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EventGeneral C.R. de Wet was found guilty of treason for leading the Afrikaner rebellion of 1914
… on 20 November 1914. He was incarcerated with other rebel leaders in the Johannesburg Fort until his appearance and …
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The British evacuate Rustenburg to occupy Commando Nek and Silkaatsnek
… set-piece battles had become futile, and the Boers, under leaders like General De la Rey, had realized that war would …
EventHundreds of thousands of Hutus flee to Zaire
… ethnicity and the assassination of Tutsi and moderate Hutu leaders. While the genocide was ongoing, the civil war …
EventSouth African Defence Force (SADF) raid Maseru in an effort to kill suspected members of the African National Congress
… were planning attacks in South Africa against political leaders in the black "homelands" of Transkei and Ciskei. The …
ArchiveCongress Resister 1983 - 1989
… Economy Group. After the unbanning of the ANC in 1990, TIC leaders and activists became active in the newly-formed ANC …
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
… which took place between the National Party officials and leaders of the ANC who were imprisoned. After the Minister of … Nelson Mandela and also other…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
… held indefinitely. Nearly 2 000 political activists and leaders, are arrested in early morning raids and detained … favour due to the SACP’s relationship…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… of Information and Publicity. January, Eight veteran ANC leaders, together with the leader of the Mass Democratic … human rights lawyer Griffiths Mxenge. 27…
ArticleGandhi and the Passive Resistance Campaign 1907-1914
… and met with Union cabinet ministers, including their leaders, Smuts and Botha. Gokhale reported to Gandhi that … the spirit of Satyagraha. Release of…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Foreign Relations during Apartheid, 1948
… which was mainly drafted by the Tanzanian and Zambian leaders, was a statement outlining the diplomatic position of … the first step was to arrange meetings…
EventGambian Government overthrown in military coup
… the country when the coup took place. Jammeh, one of the leaders of the coup who deposed Jawara, eventually became …
EventIgnatius Iggy Mthebule remembered
Ignatius ‘Iggy’ or ‘Gab’ Mthebule was a student activist and leader associated with the Azanian Student Organisation (AZASO) in 1975. Iggy’s brother, Samuel…
EventSir John Robinson forms Natal's first ministry as Prime Minister
On 10 October 1893, Natal's first ministry was formed, with Sir John Robinson as Prime Minister, Minister of Education, and Colonial Secretary. Robinson, who…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… demonstrators gathered outside the legislature to hear ANC leaders demand “the disbanding of the racist parliament”. … of the Management Committee…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1947-Press Reports on the Campaign
… G.M. Naicker and Dr Y.M. Dadoo, the South African Indian leaders, arrived here yesterday and will leave Delhi on … visit New Delhi: Dr Y.M. Dadoo and Dr G.M…
ArticleA History of Abantu-Batho Newspaper 1912-1931
… in the SANNC. Saul Msane and Isaiah Bud M’belle, political leaders in the Transvaal, approached the Chamber of Mines in …
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
… The PAC leads a peaceful anti pass march and local PAC leaders first gathered at Sharpeville police station chanting … over to the police for arrest at…
Document 4 - B.M. Kies “The Background of Segregation”, Address delivered to the National Anti-CAD Conference, 29 May 1943
… terrible things might happen. Coloured used it and Indian leaders to increase their bargaining powers for petty … not be true, but it is certainly true that…
Chapter 3 - Exploring the feasibility of negotiation
… the value of negotiation. Of primary importance among its leaders was Oliver Tambo, a long-time associate and partner of Mandela. Both leaders were cut from…
Appeal for Action to stop Repression and Trial in South Africa: Statement at the Meeting of the Special Political Committee of the United Nations General Assembly by O. R. Tambo, New York, 8 October, 1963
… the South African situation. Trials of Mandela and other leaders By a significant coincidence, this, the first day … forms of racial discrimination, and…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the snap debate on the Shell House incident National Assembly, Cape Town, 7 June 1995
… speed and integrity. Madame Speaker; Our historic task as leaders requires that we work together to remove the … Shell House had been invaded, documents…
Negotiations, the ANC Vision of a New South African and the Indian Community Keynote Address by the President of the African National Congress, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… represents some of the most senior business and community leaders of the Indian community throughout the Transvaal. I … to ensure that we mobilise our entire…
Reports of the Passive Resistance Councils: Natal and Transvaal 1946 - 1946
… struggle coincides with the release of our national leaders, Dr G.M. Naicker and Mr. M.D. Naidoo after serving … uncompromising stand and the united support…
ArchiveHamba kahle Jennifer Davis 1933-2019
… Jennifer worked with Little Steven and a host of cultural leaders to tap the energy, power, and economic muscle of … for Mandela to address Congress and to…
PlaceThembuland
… According to Cape Parliamentary records, the Thembu leaders demanded, among other things, 4 magistracies with … 1894, the Glen Gray Act constituted the…
Message to the People of South Africa by O.R. Tambo, 26 June 1968
… who have fallen in the cause of battle. The imprisoned leaders and activists, among them Nelson Mandela, Walter … we must mention Moses Kotane, J.B. Marks, Y…
Press Conference in Maputo: Comments by Oliver Tambo on South African offer of territory to Swaziland, 5 March 1982
… authorities, or between the Swaziland authorities and the leaders of the southern African region." "As a result," he … exhaust the possibilities of having it…
ArchiveUnlike The Gambia’s Jammeh, Mugabe may not disappear, 22 November 2017, AZAD ESSA
… know well: African governments are riddled with former leaders pulling strings from an outside line. Just last … military that blocked the work of…
PlaceEthiopia
… as an independent state, within a few days. Sixty-eight leaders of the former military government were put on trial … as an independent state within a few…
”Policy of the Congress Youth League.” Article by A. M. Lembede, in May 1946
… Some foreigners Asiatic or European who pose as African leaders must be categorically denounced and rejected. An … the worship and idolisation of white men,…