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EventUN report accuses Katangan President and Congo President of conspiracy to murder Patrice Lumumba
… discourse on the death of Lumumba, the role of the United Nations is seldom accounted for. Recent research has pointed … Kouassi, K "Africa and the United…
EventThe Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act is introduced
… was brought before the General Assembly of the United Nations, both by the Indian leadership in South Africa as …
EventBishop Desmond Tutu leaves for the USA to meet with American President Ronald Reagan
… also involved the USA vetoing any decision in the United Nations General Assembly to isolate South Africa …
EventEgyptian President Anwar Sadat, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and President Carter begin a Middle East peace conference at Camp David, Maryland
… to Egypt, a transfer that was completed in 1982. The two nations also agreed to negotiate Palestinian autonomy …
EventNelson Mandela condemns the Lockerbie bombing, the first mass killing of Americans by terrorists
… West. Part of the compromise reached was that the United Nations would not press criminal charges against Gaddafi, …
EventAn international measure is adopted in Antwerp to block rebel groups from trading conflict diamonds
… Front (RUF) in Sierra Leone. According to the United Nations (UN), conflict diamonds, or blood diamonds, are …
FREEDOM IN OUR LIFETIME, Durban, December 12-14, 1958
… in our day, find unqualified endorsement in the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights and in the creeds of all … out of UNO because of UNOs attempts to…
Funeral arrangements afoot for Mama Dideka Mhlaba, 20 January 2010
… She was also an active member of the ANC Women`s League and dedicated her time to the development of children …
ANC to convene Provincial Memorial Services in honour of Madiba, 8 December 2013
… Stadium. Johannesburg 10h00 12 December 2013 ANC Women`s League National Church Service Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… here . 29 September, Nelson Mandela addresses the United Nations Security Council on the Arusha Peace Process. 30 … Congress (SASCO) and African National…
BiographyRuth Naomi Leon
The youngest of nine children, Ruth Naomi Leon (who later started calling herself Tania) was born in a small town called Wellington in the Cape Province (now…
BiographyAshlatha Rambally
Ashlatha Moodley (nèe Rambally) was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) in 1946 and grew up in the small town of Colenso. After completing her…
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa
… deadly disease, which is currently not curable. The United Nations AIDS agency (UNAIDS) says the evidence that HIV is …
ArticleAftermath: Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… international conscience was deeply stirred. The United Nations Security Council and governments worldwide condemned …
ArticleNon-European Unity Movement (NEUM)
… Teachers Association (CATA), the Cape Coloured Teachers League of South Africa (TLSA), the Cape African Voters … of two mainly Coloured movements, the…
Statement "Algeria honours Chief Luthuli" by Oliver Tambo, 30 November 1964
… and in the estimation of the world-wide community of nations. This great gesture will be very deeply appreciated …
EventFIFA World Cup is staged in Africa for the first time
… (FIFA), the World Cup was staged in Africa. Five African nations vied for the right to host the FIFA World Cup 2010 …
EventTanzania gains independence
… World War, the Tanganyika region was placed under United Nations (UN) trusteeship, which mandated Britain with the …
EventThe Angolan government announces a unilateral ceasefire
… the presence of President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, United Nations representative Ibrahim Gambari and observers from the …
EventEban Abba, Israeli statesman is born in Cape Town
… and witty debater." In 1948 Eban became Israel's United Nations (UN) representative and served simultaneously as …
EventYoussou N’Dour, Senegalese singer, is born.
… and serving as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations (UN). In 2008, N’Dour launched his microfinance …
Freedom In Our Life Time - Foreword by A. P. Mda
… in the ranks of the young people who made up the Youth League. Lembede was already politically conscious when he … new South Africa. When Lembede and others…
"Future of the Africanist Movement" Questions and Answers Y R. M. Sobukwe, in The Africanist, January 1959
… in 1949 when the Afncanists (known as the Congress Youth League) provided the A.N.C. with the popular Nation-Building …
ArchiveApartheid's Sporting Afterlife by Clark Easley
Apartheid’s Sporting Afterlifeby Clark Easley · Eleven Named PeopleThe challenge facing South African sport is no longer formal segregation but inherited…
WE HAVE THE KEY TO FREEDOM NOT THE OPPRESSOR, December 16, 1957
… he is denied the universal human rights accepted by all nations that qualify to be called civilised. I appeal to … contained in the Declaration on Human…
Oliver Tambo, Southern Africa, South Africa and the ANC replies to questions by Sechaba, 01 April 1968
… attack by the enemy. Question : In what form do the United Nations decisions help you, especially those concerning … South African regime came to be…
ArticleThe banning of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and student politics in the 1980s
… first of these was the formation of the Soweto Students League (SSL) in March 1978, an attempt to revive the SSRC and … Moremi inspired the formation of the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… , 1956 Treason Trialist and president of the ANC Women’s League dies. 20 March, Zinzi Mandela expresses the spirit of … on Sanctions against South Africa,…
EventAKA, the Prince of South African hip hop is born
… After studying sound engineering, he co-founded The I.V. League with Kamza and Buks in 2007.[2] AKA released hit …
Address at a Banquet at the Guildhall London, 13 June 2001
… a real hope of success, in company with other African nations working tirelessly for the same cause. We are hard at … Charter to ensure our proper place in…