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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…
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…
BiographySicelo Mhlauli
… Saamstaan . Mhlauli also became an active member of the United Democratic Front (UDF) and attended its launch in …
BiographyFort Calata
… (CRADOYA). Both organisations were later affiliated to the United Democratic Front (UDF). In January 1985, the entire …
BiographyOlive Schreiner
… time and the book became a best seller in Europe and the United States. It was praised by feminists who approved of …
BiographySedick Isaacs
… nominated as a Companion of Demontford University in the United Kingdom. Again, in 2010 Isaacs was nominated as a …
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…
ArticleCongress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… for the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter united most of the liberation forces in South Africa. Nothing … African Congress of Trade Unions …
ArticleHow Lenin and Stalin are remembered today?
… due to growing popularity, both within the communist party and amongst the Russian public. Stalin managed to maintain his position as party secretary and…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1990-1999
… Pan African Congress (PAC), the South African Communist Party (SACP) and other anti-apartheid organisations, the … June, Nelson Mandela began a six-week tour…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1960-1969
… Attempts to bring the PAC and ANC together by forming a united front failed. In exile, the Anti Apartheid Movement … including student bodies, trade unions,…
Benjamin Johnson Langa
… regime without firing a single shot themselves.' "I was party to the decision that our then President, Oliver Tambo …
BiographyMarimuthu Pragalathan “MP” Naicker
… Oliver Tambo, the Chairman of the South African Communist Party, Dr Yusuf Dadoo, and Comrade Brian Bunting. The ANC … an organiser for the Natal Indian…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… - 1949 1940 Within a year of his joining the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), Dr Yusuf Dadoo's role as an activist in the Non European United Front …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Source-based Questions
… a symbiotic (co-operative) relationship with the National Party has played a determining role in the political … the interests of Afrikaner people. As a…
BiographyMono Badela
… Released in 1983, I met this hero once more when the United Democratic Front got off the ground and I did media …
ArticleWhat has been the impact of the democratic transformation on the position of women within South African society? by Lucy Doyle
… of a strong women’s movement is imperative. A powerful united voice can challenge the patriarchal norms in society, … substantial change for gender equality,…
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… and Cameroon in Lagos, the first nationalist political party, with a broad national base and membership Kenneth … demonstrations lead to riots, resulting in…
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… and Cameroon in Lagos, the first nationalist political party, with a broad national base and membership. Kenneth … lead to riots, resulting in numerous…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… of the different countries during the session of the United Nation Organisations (UNO). Sonia Bunting joins the Guardian Newspaper after the banning of the…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… office as President for being too close to the Communist Party, and is replaced by Pixley ka Isaka Seme . Chief Albert … “ I Appeal to the African Nation ” 5…
BiographyPatrick Chamusso
… we Sizwe (MK) and leader of the South African Communist Party. Slovo wanted to know why he wanted to go back and …
ArticleThe Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Brief History
… December of 1956 as an offshoot of the Angolan Communist Party, had as its support base the Ambundu people and was … colonisers on three fronts. The MPLA…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1940-1949
… addition, political organisations such as the Non-European United Front (NEUF) and APO attempted to work together. The … that lasted two years. In the 1948…
BiographyDiana Ferrus
Internationally renowned South African poet, writer, and activist for marginalised groups, Diana Ferrus, was born on 29 August 1953 in Worcester, Cape Province…
BiographyArthur Nuthall Fula
… was published by Three Continents Press in Washington DC, United States of America (USA). Although some of his other …