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EventThe ANC celebrates its centenary anniversary in Bloemfontein
… On 8 January 2012, the African National Congress (ANC) celebrated a centenary anniversary in … all the country’s nine provinces and paid homage to each of…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Source-based Questions
… Exam Memo Level 1 & 2 Difficulty Source A: Description of Robespierre’s 1790 speech. For the source’s online origin, … 1776. This document was originally…
EventJosiah Gumede is succeeded by Pixley ka Isaka Seme as ANC president
… Richard Msimang and George Montsio called for a convention of Africans to form the South African Native National Congress (SANNC). This organisation was…
ArchiveBibliography by Howard Barrell
… material. This material is contained in six volumes of Appendices to this dissertation which are held by Rhodes … *Tambo, O.R., `Statement by the African…
ArticleTruth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
… a court-like body assembled in South Africa after the end of Apartheid. Anybody who felt they had been a victim of violence could come forward and be heard…
ArticleBisho Massacre 1992
… was in mourning for those killed in the Boipatong Massacre of 17 June 1992, the Bisho Massacre added to the bleak … took place on 7 September 1992 in Bisho,…
ArticleCode Name Rae book launch soon
… in Durban. She continued her studies at the University of Natal, where she became assistant secretary to the … Representative Council (SRC) and came under…
EventJoe Slovo is born
… South African Communist Party (SACP) and African National Congress (ANC) leader and Minister of Housing was born in Lithuania. From 1950s Slovo became a … of…
EventCoup attempt on S Doe's government in Liberia
… headed by Brigadier-General Thomas Quiwonkpa, a faction of the Liberian military failed to take power from Samuel … by force and restore democratic rule…
67. The Xuma-Naicker-Dadoo Pact, 1947
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … In 1943, a conference of the South African Indian Congress…
ArchiveElizabeth van der Heyden by Allison Drew
… This article was made possible with the support of the British Academy Elizabeth van der Heyden, known as … to threaten public order or safety. The African…
ArticleThe Youth Struggle
… From the early years of colonial rule, South African youth had participated in … the country. Before the formation of the African National Congress Youth…
South Africa's freedom struggle by E.S. Reddy
… the Indian community to link its destiny with that of the African majority, in building the unity of all the … him chairman. It was acknowledged by the…
EventPolice break up demonstrations against South African rebel Cricket Tour
… force to break up demonstrations against a "rebel tour" of South Africa by the English Cricket team. Angry anti … apartheid demonstrators including the…
Archive25 Years of Freedom and Democracy: Success , Challenges and Solutions
… health and sport. As we are celebrating 25 years of freedom and democracy, I would like to thank all the … were kept for the minority only, government spent…
ArticleResponse to the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising by organisations in exile
… June 16 marks the commemoration of National Youth Day in South Africa. This is the day the … organisations in exile, notably, the African National Congress…
ArticleTutu and his role in the Truth & Reconciliation Commission
… serious atrocities against the Black majority. A number of brutal measures were adopted by the regime to deal with … organisations. The proscribing of the…
Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s
… late 1970s witnessed increased labour unrest in the region of the Western Cape. For instance, the Fattis and Monis … The federation was formed after the…
ArticlePassive Resistance Campaign Timeline
… 1906 11 September, A mass meeting of Indians took place at the Empire Theatre in Johannesburg … would also not be allowed to enter. 26 April, Natal Indian…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Matomela by Maximiliano Rubio
… who gave out warmth and life like the African sun, full of lively energy and songs and cheerfulness of her infinitely … causes, taking executive roles in the…
Article1973 Durban Strikes Conference , 26-28 January 2023 - Celebrating 50 Years
… January 8, 2023, will mark the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Durban Strikes and the emergence of a new wave of independent non-racial trade unions. This ……
The Durban Moment: Revisiting politics, labour, youth and resistance in the 1970s
… period in the early 1970s when Durban became the location of processes and events that were to impact significantly on … in parallel with the revitalisation…
ArchiveReflections on the political situation in South Africa
… Opening address by the Chairperson of the Natal Indian Congress at the 57th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, …
Post-detention weapons
… From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman As we have seen … Party) or people who supported the…
EventThe ANC Youth League is re-established at Orlando stadium in Soweto
… The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) was re-established at Orlando stadium in Soweto after an absence of thirty years from the political arena…
ArchiveThe Chairman and Comrades ANC SA Consultative Conference ...
… Address by leader of the South African Congress of Trade Unions to the African National Congress Conference in Morogoro, Tanzania. Speaks about the …
The African Women`s Demonstration in Natal: Report by Albert Luthuli to the Natal People`s Conference, 6 September 1959
… Since the middle of June 1959 to date, August 31st, 1959, Natal has been … among women at local level; they show how far and fast the Congress spirit of…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… moment in women’s history. On 9 August 1956, thousands of South Africa women – ranging from all backgrounds and … the first meeting of the South African…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… The first leader of the National Party (NP) became Prime Minister as part of … on his inclusion in the cabinet at the SAP Free State Congress, while the…
ArchiveCircular to all SACP regions
… Circular sent by the National Congress Organising Committee of the South African Communist Party (SACP) to Regional … on representation of structures and…