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ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… move from ‘passive resistance’ to the ‘armed struggle’. “Mandela’s” proposal By the end of 1960, popular resistance … country to begin re-organising…
This item by Oliver Tambo was published as the introduction to the book "No Easy Walk to Freedom" by Ruth First, 01 June 1965
… MANDELA AND TAMBO said the brass plate on our office door. We … the letters also spelled out our political partnership. Nelson and I were both born in the…
Biography of Hugh Masekela by Fardin Rahman
… against the South African government’s imprisonment of Nelson Mandela that demanded his release. The song was banned in … but became a signature anthem for…
Nadine Gordimer`s key note speech - Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award
… Ecclesiasticus 44.1 In the canon of human conscience Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is surely the most famously revered in the … his name will live in history,…
ANC to convene Provincial Memorial Services in honour of Madiba, 8 December 2013
… to mourn the passing the Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe Comrade Nelson Mandela. The ANC expresses its sincere gratitude to every … December 2013 ANC Eastern Cape…
EventUmkhonto we Sizwe bombs Church Street, Pretoria
… J. 2007. A Newspaper History of South Africa. Wynberg: Don Nelson Publishers, p. 131. ↵ [ii] Cameron-Dow, J. 2007. A Newspaper History of South Africa…
EventThe Rivonia Trialists are charged with sabotage and attempting to violently overthrow the state
… also able to arrest others such as Dennis Goldberg and Nelson Mandela. When the Liliesleaf raid occurred Nelson Mandela was serving a five year sentence for …
EventFormer SANNC President Sefako Mapogo Makgatho dies
… movement. He died on 23 May 1951 aged 90, the same year, Nelson Mandela’s son from his first marriage with Evelyn was born. In paying tribute to Sefako…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… for clemency and the release of major political figures. Mandela Captures the Spotlight 1980s, release Mandela poster. … all political prisoners and end the…
ArticleDemocratic Alliance (DA)
… and other liberation organisations, and the release of Nelson Mandela, the process of negotiating a peaceful solution to … with other parties in Tshwane ,…
Event46664 concert is held in Fancourt
… 46664 being the prison number of South African president Nelson Mandela during the apartheid era, was staged at the exclusive … that 100% of the ticket…
ArchivePoster: My wife was harassed by the state for 30 years
… Yellow background with black lettering. Photo of Nelson and Winnie Mandela hugging. Winnie Mandela Support Committee. …
EventWalter Sisulu, co-founder of the ANCYL and Umkhonto we Sizwe, is born
… militant, he was instrumental, along with Oliver Tambo and Nelson Mandela, in forming the ANC Youth League (1944). He was … "As international attention has…
ArchiveComrade comes home
… Welcome home Mandela poster. Green yellow and white poster with photo of Nelson Mandela and calendars of 1990 and 1991 …
ArticleSouth Africa’s electoral history timeline 1910-2009
… elections held in post apartheid South Africa with Nelson Mandela being elected as President. 1999 The second non …
Rejuvenation of the ANC and intensification of the struggle 1940s
… The leaders who formed the ANCYL were, among others, Nelson Mandela , Oliver Tambo , Walter Sisulu and Anton Lembede . …
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education
… academics to locate the primary document presented here ”” Nelson Mandela’s statement from prison on being offered conditional …
Oliver Tambo, 1 October 1987 - Reproduced in Oliver Tambo and the Struggle against Apartheid, edited by E. S. Reddy
… National Congress, who has been in exile since 1960, and Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu who have been in prison since 1962 … Secretary-General of the ANC,…
Oliver Tambo, October 1987
… National Congress, who has been in exile since 1960, and Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu who have been in prison since 1962 … Secretary-General of the ANC,…
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… first president. September 26 , Nomzamo Zanyiwe Winnifred Mandela , ex-wife of Nelson Mandela , is born at Bizana in Pondoland, Transkei. … of ANCWL. Ruth…
ArticlePretoria Timeline 1800-2009
… Trial begins, in which 30 of the accused, including Nelson Mandela were only released in March 1961 because the State … the Pretoria suburb of Silverton,…
EventJoe Slovo dies
… It was Slovo who in 1990 was credited with persuading Nelson Mandela and other resistance leaders to suspend their … Party since 1942, Slovo's long standing…
EventHelen Suzman is born
… conditions of prisoners. She visited former President Nelson Mandela several times at Robben Island. When Nelson Mandela signed the new constitution in 1996,…
PlaceKing Williams Town, Amatola
… just outside Ginsberg and is now a Garden of Remembrance. Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki hail from the area (it is just a … along the N2 to Umtata ) and many…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Introduction
… commissioned by The Department of Education Zinzi Mandela at Jabulani stadium 10 February 1985 © Mayibuye … academics to locate the primary document…
Keeping a cool head amid flying bullets: A tribute to Juda Ngwenya by Joseph Oesi (City Press), 26 October 2016
… exhibition. Picture: Janice Keogh South African President Nelson Mandela and American pop star Whitney Houston smile for … Picture: Juda Ngwenya/Reuters…
EventFormer Cabinet Minister Dullah Omar dies
… watched by the Apartheid government. In the period nearing Nelson Mandela’s release from prison, Omar was his spokesperson. …
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
… in Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and Durban. 1962 January, Nelson Mandela leaves South Africa for military training. March, … Rivonia trail , which results in…
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
… Coetsee (representative of President P.W. Botha) gave Nelson Mandela unpublicized visits in mid-1987 during the time that … the government to handle the…
EventTwenty former SA political prisoners launched a campaign against apartheid laws
… a month after the African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela met with President P.W. Botha at Tuynhuis on 5 July. At the time, Mandela was still…