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PlaceRepublic of Congo
… (CONAKAT). At the request of Lumumba, the United Nations (UN) stepped in to replace the withdrawing Belgian army, but … Rwanda-Burundi also continued, and…
BiographyMoosa “Mosie” Moolla
… From the time of his escape in 1963 until 1968 the apartheid state denied Mosie’s wife, Zubeida, and their …
ArticleCODESA 2 Timeline
… going again. August 1992: A special representative of the UN, Cyrus Vance, is sent to visit South Africa, amidst …
EventBritish pop star, David Essex, claims to have been quoted out-of-context regarding his return to perform in South Africa.
… speaking in relation with the issue of the United Nations (UN) blacklist and on whether he'll return to South Africa. …
EventEquatorial Guinea gains Independence from Spain
… sentiment and escalating pressure from the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, the journey to independence was …
EventWorld Population Day
… World Population Day (Online), available at: http://www.un.org [Accessed 28 July 2010] World Population Day (Online), …
EventThe United Nations adopts a resolution establishing an eleven member United Nations Council for South West Africa
… the US,, Great Britain and France. At the time of the UN’s resolution the political situation in South Africa was …
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Opening Ceremony of the Second Festival of the Cultures and Civilisations of World Deserts, Dubai: 16 April 2005.
… This meeting needs to send a clear declaration to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… to the non-violent resistance struggle against apartheid in South Africa . Not only did Luthuli become the … majority of South Africans perpetuated by the…
ArchiveCuito Cuanavale, Angola 25th Anniversary of a Historic African Battle by Ronnie Kasrils (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola
… Prohibited from meeting openly by South Africa’s apartheid government, the Seventh Congress of the South … aged Mirage fighters (whose obsolescence was the…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… among others. The government’s determination to enforce apartheid despite criticism from the Commonwealth of Nations … – the South African government never…
Statement of ANC National Working Committee, 5 September 2011
… face and the flag of the ANC. This was viewed as totally un-ANC and a breach of everything that the ANC stands for. …
EventPatrice Lumumba, former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is shot
… Katanga region under Moise Tshombe and United Nations (UN) intervention. In September the coalition broke down, and …
EventUnited Nations Charter is adopted
… after it was ratified by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, namely the Republic of China, France, …
EventMagnus Malan and Constand Viljoen deny knowledge of mass graves
… killed in the first days after 1 April 1989, just before UN peacekeepers formally took over from the SADF, in what …
EventThe Nigerian state of Kano resumes polio vaccination after an eleven
… of a vaccine in late July 2004, as it was developed by a UN-approved manufacturer in Muslim Indonesia. In 2004, the …
EventAmerican troops withdraw from Somalia
… military might polarised the Somali population against the UN peacekeepers. After a number of disastrous military … Available at history.army.mil …
PlaceSomalia
… from the international community. On 24 April 1992 the UN established a mission, USOSOM, to safeguard the delivery … a secure environment to deliver aid, the…
BiographyPeter Clarke
… thousands of school children took up the fight against Apartheid, many losing their lives in the process. When I …
Extract from a speech at the opening of the National Party Congress of the Orange Free State at Bloemfontein on 18 September 1973
… bring about a confrontation between the Republic and the UN to its own advantage. The Prime Minister reacted to all … group of this newspaper: "Separate…
Academia and activism: A unique alliance in working class organisation post 1973 by Vannessa Kruger
… cultural engagement contributed to mobilisation of the un-unionised and the broader dissemination of the issues …
ArticleKenyan Timeline
… as a ‘national disaster’ by President Kibaki. The UN launches an aid appeal for vulnerable rural Kenyans. … energy and raw materials for his country. October…
EventSecurity Council examines violence in South Africa
At the instigation of a letter titled the Question of South Africa from the Charge D'affaires of the permanent mission of Madagascar to the United Nations the…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Deputations
… and arbitrary," said Mr. Gandhi Rustomjee and Meer for UN - Rustomjee says he represents Rustomjee Mr. Sorabjee … silence on the subjects of this visit to…
Chapter 4 - Poor, yet generous Lesotho
… Dutch Reformed Church. Yes, the same church which gave to apartheid its biblical authority and to the liberation … as most of the aforementioned did not…
ArchiveBiography of Dorothy Nyembe by Thomas Boatman
… of the premier freedom fighters in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. She would also become the face of … community for her efforts on the…
A common purpose: the Commonwealth’s support for the AAM
… synopsis of the Commonwealth's relations with the Anti-Apartheid Movement. If ever there was an organisation which … should be in the forefront of…
History lesson: When Vorster stuck the knife in Ian Smith's back by Jamie Miller (Rand Daily Mail), 17 September 2016
… Africa-Namibia. But he needed the help of South Africa’s apartheid regime to make it happen. For his part, John … This was accepted.” On South Africa’s…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), King George Hotel, Athens, 24 February 2005.
… a disciplined and steadfast role to defeat colonialism and apartheid on the continent, we needed a new type of … peace to the Cote d'Ivoire and in…
EventEvelyn Dalberg, SA opera singer, is born in Germany
… opera singer in South Africa with her performances in Un Ballo in Maschera, Falstaff, Martha, Madama Butterfly, …