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EventSimon Petros Matseke, prominent in African social and political life, dies in Pretoria
… experience, he learnt to speak Dutch as well as a number of African dialects, which assisted him in his work as a … served on the National Executive of the…
EventPolitical activist, Professor ZK Matthews is born
… Matthews , was born in Kimberley in 1901, the son of Peter Motsielwa and Martha Mooketsi Matthews, a Tswana … Sol Plaatje, a founder member of the African…
Lives on the Line: An Invitation to a Gripping True Story
… beloved independent book haven, to celebrate the launch of LIVES ON THE LINE by David Africa. This is your chance to step into the world of a high-stakes…
EventRocklands Community Hall declared a heritage site
… On 20 August 2019, the 36th anniversary of the founding of the United Democratic Front (UDF) , the Rocklands … Rocklands Community Hall is significant as the…
EventOne-fifth of SA's military infected with HIV virus, so HIV positive people are no longer accepted into their ranks
… It was announced that at least one-fifth of South Africa's military was infected with the HIV virus … 1999 the SANDF reportedly stopped donating blood…
EventThe Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act is introduced
… Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act (Act 28 of 1946) was introduced on 15 March 1946 and passed in June … leadership. Naiker became the…
EventArthur Elias Letele, medical doctor and prominent ANC leader who went into exile in Basutoland, dies
… became active in politics. He joined the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL), as well as the local ANC … Campaign started in 1952, Letele…
EventNelson Mandela is born
… Mandela was born on 18 July 1918 in the small village of Mvezo , in the district of Qunu near Umtata , Transkei … had also resigned as the president of the…
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … deal with these developments. The South African Indian Congress…
EventPresident P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela conditional release from prison
… State President P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela , leader of the banned African National Congress (ANC), conditional release from the prison sentence ……
EventLiberation struggle activists, Gwala and Mothopeng are released from Robben Island
… Two members of the banned liberation movements, Harry Gwala , a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and Zephania Mothopeng a member of the Pan…
Umrabulo - Issue No.11, 2nd Quarter 2001
… Introduction Analysis of the Freedom Charter as adopted at Morogoro, 1969 The … identity in the 80s - Sandile Dikeni I was there at the Congress of the…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 2
… after it there was an outcry against the expansion of Indians, and to meet this outcry the Prime Minister, … character. It was not the first attempt to break…
Chapter 12
… Bogus Unities The method of open frontal attack on the part of the Congress die-hards did not work and they found it necessary … Assembly. In all these Dr…
ArchiveObituary: Eddie Webster’s influence over generations of students extended to the country and beyond its borders by Andries Bezuidenhout (Mail and Guardian), 6 March 2024
… to his family, friends and colleagues — unexpectedly died of a heart attack on Tuesday. He was 81 years old, but about … hike in the Amatole Mountains near…
Address by I. B. Tabata, AAC Conference, December 16,1941
… people, who looked spell-bound at Convention, were full of great hopes for the future of this Assembly. In the midst … disappointment for its own party…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
… was born in the village Camama in the Tsomo district of the Transkei to a very large family. Circa 1926 Albertina … decided to quit his job and join the…
ArchiveNegotiations, armed struggle and the ANC
… negotiations, the armed struggle and the African National Congress. Covers the African National Congress approach to negotiations and the armed struggle in a…
2002 Introduction By Jordi Martorell
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Lessons of the 1950s addresses all the main questions of … had to try to form the broadest…
EventThe UN General Assembly adopts resolution 1881, requesting South Africa to release all political prisoners
… With the inception of apartheid in 1948, numerous repressive laws limited the … from political organisations such as the African National Congress (ANC). By…
ArticleBoipatong massacre - 17 June 1992
… in Boipatong outside Vereeniging was attacked by a group of about 300 armed men from Kwa Madala Hostel in nearby … Nationalist Party (NP) government and the…
EventThe United Democratic Front (UDF) is dissolved
… Front (UDF) was formed in August 1983, and was one of the most prominent anti-apartheid movements, comprising of … By 1986, the UDF had held talks with the…
Press Statement by O. R. Tambo, December 1964
… December 23rd, Mr. Z.B. Molete, Publicity Secretary of the Pan Africanist Congress, is reported to have said that there are talks being … African National…
EventUmkhonto we Sizwe bombs Church Street, Pretoria
… One of South Africa’s deadliest terror attacks took place in … we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress, detonated a large mortar bomb…
EventSouth Africa closes its borders with Lesotho
… off fundamental food and fuel supplies. The relationship of the South African and Lesotho in the 1970s and early 1980s … while declaring his support for the…
EventANC rejects National Party proposal for a new constitution
… In a strongly worded statement, the African National Congress rejected the constitutional proposals by the … presented the constitutional proposal to a…
EventFreedom Day is celebrated in South Africa
… South Africa celebrates Freedom Day to mark the liberation of our country and its people from a long period of … The ANC, South African Communist Party (SACP…
EventMandela smuggled out the country and appears in Addis Ababa
… in 1962, Nelson Mandela was smuggled across the borders of South Africa. He was granted an Ethiopian passport by … as MK, which was the armed wing of the…
ANC statement on Zimbabwe, 26 May 2000
… The African National Congress wishes to reiterate its position on Zimbabwe as per the discussions and decisions of its last National Executive Committee (NEC…
Interview with Oliver Tambo to Radio Freedom, 01 April 1981
… who is allegedly being held by the ANC.] It is a lot of noise but I do not know if it is damaging to the African National Congress because it is noise about…