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EventJohn Fairbairn (70), journalist and outspoken critic, dies in Cape Town
… proved to be the beginning of what would become years of struggle with the authorities for a free press. Fairbairn …
PlaceHector Pieterson Memorial and Museum, Soweto
… in the uprisings, and celebrates the students’ role in the struggle for freedom. The monument and memorial have been …
EventPolitical Activist and Advocate, Dumisa Ntsebeza, is born
… many young South Africans in the 70’s was involved in the struggle. He was arrested in the mid 70’s and served time in …
EventWinnie Mandela released from banning order and house arrest
… League (ANCWL), along with other legends of the women's struggle like Lilian Ngoyi, Florence Matomela and Frances …
EventAdelaide Tambo returns to South Africa after 30 years
… the Baobab in Gold for her exceptional commitment to the struggle against apartheid, and her dedication to community …
EventStudents at Durban
… (UDW) owing to political activism and a continuing struggle between the Azanian Students' Movement (AZASM) and …
EventBishop Tutu receives Martin Luther King Award
… for Non-Violence for his commitment and role during the struggle against apartheid in 1986. Tutu was honoured for …
EventHelen Suzman is born
… and Harvard have awarded her honorary doctorates. Her struggle against apartheid won her the United Nations Human …
EventFriedrich Engels, German philosopher, dies in London
… political activists in South Africa during the liberation struggle, as it resonated with the challenges faced by the …
EventFour ANC members killed in an ambush near Piet Retief, eastern Transvaal
… about to come back to South Africa and continue with the struggle they had been involved in ever since their …
EventThe United Nations adopts a resolution establishing an eleven member United Nations Council for South West Africa
… Organisation (SWAPO), aligned to the ANC in a liberation struggle against South Africa’s occupation of Namibia, then …
EventBlacks in South Africa protest against segregation
… of the SAIC, said that this was the beginning of a struggle against 300 years of oppression. The Defiance …
EventEllen Kuzwayo becomes the first Black woman to receive an honorary degree from Wits University
… her autobiography, Call me Woman. The book highlights her struggle with domestic violence during her first marriage. …
New Age
… Africa, it's people, and their sufferings for the common struggle for liberation and freedom. …
Albert Luthuli`s speech to ceremony for presenting him the Christopher Gell Memorial Award, 21 October 1961, Port Elizabeth
… like him who have unreservedly dedicated themselves to the struggle for freedom; but there are still far too many who do not take the struggle seriously or…
Chapter 13
… as a whole to boycott all elections under the Act and to struggle for full citizenship rights." Here we see before us, … as a whole to boycott all elections…
EventOne hundred and twenty three people banned following June 16 Student Protest
… the country marking a turning point in the liberation struggle of South Africa. …
Address by President Mandela at the opening of the 36th Annual World Boxing Council Convention Johannesburg, 26 October 1998
… to acknowledge the WBC's role, in adding strength to the struggle for liberation by bringing the considerable force of … maturing of our transition to…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1960-1969
… forced to establish underground structures to continue the struggle. The PAC launched its armed wing Poqo while the ANC, … as an instrument of solidarity…
EventMinister of Defence, PW Botha discloses that South Africa's northern borders are protected by a radar early warning system
… might, especially to those involved in the liberations struggle. …
BiographySonja Schlesin
Sonja Schlesin was born in Moscow on 6 June 1888 to Isidor Schlesin and his wife Helena Dorothy (nee Schloss). The Schlesin family later immigrated to South…
Statement at the 19th African-American Conference by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 12 January 1989
… In one country after another, the blacks have, through struggle, gained the political rights they seek. Where the … the political rights they have fought for…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the 19th African-American Conference, 12 January 1989, Lusaka
… In one country after another, the blacks have, through struggle, gained the political rights they seek. Where the … the political rights they have fought for…
Chief Albert Luthuli Memorial Lecture by President Jacob Zuma at Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, 24 November 2010, Durban
… of Chief Luthuli to the international pillar of our struggle. He was actually the first South African to call for … that was to gather untold momentum in…
Address of the Deputy President of the African National Congress Nelson Mandela, at the European parliament Strasbourg, 13 June 1990
… a non-racial democracy. What all this means is that the struggle against apartheid must continue. We have not yet … system. It is for this reason that we…
Draft Report of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, submitted to the Annual Conference, December 15-17, 1950
… which was to serve as a guide to the African people in the struggle for liberation. The Programme of Action indicated a definite form of struggle for the…
Statement of the African National Congress by Oliver Tambo, 18 March 1980
… effectiveness of the world solidarity movement in the struggle against apartheid tyranny and oppression. Now is the … of Zimbabwe needs assistance and…
ANC Press Statement presented by Oliver Tambo, 16 August 1985, Lusaka
… all the forces at home and abroad that are engaged in struggle to end the system of white minority domination. He … destroyed as a matter of the greatest…
Speech by President Mandela at the Funeral of Nokukhanya Luthuli, 22 December 1996, Groutville
… fighter and leader. Mama Nokukhanya shared the trenches of struggle with our beloved leader Chief Albert Luthuli. After … Nokukhanya was one of those leaders…
Forward to a People's Government by O. R. Tambo - Statement of the ANC, 18 March 1980
… effectiveness of the world solidarity movement in the struggle against apartheid tyranny and oppression. Now is the … of Zimbabwe needs assistance and…