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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 …
Opening address by President Jacob Zuma to the 2nd Biennial Summit on substance abuse, 15 March 2011, Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, Durban
… legends, Representatives of provincial and local drug action committees, Ladies and gentlemen, We are gathered to … the Provincial Substance Abuse Forums and…
Address at the 22nd Congress of the Socialist International, 27 October 2003
… international community with the necessary Programmes of Action to address the challenge of sustainable development in … have to ensure the implementation of…
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…
ArticleMandela and the South African Communist Party
… movement was not yet ready for a transition to military action. Presumably, it was taken for granted that the new … and the SACP, although his arguments…
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…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Essay Questions
An image showing the acculturation of indigenous Australian children by the British officials Image Source Essay Question To what extent did Australian…
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 …
ArchiveBiography of Dulcie September by Claire Albin
… guerilla warfare, uniting political theory with military action. [12] The YCCC was not simply a group of rogue … approach. The YCCC did not just theorize…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1920 - 1929
… The Conference takes a resolution to undertake mass action if the government does not repel the Act. February, …
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 …
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…
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…
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,…
“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…
A reply by Albert Luthuli to Mr. Jordan K. Ngubane`s attacks on the African National Congress, 5 June 1956
… are elected representatives of conference and for their action are answerable to delegates at conference and not to … being Nationalistic I am aware that the…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions 1994 - 2014
… services to the people and the anti-privatisation protest action campaign were also held. COSATU also participated in …
ArticleThe Sedition Trial 1946 - 1948
… attempted to curtail activities of the AMWU with action against the leadership and membership. For instance, …
Article2014 South African platinum strike: longest wage strike in South Africa
… two joint ventures because of the five-month long strike action. Those assets included Amplats’s Consolidated …