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The Afrikaner Bond
… organisation that was effectively the first political party in South Africa, was founded in 1880 in the Cape Colony … of the Farmer or Merchant’. He wanted…
ArticleThe Destruction of Sophiatown
… is widely documented, considered as the Nationalist Party (NP) government's model for its urban apartheid … NP government succeeded in destroying Sophiatown…
ArticleHeritage day, Braai Day or Shaka Day: Whose Heritage is it Anyway?
… that these issues are hardly unique to South Africa. The United States experiences similar ambivalence in the … African Parliament omitted Shaka Day, the…
ArticleLesotho Timeline
… monarch and Chief Leabua Jonathan of the Basotho National Party (BNP) as prime minister. 1970 Chief Leabua Jonathan … loses the January election to the…
ArticleBlack Sash
… The Black Sash was formed in 1955 and it began as a tea party of six women, Jean Sinclair , Ruth Foley, Elizabeth … worked with a number of organisations,…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… implemented in practice which was enforced by the National Party (NP) when they won the election. The focus of this … (UDHR), also known as the Magna Carta,…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
… office as president for being too close to the Communist Party, and is replaced by Pixley Seme . The formation of the … General Hertzog and General Smuts…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… was in the hands of the pro British South Africa Party and United Party, which were led by Prime Minister … against the Apartheid government in the OAU and…
ArticleThembisile Chris Hani Timeline 1942 - 2003
… wing of the ANC. Hani joins the South African Communist Party (SACP) . 1962 Hani becomes one of the first volunteers … brief court appearance the men are…
ArticleAfrican Resistance Movement (ARM)
… banned and forced underground, and although the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA) was not banned by the … ANC and PAC. Despite the LPSA’s non-violent…
ArticleAftermath: Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… as the international conscience was deeply stirred. The United Nations Security Council and governments worldwide … and Chairperson of the underground South…
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
… equality was one of the main arguments among these multi-party conferences. With the new elections happening, women … pursuing their beliefs. The Start of…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… including student bodies, trade unions, the Communist Party and sections of the British Labour Party. After the … brief court appearance the men are freed…
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
… bank in the 1940s which grew especially after the National Party came to power and patronised the bank. It began to … In 1991 Volskas merged with Allied…
A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… of the Anti Fascist League were: - A. T. WANLESS, a Labour Party member and trade Unionist who gave a lot of assistance … strike decision and calling on all…
ArticleNatal Indian Congress (NIC)
… The organisation was prominent in the establishment of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in the mid-1980s. The formation … to spearhead the struggle. On the…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 2: The Nuclear Age and the Cold War
… Europe Although relations between the Soviet Union and the United States had been strained in the years before World War … As late as 1939, it seemed highly…
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
… inaugural conference. Despite holding this conference, the party was launched owing to harassment by the government. … went on to reorganise itself and on…
ArticleThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
… and the establishment of the USSR, the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), established in 1922, became a … Marked by his experience, Gumede began to…
The African Resistance Movement (ARM): An Organisational History
… banned and forced underground, and although the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA) was not banned by the … ANC and PAC. Despite the LPSA’s non-violent…
ArticleAbram Fischer Timeline 1908-1975
… Bram begins to consider himself a member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) (from account given during his … in Russia in 1932 or as a…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… intensification of the armed struggle; · the world was united against apartheid. 1.2 At the same time the liberation … in line with the emerging…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1960-1969
… including student bodies, trade unions, the Communist Party and sections of the British Labour Party. After the … brief court appearance the men are freed…
Delegations and dialogue between ANC and internal non government groups
… Afrikaner intelligentsia began to question the National Party’s vision of what South African society should be. … on the course of the struggle within the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2011 - 2020
… to end the conflict in Libya. South Africa voted for the United Nations Security Council resolution authorising the … 26 October Palestine’s bid to become a…
ArticleA History of the Springbok Legion
… became radicalised by members of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) who joined it and served in its … mid 1940s they began to leave the SL. When the…
ArticleAnti-South African Indian Council (SAIC) Campaign
… a mass dumping on its territory forced the Nationalist Party government (Nats) to accept the presence of Indians in … 2011) The conference called for the…
ArticleThe Conflict between the AZAPO and the UDF - popular violence in the 1980s and 1990s
… struggle focuses largely on the conflict between the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) . Equally significant was the bloody ……
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1920-1929
… and financial constraints. During this period, the party attempted to reinvigorate itself by changing its name … significant development was the formation of…
ArticleState of Emergency - 1985
… (ANC) internal influence was limited by the banning of the party, and the subsequent exiling of many of its leaders … the world. One of the most prominent…