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ArticleThe Freedom Charter Campaign
… 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…
ArticleBisho Massacre 1992
… tense negotiations between the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African government under President FW de Klerk. Prior to a planned protest march…
BiographyCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart
… of Albert Luthuli and other African National Congress (ANC) leaders. As Minister of Education Swart was responsible …
David Pratt
… The day before the attack, the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan African Congress (PAC) were both banned. The …
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… Pixley Seme , president of the African National Congress (ANC), uses the votes of women to ensure his re-election as … Johannesburg Committee 1941 African…
ArticleIndian Passive Resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948
… by the Indian representatives of the Committee. In July, 1942, a further deadlock in the working of the Committee … Missionary Council and the Women’s…
Disbanding, 1990-1991
… With the ANC now legal, mass demands were made for a constitutional … announced the unbanning of the African National Congress (ANC), South African Communist…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
… was one of the bridesmaids. Dr Xuma, then president of the ANC, and Anton Lembede, president of the newly formed ANC Youth League, were the main speakers…
Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
… (NEUM), which was launched in 1943. Changes within the ANC and the formation of the ANCYL Alfred Xuma was elected the new president of the ANC in 1940 © www…
ArticleCODESA 1 Timeline
… the way to a constituent assembly. April 1991: The ANC publishes its constitutional principles and structures … 25 September 1991: The PAC and AZAPO agree to…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… elected Secretary General at first national conference of ANC Women's League. Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi returns from … Gill Marcus returns from exile, and…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions 1994 - 2014
… African Trade Unions (COSATU), African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP ) formed an … to democracy, the relationship…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Democrats (COD)
… People's Congress met with the African National Congress (ANC) , the South African Communist Party (SACP) , the South … with the view to form a Congress of…
ArticleThe Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960
… there was tension inside the African National Congress (ANC) between those with more moderate views and those with … with the Freedom Charter , which was…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 1
… Announcement of date for November Preparation and issues ANC constitutional Principles NP constitutional Principles … an unresolved issue between the African…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1994
… movements, including the African National Congress (ANC), South African Communist Party (SACP) and the Pan … 1994, was characterised by political violence…
South African Youth Revolutionary Council (SAYRCO)
… by underground networks of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) . This has been … the event. Other student leaders were…
Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
… 1960s witnessed attempts by the African National Congress (ANC) to establish infiltration routes back to South Africa … Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) , the military…
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… organisations and forces. African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) activity was becoming more and more bold, and evident. In March 1980, an…
Participants in CODESA (1,2, Working Groups and Administration)
… [IFP, CODESA 2] F.X. Gasa [IFP, CODESA 1] DR F Ginwala [ANC, CODESA 2] MR Pravin Gordhan [SACP, Management Committee … CODESA 1] DR P.M.H. Maduna [CODESA 1]…
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… there was tension within the African National Congress (ANC) between those with different ideological and theoretical … struggle. Many members of the African…
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and Mozambique
… organisations like the African National Congress (ANC), SACP, Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) and other … through “offering its territory as a rear-guard to…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1940s
… President-General of the African National Congress (ANC). Walter Sisulu joins the African National Congress. The … Prof. Z. K. Matthews joins the African…
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… apartheid regime also saw the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) becoming the first … in an era of banishment. Forced…
ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
… increasingly more militant with the formation, within the ANC , of the Congress Youth League (CYL) in 1943.This group … more assertive black leaders were…
Article1960's Diaries of Nelson Mandela on his trip through Africa
… the subsequent bannings of the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan African Congress (PAC). The wave of brutality … co-founder of Umkonto we Sizwe (MK),…
Chapter Five - The Fighter for Black Unity: 1935 - 1945
… closer to the white Labour Party and the dormancy of the ANC, Gomas and other activists in and outside the CPSA … chairmanship of S Koloi with W D L Matini…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1960-1969
… start of armed resistance in South Africa.” 28 March, The ANC calls for a nation-wide strike in protest of the … of the British Labour Party. After the…
The adoption of the Freedom Charter
… The Freedom Charter was not adopted immediately by the ANC. The executives of the four organisations of the Congress … the Transvaal. The Freedom Charter was…
ArticleSouth African Coloured People Organisation (SACPO)
… from the CPNU to the African National Congress (ANC) , as reactionaries. Further misunderstanding manifested … Teachers' Educational and Professional…