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Draft Report of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, submitted to the Annual Conference, December 15-17, 1950
… INTRODUCTION: 1. The year 1950 was a turning point in the political history of the African people in this country. It … the beginning of the year. These…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… the ANC, PAC and other parties were unbanned, hundreds of political activists serving prison sentences were released … a transition to democratic rule…
Theft at Luthuli House, 12 October 2003
… In response to a number of media enquiries, the ANC wishes to …
EventCyclone Favio, a powerful tropical storm, strikes Mozambique
… UNICEF praised the Mozambican government for their quick response to the storm. …
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… and technicalities of transition and a changeover of political leadership were clarified. At the end of the … [iii] According to Jeffery (2009), the first…
ArticleAnti-Pass Campaign
… executive a mandate to launch an anti-pass campaign. The response as PAC leaders had anticipated, was unanimously … on the following day the Sunday Times…
PlaceSarah Baartman Centre for Women and Children, Manenberg
… for Women and Children (SBCWC) was opened in 1999 in response to the high rates of violence against women and … advice The Residential Program provides a…
Chapter 2 - Historical Background
… 1909. It was a seminal event in the history of African political activity in South Africa, for it was the first occasion on which African political leaders…
Establishment of the Food Committee
… the provision of basic needs. On 11 August 1943, in response to increasing food prices and unequal food …
Establishment of Food Committee
… the provision of basic needs. On 11 August 1943, in response to increasing food prices and unequal food …
Establishment of the Food Committee
… the provision of basic needs. On 11 August 1943, in response to increasing food prices and unequal food …
ArticlePaper abstracts and biographies of speakers
… Town where she is coproducing life histories of unfolding political struggles of collective resistance against … at particular moments, who is engaged in…
ArchiveNew Deal? South Africa 1983
… fail. This is a video of that time and was Tony Bensusan's response as a media activist It was initially made without …
EventNUSAS President Ian Robertson is banned
… illustrating student problems and the Government`s response [Online], available at: anc.org.za/ [Accessed 07 May …
EventPresidential Job Summit is held
… In response to a call by President Nelson Mandela, …
’I am not prepared to sell the birthright of the people to be free’
… condition that he 'unconditionally rejected violence as a political weapon'. This was the sixth offer of release … in their establishment and maintenance…
PlaceVolksrust, Mpumalanga
… mid 1980s, Vukuzakhe had its own share in the struggle for political liberation. As the youths from the urban areas were … coming from places like Soweto and…
Address by President, Nelson R. Mandela, at the funeral of Martin Chris Hani FNB Stadium, Soweto, 19 April 1993
… have deliberately created this climate that legitimates political assassinations are as much responsible for the … that a murder can be committed and the…
ArticleThe Natives Land Act of 1913
… 1910. However, black people were excluded from meaningful political participation in its formation and future. The … with any land amongst other…
Checkmate for apartheid? July 199 1 - June 1992
… all talks unless and until the government addressed the political violence. To emphasise the ultimatum, mass protest … on busses and taxis (another 119…
Chapter 4 - Removing the obstacles
… We need a complete overhaul of the entire economic and political system'.' The Azanian People's Organization (AZAPO) … this period were most crucial. Were it…
Chapter 2 - From Crisis to Stability to Crisis
… and conjuncture of the period from the crushing of mass political dissent in the early 1960s to the re-emergence of … apartheid state during the late 1950s…
ArchiveThe Story of Jean Middleton by Grant Rohrmann
… allowed to talk to the other prisoners. Another reason the political prisoners felt so isolated was because Barberton … a National Day of Protest and…
EventLiberian President, Samuel Kanyon Doe publically offers to resign
… Liberian President, Samuel Kanyon Doe offered to resign in response to rebel incursions in his country. Doe was …
EventNP demands apology from TRC
… applying for amnesty. A deadline of 4 June was set for his response. The date was later extended to 20 June 1997. NP's …
EventThe Simelela Rape Survivors Centre in Cape Town reports on rape in Khayelitsha
… to three a day. The Simelela Rape Survivors Centre was a response to the high degree of sexual violence against women …
ArchiveWinnie Madikizela-Mandela: Revolutionary who kept the Spirit of Resistance alive by Shireen Hassim (The Conversation), 3 April 2018
… at times outside, the party. Her iconic status transcends political parties and geographical boundaries, generations … and apartheid, the profound…
BiographyZanemvula Kizito Mda
… at Peka High School, Lesotho, from 1965 and became a political activist. At the age of seventeen, he was sworn …
BiographyHendrik Frensch Verwoerd
… nations’ living in the Republic would be given equal political rights in their own ‘homelands’. This represented a …
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Introduction by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… a black South African woman who was a trade unionist, political activist and a women's leader both in the Eastern … Thus the majority of South Africans were…