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ArticleStates of Emergency in South Africa: the 1960s and 1980s
… (MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC) – precipitated the declaration of the State of … Organisations Act on 7 April 1960, which banned…
BiographyHarry Heinz Schwarz
… soon as possible". Eight months after the unbanning of the ANC and the release of Nelson Mandela, President F.W. De …
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
… between the National Party officials and leaders of the ANC who were imprisoned. After the Minister of Justice … Nelson Mandela and also other imprisoned or…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… Executive Committee and selected other members of the ANC from outside the country, to enable them to return and … lifting of the state of emergency. In this…
ArticleA timeline of Zuma-Gupta issues from Nenegate to the firing of Pravin Gordhan
… in U.P. – from The Hindu newspaper 2007 Events at the ANC’s Polokwane elective conference mark a seismic shift in … world. President Thabo Mbeki is ousted as…
ArticleMoses Kotane Timeline
… in the struggle. He joins the African National Congress (ANC) after hearing an ANC speaker mention “The Book of Life” (roll of ANC membership). Moses joins…
ArticleA change to armed struggle and the state’s intensified repression 1960s
… policies, some members of the African National Congress (ANC) began to move away from peaceful protest. The ANC leadership had always stressed the importance…
ArticleMass Democratic movements, 1976-1983
… in Eastern Bloc countries under the auspices of the ANC. Umkhonto we Sizwe became more visible in its attacks on … power. This display of military capacity…
Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
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ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
… United Democratic Front and African National Congress (ANC). The violence claimed nearly 20,000 lives during the … career His political career began early…
Background to the Freedom Charter 1955
… The post-1948 period saw the African National Congress (ANC) abandoning its traditional reliance on tactics of … and deputations. In December 1949, with the…
The people armed, 1984-1990
… military targets that rallied black opinion behind the ANC. For instance, the car bomb explosion in front of the … Police (SAP) personnel. This was the…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… military targets that rallied black opinion behind the ANC. For instance, the car bomb explosion in front of the … Police (SAP) personnel. This was the…
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… areas. The SANNC is renamed the African National Congress (ANC). 1924 Faced with the threat of wholesale replacement of … loosely referred to as the African…
ArticleSilverton and Soekmekaar trial
… said he would not attack a bank as he knew it was against ANC policy. In trying to secure evidence, the police forced … of that particular local area, to…
ArticlePopular struggles in the early years of Apartheid, 1948-1960
… In light of the upcoming centenary celebrations of the ANC, it is an opportune time to reflect on the extent of … of deliberate, organisational efforts on…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1960-1969
… The 1960s witnessed the banning of both the ANC and the PAC in the aftermath of the Sharpeville Massacre. … struggle. The PAC launched its armed wing Poqo…
ArticleThe 1992 Whites only referendum ‘For’ or ‘Against’ a negotiated constitution
… between the NP and the African National Congress (ANC) to end apartheid. During the second round of … field is level”. While the CP welcomed the poll, some…
ArticlePixley ka Isaka Seme Timeline 1881-1951
… by Seme. 1930 Seme is elected President-General of the ANC at its annual congress replacing Josiah Tshangana Gumede … ceases publication. 1932 Opponents of…
ArticleDespite the 1994 political victory against apartheid, its economic legacy persists by Haydn Cornish-Jenkins
… anti-apartheid movement was the African National Congress (ANC), but they were not alone; many political parties, trade … of segregation; these goals were…
ArticleConvention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA)
… Villiers, NP Chris Hani, SACP Helen Suzman Nelson Mandela, ANC Absent from the Convention was the Pan Africanist … Afrikaners through a white referendum …
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1920-1929
… SANNC changes its name to the African National Congress (ANC). To read other resolutions made at this conference click … education The Bill of Rights is…
BiographyPieter Willem Botha
… terrorism and sabotage by the African National Congress (ANC), and growing internal opposition to Apartheid. South …
Growth of African Nationalism and Defiance
… itself to challenge the rising Afrikaner nationalism. The ANC which was weak in the 1920 and 1930s was consolidated … a more radical campaigning agenda. The…
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… The post-1948 period saw the African National Congress (ANC) abandoning its traditional reliance on tactics of … and deputations. In December 1949, with the…
ArticleNational and Provincial Elections - 2024 - South Africa
… parties to the GNU include the African National Congress (ANC), Democratic Alliance (DA), Patriotic Alliance (PA), … 16 new cabinet ministers, 10 of which…
ArticleCape Youth Congress (CAYCO)
… responsible for the growth in popular support for the ANC in this region, which was not a stronghold of the ANC. For instance, after his election in 1984,…
Biography of Mandla Langa by Carol Sale
… did not cease to work with the African National Congress (ANC) to end apartheid and write as well as encourage others … education. [ii] His family had an…
ArticleThe Nelson Mandela Presidency - 1994 to 1999
… elected the president of the African National Congress (ANC), and his friend and colleague, Oliver Tambo , was elected the ANC’s national chairperson…
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
… Covenant’. Since the 1920s, the day was also used by the ANC, SACP and other political organisations to mount protest … weSizwe (MK) and launch of the armed…