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EventCastro decides to send troops to Angola to fight South Africa
… in Angola with additional support coming from the United States. Cuban military support for the MPLA continued into …
EventBeatles records are banned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), due to John Lennon’s previous ‘Jesus’ comments
… erupt. In the piously conservative southern and Midwest states of the US, Beatles records and memorabilia were …
EventRobert Kennedy, American politician, speaks at the University of Cape Town about the racial inequality of apartheid
… and compared racial inequality and prejudice in the United States and South Africa. In his speech he appealed to the …
EventThe Angolan government announces a unilateral ceasefire
… Ibrahim Gambari and observers from the United States of America, Portugal, Russia and neighbouring African …
ArticleAmericas by the 1500s
… than one meaning. It is usually taken to mean the United States of America (USA), one of the countries on the North … parts of the Caribbean, Mexico and much…
BiographyIsmail Jacob Mohamed
Professor Ismail Jacob (Josef) Mohamed was born on 27 July 1930 in Barkley East, Eastern Cape. His parents divorced before he was five years old. His mother,…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Glossary
… Dea l: The New Deal was a domestic program of the United States which contained several programs between 1933 and 1939 … before World War I through the…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid, 12 January 1982
… aggression and destruction in Angola and in other African States cannot but project the United Nations as helplessly … in the first instance to a meeting of…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the meeting of the United Nations Special Committee against apartheid, 12 January 1982
… aggression and destruction in Angola and in other African States cannot but project the United Nations as helplessly … in the first instance to a meeting of…
ArchiveBiography of Flora Nwapa by Emily Coolidge
… to witness the strength of the women in her community. She states, “the women would dress as Yorubas and go into the … for lecture appearances from all over…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the European Parliament, Strasbourg: 17 November 2004
… is always something depressingly familiar”¦ "Africa's weak states need long-term assistance”¦" Six months after this … to David Harland's observation that …
Statement at the Swedish People's Parliament Against Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Stockholm, 21 February 1986
… by the arrogant and provocative reception in the United States of the puppet of Pretoria and Washington, Jonas … and others. The open endorsement of UNITA by…
Address by President Mandela at the 53rd United Nations General Assembly New York, 21 September 1998
… supported by a clear commitment by the nuclear-weapons States to the speedy, final and total elimination of nuclear … the threat of brute force, to assert…
Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
… aim was to train cadres in newly independent African states and friendly socialist countries. The latter part of … and cross-border raids against these and…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
1983 On 23 January, Allan Boesak makes a call for the formation of a ‘united front’ at an anti-SAIC Committee (TASC) conference in Johannesburg. Boesak…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Mayibuye,1 September 1981
… of the Angolan people and their duty as a member of the Frontline States, the OAU, the Non-Aligned Movement and the United …
Address at the French National Assembly Paris, 18 November 2003
… to deliver food and ammunition to the men who occupied the frontline trenches of combat in a war that claimed so many … accompanied by positive indirect…
Press Statement by O. R. Tambo, December 1964
… PAC, with Mr. Diallo Telli participating. [1] He further states that at the end of November there was a meeting …
EventCôte d’Ivoire gains independence from France
… CÁ´te d’Ivoire until his death in 1993. Newly independent states such as CÁ´te d’Ivoire inspired the liberation …
EventSouth Africa becomes a charter member of the United Nations
… expulsion of South Africa were the United Kingdom, United States of America and France. South Africa was re-admitted to …
EventANC rejects National Party proposal for a new constitution
… South Africa, whereas the ANC was adamant that the TBVC states should be re-incorporated into SA, the appointment of …
EventUS Secretary of State Colin Powell is heckled by activists on the closing day of the World Summit.
… and claps interrupted Powell's explanation that the United States is "taking action on global climate change," …
EventBoutros Boutros Ghali, former UN Secretary General, is born
… was nominated for a second term in office. The United States vetoed his nomination on the basis of his performance …
EventThe South African Air Force is established
… was fought in northern South West Africa and surrounding states. …
EventUnited Nations lifts arms embargo on South Africa
… during the 1980s, the embargo on arms sales by the United States was still enforced after the installation of the new …
EventThe Pretoria Supreme Court orders for an inquiry into the doctors' treatment of Steve Biko at the time of his death
… Even close allies of South Africa, Britain and the United States of America, expressed deep concern over his death. …
African National Congress Press Statement by O. R. Tambo, 5 November 1979
… governments of the major Western powers such as the United States, the United Kingdom, West Germany, France, Japan and … of consistent aggression against…
Canon Collins Memorial Lecture by Oliver Tambo, 28 May 1987, London
… to desist from further aggression against neighbouring States." On the specific question of the suspension of armed … system exists, whatever guise it…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… Mandela the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States’ highest civilian award. 10 July, Based on existing … fraud. In handing down his sentence, Judge…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
… 15, They leave Palapye for London, via friendly African states, to set up an overseas mission of the Congress … Indians and Communists are not welcome in…