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Statement by Mrs. Gertrude Shope at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa and Namibia, 11 August 1981
… of Lillian Ngoyi, National President of the Women`s League of the African National Congress. The 20,000 women … decades and in violation of repeated calls by…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1500s
… begins to decline. This marks the start of many European nations pursuing the sea route rather than the land route to …
ArchiveWomen raise your voice in the future constitution
… with fists raised. ANC logo. Produced by the ANC Womens League (PWV). …
EventUN Secretary General is killed in a plane crash
… United Nations (UN) Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold was killed … that the lone survivor, Harold M. Julian, a United Nations security guard, said that a…
ArchiveMinutes of a conference held at 4 Eden Road, Glendinningvale, Port Elizabeth
… Women's Defence of the Constitution League minutes of a conference held at 4 Eden Road, …
The Industrial Workers of Africa, 1917-1921 by Bikisha Media Collective
… workers". It is issued by the International Socialist League, a revolutionary syndicalist organisation influenced … white labour militants, the International…
If we want to understand African history, we need to understand the Battle of Adwa by Hannah Giorgis (Pambazuka News), 02 Mar 2016
… to be called Ethiopia. Long before the battle itself, both nations began to lay the groundwork for an Italo-Ethiopian … is rarely mentioned. The conflict…
BiographyAdrian Leftwich
… and poverty reduction: the primacy of politics ', United Nations Research Institute for Social development (UNRISD) …
Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede
… Walter Sisulu Introduction Early Writings Congress Youth League Activities African National Congress Activities …
ArchiveMarch for A Peoples government
… photo of youths marching with ANC banner; Text: ANC Youth League Anti-Republic Day Protest: March for a people's …
EventMogadishu seaport is handed over to the combined task force by UN
… Mogadishu seaport was handed over to the combined United Nations Organisation (UNO) and the Organisation of African … personnel. In April, the Council…
EventSAIC Executive meets in Cape Town
… in the preparation of the Indian case before the United Nations. Ashwin Choudree, delegate of the PRC's of Natal and … American people. However, the…
EventTogolese football player, Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor is born
… in Germany. The same year, he took part The Africa Cup of Nations. In 2010, Adebayor briefly retired from international … team’s bus were attacked on their…
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… Nelson Mandela, Walter is the co-founder of the ANC Youth League, and is appointed its Treasurer. 1946 While the mass … with the “toy telephone” of the NRC…
BiographyNokukhanya Luthuli
… and sewing. It served as a forerunner to the ANC Women’s League. Besides this, Nokukhanya was also involved in her …
ArchiveBiography of Florence Mkhize by Rachel Manak
… the African National Congres s (ANC), the Women's League of the AN C , the Sout h African Communist Party … members of the African National…
Appiah Saravanan (AS) Chetty
Appiah Saravanan (A.S.) Chetty was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) on 3 April 1929. He was the second of five children of Appiah and…
BiographyJudge Erns Jansen
Judge Erns Jansen was born in Pietermaritzburg on 27 June 1918. He was the son of Ernest Jansen, Minister of Native Affairs in the National Party…
BiographyKenneth Mosenyi
Kenneth Mosenyi was jailed for a month during the uprising in Bahurutshe. He was involved in the African National Congress (ANC) prior to his return from…
BiographyElliot Shabangu
Shabangu was an active organiser at the street level for the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) in Dube,…
BiographyLot Kgagudi Maredi
Following widespread resistance, the Native Affairs Department (NAD) was forced to abolish the Bapedi tribal authority because of a lack of support. This led…
BiographyMaqashu Leonard Mdingi
Leonard Maqhatshu Mdingi was born on 2 February1926. He grew up at his family homesteads first near Bizana, and then in Amadiba Location towards the coast in…
BiographyMolefi Nathanael Oliphant
Molefi Nathanael Oliphant was born on 6 March 1952 in Kroonstad, Free State. He started his career as a teacher in 1975 at Lekoa Shandu High School in…
EventDipuo Peters is born
… of the National Executive Committee of the ANC Women's League, Elizabeth Dipuo Peters, was born in the Kimberley …
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)
… housed at the only refugee camp provided by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) were faced with … in history is the formation of the…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 103th Anniversary of the ANC by Jacob Zuma
… anniversary of the re-launch of the ANC Women`s League, whose objectives remain the emancipation of women and … implementation of NDP. The ANC relies on its…
Extract from a speech by the Honourable the Prime Minister during the Cape National Party Congress at East London on 3 September 1975
… years 1 it has been my privilege to meet leaders of other nations, including coloured nations, and I have respected them as leaders of their own ……
Freedom In Our Life Time - Foreword by Walter Sisulu
… the political philosophy for an as-yet un-born Youth League, before presenting the document to colleagues such as … But of course Lembede, as a typical…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… Zambia and included thirteen poems. [32] 1976 The United Nations Institute of Namibia (UNIN) is founded in Zambia. It … Namibia Support Committee in…
ArticleSharpeville Timeline
… declared and over 11 000 people are detained. The United Nations Security Council begins discussions on South Africa … white’s only Citizen’s Force 1 April…