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African Claims in South Africa by Dr Xuma, ANC Conference, 1943
… Including "The Atlantic Charter from the Standpoint of Africans within the Union of South Africa" and "Bill of … adopted by the Annual Conference of the…
Chapter 8- Gumede walks the ANC and SACP tightrope, 1930–46‘
… Bills were putting the Africans more and more into a state of slavery’. Gumede, April 1930. INTRODUCTION In 1930 Gumede … under his leadership the rift…
EventWidespread violence and intimidation in 1996 Kwazulu-Natal
… Inevitably the elections had to be postponed to the end of June. The announcement was made by former President, … chiefs (amakhosi) had prohibited the…
EventApartheid bomb kills Zimbabwean and injures six ANC members
… Mwanza, a Zimbabwean, was killed and six African National Congress (ANC) members were injured when the truck in which … agents located in Zimbabwe . Philip…
EventSA President Nelson Mandela to step down
… the president can only serve for two terms as the head of state. Mandela felt one term was enough as he had already … scenes endorsement by Nelson Mandela…
EventOn 14 November 2006, parliament approved the controversial Civil Unions Bill, which provided for same-sex marriage
… South Africa the first African country to do so and one of only a few in the world at the time. MPs from the African National Congress were required to…
EventPrime Minister Verwoerd’s assassin transferred from prison to a mental asylum
… On 30 June 1994, the Minister of Correctional Services in South Africa, Dr Sipho Mzimela, … in other Germany, England and the United States of America and…
EventNelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu on Robben Island 5 August 1982
… The twentieth anniversary of the arrest of Nelson Mandela, African National Congress (ANC) leader and first commander-in-chief of … O’Malley, P. ‘1982’ ,…
EventIndian Rights Campaigner Bhawani Sannyassi Dayal is born
… for Indian rights, was born in Johannesburg as son of Jariam Singh, a former president of the Transvaal Indian Association. In 1913 he was one of … In the…
ArchiveDraft theses on current situation
… for decisive steps to be taken by the African National Congress. …
Chapter 5 - Preparing to negotiate
… It took nearly two years of formal talks to remove the obstacles in the path of … States. In June, the ANC held its first legal National Congress to elect…
EventCarte Blanche is denied permission to quote Oliver Tambo
… On 30 January 1987 the Minister of Law and Order issued a message to the newspapers denying … television programme permission to quote exiled president of…
EventSchools closed in the Western Cape
… Carter Ebrahim, Minister of Education and Culture for the mixed race community, announced that 454 out of a total of over 900 schools were going to be closed…
ArticleGarveyism: Early 1900s philosophy
… Marcus Garvey, preaching the unity of all blacks, claimed that liberty would come about only through the return of all Afro-Americans to their ancestral…
EventAdriaan Vlok is born
… Former South African minister of law and order, Adriaan Johannes Vlok, was born in … Cape Province. He started his career in the department of justice at the…
EventANC claim responsibility for a land mine explosion which kills six
… fenced-in Chatsworth game farm 25 kilometres to the west of Messina (now Musina), Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo). … landmine. The day after this attack,…
ArticleAftermath: Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… by Ronel Segal into the then British controlled territory of Bechunaland. He was followed by Dr. Yusuf Dadoo, Chairperson of the South African Indian…
EventCOSATU headquarters Johannesburg is sabotaged
… Since its formation in 1985, Congress of South African Trade Union (COSATU) was viewed as a threat … and arrests by the government agents. In the early hours…
EventPAC leader Robert Sobukwe is released
… Pan-Africanist Congress leader, Robert Sobukwe, was arrested after the Sharpeville anti-pass campaign of 1960 and harshly sentenced to three years in prison…
EventFourteen are killed in Phola Park violence
… her husbands death, following a night attack by residents of nearby Zulu hostel. She grieved for 10 minuites then fled … (IFP) supporters, and residents,…
Christmas and New Year Message by O. R. Tambo, Distributed Illegally in South Africa, December 1973
… I send you warm greetings from the African National Congress on the occasion of Christmas and New Year. Let us make the festive season an … which the…
ArchiveThe ANCs first armed military operation: the
… A mini-thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of History, University of … This mini…
EventGriffiths Mxenge is murdered
… Griffiths Mxenge , an African National Congress (ANC) veteran and apartheid activist, was … assassinated and his body was severely mutilated in an act of…
EventANC stalwart, Albertina Sisulu dies in Johannesburg
… African National Congress (ANC) stalwart, Albertina Sisulu, a wife to former … Sisulu died at her Linden home, Johannesburg at the age of 92. Often referred…
EventA South African Defence Force Capt. Wynand du Toit is captured in Angola
… two other South African commandoes were killed. The rest of the commando unit evacuated successfully. According to sources this mission was part of an…
EventGovernment admits responsibility for Mdluli’s death
… African government admitted responsibility for the death of the African National Congress (ANC) member, Joseph Mdluli (50), on 19 March 1976 … and agreed to…
EventBishop Tutu receives Martin Luther King Award
… the anti-apartheid movement, Tutu attended the launch of the National Forum, an umbrella body of Black Consciousness groups and the Pan Africanist Congress …
New Age
… publication. New Age was linked to the African National Congress and its' leadership. In 1954, Govan Mbeki joined the editorial board of New Age, together…
ANC National Working Committee statement following its meeting held on the 20th January 2014, 21 January 2014
… The National Working Committee of the African National Congress met in its ordinary meeting … by Gwede Mantashe Secretary-General African National Congress…
EventLucas Mangope, Bophuthatswana homeland leader is deposed
… On 13 March 1994, Lucas Mangope was ousted as President of the homeland of Bophuthatswana. Mangope came to power in Bophuthatswana … Government in…