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EventSA pledges support for a negotiated settlement in Rhodesia
… The South African government under leadership of Prime Minister John Vorster pledged support for the United States of America's (USA) efforts to bring about…
Press Conference by O. R. Tambo, Introducing Alexandre Moumbaris, Stephen Lee and Timothy Jenkin who Escaped from Prison in South Africa, Lusaka, 2 January 1980
… The African National Congress has in its ranks people who are fighting together … by their own ingenuity, defeating the sophistication of the enemy's…
EventFree, compulsory education for Black children
… to White education. Moreover, there was growing shortage of schools in rural and township areas for Black education. The government had a policy of separate…
Elections Programmes for Deputy President, Secretary General & Treasurer General, 16 May 2011
… Door-to-door in Ward 2, Bloemfontein African National Congress Chief Albert Luthuli House Enquiries: Keith Khoza: … 513 6422 Moloto Mothapo 082 370 6930…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Glossary
… Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education acolyte – an assistant or follower ad hoc – … the 1994 elections consisting of the African…
Chaskalson transcended his bias and loyalties by Tony Leon, 4 December 2012
… described the US as "the most desperately schizophrenic of republics". I wonder what he would have made of the … his nomination was at the behest of the…
Ahmed Timol: Three Documents by Politicsweb, 27 June 2017
… The inquest has recently been reopened into the death of the South African Communist Party (SACP) underground … 1971, and literature for the then banned…
EventMass funeral for those killed at Sharpeville commemoration
… The demonstrators were observing the 25th anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre of 21 March 1960. The incident happened when marchers … of the marchers on…
ArticleBoeremag Treason Trial Timeline
… high security at the Pretoria High Court, with a group of alleged white supremacists accused of trying to overthrow the African National Congress (ANC) led…
ArticleNobel Prizes and South African Laureates
… greatest benefit on mankind. Winning a Nobel Prize is one of the highest international honours that can be bestowed on … and will help to generate funds to…
ArticleBlack South African literature
… The origins of Black South African literature in English lie in the … Cape. The Glasgow Missionary Society founded the school of Lovedale at Alice in the…
EventMK hero cadre Solomon Kalushi (Khala) Mahlangu is executed
… was executed by the Apartheid regime for being part of an abortive attempt by African National Congress (ANC) members to smuggle weapons and literature into …
EventMuziwendoda Mdluli, National Intelligence Agency (NIA) security chief is found dead
… that he was going to have a meeting with police on the day of his death. Although police initially concluded that his … also strengthened this belief.Even…
Enuga S Reddy: Notes on meeting with Dr. Cassim Jadwat -1997
… a student at Sastri College in Durban. [A.I. Kazi, leader of the Natal Indian Congress for twenty years (from 1920s to 1940s), was his … to go as…
ArticleReactions to Silverton Siege 1980
… The Silverton and Soekmekaar verdict prompted a wave of protests against the death penalty and particularly the death sentences of Johnson Lubisi, Petrus…
ArticlePondoland revolt - 1950 - 1961
… The Pondo people fiercely resisted the rise of the Colonisersand their attempts to reshape and … to be co-opted by the colonial rulers at the expense of…
Chapter 3 - Gumede’s role in NNC and SANNC Politics, 1909 – 1919 ‘We pray that the people be allowed to live in peace in their own land’.
… George, 1 December 1919 . INTRODUCTION An important thrust of this chapter concerns the struggles within Black politics … the launching of the South African…
EventPolitical activist Mziwonke 'Pro' Jack is assassinated.
… The African National Congress (ANC) activist, Mziwonke 'Pro' Jack was gunned down … he was murdered. The escalating violence after the death of Jack…
Class, Consciousness and Organisation:Indian Political Resistance in Durban, South Africa, 1979 - 1996 by Kumi Naidoo
… to the apartheid system, led by the African National Congress (ANC) and its allies dominated South Africa's … deals with political resistance amongst South…
Statement "Algeria honours Chief Luthuli" by Oliver Tambo, 30 November 1964
… South Africa Freedom News, Dar es Salaam The University of Algiers has conferred an honorary Doctorate of Literature on Chief A.J. Luthuli, President-General…
Event7 People are killed during a SATS strike
… way to a union meeting, were accosted by several hundreds of non-striking workers at Germiston Station, East Rand. The … but allegedly took no other action…
ArticleGrade 12 - Topic 3 - Civil Society protests 1950s to 1990s
… what the term ‘civil society’ means. “ community of citizens linked by common interests and collective … [ Accessed 25 February 2015] What forms of…
EventMass Democratic Movement (MDM) begins their Defiance Campaign
… formed in protest to the Tricameral Parliament. It was one of the most significant anti-apartheid movements, and comprised of 400 church, civic and student…
EventGideon Nieuwoudt dies
… security police colonel, who was involved in the murder of several political activists in the Eastern Cape, died in … cancer. In 1982, two student activists…
ArchiveCHAPTER 6 - Towards a Broad Front and Other Desirable Accidents, January 1981 - January 1983 by Howard Barrell
… central to ANC strategy, armed propaganda and the boycott of state-approved institutions, would serve the ANC well over … unit and other individual linkages…
PlaceCairo, Capital City of Egypt
… Cairo would be complete without a day trip to the Pyramids of Giza , Perhaps the most famous ancient site in all of Egypt. Located approximately 20…
EventCastro decides to send troops to Angola to fight South Africa
… The president of Cuba Fidel Castro decides to send Cuban troops to Angola in response to South Africa's invasion of the country. After attaining its…
EventThe Bisho Massacre occurs
… As many as 80,000 protesters gathered outside of Bisho, the capital city of Ciskei, and demanded an end to the military government of … The protest was led…
EventFormer Vaal policeman Gerhardus Peens admits his role in the Boipatong Massacre
… that he was in the Vaal Triangle (now Gauteng) township of Boipatong on 17 June 1992 when several people were killed … the Boipatong massacre . An estimated…
EventTrade unionist Clements Kadalie dies in East London
… Nyasaland, now Malawi . After being educated at the Church of Scotland mission station, he was trained as a teacher. In 1915, he went to South African in…