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Post NEC & Lekgotla Briefing, 30 January 2017
… The African National Congress invites members of the media to a media briefing on the outomces of the NEC … Seme Street, Johannesburg Issued by the African…
EventFirst Multiracial Election is held in Zimbabwe
… After a war of independence fought between members of various liberation … supported by groups such as the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan…
EventCosatu offices in Durban under attack
… supporters spilled into central Pietermaritzburg when the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) offices in the town … and their alleged links with…
Grade 4 term 2 Timeline: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… in the Transkei 1939 He enrols at the University College of Fort Hare. 1940 He is expelled for participating in a … 1942 He completes a BA degree through the…
Document 12 - Notes prepared by Nelson Mandela for his meeting with P. W. Botha
… it falls to me to say a few words to bring this Special Congress to a close. Vote of thanks First a word of thanks. For myself, and on behalf … need to thank…
EventWinnie Mandela is dismissed from government
… Following weeks of speculations on the fate of Winnie Mandela in the … by parliamentary parties as well as the African National Congress (ANC) and its…
EventMandela is awarded the Joliot Curie Gold Medal for Peace
… The paper 'Leader' announced that African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela has been awarded the … Peace the previous week. The announcement came…
EventTripartite Alliance plans mass action
… The Tripartite Alliance, consisting of the African National Congress (ANC), South African Communist Party (SACP) and Congress of South African Trade Union …
EventWorld Leprosy Day is celebrated in SA
… Hundreds of representatives from leprosy non-governmental … from 30 January to 3 February for the African Leprosy Congress. The convention was coordinated by…
EventPolitical parties call for Constitutional changes
… The New National Party (NNP) strove for the insertion of a lockout right as a counter measure to labour's right to … provision for single-language education…
EventPolitical activist and lawyer A. P. Mda is born
… Political activist, teacher and lawyer, co-founder of the African National Youth League (ANCYL) and its … also part of the breakaway group from the African…
EventTrade union federation, COSATU, celebrates its 26th anniversary
… The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), a federation of various labour unions, was established on 2 December 1985 … years in the Tripartite…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew
… 29 May [1943] Document 4 - B.M. Kies "The Background of Segregation", Address delivered to the National Anti-CAD … of the All-African Convention and the…
EventCyril Ramaphosa resigns as ANC Secretary-General
… confirmed that he was resigning as African National Congress Secretary-General, as well as from Parliament. … Speculation around Ramaphosa's resignation was…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… a map that gold is to be found in the approximate vicinity of either the Witwatersrand or the Magaliesberge. 1852 Gold … of 1922. 1912 8 January, The South…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 11
… in his own community. He was faced with a rising storm of opposition from he anti-segregationalists led by Dr. Naicker in Natal and Dr. Dadoo in the…
Indian South Africans timeline 1940-1949
… is held between the Nationalist Bloc, Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) leadership and the Indian Agent-General, Sir … the meeting ends in failure. February,…
Condolence book for Comrade Ahmed Kathrada, 28 March 2017
… The African National Congress mourns the passing of Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe, Comrade Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada … from 14h00 this afternoon. Issued by the…
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… many years there was tension within the African National Congress (ANC) between those with different ideological and theoretical views. One of these views…
ArticleThe 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike
… Introduction: Background to the Strike The formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 was a development that … to six-month terms in prison, the African…
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
… article was written by Nicole Dellaportas and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … women were officially allowed into the…
Rixaka
… Rixaka, the cultural journal of the African National Congress, was launched to establish a … for a liberated country. President of the African National…
ArticleThe Pietermaritzburg Treason Trial, 1984
… early 1980s the government took steps to control the level of resistance in the country. Its solution was to arrest key … Democratic Front (UDF), the…
EventCOSATU leads an anti-VAT strike
… The Congress Of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) called a two-day … manufacturing industry. COSATU and the African National Congress (ANC) issued a…
Statement congratulating Amanda Coetzer and Wayne Ferreira on winning the Hopman Cup, 8 January 2000
… The African National Congress congratulates South African tennis stars Amanda Coetzer and Wayne Ferreira on their winning of the Hopman Cup. The two are…
Chronology
… 1935 May , Joint Select Committee of Parliament tables the Representation of Natives Bill and … December , "Silver Jubilee" Conference of African National…
EventUnited Front launch in jeopardy
… The proposed launch of the United Front was threatened when the Azanian People's … other organisations. On 20 October the African National Congress (ANC) and…
EventAfrican leaders issue a call for African unity
… Twelve African leaders, mainly from the African National Congress (ANC), issued a Call for African Unity. These … apartheid and its dangers to African…
Article”People’s Power!”, 1986
… In January 1986, the UDF met the African National Congress (ANC) for talks in Stockholm. It was at these talks that the position and future role of the UDF…
ArticleThe 1992 Whites only referendum ‘For’ or ‘Against’ a negotiated constitution
… President Frederick Willem de Klerk announced the results of a referendum in which only white people were allowed to … to negotiations between the NP and the…