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ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU)
… During the 1920s, the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) - which changed its name to the African National Congress (ANC) in 1923 - did not…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 1
… over the negotiation process. During the two days of discussion the mechanism and technicalities of transition … an unresolved issue between the African…
ArticleTransition to Armed Struggle by Norman Levy
… 1961 and the Rivonia arrests in July 1963 was a period of preparation for both sides, revealing nothing of the … would be separate, but linked to the ANC and…
Institute for Industrial Education (IIE)
… in May 1973, to serve as a school for trade unionists of all races and to provide basic information and skills for … recognised and allowed to conduct a…
ArticleContinued resistance and internal criticism 1920s and 1930s
… In the following years, the African National Congress (ANC) leadership evolved to be more inclined to … which called for ‘comprehensive segregation’. The…
Chapter 11
… African National Congress Now it is not so difficult to recognise the first … is clearly perceptible. The chiefs and the members of these dummy councils…
ArticleIndian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
… against black groups intact. The Immigrants Regulation Act of 1910 consolidates existing immigration laws of the … 19 October, at a meeting of the Natal…
Durban Historical & community
… Did you know An interesting history to mention is that of Inanda just outside Durban. Inanda was home to three key … to – Dr. John Langalibalele Dube , the…
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … of the new leadership that took over Natal Indian Congress, the…
Planned DA march to Luthuli House, 23 January 2014
… The African National Congress is aware of the intended march by the Democratic Alliance to the ANC … to address the issues it purports. The African National…
ArchiveLong live Ruth First by Gavin Williams, 17 August 2019
… for Ruth First, after she was assassinated on the streets of Maputo by South African agents, Ronald Segal, another … After the government banned the CPSA in…
ArticleThe Sedition Trial 1946 - 1948
… The history of the struggle against racial oppression and exclusion in … South African Communist Party , SACP), African National Congress (ANC) and the…
Liberation organisations
… United Democratic Front (UDF) was a non-racial alliance of about 400 national, regional and local organisations. It … Charter . The UDF was supported by the…
ArticleIndian South Africans
… From bondage to freedom - The 160th anniversary of the arrival of Indian workers in South Africa The feature … formations, the most prominent being the…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1900-1909
… permission. 1901 January 23, Conveys condolences on behalf of Indians on Queen's death. February 2, Lays wreath at … farewell meetings and receives address…
ANC Youth League Manifesto 1944
… Issued by the Provisional Committee of the ANC Youth League in March 1944. PREAMBLE WHEREAS … was passed by the conference of the African National Congress…
Letter on plans for June 26, from the Rev. J. J. Skomolo to Professor Z. K. Matthews, June 16, 1950
… feet. We must study the conditions and internal affairs of the nation. We are a conquered nation, this we must admit. … at the mercy of the Communist Party,…
Memorandum To The United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, June 1968
… I. The South African Indian Congress has on many occasions broughtto the attention of the United Nations and its Member States thecondition of … Indian…
Chapter 9 - Division weakens the movement
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 9 - Division weakens the movement During the 1950s Congress activists had built, if not…
EventCOSATU intensifies campaign against apartheid
… South Africa's largest labour federation, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), held its third annual congress from 12-16 July 1989. The…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… Minute 4 May 1990 The government and the African National Congress agree on a common commitment towards the resolution of the existing climate of violence…
The turn to armed struggle
… Act . Severe state repression, the detention and banning of leading political activists, forced the ANC to discuss … consider the turn to the armed struggle…
ArticleJames Sebe Moroka Timeline 1892 - 2012
… as a medical physician. Moroka marries Maggy, daughter of Chief Fenyani. Moroka sets up a medical practice in a … 1936 Moroka sets up a medical practice in…
Countdown to the elections July 1993 – April 1994
… From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman In July 1993, … nation had been waiting for and the…
NELSON MANDELA FOUNDATION RESPONDS TO REPORT IN THE DAILY TELEGRAPH 3 March 2001 The followng letter has been sent to the editor of the Daily Telegraph in London in response to an article published in that newspaper today 3 March 2001.
… March 2001 The followng letter has been sent to the editor of the Daily Telegraph in London in response to an article …
Document 15 - E. R. Roux, Black and White Trade Unionism in South Africa, 28 July 1928
… The first trade unions in the country were white unions of skilled workers. Most of their members were immigrants … Unions are affiliated to the South…
ArticleConvention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA)
… over the negotiation process. During the two days of discussion the mechanism and technicalities of transition … ANC Absent from the Convention was the Pan…
Document 15 - “Ruth First , “Progress in Unity Talks: African Organisations Agree Principle”, The Guardian , 23 December 1948
… organisations in this country, the African National Congress and all three hours African Convention, meeting here … agreed after three hours' tense debate on…
ArticleThe 1913 Women’s anti-pass campaign in the Orange Free State
… When the Union of South Africa was established in 1910, there was already a … An organisation known as the Orange River Native Congress appealed to the…