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EventTRC gathers evidence against Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
… against Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, estranged ex-wife of former president, Nelson Mandela. Despite the fact that … she continued to gain wide support within…
EventSt James Church massacre
… Azanian Peoples' Liberation Army (APLA - the armed wing of the Pan-Africanist Congress) operatives attack St. James Church in the Cape Town suburb of…
EventPower Struggle in Zulu hierarchy
… A heated dispute between Mangosutho Buthelezi, Minister of Home Affairs and leader of Inkatha Freedom Party, and his nephew King Goodwill … of the National…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - PART 2 by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… to make orange juice and so forth. There were quite a lot of jobs in these factories around that time because they were … the Federation Bantu Education…
PlaceThe Dakawa Arts and Crafts Centre
… as the Dakawa Development Centre, it began as a project of African National Congress (ANC) exiles during the time of Apartheid. It was located at The Solomon…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on South African Raid on Matola, 05 February 1981
… [On the morning of January 30, 1981, South African troops attacked and killed a number of ANC refugees in Matola, Mozambique. The following is from … regime…
Chapter VII - The 1980’s
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph Two of our most loved women leaders, Mary Moodley and Lilian … struggle itself. Black consciousness supporters…
EventUDF men takes refuge in the US consulate
… Vusi Khanyile (National Education Crisis Committee) all of them senior members of the United Democratic Front (UDF) took refuge in the … that it is willing…
EventThe National Party (Transvaal) is founded
… The Union of South Africa was established in 1910. Although South … he received much support from Afrikaners in all parts of South Africa. Following the…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
… uMkhonto weSizwe (Spear of the Nation or MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), was jointly formed by leading members of the … Party …
EventSoweto students march against government’s language policy
… march, but ended with violence, tears, blood and death of a 13 year old boy, Hector Peterson. The Soweto uprising … when more than 20 000 learners marched…
EventANC's Nelson Mandela in a historic political rally
… African National Congress's deputy president Nelson Mandela addressed a crowd of 300 000 in Port Elizabeth in what was described as South … F.W. de Klerk in…
South African and World leaders
… Africa, each with their own stories and background. All of these have produced amazing leaders who have been … the political party she belonged to, the…
EventIFP agrees to participate in 1994 elections
… counter demands from political parties on a wide variety of issues. The African National Congress (ANC), Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the South … 26 to 28…
Americans for South African Resistance, 25 June 1982
… to the Special Committee against Apartheid on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the Defiance … Laws of South Africa, sponsored by the…
EventJoyce Mashamba passed away
… Happy Joyce Mashamba passed away at the age of 67 after battling with a long illness, the details of which have not yet been disclosed to the public. [i]…
PlaceDistrict Six, Cape Town
… got its name from having been the Sixth Municipal District of Cape Town in 1867. Its earlier unofficial name was 'Kanaldorp', a name supposedly derived from…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on ANC`s seventieth anniversary: Appeal to the world, 02 December 1981
… The African National Congress invites friends and supporters of our liberation struggle to join with the South African people in commemorating the 70th…
ArchiveState of the Nation Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa, Cape Town City Hall, 8 February 2024
… Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Mr Amos Masondo, Deputy President Paul ……
THE LIBERATION STRUGGLE IS ON IN EARNEST, Durban, 12 December 1959
… Presidential Address to the 47th Annual Conference of the African National Congress Durban, 12 December 1959 The Annual Report of the … growth among the…
Passive resistance in South Africa by Oliver Tambo, 2 June 1966
… people in South Africa have always associated the history of the United States with the great name of Abraham Lincoln. … a change of heart in the rulers. The…
EventAttempts of sabotage are made in Secunda
… Two strategic acts of sabotage, supposedly by the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK ), … successfully hit their target. Though the African National Congress (ANC)…
Luthuli House to be auctioned over R25m debt?, 20 August 2017
… say an attachment letter will be delivered by the sheriff of the court to Luthuli House tomorrow, an action that is set … instructed that during August 2013,…
Chapter 9 - Conclusion
… new leaders were trying to build". These were the words of A.B. Xuma who in 1943 moved a resolution that the ANC … policy' against the government at the…
Women’s Food Committees in Cape Town during the 1940s
… The political importance of women’s food committees in Cape Town during the 1940s has … and Tom Lodge. According to Lodge, through the development of food…
EventNicolaas Johannes Diederichs, South Africa’s fourth state president, is born
… After studying for his doctoral degree at the University of Leyden in Germany, Diederichs returned to South Africa and was appointed professor of Political…
Chapter 21. Civil War in the Factories - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… Although the union had previously denounced the treachery of Neville Chamberlain, once war was declared it supported the war effort, and hundreds of members,…
Article50 Facts on Africa
… In the modern-day world the view people are given of Africa is often a narrow one. In this piece we present 50 … instrumental in the early days of the…
EventAZAPO is re-launched in Roodepoort
… in Roodepoort for the second time. After the outbreak of the Student Uprising in 1976, the government responded by detaining several members of the South…
EventWalter Sisulu celebrates 90th birthday
… Walter Sisulu celebrates his 90th birthday. One of the godfathers of the fight for equality in South Africa, … in Bloemfontein to form the South African…