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BiographyJames la Guma
… up an ICU branch at Luderitz the following year and was elected branch secretary. In 1921 la Guma returned to Cape Town at the … the Cape Town City Council…
Speech delivered by President Nelson Mandela at the launch of the Chris Hani Memorial Water Supply Scheme Project Sabalele, 9 April 1996
… delivered by President Nelson Mandela at the launch of the Chris Hani Memorial Water Supply Scheme Project Sabalele, 9 April …
Chris Hani is reported as saying that the ANC alliance is “preparing for a battle in the Ciskei” to remove parasites, obviously
… Chris Hani is reported as saying that the ANC alliance is …
Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) chief-of-staff Chris Hani says as long as the SADF continues recruitment and training, his organisation
… Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) chief-of-staff Chris Hani says as long as the SADF continues recruitment and …
Chris Hani is reported as saying that the ANC alliance is “preparing for a battle in the Ciskei” to remove parasites, obviously
… Chris Hani is reported as saying that the ANC alliance is …
BiographyCecil Williams
… formed in April 1951. He initially served as the Legion’s secretary while also serving as an appointed ‘adjunct’ … officer of the Steel Commando. In 1952 he…
BiographyBenson Tsele
… (Zapu). Zapu commander John Dube was in charge, with MK's Chris Hani as commissar. Hani was to take up the command of ANC guerrillas once the …
ArchiveSACP Launch Rally: build the party
… Offset litho; red, black and yellow; SACP Launch Rally: Build the party! … SACP Launch Rally: build the party …
ArchiveSACP contribution towards an election manifesto
… South African Communist Party (SACP) draft discussion document on the election manifesto. … SACP contribution towards an election manifesto …
EventPaul Kruger is elected president
… Piet Joubert and W.M. Pretorius, Paul Kruger was elected president of the Transvaal State (the new name of the … soon afterwards as the Transvaal State…
EventChris Heunis is appointed acting president
… Chris Heunis, Minister of Constitutional Development and … Chris Heunis is appointed acting president …
BiographyJames Edward April
… be a weak and ineffective organisation. April became the secretary of the Athlone, Cape Town branch. Most of the … the other to the south to infiltrate into…
Statement of Dr Y. M. Dadoo', Secretary, Non-European United
… Statement of Dr Y. M. Dadoo', Secretary, Non-European United …
EventChris Ntuli is stabbed to death
… United Democratic Front (UDF) activist and former detainee, Chris Ntuli, was stabbed to death in Kwa Mashu, Durban. The … Chris Ntuli is stabbed to death …
BiographyElias Mathope Motsoaledi
… his union work. Motsoaledi was one of several CPSA members elected to the ANC’s Transvaal Executive. He was involved in … 150,000 members by the end of World…
ArchiveSACP faces critical challenges
… SACP faces critical challenges …
ArchiveThe ANC SACP alliance
… The ANC SACP alliance …
EventDesmond Tutu is elected Archbishop
… The Most Rev. Desmond Mpilo Tutu was elected Bishop of Cape Town, thereby becoming Archbishop of … Desmond Tutu is elected Archbishop …
Kofi Annan of Ghana is elected by the UN Security Council as secretary-general of the United Nations.
… Kofi Annan of Ghana is elected by the UN Security Council as secretary-general of the United Nations. …
Janusz Walus, convicted murderer of Chris Hani, leader of the SA Communist Party, is divorced from his wife of twenty-two years
… Janusz Walus, convicted murderer of Chris Hani, leader of the SA Communist Party, is divorced from his …
BiographyJeremy Patrick Cronin
… the spokesperson for the South African Communist Party (SACP). He worked in the United Democratic Front (UDF) and … Congress (ANC) and the South African…
BiographyChristopher Nceba Faku
… Island . Following his release from prison, Faku was elected as regional organiser of the Eastern Cape African … (ANC) and also held an ANC/South African…
BiographyJohn Beaver "J.B" Marks
… incident served only to steel his determination. He was elected to the Central Committee of the Communist Party in 1932 and eventually became Chairman of the…
BiographyMoses Mabhida
… the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) and was elected a vice-president at its first congress in 1955. He also served as secretary of the ANC's…
BiographyEric Mtshali
… was recruited into the South African Communist Party (SACP) by Stephen Dlamini , M.P. Naicker , Wilson Cele and … group which founded uMkhonto weSizwe (MK…
BiographyMohamed Ismail Dinat
… store in Rustenburg. In the 1950s Dinat became joint secretary of the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress together … working for the banned South African…
Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
… joined the South African Communist Party (SACP) and served as the Party’s regional chairperson in Natal. She was later elected onto its Central Committee…
ArchiveLetter from Moses Mabhida, General Secretary, SACP, to the Central Committee, Communist Party of the United States of America
… Letter from Moses Mabhida, General Secretary, SACP, to the Central Committee, Communist Party of …
BiographyMoses Mbheki Mncane Mabhida
… the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) and was elected a vice-president at its first congress in 1955. He also served as secretary of the ANC's…
BiographyDawood Seedat
… Seedat entered the political struggle in 1938. He was elected secretary of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA – now the South Afrian Communist Party –…