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EventGhanaian President Kwame Nkrumah calls on world leaders to impose “total economic and political sanctions” on South Africa
… In addition, the OAU managed to convince the United Nations (UN) to expel South Africa from bodies like the World …
EventAaron Mokoena, SA footballer is born in Boipatong
… He also led Bafana Bafana in the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana. Mokoena’s tough tackling skills have earned …
The defiance campaign by M. P. Naicker
… of a new type of leadership sponsored by the ANC Youth League - a leadership pledged to a Programme of Action adopted by the League in 1949 - the Prime…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
… were founder members of SACP, joins the Young Communist League Anti-Indian Legislation: The Asiatic Immigration … becomes a member of the South African…
EventDeath in detention of Imam Haron
… He was influenced by the Muslim Brotherhood, the Teachers' League of SA, the NEUM and progressive trade unionists such …
EventBafana Bafana legend Philemon Raul Masinga dies
… Masinga as one among the first players to play in a major league. He was also labeled as the ambassador for the game …
Address to Beijing University Beijing, 6 May 1999
… turn defines a set of challenges that we share with many nations, indeed with the world as a whole. They arise from … economic damage and cost millions of…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Report on Delegations, Publications and Organisations of the PRC
… Act, and to advise the Indian delegation at the United Nations. Working under difficult conditions, Mr. Choudree did … to 23 October, he had to return before…
Message by Albert Luthuli to Asian-African Conference, 7 April 1955, Bandung
… paralysing sickness engendered by fear and jealousy among nations. Source: New Age, Cape Town …
EventFifteen African states tabled a draft resolution at the UN denouncing racial discrimination
… At the annual conference of the United Nations (UN) Economic Commission for Africa at Leopoldville … www.neslonmandela.org [Accessed: 30 January 2012]|…
EventDemocratic Republic of Somali is formed
… In 1956, in accordance with a decision by the United Nations, Italy granted its territory internal autonomy which …
EventSouth West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) is founded to oppose South African rule
… African forces. In 1966 SWAPO was recognised by the United Nations as the legitimate government of Namibia. SWAPO won …
EventTranskei gains complete independence
… South African borders. The General Assembly of the United Nations rejected the declaration of independence as invalid, …
EventWalvis Bay is handed over to Namibia
… which stretched back to 1878, was commended by the United Nations and the international community as it fulfilled the …
EventThe UN Security Council condemns all violations of its embargo against South Africa
… were still not in place. On 23 July 1970, the United Nations (UN) Security Council condemned all violations of its … South African History Online, ‘South…
EventA UN report estimates the number of people who have HIV/AIDS in Africa at 50,000
… A United Nations report estimates the number of people who have …
EventUN and OAU take a stand against Apartheid policy
… on Sanctions against South Africa was hosted by the United Nations (UN) and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) at … United Nations, ‘The United Nations:…
EventThabo Mbeki, former President of SA, is born in Idutywa, Transkei
… in the Eastern Cape. The young Mbeki joined the ANC Youth League at the age of 14 and became active in student …
EventArthur Elias Letele, medical doctor and prominent ANC leader who went into exile in Basutoland, dies
… in politics. He joined the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL), as well as the local ANC branch when he moved …
ArchiveThe Final Prize: Family - chapter 1
… with him to the next weekly meeting of the Young Communist League, to be held in the city. And so it was that I went in …
Chapter 5 - The Indian Tobacco Workers Strike of 1920: A Socio-Historical Investigation by Evangelos A. Mantzaris
… know, however, that from 1915 the International Socialist League (ISL) started organising Indian workers. 6 The ISL was … labour movement, and was as off…
ArticleSouth African Coloured People Organisation (SACPO)
… Movement (NEUM) and its affiliates, namely the Teachers League of South Africa, the remnants of the old APO and the … support from mostly Whites…
ArticleRuth Robb and her involvement with Black Sash
… was first called The Woman’s Defense of the Constitution League and was started in Johannesburg. Back then, the … who was a member of the African National…
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
… helped in the formation of the short-lived Soweto Students League (SSL), with Oupa Mlangeni as its President. SSL never … where they helped establish the…
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
… involved even before then through the Bantu Women’s League in 1931. This was the start of women promoting their … they created a women’s organization call…
ArticleHighlights for 2013
… in SA. South Africa June 2 2013 Gaddafi Funds The United Nations (UN) slams Burundi media law. New York June 5 2013 United Nations Party political platform…
ArchiveAppendix 5.1 The First Anniversary of the Declaration of the State of Palestine by Denis Goldberg
… will come to fulfil their duty in terms of the rights of nations to self-determination; and fulfil their duty in terms … been declared a Crime Against…
BiographyLex Mpati
Lex Mpati was born in Durban. His maternal grandparents were from the Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, and this is where his parents sent him when he was a baby…
BiographyFred Khumalo
Fred Khumalo was born on 4 August 1966 in Chesterville, Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), and grew up in Mpumalanga Township close to the industrial area of…
EventAfrican delegates urge U Thant to enter Nelson Mandela fray
… African delegations at the United Nations headquarters in New York requested Secretary-General …