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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…
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…
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…
ArticleNatal Workers’ Theatre in the 1980s
… its height in the 1980’s, the South African province of Natal (now known as KwaZulu Natal – KZN) saw a … mid-1950s trade unions affiliated with the South…
ArticleThe Nelson Mandela Presidency - 1994 to 1999
… In 1991, Nelson Mandela was elected the president of the African National Congress (ANC), and his friend and colleague, Oliver Tambo , … (FF) 2.2 %,…
ArticleBiko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath
… In the wake of the urban revolt of 1976 and with prospects of a national … the Black Consciousness Movement. The United States Congress also called for a…
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…
Archive”Native Union”. Article by Pixley ka Isaka Seme, in October 24, 1911
… to write a full and concise statement on the subject of the South African Native Congress, so called. I feel, however, that I shall better … subject of…
ArchiveBiography of Dorothy Nyembe by Thomas Boatman
… Dorothy Nomzansi Nyembe was born and she would become one of the premier freedom fighters in the struggle against … age. She was an active leader in the…
Chapter 14
… at disruption The farcical elections were over. Most of the old M.R.C.s had been returned to the dummy council, … Movement was claiming the attention of the…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott - Timeline
… 22 June 1946 — The Government of India requested that the question of the treatment of Indians in the Union of South Africa be … and the racial affairs. 1958…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Mkhize by Rachel Manak
… Florence Mkhize was an active member and leader in some of the most prominent organizations that worked to end … that encouraged members of the African…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Abbreviations by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… Food and Canning Workers' Union ANC ”” African National Congress (South Africa) FSAW ”” Federation of South African Women PAC ”” Pan-African Congress (South…
ArchiveCHAPTER 1 - Old Battle-Cries and Borrowed Language by Howard Barrell
… operational strategic heritage, 1960-1975 The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the … outlawed the ANC and its offshoot, the…
Chapter 5 - The Freedom Charter
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 5 - … of the essential aims of our struggle, was adopted at the Congress of the People,…
ArchiveMeeting between Minister F W de Klerk and Lt Gen Antonio Dos Santos Franca Ndalu, Leader of the Angolan delegation to the Cape Town JC Talks accompanied by the Angolan Deputy Foreign Minister Mr Venancia Da Silva Moura: H F Verwoerd Building, 27 April 19
… Klerk and Lt Gen Antonio Dos Santos Franca Ndalu, Leader of the Angolan delegation to the Cape Town JC Talks …
Mayibuye
… for many years as a small, underground newsletter, was one of three African National Congress publications alongside Sechaba and Dawn (Umkhonto we … debate…
EventAlexandra Action Committee member is shot dead in Johannesburg
… On this day Mr Mahlomela Mabizela, a member of Alexandra Action Committee (AAC) and chairman of the Alexandra Student Congress (ASCO) was shot dead through…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 4: Turning points in modern South African History since 1948
… the Sharpeville massacre, Soweto uprising and the release of Nelson Mandela and unbanning of liberation movements have … massacre At the annual conference of…
EventSouth Africa's new constitution is approved
… The adoption of the South African Constitution on 8 May 1996 was one of the turning points in the history of the struggle for … of generations of anti…
EventPAC attends Patriotic Front Conference
… After a long pursuit by the African National Congress (ANC) and other African countries, the Pan African Congress of Azania (PAC) acceded to meet with the…
Pretoria Socialist Society
… The Honourable the Prime Minister, Union of South Africa, House of Assembly CAPE TOWN Honourable Sir, … I consider it my duty as leader of the African…
”Apartheid Over Our Dead Bodies:” Speech, July 1948
… accorded me here this afternoon. I know that this welcome of yours is but an indication of the united stand of the … with any decision taken by the Transvaal…
EventPolitician and Community leader Horatio Mbelle dies
… He was widely regarded as the best court interpreter of his day and was a talented rugby and cricket player who … under the banner of the South African…
EventThe Defiance Campaign against apartheid laws begins
… Following the adoption of a Programme of Action in the 1949 annual congress, the ANC began the 1950s with mass action campaigns … racial groups under the…
EventSouth Africa's TRC begins its formal hearings into Human Rights Violations
… Hall. The South African TRC was set up by the Government of National Unity (the democratic government since 1994) to help deal with violations of human…
EventSouth Africa Freedom Day - 26 June 1950
… the Unlawful Organisations Act and the Suppression of Communism Act. In March 1950, the African National Congress (Transvaal), the Communist Party of South…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1654-1899
… South East Asia are introduced to the Cape. 1820 A number of Indians arrive in Cape Town from Bencoolen. A certain Mr … (SA) Indian political organisation,…
EventANC, COSATU and SACTU issues a joint statement in Lusaka
… The South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the … [Accessed: 05 January 2014]|ANC, …
EventTwo top SA scientists are refused entry into Russia.
… into the Soviet Union during the International Science Congress in Leningrad. The scientists were Prof. L.H. Wells, Head of the Department of Anatomy at the…