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BiographyOmar Badsha
… Cape Town, Badsha became active in the newly established United Democratic Front (UDF) and was a founding member and …
ArticleBiko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath
… to the struggle for freedom. Progressive Federal Party parliamentarian, Helen Suzman , warned Minister of … laws led directly to the West’s decision to…
EventMarais Steyn dies
… political career started in 1948, when he stood for the United Party (UP) against the National Party MP for Alberton, … up his exciting political career as…
ArticleGhallywood: An Evolution of Ghana’s Film Industry
… the industry, the GFIO decided to rather act as a third-party and allow external investment and gain. For example, …
ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
… Reformed or Gereformeerde Church), also known as the United Church. 1888 22 March, The first telegraph line … opens its first branch. The Hervormde Church…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… In 1948, the National Party (NP), representing Afrikaners, won the national … towards Blacks. Verwoerd, educated in the Netherlands, the United States, and…
BiographyDr James Sebe Moroka
… racial discrimination. After the victory of the National Party (NP) and the beginnings of apartheid, the League drew … with other militant organisations…
BiographySir George Grey
… compassionate care for the Aborigines was noted when his party suffered extreme hardships on this expedition. He was …
ArticleSouth African General Elections 2019 - List of Political Parties
… on the ballot sheet in May. African Christian Democratic Party Launched in 1993, one of the ACDP’s unique claims to fame is that it was the only party to…
Documentary Photography and Awakening the International Community, 1976-1994
… photographed a meeting of the local branch of the National Party, all elderly whites. [14] Billy Partridge best achieved … in the U.S., and Beyond the…
Grade 12 - Topic 2 - Independent Africa
… 16 February 2015] 2. capitalism, democracy and, 3. one-party states The galvanising of the opposition to … 26/04/1964-29/10/1964 Julius Kambarage…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… the League of Nations is dissolved, to be replaced by the United Nations Organisation. The government refuses to … the jurisdiction of the Trusteeship…
EventAlbertina Sisulu addresses a major anti-apartheid rally in London.
… was valid for only 31 days. The group was later joined by United Democratic Front (UDF) leaders; Curnick Ndlovu, Azhar … The group visited four countries;…
ArticleArmed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990
… were advocated for by the ANC in this period. The United Democratic Front (UDF), which was founded in 1983, … considerable rivalry between the ANC and…
BiographyShaleen Surtie-Richards
… the main stages across the country, as well as in London, United Kingdom (UK). She also participated in many festivals, …
BiographyAubrey Mokoena
… Instead, Mokoena decided to join and get involved with the United Democratic Front (UDF) in 1984. In the UDF he became …
Lindiwe Charity Nyembezi Mthembu
… South African Students (COSAS) . Also associated with the United Democratic Front (UDF) , Mthembu soon became a target …
ArticleUrban Removals - the Destruction of Sophiatown
… the destruction of Sophiatown. Dominated by the majority United Party (UP), the JMC failed to carry the motion proposed by … the Johannesburg City Council or…
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… apartheid, it was the anti-apartheid movements in the United Kingdom (UK), Holland and the United States of America (USA) that mounted the most serious ……
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 3 - Afrikaner Nationalism in the 1930s and 1940s by Albert Grundlingh
… It claimed to stand aloof from the sordid squabbles of party politics. Petty political differences could divide … have hoped for a better time for a general…
Eye of the Needle - Notes by Richard Turner
… white) as a nation (compare to the Indian nations in the United States of America). It follows that each nation should … for any black enterprise. Labor…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… March, The Johannesburg branch of the Communist Party of South Africa, the African National Congress (ANC) … Dangerous Communists in the World’ list…
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… An indefinite arms embargo was imposed. The National Party won 134 seats in the general election, the highest … to the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania…
Roelf Meyer and Bantu Holomisa confer
… Roelf Meyer, former chief negotiator of the National Party during the multi-party peace negotiations, met with Bantu Holomisa, former … of corruption, teamed…
ArticleThe South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO)
… years leading up to the 1924 election, the South African Party (SAP), led by Louis Botha , supported a one stream … Justice, James Hertzog , and the creation…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - List of Abbreviations
… Development Management MK Umkhonto we Sizwe NP National Party OAU Organisation of African Unity RDP Reconstruction … Organisation TRC Truth and…
Debate in the House of Assembly during the second reading of the Immorality Amendment Bill on 23 February 1962
… about the hon. member for Houghton, I cannot say it of the United Party unfortunately, because I am not sure what the party's attitude is. I am never sure…
Extract from a speech made at Bethlehem on 2 September
… first public appearance following the announcement of the United Party's federal policy. After referring to South Africans … as that is concerned, he is in a…
ArticleReactions to the formation of a republic
… an anti-republican largely English group. Amongst National Party (NP) supporters the tendency was to favour republicanism and the United Party (UP), its main…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… countries. Increased pressure inside South Africa by the United Democratic Front (UDF) and later the Mass Democratic … on Sanctions against South Africa,…