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The Afrikaner Bond
… Afrikaner Bond The Afrikaner Bond, an Afrikaner political organisation that was effectively the first political party … Toit and it was his vision of the…
Article1910-1924: African nationalism and working-class and popular protests
… at Bloemfontein on 8 January 1912 to establish a national organisation to protest against racial discrimination and to … ). Both the newly formed ANC and the…
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
… turned state witness and a spy who had infiltrated the organisation. When the court convened on 25 January, a letter … The Bophuthatswana police eventually…
ArticleAfrican nationalism and working-class & popular protests, 1910-1924
… at Bloemfontein on 8 January 1912 to establish a national organisation to protest against racial discrimination and to … ). Both the newly formed ANC and the…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… of the most important turning points in the history of the organisation's existence up to that time. The adoption was … the establishment of another broader…
Document 8 - Letter on the current situation and suggesting a multi-racial convention, from Chief Albert J. Luthuli to Prime Minister J.G. Strijdom
… loyalty is owed primarily, if not exclusively to this organisation and particularly to our Lusaka Headquarters … the normal course of events, I would put my…
The Soul Of The ANC Under Attack by Frank Chikane
… cancer that slowly makes its way into the very soul of the organisation threatening its critical organs, and thus its … the expense not only of the people…
The Role Of The Indian People In The South African Revolution: An Interview In 1968
… South African Indian Congress is still technically a legal organisation. How legal is it in practice, and how is it … calling for support for the armed…
EventSASO leader, Abram Tiro is assassinated
… Abram Tiro, a leader of the South African Students' Organisation (SASO), was killed by a parcel bomb near … down. Tiro's remains were exhumed by the Azanian…
EventSouth African boxers,Zolile Mbityi and Peter Malinga both win world titles
… South African (SA) flyweight, won the International Boxing Organisation (IBO) flyweight title, while Peter Malinga, SA welterweight, won the International…
Student Politics in the Era of Democracy
… the first democratic elections the South African Students Organisation (SASCO) continued the tradition of militant … expectations. There is no contradiction…
ArticleSharpeville Timeline
… Organisations Act which will allow the minister to ban any organisation that it deems furthering the ideas of … Justice Minister Erasmus states there can be…
Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s
… employees that aimed to be a national, non-racial umbrella organisation that could coordinate Black trade union … South African Students (COSAS) and the…
ArticleEnd Conscription Campaign (ECC)
… year, at their national conference, the activist women's organisation, the Black Sash , passed a resolution calling … period). In August 1988 the ECC became…
EventOliver Tambo returns from exile
… Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu, and was elected as the organisation's Secretary. He was appointed as the Secretary … as Acting President. He was elected as…
EventSouth African History Online goes live
… The South African History Online non-profit organisation's website began operations on 22 January 2001. CEO Omar Badsha founded the organisation as a Section…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - List of Abbreviations
… Management MK Umkhonto we Sizwe NP National Party OAU Organisation of African Unity RDP Reconstruction and … Defence Force Union SWAPO South West Africa…
ArticleAbstracts presented for the 1973 Durban Strikes Conference
… Academia and activism: A unique alliance in working class organisation post 1973 by Vannessa Kruger Speaking for …
Chapter 12 - Blind alley of guerrillaism
… of defence against police violence was effective counter-organisation and the collective mobilisation of counter-force … confronted the forces of the state…
Document 91 - John Gomas, “The Native Representation Bill is Passed: What Must be Done Now?” Umsebenzi, 25 April 1936
… mighty force which must decide to work out a programme of organisation and action of an all in National Liberation … FOR AN ALL NATIONAL LIBERATION MOVEMENT…
BiographySindiso Mfenyana
… facilitating its transformation from a politico-military organisation into a well-prepared political party. Spurred on …
EventSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) is formed
… Congress (SAIC) and the South African Coloured People's Organisation (SACPO). Following the Sharpeville Massacre, … Those office bearers in exile re…
Rejuvenation of the ANC and intensification of the struggle 1940s
… ANC had started allowing women to become members of the organisation, and in the same year, the ANC Women’s League …
ArticleCape Youth Congress (CAYCO)
… with the police and army making possibly the most militant organisation in the region. The state responded by arresting …
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… the government. They also wrote to the African People’s Organisation (APO), a political organisation representing Coloured people. In response, APO … and…
Call for the observance of Human Rights Day: Albert Luthuli, 12 December 1959
… The formulation and declaration by the United Nations Organisation of human rights and the fundamental freedoms was … be contrary to the nature and spirit of…
EventWhite women achieve suffrage in South Africa
… Temperance Union (WCTU) in 1899. The goal of this organisation was to campaign against the trade in alcohol, … considered the greatest contributor to moral…
Statement on ANC central number and information line, 10 October 2005
… access to ANC offices and important information about the organisation. By dialling one number, members of the public … in information technology to make…
EventWorld Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
… in Northern Italy. Among the notable successes of this organisation is that they have achieved a 75% decrease in the … is not true for all Muslim countries…
EventSouth Africa joins the OAU
… South Africa was officially admitted as 53rd member of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) at a summit, held in … unity and solidarity between African…