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ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… publicly broke ties with Zulu Chief and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader, Mangosuthu Buthelezi . Countrywide … on Sanctions against South Africa, organized…
BiographySiyamthanda Kolisi
… been for a late-night mugging after a friend’s birthday party, Kolisi would have made his debut for the Stormers from …
BiographyAnthony Richard Stubbs
… Anthony Richard Peter Stubbs was born in the United Kingdom (UK) in 1923, and educated at Eton, at Balliol …
BiographyThembi Shange Nobadula
… While Fikile was able to secure passage to London, United Kingdom (UK), for himself and their three younger …
BiographySelloane Ethel Leisa
Selloane Ethel Leisa was born on 22* February 1914 in Ga-Marishane, Northern Transvaal, (now Limpopo Province). Upon completing her schooling, she moved to…
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
… from Britain was becoming strong. In 1923 the National Party (NP) and Labour Party (LP) formed a pact to win the … won the 1929 election five years later. He…
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 110 of 1983
… carried by white members. Despite this, the Conservative Party opposed the reforms believing they undermined … of popular resistance across racial and class…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… One black was killed in the town of Klerksdorp and the United Kingdom Embassy in Pretoria was attacked. 11 February, … was sworn in as the country's first…
BiographySimon Nkoli
… Nkoli and the 21 others arrested were associated with the United Democratic Front (UDF) (Link to: https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/united-democratic…
ArticleThe Interim South African Constitution 1993
… were formed to deal with specific issues. The first multi-party meeting was named The Convention for a Democratic South … the Bophuthatswana government, the…
BiographySparrow Mkonto
… (CRADOYA) in 1983. Both organisations affiliated to the United Demoratic Front (UDF) in December 1983. Mkonto became …
BiographyProfessor Emeritus Phillip Tobias
… awarded a Rockerfellow Travelling Fellowship to tour the United States of America. He also did further studies at …
BiographyGünther Komnick
… The IPA was established in 2003 in Los Angeles, United States of Ameica to recognise contemporary …
BiographyDullah Mohamed Omar
… throughout the 1970s and early 80s until he joined the United Democratic Front (UDF) in 1983. As result of his …
ArticleGrade 11 - Apartheid South Africa 1940s to 1960s
… the Native Land Act of 1913 and the Pass laws . National Party victory 1948 National Party’s Logo. Image source The … In 1946, the United Nations expressed…
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… receive a Bachelor's degree. While on a choir trip to the United States (US) Institute of the African Methodist … 1931 Establishment of the Women's section…
BiographyBob Hepple
… His father, Alex Hepple , was a trade unionist and Labour Party member, Member of Parliament, the Chairman of the …
BiographyManilal Gandhi
… voiced concerns about communism and joined the Liberal Party in 1954. In 1930 Manilal who was on a short trip to …
BiographyMogoeng Thomas Mogoeng
… the Federal District Court for the District of Maryland, United States of America (USA), co-hosted a series of …
BiographyRenfrew Leslie Christie
At the age of 17, Renfrew Leslie Christie found himself in the South African Army. He was on guard at Lenz ammunition dump (east of Johannesburg), when he saw…
BiographyFred Khumalo
… work has been published in South Africa, Canada, and the United Kingdom (UK). He has achieved high praise and respect …
BiographyPeter Sexford Magubane
… worked for Time Magazine and later freelanced for the United High Commission for Refugees and UNICEP. With the …
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1994
… African National Congress (ANC), South African Communist Party (SACP) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) and a … to a negotiated settlement by the then…
'Presidential Address' by the Rev. J. A. Calata, ANC (Cape), July 1948
… members of Parliament representing Africans as part of the United Party on national issues, for they are not supposed to ally … of the two parties as far as…
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO)
… Namibia) on 19 April 1960 by Herman Toivo ja Toivo. The party was originally formed to advocated immediate Namibian … from South Africa and became the…
The 1980s and the crisis of Apartheid
… came under increasing internal pressure. The National Party attempted a political solution to the crisis it faced … of Delegates (Indian representatives) The…
ArticleDevelopments leading to the New Dispensation
… of Charterist groupings that coalesced into the United Democratic Front (UDF) by 1983. Other processes also … in the 1981 general election the Progressive…
ArticleThe Namibian struggle for independence – 1966 – 1990 – a historical background
… was increasing on the South Africans. For example, the United Nation (UN) formed a “contact group” of influential Western powers which included the United…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1970-1979
… Alfred Nzo submits a letter, on behalf of the ANC, to the United Nations which condemns the announcement by the government of the United Kingdom that it…
BiographySicelo Mhlauli
… Saamstaan . Mhlauli also became an active member of the United Democratic Front (UDF) and attended its launch in …