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EventNew ANC National Working Committee is elected
… the day-to-day running of its affairs. The NWC had been elected at a meeting of the 60-member National Executive … New ANC National Working Committee is…
EventFrederik Willem de Klerk is elected President of South Africa
… Frederik Willem de Klerk was elected State President of South Africa and was officially … Congress (PAC), the South African Communist Party (SACP) and other…
BiographyPravin Jamnadas Gordhan
… Gordhan joined the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and was elected to its executive council in 1974. He organised and … Congress (ANC) and the South African…
Frederick and Clifford Nissen, brothers of the ANC assistant secretary of the Western Cape, the Rev. Chris Nissen, is shot dead
… and Clifford Nissen, brothers of the ANC assistant secretary of the Western Cape, the Rev. Chris Nissen, is shot dead …
BiographyVernon Celliers Berrange
… Harmel , Rusty Bernstein , and Vernon Berrange, was elected to draft a reply to the 'liquidator'. Except for … and sent, the committee members, viewing…
BiographyMarion Monica Sparg
… Vaal-Lekoe–Metropolitan in 1996. In 1999, she became the Secretary of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP ). In … Deputy Chairperson of the South…
BiographyIrvin Jim
… for the Eastern Cape, then in 2000, he became its regional secretary. He was at that time the youngest member of the … Socialist Revolutionary worker’s party…
ArchiveHamba Kahle Cde Hani: The struggle continues
… Hamba Kahle Cde Hani: The struggle continues …
SACP’s Slovo Views Mandela, ANC Leadership
… SACP’s Slovo Views Mandela, ANC Leadership …
ArchiveThe probable...happened: SACP-COSATU Meeting
… The probable...happened: SACP-COSATU Meeting …
BiographyAlec Erwin
… subsequently formed. In 1977, while lecturing, Erwin was elected as General Secretary for the Trade Union Advisory and Co-ordinating … and quitting his…
National Executive Committee as elected by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
… National Executive Committee as elected by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, …
BiographyRichard Granville Baloyi
… the leaders of the anti-pass campaign. In 1937 he was elected treasurer-general of the African National Congress (ANC) until 1948. In the same year he…
BiographyVincent Joseph Gaobakwe Matthews
… ANC Youth League until 1950, when he became its national secretary under the presidency of Nelson Mandela . In 1951 … Matthews joined the South African…
Dan Tloome
… until the mid-1950s, also serving for some time as secretary of the African Milling Workers' Union. Active in … (ANC) as well as the trade union movement,…
BiographyRuth First
… South Africa (CPSA, later South African Communist Party [SACP]) in 1921. Ruth and her brother Ronald grew up in a … African Indian Congress ), and Ismail…
BiographyMatthew Goniwe
… Youth Association (CRADOYA) was launched with Goniwe being elected as its first chairperson and Fort Calata, as its … to the chief of the ANC’s underground…
BiographyGreenwood Dumisa Ngotyana
… railway and harbour workers' union of which he became secretary. Elected an official of the Western Cape ANC in 1951, he also … of Trade Unions. After his…
BiographyCurtis Nkondo
… League (ANCYL) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) leaders. Curtis graduated from teacher training school … in New Clare. Marks was chairman of the…
BiographyEssop Goolam Pahad
… of the ANC and the South African Communist Party (SACP) . During this period, he also graduated from the … his resignation as minister. Pahad represented…
EventDaniel Arap Moi is elected President of Kenya
… Daniel Arap Moi was elected President of Kenya in what would be his twentieth … Daniel Arap Moi is elected President of Kenya …
ArchiveSecretary-Generals report
… Secretary-Generals report …
EventJomo Kenyatta is elected Prime Minister of Kenya
… Jomo Kenyatta was elected Kenya’s first Prime Minister, in 1963, following that … Jomo Kenyatta is elected Prime Minister of Kenya …
ArchiveStop Savimbis war!: recognise elected Angola
… Stop Savimbis war!: recognise elected Angola …
BiographyPandelani Jeremia Nefolovhodwe
… and allowed to continue with his studies. In 1974 he was elected as president of the SRC, and he was also elected as national president of the South African…
Post-Election Political Violence
From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman As South Africa went to the polls on 27 April 1994,…
The Founder: An Ambiguous Figure by Chris Saunders
… his complexity and ambiguity in this its centenary year? Chris Saunders is a retired UCT historian and now a research … The Founder: An Ambiguous Figure by…
Chris van Wyk on ‘Phoning Shirley’ 1
… Chris van Wyk on ‘Phoning Shirley’ 1 …
Ruth First by Chris Van Wyk
… Ruth First by Chris Van Wyk …
ArchiveChris Dlamini renews call for unity
… Chris Dlamini renews call for unity …