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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…
ArticleThe Founding of the SANNC
… nothing to do with White institutions. Rev. John Dube was elected the SANNC’s first president at the conference in absentia, Plaatje was elected Secretary…
ArchiveInternational Bulletin, No 20, December 1988
… by the South African Communist Party. Issue covers an SACP delegation to Scandanavia, a letter sent to comrade Meir Vilner, General Secretary of the…
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…
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…
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,…
BiographyRenfrew Leslie Christie
… in prison, together with his Honours in Economics. He was elected to work for the National Union of South African …
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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)…
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…
BiographyFranco Frescura
… of practical experience. In 1969 and 1971, Franco was elected onto the Wits Students Representative Council. In …
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 …
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…
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,…
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)…
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…
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…