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Document 67 - Letter from the African Metal Trades Union, Johannesburg, to the Workers’ Party of South Africa, 21 February 1937
… of our conditions, and they force us to take strike action against them to protect our elementary rights. We ask …
EventMoroccan Army of Liberation attacks Spanish enclave of Ifni
… came in the form of the nationalist group - the Moroccan Action Committee (CAM). Moderate reforms were proposed by the …
EventDr Chris Barnard performs the world’s first human heart transplant
… chest of Louis Washkansky was electrically shocked into action. After regaining consciousness he was able to talk and …
EventEnforcement of military conscription for all white males in SA
… were often deployed to townships to quell anti-apartheid action.In 1983, the End Conscription Campaign (ECC) was …
Event7 People are killed during a SATS strike
… the mob failed to disperse, but allegedly took no other action. They were accused of complicity, but denied the …
EventAn international measure is adopted in Antwerp to block rebel groups from trading conflict diamonds
… recognized governments, and are used to fund military action in opposition to those governments, or in …
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… declare a strike at the New Kleinfontein mine. Industrial action spreads and by July the miners are preparing to … 7 March, General Strike is called by…
Pamphlet by Professor Z. K. Matthews, published in November 1946
… work. What is the meaning which must be attached to this action which is unprecedented in the history of the public … consideration by those in whom ultimate…
Archive2010 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2010
… productivity and competitiveness. Our Industrial Policy Action Plan and our new focus on green jobs, will build … better and faster. This year, 2010, shall…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the Budget Vote of the Presidency: National Assembly, 12th June 2007
… on the implementation of our annual Programme of Action. This in turn is published on the government website, … I would like to indicate that the annual…
African National Congress Press Statement by O. R. Tambo, 5 November 1979
… remains convinced that our victory demands the unity in action of all the oppressed people and the patriotic and …
Document 99 - Edwin T. Mofutsanyana, “All-African Convention: Masses Must Support It”, South African Worker, 9 January 1937
… and gives the Convention a chance to bring the masses into action. The elections must not be the subject of political … If it nominates militant candidates…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the plenary meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, 09 November 1982, New York
… the persistent buttressing of the apartheid system. This action-oriented consensus involving the overwhelming majority … heightened expectations for…
Chapter 8 - Negotiating an end to the deadlock
… of the process. The ANC also decided to embark on a mass action campaign to put pressure on the NP to accept its … declared the month of August a month of …
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… . Planning for the first phase The first phase of armed action was to be the December 1961 sabotage campaign against … be a graphic pointer to the need for…
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… and decided to follow the route of the ANC's Programme of Action and Defiance Campaign (committed to open defiance of … of an 'Africa for Africans' movement,…
ArticleThe Jacob Zuma Presidency - 2009 to 2017 (March)
… the FIFA World Cup hosted in South Africa - that decisive action was taken. Declared as “the year of job creation”, the … for what would eventually be ruled…
ArticlePoqo in the Western Cape and Transkei in the early 1960s
… March 1960 anti-pass (or, as the PAC called it, Positive Action) campaign resulted in many of its leaders being served … out programme and everyone seemed to…
Lekota and George resign ahead of disciplinary hearings, 3 November 2008
… October, and George on Sunday 2 November. The disciplinary action followed the decision of the ANC National Working …
News SABC ‘should be hitting the panic button’ over Jimi Matthews’ resignation by Ndileka Lujabe (City Press), 27 June 2016
… a number of journalists facing suspension and disciplinary action for simply doing their jobs and upholding the …
EventWalter Sisulu arrested under the Suppression of Communism Act
… in the ANC's adoption of the Youth League's Program of Action. In the same year, he was elected as ANC Secretary …
EventThe first Cape to Rio yacht race takes place
… African Ocean Racing Trust and immediately sprang into action. In co-operation with Clube de Rio de Janeiro, the …
Indian South Africans timeline 1940-1949
… that ‘we as Indians are not going to tolerate this action against us and even less against an Indian woman.’ … speeches but of meticulous organisation,…
ArticleKora
… The Northern Border Protection Act was passed to permit action against the Korana. A special border unit was …
ArticleGarveyism: Early 1900s philosophy
… The boycott was halted after six months of sporadic action. In the years that followed, further attempts were …
Address to the International Labour Conference Geneva, 8 June 1990
… even as they massacred they found words to justify their action and took action to punish even the dead as transgressors of their … repressive Labour…
Chapter 4 - Removing the obstacles
… and constituent assembly. The government feared mass action, and did everything possible to persuade the ANC to … the ANC's announcement of the suspension of…
Archive2023 - President Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2023
… as we usually would. The people of South Africa want action, they want solutions and they want government to work … to come. In July last year, I announced a…
Tell no Lies, Claim no easy Victories by Thabo Mbeki, 4 April 2016
… to promote their objectives, and take the necessary action to ensure that the resultant fabrications do not get … exaggerated the humanitarian threat to…
ArchiveCHAPTER EIGHT: Indian Resistance Politics In Transition, 1990-1996 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book