaian President Kwame Nkrumah calls on world leaders to impose “total economic and political sanctions” on South Africa
… a united Africa. Nkrumah was one of the founders of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and its first president. … to expel South Africa from bodies like…
Chapter 10 - The Character, Role and Significance of SANSCO
… chapters which discussed SANSCO's ideology and politics, organisation, mobilisation of students and collective … secondary literature on SANSCO. The only…
ArticleWages Commission
… benefit fund, which could attract workers to a common organisation. Workers readily took up this idea. The WC must …
ArticleSouth Africa needs a national holiday on 16 November to acknowledge its indentured
SOUTH AFRICA NEEDS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY ON 16 NOVEMBER TO ACKNOWLEDGE ITS INDENTURED LABOUR HERITAGEBy Brij Maharajhttps://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista…
Constitution of the AAC, December 1937
… national concern, This Convention resolves that a Central Organisation shall be formed with which all African … the following Constitution shall form the…
EventProposal for a new constitution
… government to remain in power during the transition. The Organisation of African Union was also exerting pressure of … drawing [up] the constitution [or]…
EventMogadishu seaport is handed over to the combined task force by UN
… seaport was handed over to the combined United Nations Organisation (UNO) and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) task force and closed to …
EventNigerian political campaigner, women’s rights activist and traditional aristocrat, Funmilayo Ransome Kuti is born
… October 1900 in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Kuti founded a women’s organisation with 20 000 members that comprised of literate and illiterate women. The organisation…