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BiographyManilal Gandhi
… married political activist Mewa Ramgobin and served as an ANC member of Parliament from 1994 to 2004. …
BiographyFather Trevor Huddleston
… the highest award given by the African National Congress (ANC) to people who have made an outstanding contribution to …
BiographyVernon Celliers Berrange
… as a tour operator as a cover to deliver weapons to the ANC. From Swaziland, Vernon Berrange was to charter a plane …
Chapter 8 - Negotiating an end to the deadlock
… deadlock abounded, in the media especially. On 20 May the ANC alleged that someone had tapped its CODESA office … culprits were never caught. Meanwhile, on…
ArchiveThe Presidents Council
… Statement by the ANC Regional Command Headquarters on P W Botha's plan for a new constitution. Points out that the plan totally excludes the …
Pledging to Debate History: Values and education
… can learn about the basic human rights instilled in the Constitution and relate them to their own circumstances. … way process. They cannot be expected to…
ArticleCosatu timeline
… COSATU spends about R2 million campaigning for the ANC. After a decline in the vote towards the ANC, General secretary of COSATU, Zwelinzima Vavi warns the ……
ArticleA White Referendum
… held a referendum to gauge White opinion on the new constitution and tricameral parliament – it baulked at … prove disastrous for business and the economy…
Chapter 5 - Preparing to negotiate
… for the delay in commencing multi-party negotiations. The ANC did not accept this, and on 5 April 1991 issued De Klerk … threatened to suspend all…
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO): An Organisational Timeline
… 1952 The African National Congress’ (ANC) Defiance Campaign against the South African Apartheid … coast) back to Namibia. 1998-1999 SWAPO amends the…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… later changes its name to the African National Congress (ANC) 1913 May, White miners declare a strike at the New … of contract under the “Masters and…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1940s
… President-General of the African National Congress (ANC). Walter Sisulu joins the African National Congress. The … Prof. Z. K. Matthews joins the African…
BiographyPetros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize (Mkize)
… Campaign organized by the African National Congress (ANC) and South African Indian Congress, when thousands of … shot dead by police[3] - and the subsequent…
BiographyBheki Cele
… ( UDF ), and later joined the African National Congress ( ANC ) underground network. Under the command of Jacob Zuma , … the window into the schoolyard [10] …
ArticleAzanian Students Organisation (AZASO)
… itself to be a different organisation that adopted ANC policies and the Freedom Charter over the Black … them. AZASO also secured political cooperation with…
Why is sexual violence so endemic in South Africa and why has it been so hard to combat? by Jessica Clarke
… including forced sexual contact. South Africa’s democratic constitution of 1994 (introduced in 1996) was very advanced … promising considerable change after…
EventReconciliation talks between F.W de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are rescheduled due to violence in Sebokeng
… between the Government and the African National Congress (ANC). The purpose of these talks was to negotiate the adoption of a new democratic constitution for…
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections
… the way towards a new democratic dispensation and a new constitution for the country. For the first time all races in … of political violence. The African…
ArchivePresidential Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town, 1994
… new government structure, local government, democracy, constitution, ANC majority, RDP. …
ArchiveFighting out of darkness or moving gradually towards the light? presidential Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Grahamstown, 1990
… of Mandela, FW De Klerk and reform, end of Apartheid, ANC, Bill of Rights, Constitution. …
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… there was tension within the African National Congress (ANC) between those with different ideological and theoretical … struggle. Many members of the African…
The Democratic Party (DP)
… stand on constitutional reform, calling for an entrenched Constitution incorporating a Bill of Rights, for an … policy on February 2 1990. With the unbanning…
BiographyAbdool Karrim Essak
… Ivan Stoller (later Advocate), Jennifer Heyman (later ANC) Bernard Berman, Jesse Berman, Leslie Martin, Andrew … early 1960s. This period coincided with the…
Address of Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress on receiving a Honorary LLD degree at the University of the Witwatersrand 6 September 1991
… Already there is fruitful cooperation between the ANC and scholars from this university in the development of … of liberation is the conventional language of…
Chapter 2 - Historical Background
… The new constitution was negotiated between May 1994 and October 1996 … with the formation of the African National Congress (ANC) on 8 January 1912. The…
BiographySicelo Mhlauli
… Naude, Victoria Mxenge and Steve Tshwete. A message from ANC leader-in-exile Oliver Tambo was read to the tens of …
BiographyDennis Brutus
… and also drew closer to the African National Congress (ANC) in exile and later to the South African Communist Party …
BiographyReverend Beyers Naudé
… 1987 he formed part of the Afrikaner group that met with ANC representatives in Senegal. After hearing F W de Klerk …
BiographyFort Calata
… the Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1936 to 1949. In 1956, when Fort was born, Canon …
ArticleSouth African Coloured People Organisation (SACPO)
… from the CPNU to the African National Congress (ANC) , as reactionaries. Further misunderstanding manifested … Teachers' Educational and Professional…