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ArticleOliver Reginald Tambo Timeline 1917 - 2011
… support from these two countries. 8 October, Addresses the United Nations General Assembly Special Political Committee … at the Meeting of the Special…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
… Introduction In 1948 with the election of the National Party and the enforcement of an Apartheid State, it took time … for a boycott, in 1968, that the…
ArticleWomen and the struggle against Apartheid
… Albertina Sisulu was elected president of the newly formed United Democratic Front (UDF). In this capacity she supported … apartheid from within the system…
ArticleAfrican Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
… It appealed for a rethink on relations with the United Party (UP ), the Liberal Party (LP) and Progressive Party … Committee demanded that the ANC and the…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1970 - 1979
… 1970 Early in 1970, the South African Communist Party (SACP) convenes a special meeting. Apart from members of the Central Committee, leading activists of…
ArticleAngolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Timeline of Events
… Africa withdraws due to a lack of support promised by the United States. UNITA and the FNLA withdraw to the bush where … establishes itself firmly as a…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 1
… On October 25 1991, ninety-two organisations that were united in their opposition to apartheid gathered in Durban to … required to manage the transition…
EPILOGUE
… worse by the factual inaccuracies, distortions and blatant party political propaganda involved in the manner in which … to say nothing about its gross…
ArticleThe Information Scandal
… influential newspapers such as the Washington Post in the United States of America and European newspapers. Moreover, … victory in the contest for the…
ArticleDr G M 'Monty' Naicker - Timeline
… Pegging Act, the first South African Act passed by the United Party Government imposing spatial segregation on the Indians … Dr Naicker as head of the NIC Dr…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… Hertzog met in Bloemfontein on 5 December 1934 to form the United South African National Party, commonly known as the United Party. In the general elections…
ArticleA history of Soweto
… success in the 1930s and 1940s. Once the Nationalist Party government came into power in 1948, it embarked upon a … in the Western Areas in Soweto. But,…
Grade 12 - Topic 4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
… a fascist state with a capitalist economy. The National Party was strongly anti-communist and said they were faced … in power with the help of the USA…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa: Movement towards Republic
… not something that was thought about only after National Party (NP) victory in 1948. In the 1830s when some Afrikaners … the SAP, and the alliance was…
ArticleYoung Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA)
… was to play a leading role in the affairs of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) , for 17 years, noted in his … had done regularly in the past with a…
ArticleNew identities and the construction of heritage
… Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations Organisation (UNO) in 1948. It is the basis … the UDHR was accepted at the UNO in 1948,…
ArticleCongress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa
… the two. The conflict that arose between Inkatha and the United Democratic Front (a movement strongly aligned with the … in Natal. An important aspect of…
ArticleThe 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike
… mining. This task first fell to the South African Party that prevailed in the Union’s first general election in … a lethal mix of coercion and legislation…
In summary: Factors resulting in the crisis
… and the Zulu nationalist movement called Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) . Inkatha resisted apartheid to some extent, but … for Kwazulu which was offered to them…
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
… 1948 26 May, DF Malan 's National Party government follows up its election victory with the … African People's Organisation, ANC Youth League, Communist…
ArticleThe ‘four nation’ thesis
… degrees by disparate political groupings such as the old United Party, the subsequent Progressive Party and the African National Congress . The National…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1940s
… Cissie Gool becomes the president of the Non-European United Front (NEUF). The Transvaal African Teachers … salary campaign. Hilda Bernstein joins the…
ArticleLenin’s implementation of Leninism in Russia and the changes made
… same philosophy. During this reform period the Bolshevik Party changed its name to the Communist Party, and established measures to restrict political … the…
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… learnt in Grade 9. Apartheid in South Africa The National Party come to power in 1948 and governed the country … a history of South Africa without using…
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
… apartheid throughout the country. With the launch of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in August 1983, this … of allegiance to the UDF, and a breakaway was…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… 1948 May 26 , The National Party (NP) wins election and immediately introduces apartheid … of the African National Congress (ANC) in the United States and at…
Article1960s: The Civil Rights and Black Power movements
… by the rivalry between the Soviet Union (Russia) and the United States of America. This rivalry was called the Cold … have from birth. In countries like…
ArticleThe Natal Workers Theatre Movement Timeline
… Union of Textile Workers SACP , South African Communist Party SACTU , South African Communist Party SACTWU, Southern … TUACC, Trade Union Advisory…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
… the violent civil strife between his followers and the United Democratic Front and African National Congress (ANC). … 20,000 lives during the last decade…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Congress (TIC)
… in 1983 and was prominent in the establishment of the United Democratic Front (UDF) . The formation of the TBIA The … He was also active in the formation of…