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Event90-Days Act comences
… The General Laws Amendment Act of 1964 (passed in 1963) or the 90-Day Act, commences on this … to align Umkhonto We Sizwe with the African National Congress …
Author uncovers Gandhi’s links with early ANC leaders by Anelisa Kubheka (Daily News), 02 March 2012, Durban
… shown that Gandhi had close ties and friendships with some of the ANC’s early presidents when he was still alive. … 1912, along with the then president of…
Nelson Mandela by Oliver Tambo
… Magistrates' Court. Chancellor House in Fox Street was one of the few buildings in which African tenants could hire … College. With others we had founded the…
This item by Oliver Tambo was published as the introduction to the book "No Easy Walk to Freedom" by Ruth First, 01 June 1965
… Magistrates` Court. Chancellor House in Fox Street was one of the few buildings in which African tenants could hire … College. With others we had founded the…
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… The reaction of the outside world to the development of apartheid was … and Kanyama Chiume of the Nyasaland African National Congress were the main speakers,…
Group Areas Act and Its Effects on Indian People in Natal, May 1956 by Dr Gangathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker
… The Group Areas Act And Its Effects On The Indian People Of Natal, May 1956 49 A: HISTORY AND AIMS OF THE ACT 1. The … J. Luthuli, President-General of the…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1980s
… 1980 is declared the Year of the Charter, marking the 25th anniversary of the adoption … of, Inkatha, AZAPO, the Labour Party, the Natal Indian Congress and…
EventParties start submission to the TRC
… for reconciliation and nation building. The Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) acknowledged that its armed wing, Azanian … submission before the TRC Click here…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 9
… by C. H. Calpin Kajee was always acutely aware that his Congress was not recognised officially by the Union Government and the Government of India. It was…
The Founder: An Ambiguous Figure by Chris Saunders
… else, Pixley ka Isaka Seme (1881-1951) was the founder of the ANC. It was he who, on his return from long years of … behind the creation of the South African…
ANC Strategising Group on CODESA
… Minutes of a meeting of the African National Congress Strategising Group on CODESA. …
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Red Lives. Convenor: Arianna Lissoni
… was 'no middle road to freedom’ by Goolam Vahed Department of History University of KwaZulu-Natal - [email protected] … member of the Liberal Study Group …
ArchiveTowards a campaigning and mass based ANC
… Discussion of program of action for the Western Cape Region African National Congress. …
ArchiveFrom the Archive | The workers’ struggle by Joe Foster (New Frame),28 Feb 2019
… In April 1982 Joe Foster, the General Secretary of the Federation of South African Trade Unions (Fosatu), … gave the keynote address at the second Fosatu…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 2: The Nuclear Age and the Cold War
… weapons that are based on nuclear energy. The use of nuclear weapons reached its height with the outbreak of World War 1 and 2, as well as the Cold War. Tin…
ArchiveThe Snape Building Political Demonstration at the University of Cape Town in 1966 by Andrew M. Colman
… In the late afternoon of Wednesday, 21 September 1966, I took part in a small … Afrikaans teacher, Marius Schoon, a member of the banned Congress of…
ArchiveChapter 13 A negotiated release by Denis Goldberg
… said I could not myself beg for my freedom alone, nor that of all my comrades. Her personal memorandum to the Minister … of the National High Command of the…
ArticleThe fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa
… To understand what effects WW2 had on the nature of the fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa we … In South Africa, the South African National…
Indian education in Natal
… September, Lieutenant Governor Keate in Despatch Number 47 of 1867 wrote that on the Reunion Estate a hospital was … primary schools. January 1928, The South…
EventSouth Africa signs agreement with Switzerland to support the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP)
… The legacy of apartheid is characterized by great political and … inequality. In order to address this, the African National Congress (ANC) along with the…
EventANC celebrates its 79th anniversary in Durban
… The African National Congress (ANC) celebrated its 79th anniversary in Durban on 8 … for the first time as a legal organisation. At the time of the…
EventFormer Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere dies
… On 14 October 1999, the first president and father of Tanzanian independence Julius Mwalimu Nyerere died of … have bases in Tanzania. For instance, the…
EventViolence erupts during Defiance Campaign
… that followed, four White people were killed. The Campaign of Defiance of Unjust Laws (commonly known as Defiance … on 26 June 1952 as a joint venture of the…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at funeral in Maseru, 05 December 1982
… more than 10,000 people who attended the funeral service of members of the ANC massacred by raiders from the South … peoples of the world. On behalf of the…
EventThe Boipotong massacre takes place
… During the period of transition and negotiation in South Africa, the core area … Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the African National Congress (ANC) raged…
EventJoe Slovo dies
… the communist intellectual widely credited with being one of the masterminds of South Africa's national reconciliation, … influential in nudging Mandela and…
Article1960s: The Civil Rights and Black Power movements
… African events do not occur in a vacuum, as we are part of a large continent and a much larger world. Therefore, what … branch makes laws. The legislative…
ArchiveViva Cuba! Viva!
… Black, yellow, red and white poster. Cartoon heads of presidents of America. SACP Logo. Notice of SACP 9th Congress on 6-8 April. …
Chapter 7 - 1957-58: The Movement in a Crucial Phase
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 7 - … them. Guidelines Guidelines issued to activists by the Congress National…
ArchiveWe salute a true patriot
… Black and white poster. Notice of death and photograph of Peggy Dhlamini 1953-1982. Issued by the Congress of South African Students (C.O.S.A.S.) …