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BiographyJabulani “Mzala” Nxumalo
… Nxumalo was a loyal member of the African National Congress (ANC) and SACP. His biting and at times provocative …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… behalf and Dadoo is released. October 7, Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) radicals hold a mass meeting to protest … April 10, 1941. Appointed adviser to…
BiographySindiso Mfenyana
… at school in Cradock, whereby prominent African National Congress members one day came to address the pupils during an … oldest liberation movement. Shortly…
EventPatricia de Lille testifies at Schabir Shaik’s trial
… At the time, leader of the Independent Democrats, Patricia de Lille, finally took the stand at the …
Document 38 - Certification of the Constitution; a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
… Unjust Laws" - launched jointly by the African National Congress of South Africa and the South African Indian Congress - was one of the greatest non-violent…
EventHistory of December 16
… the 1920s, the day was also used by the African National Congress, South African Communist Party and other political … of the armed struggle by the ANC The…
ArticleA Charge of Treason by Norman Levy
… 12) A Charge of Treason When detectives invaded the Congress of the People on 26 and 27 June 1955, it was clear … of subscribers to Fighting Talk; names of…
ArticlePopular struggles in the early years of Apartheid, 1948-1960
… Moses Kotane and Yusuf Dadoo of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC). Marks, a resident of Newclare, was … South African Coloured People’s Organization …
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
… a leading figure in the activities of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape. Thabo Mbeki was named … the Nigerian authorities, eclipsing…
BiographyMalcomess Johnson Mgabela Kondoti
… community. Very soon after, he joined the African National Congress (ANC) but did not become heavily involved in …
EventSouth Africa’s new constitution is approved
… of generations of anti-apartheid freedom fighters and democrats who had fought for the principle that South African …
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Forward to Socialism/Socialist Futures (Panel 1). Convenor: Janet Cherry
… as high-level officials in the ruling African National Congress (ANC) government since the elections of 1994. One of … the development policies of the…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
… . In 1949 he briefly joined the African National Congress Youth League. He was expelled from the university in … needed to be negotiated. With the African…
Growth of African Nationalism and Defiance
… day campaign. The 1 pound a day campaign was waged by the Congress of Trade Unions demanding 1 pound a day as minimum … on Parliament Street with members of…
South Africa’s armed struggle: where the ANC’s ineptitude was a virtue by Howard Barrell (The Conversation), 10 July 2016, University of Pretoria
… the virtues of South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) – we are assured it still has a few – it was … how the ANC was commanding such…
Chief Albert Luthuli Memorial Lecture by President Jacob Zuma at Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, 24 November 2010, Durban
… leader, but also as a leader beyond the confines of the congress movement. He made himself available to serve in many … with Father Trevor Huddlestone and Dr…
BiographyWilfrid Edward Cooper
… Trial of Zephania Mothopeng and 17 other Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) members 1980 Abdullah Naker for dealing … of political prisoners and members of…
BiographyMiriam Makeba
… of state, and even the Pope. In 1990, African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela was freed from 27 years …
Professor Sir Raymond Hoffenberg
… of Oliver Tambo, then president of the African National Congress (ANC) Mission in exile. Professor Hoffenberg married …
BiographyNise Bulelwa Malange
… Trade Unions (FOSATU), which was arguably succeeded by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). Malange has …
BiographyJoseph Masobila Mdluli
… his a living as a hawker. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1952, the year of the Campaign for the …
BiographyAdvocate George Bizos
… later to carry messages from the banned African National Congress (ANC) leaders imprisoned on Robben Island to their …
BiographyTeboho “Tsietsi” Mashinini
… numbers of youth joining the ranks of the African National Congress (ANC) and its military wing, Umkhonto We Sizwe …
EventCODESA’s starting date is set
… delegations. The delegations of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) were …
BiographyNthato Harrison Motlana
Black business pioneer, community leader, altruistic medical practitioner, involved in several education initiatives, former secretary-general of the ANC Youth…
BiographyNontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza
… from exile in Swaziland. A member of the African National Congress’s (ANC) armed wing uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), Cothoza …
BiographyLillian Diedericks
… elites and middle class of the African National Congress (ANC), in Port Elizabeth it was the working-class …
A brief history on South African prisons and prisoners
… 1989. Boesman, a member of the banned African National Congress (ANC) , was convicted of the 1985 killing of Mellina … for discussion. The government and the…
ArticleSouth African Coloured Peoples Organisation (SACPO)
… People's Organisation (SACPO) later Coloured People Congress (CPC) in 1953. SACPO managed to forge a political … cooperation with other liberation movements…
Broadcast to South Africa by OR Tambo on the 8th Anniversary of Umkhonto we Sizwe, 16 December 1969
… The next began with the formation of the African National Congress which meant the birth of a new united African nation … supreme challenge to our nation, to…