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EventMalebane Metsing stages a coup in Bophuthatswana
… A dissatisfied faction of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force and some members of the National Executive Committee of the People's … Malebane fled the country…
EventJournalist and anti-apartheid activist M.P. Naicker dies
… Journalist, anti-apartheid activist, and Director of Publicity of the African National Congress (ANC) External Mission, Marimuthu Pragalathan … Verwey, E.J. …
EventEx-mutineers consider resigning from the ANC
… in exile considered resigning from the African National Congress (ANC). This came after the suppression of political and cultural renewal by the ANC and the…
2004 Gruber Justice Prize: Arthur Chaskalson
… If a life could be mapped, that of the Honorable Arthur Chaskalson would surely appear as a … Nelson Mandela and other leaders of the African National…
ArchiveInternal position
… broad strategy and tactics within the African National Congress. …
EventSouth African anti-apartheid activist Ronnie Kasrils is born in the Johannesburg
… Ronnie Kasrils was born in the Johannesburg suburb of Yeoville. The Sharpeville massacre and its aftermath drew him closer to the African National Congress …
I have written it by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - International Support: UNO - 1947
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1947 NIC … Africa subsequent to the UNO decision, the…
ArchiveConstitutional Department Report
… African National Congress Constitutional Department Report compiled by Dullah …
ArchiveThe strategic debate in the ANC
… Paper by Z Pallo Jordan regarding African National Congress strategy. Regarding talks and negotiations. …
ArchiveDemocracy and the Left in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Ben Turok interviewed by Carilee Osborne
… Ben Turok, now 92 years old, was an African National Congress (ANC) Member of Parliament in South Africa for 20 years. Turok is the sole … shows what it is…
EventControversial ‘Black Jesus’ painter, Ronald Harrison, dies
… controversy in 1962 when he painted African National Congress (ANC) leader, Albert Luthuli as Jesus. The painting, … apartheid mastermind Hendrick Verwoed…
EventMilton Obote (81), Uganda’s former dictator, dies in a South African hospital
… Obote, a member of the legislative council of Uganda from 1957, founded the Uganda People's Congress in 1960. Obote became Uganda's Prime Minister after …
EventEleven people are killed at Donnybrook, Kwazulu
… The killing of eleven people at Donnybrook, Kwazulu-Natal on the 21 March 1996 can be considered as part of the ongoing rivalry between supporters of the…
EventChief Buthelezi considers registering the IFP for April 1994 election
… on April 27. This announcement emerged after several hours of talks between the African National Congress (ANC) president Nelson Mandela and IFP leader …
EventThe ANC leader in the KwaZulu Natal midlands, Sifiso Nkabinde, is expelled from the ANC
… regime and for fomenting violence between African National Congress (ANC) members and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) … the ANC to disband self-defence units. He…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 5
… leaders to be "good" men. The more a politician can talk of God, the more he is certain to be popular. Since 1914 … the next day. That was the beginning. …
EventSteve Tshwete is born
… on 12 November. He spent his childhood in the village of Peelton, and later in King William's Town and East … left school he began working for the African…
EventANC revolutionary propaganda leaflets exploded in Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban
… bombs which scattered revolutionary African National Congress (ANC) propaganda leaflets exploded in Cape Town and … revolutionary propaganda leaflets was…
EventAmanzimtoti blast kills five
… and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), the African National Congress (ANC) later stated that Zondo acted in anger at a … Force (SADF) raid in Lesotho . The…
EventPresident George W Bush announces his HIV/AIDS Plan
… African and two Caribbean countries during his State of the Union address at a congress session in the USA. The president introduced this … the AIDS virus,…
EventIndustrial and Commercial Workers Union is founded under Clements Kadalie
… African language but used English to spread the message of worker unity. Formed in the stormy years after World War I with a membership of only twenty-four,…
Africa and Freedom, 1961
… Text of the Nobel Lecture delivered by Chief Albert Lutuli in the … it is a tribute to my humble contribution to efforts by democrats on both sides of the…
EventJacob Thabo Lengane is murdered in Soweto
… On 21 October 1986 Jacob Thabo Lengane, the father of Jefferson Lengane and Kabelo Lengane, who were well known … after being kidnapped from his Soweto…
EventAlbert Luthuli accepts the Nobel Peace Prize
… Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli, president of the then banned African National Congress (ANC), was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1960 for … speech he said that…
EventCODESA’s starting date set
… preparatory talks in Johannesburg on a date for the start of substantive negotiations on South Africa's future … Party (NP) send two separate delegations…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister JG Strijdom dies
… (now Stellenbosch University). Strijdom served as Minister of Agriculture under Dr. DF Malan’s leadership. He succeeded … Freedom Charter, which embraced the…
ArchiveConstitutional guidelines for a democratic South Africa
… African National Congress Constitutional guidelines for a democratic South …
We are at war!
… Pamphlet issued by the African National Congress in order to rally support for armed struggle …
ArchiveBoesak speaks!: dont vote
… Red and white poster. Congress rally at Lenasia Civic Centre on Thursday 23rd …
ArchiveConsolidate our gains and advance to a living wage
… our gains and advance to a living wage : PPWAWU Congress …