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EventChris Hani is born
… Thembisile 'Chris' Hani, Chief of Staff of Umkhonto we Sizwe, military arm of the African National Congress (ANC) and General-Secretary of the South African …
ArchiveLetter from Nelson Mandela to I B Tabata
… a new organisation should replace the African National Congress. …
EventPhotographer, Abdul Shariff, is murdered in Katlehong
… in the back and killed while covering an African National Congress (ANC) delegation visit to Katlehong near Johannesburg. A member of the Impact Visuals co…
EventNamibians vote for a Constituent Assembly
… for the territory as a sovereign state. More than 97% of the registered voters voted. The South West Africa … agreement which involved the phased withdrawal…
EventHolomisa on corruption
… The ANC strongly denies Holomisa's charge of accepting payments from Sol Kerzner. In May 1996, Bantu Holomisa, former ruler of Transkei and Deputy Minister…
EventNkosi Sikelel’iAfrica composer, Enoch Sontonga dies
… Enoch Mankayi Sontonga, writer and composer of the National Anthem Nkosi Sikelel' IAfrica (God Bless Africa) died at the age of thirty-two. He wrote Nkosi…
ArchiveDraft resolution on strategy and tactics
… African National Congress draft resolution on strategy and tactics, agreed at …
ArchiveGeneral political situation East Rand Report
… Report from African National Congress East Rand underground and covers Westville Youth …
ArchiveComments on constitutional proposals
… for the Constitution, prepared for the African National Congress Headquarters. …
EventCheryl Carolus is born
… in London, political activist and Chief Executive Officer of Tourism South Africa, Cheryl Carolus, was born in … on the Cape Flats. At school, Carolus was an…
EventOliver Tambo returns from exile
… Oliver Tambo, former President of the African National Congress (ANC), returns to South … going into exile nearly thirty years ago. Tambo was one of the…
ArchiveCircular from N. Pityana to all SRCs and loc
… African Students' Organisation (SASO) and the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) …
EventANC makes demands changes to facilitate democratic elections
… The African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee (NEC) presents … first democratic elections. These are the resumption of multilateral talks…
EventGoldstone Commission confirms SADF complicity in violence
… The Commission of Inquiry Regarding the Prevention of Public Violence and Intimidation (Goldstone Commission), … of a "dirty tricks" campaign against the…
Amandla-Matla
… and distributed underground by the African National Congress, supported and incited revolution against the South …
EventANC President Albert Luthuli banned
… In 1954 the Minister of Justice C.R. Swart issued African National Congress (ANC) President Chief Albert Luthuli with two … and another confined him to the…
EventBram Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment
… political activist was arrested in 1964 for being a member of the illegal organisation Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA). He was later released on bail…
EventWaluz and Derby-Lewis are sentenced to death
… Judge C.F. Eloff sentenced Polish immigrant and supporter of the Neo-Nazi Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), Janusz … Clive's wife, acquitted. Eloff slammed…
EventNdaweni Mahlangu causes a storm in political circles
… to lie". Mahlangu was trying to defend his decision of the re-appointment of disgraced three Members of the Executive Council (MEC) of … dissatisfaction was…
EventViolence erupts in Richmond
… Underlying political tensions between supporters of the African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party resurfaced in … Movement (UDM) convened a…
EventEdgar D. Ngoyi, South African ANC leader who spent seventeen years on Robben Island, is born.
… Ngoyi became politically active in the African National Congress (ANC) as a member of the ANC Youth League in the 1950s. After the banning of the ANC in 1960…
Event18 political prisoners are released from Bophuthatswana
… he was found wearing a T-shirt calling for the release of Johannes Simelane. On 15 October 1991, Rabusang Mannana, a political prisoner, died of an unknown…
EventNelson Mandela announces he will not stand for re-election in 1999
… in February 1990, became the first democratic president of the Republic of South Africa in April 1994. His announcement would mean stepping down as the…
EventPoqo members arrested
… with the police, after taking cover in the hills for fear of being attacked by Poqo members, a standoff ensued. … men charged at the police, resulting in the…
EventF.W. De Klerk is inaugurated
… President since 15 August 1989, following the abdication of President P.W. Botha in August. President De Klerk started … he freed Nelson Mandela and unbanned…
EventNP set to withdraw from GNU
… the National Party was to withdraw from the Government of National Unity on June 30. This came after the African National Congress (ANC) refused that the…
Comrade Keith Khoza`s father being buried on Saturday, 3 February 2011
… The African National Congress (ANC) sends its condolences to its communications … manager Keith Khoza and his family for the loss of his father – Mr Wakheni…
ArchiveReport from Underground Operative
… Report from an African National Congress underground operative on the South African political …
ArchiveRecommendations on discipline
… Recommendations by the African National Congress Secretary-General on discipline. Examines discipline …
ArchiveLetter from John Motshabi to Joe Slovo
… with opening membership to the African National Congress to all races. …