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ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… Amendment Act. Working together with the CPSA, the ANC responded by launching the Defiance Campaign and rallying … Charter. Organisations with members…
BiographyHendrik Frensch Verwoerd
… emergency was declared, and the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) were banned. …
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… in Engcobo District in the Transkei, in the same year, the ANC was formed. 1920 Walter returns from his aunt Agnes’ home … in East London, Walter vainly…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… Z. K. Matthews join the African National Congress (ANC). 7 July, The Executive Committees of the All African Convention (AAC) and the ANC meet and pass a…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… as an armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). The formation of the MK Umkhonto weSizwe ("Spear of the … white minority government. The African…
ArticleThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
… Tom Jackson. Founding father and later president of the ANC, Josiah Gumede , visited the USSR in February and later … he was elected president of the African…
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
… New leadership elected to African National Congress (ANC) Youth League including Walter Sisulu and Oliver Tambo . Dr. James Moroka elected as President of…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… (ANCYL) comes into power in the African National Congress (ANC) . ANCYL leaders include Nelson Mandela , Walter Sisulu , … and others. December 17 , The…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1970-1979
… By the 1970s a number of leading figures in the ANC were in prison while others were in exile. Those that … These countries played an important role for the…
ArticleThe co-optation of the African National Congress: South Africa’s original ‘State Capture’, Sampie Terreblanche
… to the presidency of the African National Congress (ANC) last month, it is vital to understand deep structural … justice. The ideological shifts that took…
ArticleOliver Reginald Tambo Timeline 1917 - 2011
… of Anton Lembede, a group of young people form the ANC Youth League (ANCYL). At its official inauguration , OR … a member of the National Executive Committee…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… boycotts, strikes and other defiance tactics. In 1949, the ANC adopted this programme, which represented a radical … organisation and execution of the…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… Principles CODESA 2 Plenary The Aftermath of CODESA 2 ANC National Conference and Plans of Mass Action Codesa … Massacre on 17 June Rumours of Police…
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad 1906 - 1990
… 1906 The African National Congress (ANC) sends a delegation to the UK in response to the … black residents of their legally bought land. 1919 The ANC sends…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… liberation movements. The African National Congress , (ANC) South African Communist Party (SACP), the Indian … the government’s racially biased polices…
ArticleReactions to Silverton Siege 1980
… and prominent personalities both locally and abroad. The ANC sent an appeal to the United Nations: ‘We call upon the … Marais Viljoen commuted the three men…
ArticleArmed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990
… continued until 1986, when the African National Congress (ANC) called on South Africans to make the country … which proved effective, were advocated for by…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… anti-pass campaign, which resulted in the banning of the ANC and the PAC following the Sharpeville Massacre. In … Trial to its conclusion in 1961. That same…
Political executions
… Poqo members. Killings in Paarl. Lebajoa, Peter 1984/08 ANC members. Treason/murder of farmer (1978). Letsoare, … Killings in Paarl. Mahlangu, Solomon, 21…
Grade 4 term 2 Timeline: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… 1942 He starts attending African National Congress (ANC) meetings informally 1943 He enrols at the University of … and discrimination. 1944 Mandela…
ArticleThe Congress of the People, Kliptown 1955
… Albert Luthuli , the banned National President of the ANC said: "‘Why will this assembly be significant and unique? … in the country." In the wake of the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1930-1939
… During this period the ANC cooperated with other organisations such as the APO and … a united force for a significant part of the 1930s, the ANC was plagued…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1920-1929
… The ANC in the 1920s was largely weakened and suffered from both … itself by changing its name from the SANNC to the ANC, adopting a national anthem and a…
ArticleCongress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa
… which is currently led by the African National Congress (ANC) towards a more unified and strong South Africa. … the beginning, Inkatha became quite close…
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
… capital of Zambia, where the African National Congress (ANC) had its headquarters. In 1984 students resolved to … The petition echoed the million-signature…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… in Johannesburg. It attacks the African National Congress (ANC) Programme of Action . March, Dr A.B. Xuma resigns from the African National Congress (ANC)…
ArticleLife Timeline of Jacob Zuma
… 1958 Zuma joins the African National Congress (ANC) and through its youth structure the ANC Youth League (ANCYL). 1959 Zuma joins the South African … which…
The turn to armed struggle
… Following the Sharpeville Massacre, the state banned the ANC and PAC in April 1960 under the Unlawful Organisations … and banning of leading political…
ArticleJames Sebe Moroka Timeline 1892 - 2012
… becomes involved with the African National Congress (ANC) . 1943 Moroka is a member of the Atlantic Charter Committee of the ANC. 1946 Moroka plays a leading…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… meeting in Port Elizabeth. The theme of the meeting is ‘ANC – People’s Revolutionary Movement and Agent for Change’. … South Africa holds local government…