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EventMembers of the ANC and SACP are detained due to Operation Vula
… named Operation Vula, which was entirely at odds with the organisation’s undertakings in the Groote Schuur Minute and …
EventHansi Pauline Pollak, welfare worker and social activist, is born
… occasions and also became an honorary member of the organisation. From 1962 she became a professor and head of …
EventF.W. de Klerk clamps down on KwaZulu
… National Congress (ANC) president Nelson Mandela gave his organisation's support to the clampdown and called ANC …
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Glossary
… regiment institutionalise - to establish as normal in an organisation or culture lobola - a bride-price, usually paid …
EventPrime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is killed in Nigeria’s first military coup
… Balewa had been influential in the formation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and had been vocal in his …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Deputations
… from the African National Congress, the African people's Organisation and the Council for Asiatic Rights. Arbitrary … consisting of representatives of the…
ArchiveCHAPTER EIGHT: Indian Resistance Politics In Transition, 1990-1996 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
The Role of Women in the Struggle against Apartheid, 15 July 1980
… also helped to organise the Congress of Democrats, a white organisation in alliance with the ANC and the Coloured … Congress. However, the lack of a broad…
Statement of Acceptance of the Ho Chi Minh Award Bestowed on the ANC by the World Peace Council by O. R. Tambo, Luanda, 15 December 1986
… Council to present this award to our movement places our organisation in the midst of such vital forces for man's … Liberation Front of Nicaragua, the…
Statement by Oliver Tambo of acceptance of the Ho Chi Minh award bestowed on the African National Congress by the World Peace Council, 15 December 1986, Luanda
… Council to present this award to our movement places our organisation in the midst of such vital forces for man`s … Liberation Front of Nicaragua, the…
Tribute at the funeral service of Walter Sisulu by Nelson Mandela (News 24), 25 January 2011
… us prisoners were perceived to be leaders of one or other organisation. But all prisoners saw Xhamela as the leader of all of us; irrespective of the…
Address at the High-Level Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Nepad, New York, September 16, 2002
… deeds. This is the challenge to which this Assembly and Organisation must respond, to affirm the commitment made in … the objectives and programmes of NEPAD…
Document 4 - “The Great Native Strike”, “ The International, 27 February 1920
… hold a watching brief. The strike is in no man's control. Organisation within the compounds there is, of course, but of necessity there can be very little…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1866-1909
… is launched to carry the views and aspirations of the organisation. 1900 June 8, Natal Native Congress (NNC) is …
ArticleThe role of traditional leaders during Apartheid
… leadership represents an early form of societal organisation. It embodies the protection of culture, …
ArticleTowards a people’s culture - Art and Resistance under Apartheid
… were also artists who did not belong to any ‘struggle’ organisation but they produced works that made powerful …
Speech delivered on the condolence motion in honour of the late Ebrahim "Cas" Saloojee in the national assembly – 5 February 2009
… Saloojee was one of the founders of ACTSTOP, a civic organisation that mobilised and organised residents facing …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… re-naming of the Boycott Movement. The AAM is an umbrella organisation that took a strong moral stand against apartheid … illegally on the instruction of the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1930-1939
… secretary of the "Orlando Brotherly Society", a Xhosa organisation, which prompts an interest in tribal history and … 100 delegates representing the ANC, the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1920-1929
… in the 1920s was largely weakened and suffered from both organisation incapacity and financial constraints. During … Cape franchise). Dr. Abdurahman of the…
Document 141 “Apartheid Spells Disaster”, Report of the Central Committee of the Communist Party to the Party’s National Conference, Johannesburg,6 to 8 January 1950,2y Freedom, New Series 15 December, 1949
… have been ma [--] continuous. There is not a Non-European organisation [--I not protested against apartheid and other … Particular attention must be paid to…
Draft Report of the National Executive Committee
… of the lady typiste, who not only served the National Organisation with deepseated devotion, but also made highly … were arrested and kept under custody…
EventSouth Africa celebrates the first National Women's Day
In one of the largest demonstrations staged in this country's history, 20 000 women of all races marched to Pretoria's Union Buildings on 9 August 1956, to…
ArchiveThe Original Chris Hani Memorandum
… have never been discussed by the leadership of the Organisation. For instance, in Lusaka a furniture industry is … is being run completely independently of…
On the 20th Anniversary of the passing of Comrade Oliver Reginald Tambo, 24 April 2013
… order, ideals for which Comrade OR Tambo lived for. The organisation and the movement at large remains inspired by …
Introductory Statement on the Presentation of the Statement of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 79th Anniversary of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1991
… of the African National Congress. We do so as a legal organisation for the first time in thirty years. We do so …
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces Whites-only referendum results
… beautiful, while President of Nigeria and chairman of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), Ibrahim Babangita sent …
EventPaarl Riots report submitted
… regarding Poqo and called for immediate action against the organisation. He discovered that Poqo intended to violently …
EventCongress of the People starts in Kliptown
… African Indian Congress (SAIC), the Coloured People's Organisation (CPO) and the Congress of Democrats (CoD). It …
EventWorld Health Day
… On 7 April each year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) celebrates World Health Day. This date … WHO, "World Health Day 2009" , from World Health…