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ArchiveRemembering the Blue Notes: South Africa’s first generation of free jazz by Gwen Ansell, 11 September 2017
… Cape Town in the early 1960s. White composer and pianist Chris McGregor joined forces with some of the most radical … good enough to record: free…
ArticlePaper Wood and Allied Workers Union (PWAWU)
… Urban Training Project (UTP). Benjy Mngoma was its first secretary and amongst its leading figures was Aninka …
EventA bomb blast rocks the ANC London office
… to bomb both the ANC and South African Communist Party (SACP) offices in London. However, the SACP office was not bombed because it was located in an urban …
EventSA signs diplomatic relations with Russia
… move was criticised by the South African Communist Party (SACP). …
EventJames La Guma dies
… activist, member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and president of the South African Coloured People's …
Inner-Party Bulletin
… Bulletin produced by the SACP Central Committee for internal distribution only. Issue …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1947
… at the meeting for stalwarts like Mr. S.R. Naidoo, past secretary of the South Africa Indian Congress, Mr. J.W. … find themselves in opposing political camps…
The Afrikaner Bond
… Grey College in Bloemfontein, Chief Justice FW Reitz was elected chairman. The Bond’s presence in the OFS was largely … for the merged body, and a…
ArticleMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) - Timeline: 1890-1899
… deputation to Sir John Robinson, Premier and Colonial Secretary, Colony of Natal July 1, Writes circular letter to … advised the people to send a petition to…
South Africa's freedom struggle by E.S. Reddy
… Indian organisation and by the Communist Party which elected him chairman. It was acknowledged by the African … its highest honour, Isitwalandwe-Seaparankoe…
ArchiveRecommendations of Consultative Conference
… change. Lists challenges facing the party. Covers the SACP, ANC and COSATU alliance, the mobilisation and …
EventMoses Kotane receives Isitwalandwe/Seaparankoe
… Moses Kotane, member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the African National Congress (ANC), was awarded …
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… announces that he is giving up his current post to become Secretary-General of the South African Council of Churches … 27 April, The Prime Minister announces…
Grade 5 Archive
… and other landmarks. Lastly, the role of a democratically elected leader and how citizens can participate in a …
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… stay away from work and keep their children from school. Secretary of the African National Congress (ANC) in Natal, … December 18 - December 20 , Chief…
South African Labour Bulletin
… and white with orange lettering. Content - interview with SACP's Joe Slovo. Marchers wearing T-shirts with POTWA, …
EventBram Fischer dies
… Former leader of South African Communist Party (SACP) Bram Fischer died of cancer at his brother Dr Paul …
ArticlePolokwane/Pietersburg Timeline 1835-1995
… Outbreak of the second World War. 1948 National Party elected to government. Introduction of total segregation (See … 1994 Nelson Mandela becomes the first…
EventNatoo Babenia is born
… National Congress (ANC), South African Communist Party (SACP) and Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK) and served sixteen years … African Communist Party , [online],…
EventJB Marks is born
… was a staunch member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the African national Congress (ANC). …
ArticleNon-European Unity Movement (NEUM)
… of the remainder of the country. Africans would be elected and nominated onto a Native Representative Council … issue was: “a permanent and central body,…
EventMinister Kobie Coetsee on meeting between Botha and Mandela
… (ANC) ties with the South African Communist Party (SACP). …
Statement by the National Executive Committee of the ANC - 20 September 2008
… Court judgement on the 12th of September by Judge Chris Nicholson. In particular, we have focused on the …
ArticleWomen, employment and the changing economic scene, 1920s
… 1953) as the less extreme South African Communist Party (SACP). The SACP then declared itself willing to co-operate with the ANC …
77. The South African Indian Council: an assessment from within, 1978
… in 1974, fifteen of whom were to be appointed and fifteen elected by Indians serving on local authorities. The … meeting held at Laudium and presided over by…
Chaskalson transcended his bias and loyalties by Tony Leon, 4 December 2012
… Only a statement by the South African Communist Party (SACP) drew attention to the fact that, in the 1960s and 1970s, Chaskalson was "an underground member…
EventPhyllis Naidoo escapes to Lesotho
… assisting members of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and ANC to escape from South Africa, and supporting …
ArticleFederation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU)
… that its partners were democratic and that leaders were elected from the working class. This approach encouraged the …
ArticleProvincial histories
… and other landmarks. Lastly, the role of a democratically elected leader and how citizens can participate in a …