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EventSouth Africa Freedom Day - 26 June 1950
… South Africa, the Indian Congress and the African People Organisation organised a "Freedom of Speech Convention" in … Act. This call was supported by the…
EventGwala and Mothopeng are released from Robben Island
Two members of the banned liberation movements, Harry Gwala, a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and Zephania Mothopeng a member of the Pan…
4. The ANC underground between Rivonia and 1976
… association with the ANC was more than a formal political organisation; it was a cultural link for many people, a … symbols and activity represented both…
ArchivePress cuttings-repression of youth
… the youth in Soweto that has been organised by a community organisation in the same month, an artilcle on Sowetan …
ArchiveThe agrarian problem
… by I B Tabata to the Society of Young Africa (SOYA); an organisation affiliated to the Unity Movement and consists …
EventMembers of Mau Mau uprising in Kenya to receive death penalty for resisting colonial rule
… of the colonialists, when ordered to do so by the organisation. The British used concentration camps to …
EventAbdullah Abdurahman, medical doctor and Cape community leader, dies in Cape Town
… Founder and leader of the anti-apartheid African People's Organisation (APO) , he was the first non-White to become a …
EventSchool boycott in Port Elizabeth ends
… an estimated 80 percent of the Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organisation (PEBCO) aligned labour force downed tools in a …
Event26 parties meet to discuss future negotiations
… Volksunie participated; only the far-left Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) and several extreme Afrikaner parties …
EventVerwoerd’s grandson joins ANC
… card-carrying member of the ANC even before he joined the organisation. His main aim of joining was to reconcile with, …
EventANC Consultative Conference comes to an end
… Conference, which was held in Johannesburg following the Organisation's unbanning, came to conclusion. It was the …
EventA police mob attacks big SWAPO rally
… a rally organised by the South West African Political Organisation (SWAPO). The meeting was held in Katatura, …
EventSouth Africa approves the Constitution of the African Civil Aviation Commission
… AFCAC is a specialised and independent body of the Organisation of African Unity (now the African Union) which … of the African Civil Aviation Commission',…
EventA strike by White mineworkers turns into open rebellion
… Revolt. Read more about History of Labour struggles and organisation in South Africa. …
EventMoses Kottler, A leading South African sculptor of his time, is born
… as a sculptor. Kottler was a member of the New Group. The organisation's aim was, among other things, to bring artists …
EventProfessor Bob Hepple is born
… himself to building up this newly formed multi-racial organisation. He was joint editor of the SACTU newspaper, …
EventTwo former Soweto student leaders, Khotso Seathlolo and Mary Loate are given long term sentences
… South Africa illegally and being a member of a banned organisation in exile. Other key leaders who played a major …
Document 61 - A. Mon [M. N. Averbach] 4 , “A Comment on Trotsky’s Letter to S.A.”, Worker’s Voice, 1, 3, July 1945 […]
… which would become used to the traditional methods of organisation and struggle - trade union and political - of … national slogans Trotsky rendered great…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the celebration of the 90th birthday of former President Nelson Mandela, 2 August 2008
… for us to appreciate the manner in which you have led this organisation and our people. We are able to learn from your … high level of discipline, your…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Conclusion - By Riashnee Pather
… NIC in the early 1940' - and had been accused of using the organisation to further the position of the wealthier Indians … the revival of the NIC in 1971 was…
Document 2 - Against the C.A.D. for Full Democratic Rights [1943]
… us in a bad time, for they find us in a very poor state of organisation. We are still prepared, every man and woman … low ebb. Unfortunately, there exists no…
Esau Mokhethi reburial speech by AZAPO President Cde. Koti Dikobo
… that in 1994 the BCM (A) and AZAPO merged to produce a new Organisation called AZAPO. There has never been doubt in our … We have agreed on a Programme of…
The death of Mama Luthuli,16 December 1996
… in peace for the seeds of her struggle and that of her organisation, the ANC, are beginning to germinate. South …
EventJacob Thabo Lengane is murdered in Soweto
… politically motivated. Although both the Azanian People’s Organisation and the United Democratic Movement expressed …
EventThe launch of the Progressive Women’s Movement of SA
… to launch a new national women’s movement, a non-profit organisation called the Progressive Women's Movement of South …
EventThe participants at the multi-party forum negotiations agreed on both new structures of the police and defence force
… (ANC), Pan African Congress (PAC) and Azanian People Organisation (AZAPO). In recent years, police have come under …
EventThe UN lifts mandatory sanctions against SA
… not accepted and efforts were made to expel SA from the Organisation. The conflict centred on SA's contested mandate …
EventNamibians vote for a Constituent Assembly
… registered voters voted. The South West Africa People's Organisation (Swapo) won the election overwhelmingly and on …
EventThe Democratic Party, now the Democratic Alliance, is formed
… the formation of the Democratic Party in Johannesburg. The organisation was reformed as the Democratic Alliance (DA) in …
EventPretoria disputes compensation for Gaborone raid
… pay compensation for the loss of life. According to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), now African Union …