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ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… is elected ANC president and begins to rejuÂvenate the organisation. He gives the go-ahead for the formaÂtion of … Dhlomo of the ANC and L.A. Smith of the…
EventSouth African poet Vincent Oliphant is born
… a poetry competition held by Concept, a Belgian cultural organisation and the following year was invited to take part …
EventTrial of nine BPC and SASO leaders ends
… People's Convention (BPC) and the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) ended on this date. They were found …
EventMandela suspends talks in the wake of Boipatong Massacre
… the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA). The organisation placed the blame squarely on the shoulders of De …
EventUnited Front launch in jeopardy
… the United Front was threatened when the Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) denounced fourteen of the more than …
EventNic Cruse, who worked for PC Plus, which was started by people within the Mass Democratic Movement is assassinated.
… premises were located at 37 Crart Avenue, Durban, and the organisation had previously clashed with right-wing groups …
EventThe Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) is launched
… nationally in 1989, the Traditonal Leaders part of the organisation had become one of the ANC's most important rural …
EventSouth African Foreign Minister, ‘Pik’ Botha denies South African support for RENAMO
… cease its support for RENAMO, an anti-government guerrilla organisation in Mozambique. …
EventDr. Neville Alexander and four others are found guilty of sabotage
… and Tilly Abraham from the South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo), he created the YCCC to promote …
EventANC becomes signatory to the Geneva Convention of 1949 and Protocol 1 of 1977
… Congress (ANC) President, Oliver Tambo, declared the organisation a signatory to the Geneva Convention of 1949 and …
ArchiveFrank Talk
… of the Natal Region of AZAPO, the Azanian Peoples Organisation, was later published by an Editorial Collective, …
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
… Institute ( MDALI ) and the with Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO), and is on record stating that she was … Dammers of the well-known ska band, The…
ArticleConvention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA)
… of a neutral party, such as the United Nations or the Organisation of African Unity . Other more extremist … such as the Conservative Party and Azanian…
ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
… Walker (1991:73-76) claims that most political organisation among women took place at community level and … that boosted the ANCWL's profile as a viable…
ArticleHighlights for 2013
… to let us know. Event Country Month Date Year Person / Organisation SA Cyclist, Burry Stander is killed. South … Puff Johnson ANCYL expels Shivambu for …
Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979
… a journalist and editor of Sechaba and the International Organisation of Journalists (OIJ) awarded him a gold pin in … Strini Moodley and other members of…
Document 10 - Letter from Nelson Mandela to Sir de Villiers Graaff, leader of the United Party
… Indian Congress , the only substantial Indian community organisation, has welcomed and endorsed the call for a … Party stand? We have yet to hear from this…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… (ANC) elected Nelson Mandela as Deputy President of the organisation. it also announced its decision to move its … the ANC military commander Joe Modise,…
EventMafika Gwala born
… that later split to form the South African Students Organisation. Sometime during 1966 and 1967 Gwala began to …
EventWorld Heart Day is first celebrated
… per day to cardiovascular diseases. The World Health Organisation (WHO) organizes awareness events in over 100 … [Accessed on 21 September 2012]| World…
EventSAP fighting in Zimbabwe
… Zambia, at the urging of the Liberation Committee of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in Kampala in July, 1967. …
EventNico Basson says that SADF had supplied weapons and covert assistance to IFP in order to weaken the ANC
… in Namibia to discredit the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) …
EventUnited Nations appoints Kofi Annan as secretary
… the nations of the world, it would be possible to make the Organisation leaner and more effective, while allowing it to …
EventThe League of Nations is established
… The League of Nations, an international organisation founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles …
EventHelen Zille, former leader of the Democratic Alliance, is born in Johannesburg
… Steve Biko. In the 1980s she joined the anti-Apartheid organisation the Black Sash . In the 1990s Zille joined the …
EventSA government threatens to pull out of the UN peace plan for Namibia
… action was taken against the South West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) fighting near the northern border. In …
EventAfrica Malaria Day
… Day. Subsequent to a proposal made by the World Health Organisation (WHO) Member States at a meeting held during the …
ArticlePrehistory of the Durban area
… in the area. This break is dated to about AD 1200. The organisation of Nguni settlements follows the principles of …
ArticleWhat makes a good or great leader?
… the community can benefit, like a soup kitchen, a charity organisation, building schools and other community buildings, …
Chapter 3
… but, as we have indicated above, there was not a single organisation capable of rallying the people behind it. There … leaders came together. Every leader…