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… trade unions was met with severe reprisals from the South African regime. Luderitz, a harbour town in southwest Namibia … a minimum. The first initiative for the establishment of a national organisation of Namibian workers took place in South Africa in 1957, when the Ovamboland People's Congress (OPO) was founded, renamed the Ovamboland People's …

… to the struggle through debate. Two years earlier the African National Congress  (ANC) had adopted its Programme of Action. Phyllis …

… as its secretary 1947 Tambo becomes a member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ANC 1948 Tambo … Racial Problems in South Africa , at the Second Pan-African Youth Seminar in Dar Es Salaam. 1962 January, Meets … an address, A Future Free of Exploitation to the First Congress of MPLA in Luanda 1978 An ANC delegation, headed by …

… Europeans had access to the rest of Natal, except for the African reserves. More emphatically, in the old borough of … However, resistance was to emanate not from the national organisation, but from the NIC and the TIC. On … organisations in India, such as the Indian National Congress, the Muslim League and the Indian Liberal …

… to seek work. 1829 The Zuid-Afrikaansche Athenaeum (South African College) is established. The College later gives rise … farms or in mines or factories. The South African Native National Congress (later the ANC) forms to protest against this Act. …

… or Bantustan), amid tense negotiations between the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African government under …

… an impact on the future of our society. On behalf of the African National Congress, bring you warm fraternal greetings;and we join … on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the South African Communist Party Cape Town, 28 July 1996 …

… The African National Congress (ANC) in exile developed strategies to influence … to question the National Party’s vision of what South African society should be. Fundamental questions were being …

… On January 8th 2008, the African National Congress celebrated its 96th anniversary, marking nearly a … January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 96th …

… Comrades Today, the 8th January, your organisation, the African National Congress, is 72 years old. In keeping with established … January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 72th …

… in the era of the Comintern, subordination of legitimate national aspirations to a distorted concept of … In most cases the composition of the highest organ — the congress which finalised policy and elected the leadership — … of the concept of vanguard and the acceptance of the African National Congress as the head of the liberation …

… from the colonies. These changes included taking land from African people and giving it to the growing number of … in the colonies. In South Africa, the South African National Natives Congress (SANNC) was founded in 1912, becoming one of the …

… Different sections of the South African community reacted to the formation of the republic in … and an anti-republican largely English group. Amongst National Party (NP) supporters the tendency was to favour … , who would later become leader of the African National Congress, wrote that blacks had been so disillusioned by the …

… of common concern. July, Bram attends a meeting of the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) in Durban, is appointed a member by … Travels to Latvia as a NUSAS delegate at a three-week congress of the Confederation International des Students …

… When the story of the founding of the Congress Youth League (CYL) — the forerunner of the ANC Youth … Langalibalele Dube in 1903 when there was an emergence of African-owned newspapers at the turn of the 19th century. … established a short-lived youth organisation called the National Union of African Youth. Thus, the founding of the …

… was the 1946 strike. In response to a call made by the African Mine Workers Union (AMWU), over 60 000 workers went … renamed the South African Communist Party , SACP), African National Congress (ANC) and the Council of Non European Trade Unions …

… From Protest to Challenge, A Documentary History of South African Politics. The Launch of MK and the Liliesleaf Raid Nelson Mandela, second from left, with members of the National Liberation Front of Algeria. In March of 1962 Mr … rights by the Apartheid regime made the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) the …

… after the Sharpeville Massacre and the banning of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan African Congress (PAC), especially …

… 1948 he became an active opponent of the policies of the National Party. After the passing of the Suppression of … on charges of treason arising from his involvement in the Congress of the People and the adoption of the Freedom …

… Today, January 8th, marks the 81st anniversary of the African National Congress. We observe this important date at a moment when our … January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 81st …

… the year and the beginning of the next, the leaders of the African people converged on Bloemfontein on January 8, 1912, … one Black people that spoke and acted through the African National Congress which, established on that day, concretised the … January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 60th …

… i.e. Africans must struggle for development, progress and national liberation so as to occupy their rightful and … honourable place among nations of the world; AND WHEREAS African Youth must be united, consolidated, trained and … was passed by the conference of the African National Congress held in Bloemfontein in 1943, authorising the …

… Today, we mark the 87th Anniversary of the birth of the African National Congress. Since its birth, this organisation of the people of … January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 87th …

… organisations was banned. Amongst these were the South African Students' Organisation (SASO), Black People's … Organisation, Black Parents Association (BPA) and the National Association of Youth Organisations (NAYO). In 1976 … to forge links with students’ organizations, notably the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) and Azanian …

… For many years there was tension within the African National Congress (ANC) between those with different ideological and …

… and by the 1980s posed a sustained challenge to the South African regime, which, facing myriad internal and external … UK. Julius Nyerere, then leader of the Tanganyikan African National Union (later to become president of Tanzania) and Kanyama Chiume of the Nyasaland African National Congress were the main speakers, and the Congress Movement’s …

… arrested for free speech in Greenock, Scotland), from the African National Congress and from sundry trade unions and organisations, … From Protest to Challenge: Documents of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964 Volume 1 …

… of MK at the time of their integration into the South African National Defence Force. EARLY YEARS Since its inception by the African National Congress (ANC) in 1961, MK has been a political army. MK was … of their History and a look at their Future, in African Defence Review, Issue No 15, March 1994. Wlliams R D, …

… June 16 marks the commemoration of National Youth Day in South Africa. This is the day the … Education, was quoted as saying: “I have not consulted the African people on the language issue and I’m not going to. An … organisations in exile, notably, the African National Congress(ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress(PAC), the Soweto …

… Johannesburg, Nkoli joined his first resistance group; the Congress of South African Students or COSAS. He soon became the secretary for … continued to grow the gay community by establishing the National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality (NCGLE) which …