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Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the South African Communist Party Cape Town, 28 July 1996
… Chairperson; General-Secretary of the SACP, Charles Nquakula; General-Secretary of COSATU, Sam … of the liberation struggle. Some, like Ruth First, Chris…
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… were maintained throughout the 1980s. In May 1990 Chris Hani, chief of the General Staff of MK, asked the Cubans to … post-apartheid army. The South African…
ArchiveCHAPTER 1 - Old Battle-Cries and Borrowed Language by Howard Barrell
… and the like. 3 Within the South African Communist Party (SACP), reconstituted in secret in 1953 three years after … Ranger, T. (Eds.), Zimbabwes Liberation…
Article1994 Cabinet
… affairs) Finance Derek Keys ; from July 1994 Chris Liebenberg ; from April 1996 Trevor Manuel Alec Erwin … Penuel Maduna Housing Joe Slovo Justice Dullah…
Bonani Africa 2010 Awards
… the following photographers with a prize of R20 000.00 Chris Ledochowski, Nthabalala Village, Limpopo , Santu … Nompunga and Lindeka Qampi), Jason Laure,…
Tribute to DR Nthatho Motlana by ANC President Jacob Zuma, 6 December 2008, University of The Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
… draw lessons from its veterans such as Dr Motlana, who was Secretary General of the League in the 1940s. We are proud to … Mbeki, Oliver and Adelaide Tambo,…
ArticlePixley ka Isaka Seme Timeline 1881-1951
… star of Africa) is established by Seme. 1930 Seme is elected President-General of the ANC at its annual congress … is replaced by Zaccheus Richard Mahabane…
ArticleCODESA 2 Timeline
… which would allow for a single-chambered, directly elected constitution-making body, acting as an interim … Codesa. 11 May 1992: The IFP confirms its support…
BiographyNjinga Ana de Sousa
… support [6] . It was highly unusual for a woman to be elected to the position of Ngola and Njinga's rise to power … highly contested by many of the noble…
BiographyRenfrew Leslie Christie
… in prison, together with his Honours in Economics. He was elected to work for the National Union of South African …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
… the banned Dr Dadoo as President. Dadoo is unanimously elected President of the South African Indian Congress. The … Dr GM Naicker, Debi Singh and IC Meer,…
BiographyDiana Mary Mitchell
… [xix] , but because of the rampant sexism in the party she elected to run as an independent [xx] . In the late 1970’s …
BiographyRonnie Govender (Sathiseelan Gurulingam Govender)
… him to pay his way through university. At UCT he was elected treasurer of the Students Democratic Association that …
BiographyJane Gool
… in 1992 to Gatesville, Cape Town. In 1993 she was elected President of the UMSA. In her life time Jane …
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… Labour (Settlement of Disputes) Act. Becky Lan, General Secretary of the Food and Canning workers union is banned for … African Congress of Democrats (SACOD)…
BiographyBenjamin Magson Kies
… of every man and woman over the age of 21 to elect and be elected to Parliament, Provincial Councils and all other … editor of the Educational Journal. He…
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications by Allison Drew
… chairperson, Barney Segwai, Andrew Lukele, Thomas Ranuga, Chris Nteta, Haroon Variava and Sipho Buthelezi, who … they would leave the terrain of struggle to…
The Fruits of the 1973 Durban Strikes: A Powerful Black Trade Union Movement. Are they still on track or are they off the rails? by Johann Maree
… of MAWU in 1973 with Mthethwa as the union’s first secretary. In the chemical industry it was Omar Badsha who … and one union that was predominantly White…
All Gwede’s horses and all Gwede’s men… can’t put Cosatu together again by Stephen Grootes (The Daily Maverick), 11 November 2014
… that Gwede Mantashe possesses. He’s been Chair of the SACP, Secretary General of the ANC, and general secretary of Cosatu’s now biggest affiliate once more,…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the book launch of the series on Southern African leaders 1 August 1994
… Yusuf Dadoo, Seretse Khama, Samora Machel, Steve Bilo, Chris Hani and Oliver Tambo cannot be with us today, their vision …
De Klerk pays tribute to Mandela’s ‘unique contribution’
… One such moment, he said, was the assassination of Chris Hani on April 10 1993, when Nelson Mandela "was able to use …
BiographyFranco Frescura
… of practical experience. In 1969 and 1971, Franco was elected onto the Wits Students Representative Council. In …
Nelson Mandela and the last Afrikaner leaders by Hermann Giliomee (Politics Web), 12 May 2015
… of the population. He demanded a National Convention of elected representatives of all adult men and women. The body … [11] The question whether it was the…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1930-1939
… Sir d'Arcy Lindsay, Sir Kurma Reddi and G.S. Bajpai (Secretary). 12 January, The Second Round Table Conference … and Settlers Indian Association (CBSIA)…
Rally speech
… Speech delivered by Joe Slovo the General Secretary of the South African Communist Party (SACP) at the Rally in Lentegeur Stadium, Mitchell's Plain. …
The Order of the Southern Cross
… Individuals who have been awarded this medal include Chris Barnard who performed the first heart transplant in …
ArticleSASO till SASCO
… Bantu Biko as its first President and Barney Pityana as Secretary. 1970 July The first General Council (GC) of SASO … sets out the Black Consciousness…
ArticleStudent Politics: SASO till SANSCO
… Bantu Biko as its first President and Barney Pityana as Secretary. 1970 July, The first General Council (GC) of SASO … sets out the Black Consciousness…
ANC statement on the state of readiness for celebrations of 101 year celebration of the ANC, 9 January 2013
… on behalf of the new National Executive Committee (NEC) elected at the recent 53rd ANC National Conference in … of support from alliance partners (SANCO,…
ANNOUNCEMENT OF ANC CANDIDATE PREMIERS, 23 April 1999
… Luthuli House in Johannesburg, the movements Secretary General, Kgalema Motlanthe, acting for ANC … five years imprisonment for Terrorism in 1987. Manne was…