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EventZeph Mothopeng, President of the PAC dies
… that broke away from the ANC to form the PAC. He was elected as Chairman and a member of the National Working … While serving his sentence in prison,…
EventMandela signs SA Constitution into law
… the groups to draft a final constitution as they were not elected. The draft produced was to serve as an Interim … pending the drafting of a constitution by…
Burkina Faso: Key Facts and History by Angela Thompsell updated 13 February 2016
… in the 1990s under the Presidency of Blaise Compaore, was elected President in a process hailed as free and fair. … Compaoré ruled after that on his own. He…
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO)
… 1988. Sporadic fighting continued. In 1989 Nujoma was elected president and SWAPO won a majority of the delegates …
ArticleThe Natal Workers Theatre Movement Timeline
… of South Africa NUTW, National Union of Textile Workers SACP , South African Communist Party SACTU , South African …
Document 72 - Letter from R. T. R. Molefe to London comrades, 21 February 1938
… Metal Trade Union" which so far appointed com RL to be our secretary. Now as our fellow workers were so hasty we were … on account of low wages. We - the…
The defiance campaign by M. P. Naicker
… J.B. Marks, President of the Transvaal ANC; Walter Sisulu, Secretary-General of the ANC; Dr. Y. M. Dadoo and Y. A. … and Fred Carneson from the Cape…
Africans’ Claims in South Africa, 14 December 1943 by Alfred Xuma
… XUMA President-General of the African National Congress Secretary-Organiser Atlantic Charter Committee, South Africa. … and Tuesday, December 13 and 14, 1943…
African Claims in South Africa by Dr Xuma, ANC Conference, 1943
… XUMA, President-General of the African National Congress Secretary - Organiser Atlantic Charter Committee, South … and Tuesday, December 13 and 14, 1943. The…
ArticleThe Landless People’s Movement
… place mostly with NLC affiliated organisations and the SACP organised under the banner of the Alliance for Land and …
Reports of the Passive Resistance Councils: Natal and Transvaal 1946 - 1947 by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer
… M. Moodliar, R.A. Pillay and Debi Singh. Dr Naicker was elected Chairman of the Council, Debi Singh Secretary and A.E. Patel Treasurer, Methods of Resistance…
African National Congress Youth League held the 25th elective national congress
… congress in Midrand, Gauteng province. Collin Maine was elected the new President of the ANCYL after the departure of …
ArchiveThe Emperor has no Clothes by Liz Timbs
… and Zwelithini presented a united front. The newly elected South African President, Nelson Mandela, bypassed … 1994, Zwelithini extended an invitation for…
ArchivePetrus Mashishi
… or Vice President while their John Ernstzen became General Secretary. The T&GWU caucus chose Mashishi to stand for … was that one from the other “UDF” unions…
56. The Cape Town Agreement is welcomed
… desire to express my heartfelt gratitude to you for having elected me as your deputy president. The tremendous volume of … Bills which were published is very…
ANC statement on Zimbabwe, 26 May 2000
… within our region. Subsequent to the NEC, the ANC Secretary General Kgalema Motlanthe maintained communication … senior officials of both orgnizations led by…
EventRhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith visits the United States, challenging officials to support his plan for the transition of government in the country.
… and international sanctions. Further urging from then U.S. Secretary of State, Henry A. Kissinger led Smith agree on a … no reason for me to meet with him."…
EventUDF men takes refuge in the US consulate
… Murphy Morobe (Publicity Secretary), Valli Moosa (General Secretary), and Vusi Khanyile (National Education Crisis …
ArchiveComrade Andimba Toivo Ja Toivo
… Coloured photograph of Comrade Andimba Toivo Ja Toivo, Secretary General of SWAPO. …
EventWalter Sisulu's appeal is dismissed
… dismissed an appeal by the African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Walter Sisulu against a six years sentence …
Local Government
… the Committee were highly circumscribed, and despite its elected nature, its composition was highly suspect as all … over thirty persons, these could easily…
ArchiveStatement of the African National Congress on the resignation of P W Botha
… Statement by Alfred Nzo, Secretary General of the ANC, on the resignation of P W Botha. …
ArchiveThrough the cross: the South African churchs
… Interview with Frank Chikane as General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches …
ArchiveThe voice of South Africas young generation:
… New African talks to Tebello Motapanyane, Secretary-General of the banned South African Students …
ArchiveBlack Conciousness and its origins
… Thami Zani, the Black People's Convention publicity secretary, explains the history and philosophy of Black …
Outbreak of bubonic plague
… from the date of its commission. On 24 April the Colonial Secretary visited Port Elizabeth, where he was advised that, … by 9.6m containing a large room for…
ArticleConvict Stations & Labour in the Cape Colony
… closely connected with the work of John Montagu, Colonial Secretary for the Cape 1843-53. Montagu began his career as a … administrator in 1834, when he was…
ArchiveJakes Gerwel: The epitome of integrity and courage by Niren Tolsi, 30 November 2012
… in the office of South Africa's first democratically elected president, Nelson Mandela, Gerwel maintained, with … boss, Mandela, Gerwel was part of that new…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… authority in the Colony. Although no one could be elected onto the Council, freedom of debate was guaranteed … slaves 1840 Cape Municipality declared and…
ArchiveStatement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress of South Africa on the victory of the patriotic forces in Zimbabwe
… Statement by Alfred Nzo, ANC National Executive Committee Secretary General on the victory of the Patriotic forces in …