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Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
… by the leadership of the South African Communist Party (SACP) in exile and their cooperation in a united front with … its underground structures. Around this…
Address by President of the Republic Commander-in-Chief of SANDF and Patron-in-Chief of Military Veterans at the funeral of Major General (retired) Mongameli Johnson Tshali (aka Lennox Lagu), Thaba Tshwane, 17 September 2011
… (retired) Tshali was but second in command to the late Chris Hani at the time of the Wankie and Sipolilo campaigns. He …
Constitution of the AAC, December 1937
… and organised bodies duly registered with the General Secretary and which organisations and organised bodies shall … 6. Election: The Officers of the…
ArticleSouth African National Students Congress (SANSCO)
… held in September 1979. An Interim Committee (IC) was elected by students. Their duty was to prepare for the launch … and Mike Koyana of the University of…
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… Luthuli's life, when the teacher and organizer (and later elected Zulu chief) engaged the world of sport through his … Mtonya entrusted Mvumbi to his uncle…
ArchiveSonia Bunting: Continuous Compassion and Adamant Activism by Jack Lucas
… married in 1946, moving to Cape Town where Sonia served as Secretary to the Cape Town Peace Council in addition to her … rebranded as an underground South…
Bolt Number 9 August 1973
… A Post Mortem, P.P. Louw. NEW POETRY: Patrick Cullinan, Chris Russell, Robert Greig. FICTION: The Problem with Staff, Christopher Hope. NEW POETRY: Peter…
ArticleUniversity Christian Movement (UCM)
… 90 clergymen and students in attendance. The congress elected an executive committee of ten people, with Basil … University of the North, outside Pietersburg…
EventCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart, first state president of South Africa, is born
… as the National Party (NP). In 1941, Swart was once again elected as a Member of Parliament and became Minister of … Act, the banning of the South African…
Address delivered at The 9th COSATU Congress, 18 September 2006, Gallagher Estate, Midrand
… The President of Cosatu, Comrade Willie Madisha, General Secretary, Comrade Zwelinzima Vavi and all members of the … ANC, Cde Kgalema Motlanthe, and all NEC…
Article1960's Diaries of Nelson Mandela on his trip through Africa
… in the banning of the South African Communist Party(SACP) in 1950, the Sharpeville massacre in 1961 and the … Mandela and instructed him to visit Chief…
ArchiveCHAPTER 4 - A turn to masses by Howard Barrell
… context. The ANC’s influential and incorporated ally, the SACP, had spoken in general terms of the possibilities of a … and the state’s armed forces. Mac…
EventWalter Sisulu, co-founder of the ANCYL and Umkhonto we Sizwe, is born
… Mandela, in forming the ANC Youth League (1944). He was elected its treasurer, and thereafter rose rapidly through the ranks of the parent body, serving as…
ArticleTruth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
… Alex Boraine (Deputy Chairperson), Mary Burton, Advocate Chris de Jager, Bongani Finca, Sisi Khampepe, Richard Lyster, …
EventManne Dipico, former Premier of the Northern Cape, is born in Kimberley
… at university he got involved in politics. In 1991, he was elected regional secretary of the African National Congress(ANC). In 1994, …
ArticleSouth African Coloured People Organisation (SACPO)
… a direct reply to the government's Bill. Sundra Pillay was elected the first chairman and Reggie September as secretary. The CPNU expressed its support to…
Timol Inquest: He was murdered but culprits are dead, court rules
… clapped after Judge Billy Mothle ruled that in 1971 the SACP’s Timol was pushed by members of the Security Branch out … courtroom was packed with Timol’s…
ArticleConference: One Hundred Years of the ANC - Debating Liberation Histories and Democracy Today
… trade unionists, liberation movement veterans and key SACP and ANC theorists. The papers and subsequent panel …
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… administration. The ANC rejected De Klerk’s offer of an elected interim government, calling instead for an interim … debated the issues of the earlier…
EventWalter Sisulu arrested under the Suppression of Communism Act
… Walter Sisulu joined the ANC in 1940. He was elected to the executive committee of the ANC Youth League in … Youth League's Program of Action. In the same…
Chapter 7 - ‘We Are Also People’
… telling me this, had tears in his eyes. In 1976 he was elected Chairperson. Some Dad, you had little girl. When you … on the same golf course. Gene lived in…
EventHamilton Naki, a laboratory assistant to cardiac surgeon Christian Barnard, dies
… with surgeries. When Goetz left, Naki began working with Chris Barnard, the doctor who would perform the first heart … After his death, it was claimed that…
PAC Constitution - Extract from Karis & Carter
… be signed by the Treasurer-General and either the National Secretary or the President. • Subscription fees shall be … be constituted as follows: (a)…
EventKabila is inaugurated as president of the DRC
… Congo (DRC). Kabila was the country's first democratically elected president in over forty years. President Thabo Mbeki, … as eight other African leaders…
ArticlePaul Kruger Timeline 1825-1904
… part of a delegation to Lord Carnarvon, the colonial secretary. Kruger was to suggest a referendum, the mission … Kruger is sent to London to put before the…
Community Arts Project (CAP)
… such as Jon Berndt, Lionel Davis , Gaby Cheminais and Chris Mtiya among others. CAP was started using funds from an …
ArchiveRoseinnes Daniel Phahle by Allison Drew
… would have ended in defeat, as well as the future ANC Secretary-General and Foreign Minister, Alfred Nzo. Phahle … supported by the majority of black…
EventA two-day All-in African Conference starts in Pietermaritzburg, Natal
… Natal. The conference called for a national convention of elected representatives of all adult men and women, … of the Republic. Mr. Nelson Mandela was…
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… new leadership came to power in the ANC. Walter Sisulu was elected secretary-general and a number of Youth Leaguers were elected to the national executive,…
BiographyKobera Manual
… her papers is a letter from Dorothy Hacking, the Honorary Secretary of the Fish Hoek Welfare Association dated 6 …