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Address by President Nelson Mandela to the Joint Houses of Congress of the Republic Of Argentina Buenos Aires, 23 July 1998
… with all seriousness, believing that collective action in our globalised and interdependent world is … for that to happen. That will require co-operative…
ANC NEC meets (30th November, - 2 December 2001), 29 November 2001
… of December 2001 with the adoption of an organizational action plan for 2002. For more info contact: Nomfanelo Kota …
ArchiveInterview with Lybon Tiyani Mabasa
… colleagues he helped organize the caretaker Soweto Action Committee within days of the banning of all black …
EventThe UN General Assembly adopts resolution 1881, requesting South Africa to release all political prisoners
… National Congress (ANC). By 1950, the ANC's Programme of Action was implemented, which called for a series of strikes …
EventAssassination attempt on Kwame Nkrumah, first prime and later president of Ghana
… the Convention People's party (CPP). After his 'positive action' campaign created disturbances in 1950, Nkrumah was …
EventThe Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg, Bishop Ambrose Reeves, resigns
… massacre and the subsequent state of emergency. Reeves' action was vigorously supported by the Archbishop of Cape …
EventAlbert Luthuli is elected as an ANC President
… of Apartheid in 1948, the ANC launched the Programme of Action strikes and boycotts against the oppressive regime. …
EventStudents at Lovedale strike against new Code of Conduct
… harsh measures were taken to deter further student action. For a while, these measures seemed to have achieved …
EventThe Motsuenyane Commission finds the African National Congress (ANC) guilty of abuse in its camps
… the findings, but felt it inappropriate to take action against these members when the National Party had no …
EventThe United Democratic Front (UDF) is dissolved
… civil disobedience campaign was staged and with continued action spear-headed by the UDF, the state of emergency was …
EventMilitary coup is executed in Lesotho
… of addressing the demands. Soldiers supporting the labour action then surrounded his residence, and he was forced to …
EventUS Secretary of State Colin Powell is heckled by activists on the closing day of the World Summit.
… Powell's explanation that the United States is "taking action on global climate change," reflecting disapproval of …
EventBoutros Boutros Ghali, former UN Secretary General, is born
… the UN could intervene in violent conflict, he took little action in the case of Rwanda. Ghali was also unable to muster …
PlaceAlexandra, Township in Johannesburg
… to this! This counter-council was called the Alexandra Action Committee. The committee organised Alexandra into …
EventNelson Rolihlahla Mandela passed away
… political activities be allowed by the state. This action spurred further protests and appeals for Mandela’s …
EventFormer Ivorian president is extradited to the ICC
… president Ouattara had also requested that the ICC take action, and thus the Cote d'Ivoire case was also a …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Timeline
… 1994 March, Right-wing whites’ abortive military action in Bophuthatswana 1994 27 April, South Africa’s first …
Albert Luthuli`s foreword to pamphlet published by the South African Congress of Democrats, 8 August 1960
… it will disturb and shock many to realistic thinking and action. There is much at stake. There is no time nor room for cowardly thinking and action. Too many…
Message to the Rally to Relaunch the ANC Women's League by O. R. Tambo, Durban, 9 August 1990
… silence in their memory. For the ANC as a whole your action in relaunching the Women's League is of the utmost … one which we seek? In other words, I am…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… Rural Dealers’ Licensing Ordinance - limited the right of appeal. The Townships Franchise Ordinance - Indians lose … finally passed it suffered opposition…
The Road to Durban: Workers’ struggles, student movements, and the resurgence of resistance politics in Namibia and South Africa by Heike Becker
… By the time of the Durban uprising, protest and labour action had already erupted in South Africa’s colony. In …
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 78th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1990
… Historic Achievements We observed 1989 as the Year of Mass Action for People's Power. We are proud today that we have, … country for this historic…
“Peoples of the world united against apartheid, for a democratic South Africa”, Closing speech by Oliver Tambo at the ANC conference, Arusha, 4 December
… hand of friendship from people to people. Programme of Action All of us here have sat and planned together. Out of … After discussion we have set ourselves a…
68. Passive resistance 1946-1947
… decided on taking the first steps toward unity of action, and a historic declaration of co-operation and mutual … at United Nations is due to the passive…
3. The Communist Party of South Africa and the Communist International
… The CPSA had a difficult balancing act in broadening its appeal to Africans while remaining faithful to working class … students, two whites and one black,…
New Year Message to U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations by O. R. Tambo, 29 December, 1964
… our hope, Sir, that the New Year will see United Nations action of a kind which will unavoidably force the racialists …
EventUDF men takes refuge in the US consulate
… or possible re-detention. The three decided to take this action to highlight the plight of South Africans under …
PlacePhoenix Settlement and Gandhi Trail
… manual labour, social and economic justice, nonviolent action, principles of education and truth. Gandhi started …
PlaceSedgefield
… for the sheer breathtaking scenery. Yet the predominant appeal of Sedgefield is her uncomplicated charm and quiet …
The Detention Weapon
… South West Africa (Namibia), a response to SWAPO guerrilla action. Within a year it was put to use in charging South … and frequently place constraints on…