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EventThe Rev. John Langalibalele Dube dies
… and first president of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC), later changed to African National Congress (ANC). Throughout his political career,…
EventThe SA government presents a promotion of Constitutional Development Bill
… met with the imprisoned leader of the African National Congress (ANC), Nelson Mandela. On 2 February 1990, de Klerk … African Communist Party (SACP) and the…
ArchiveThe Snape Building Political Demonstration at the University of Cape Town in 1966 by Andrew M. Colman
… Afrikaans teacher, Marius Schoon, a member of the banned Congress of Democrats who later (in 1964) planted a bomb at the Hillbrow …
ArticleTutu and his role in the Truth & Reconciliation Commission
… organisations. The proscribing of the African National Congress (ANC), Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC) and the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), in …
ArticleResponse to the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising by organisations in exile
… organisations in exile, notably, the African National Congress(ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress(PAC), the Soweto unrest in June 1976 provided a …
Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s
… The federation was formed after the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) and Federation of Free … of barricades and bombs. After the founding of…
ArticleThe impact of Lenin and Stalin’s policies on the rights of the Russian people
… drive dramatically reversed the NEP model. The Congress of the Communist Party accepted Stalin's national … and Third Five-Year Plan (1933-1938) The…
ArticlePassive Resistance Campaign Timeline
… would also not be allowed to enter. 26 April, Natal Indian Congress meeting in which all secretaries resigned and new … striking. 19 October, At a meeting…
ArchiveFrom the Archive | The workers’ struggle by Joe Foster (New Frame),28 Feb 2019
… gave the keynote address at the second Fosatu national congress in Hammanskraal. Fosatu, with roots in the Durban … in the popular front in the tradition of…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1947-Press Reports on the Campaign
… Government Drs Dadoo and Naicker, addressed a meeting of Congress Socialists where a resolution of solidarity was passed. The Provincial Congress Committee…
Excerpts from Chief Luthuli’s evidence at the treason trial dealing with his understanding of a non-violent liberation struggle
… point of view among different members, but as far as the congress is concerned, in the circumstances that obtain … it is a policy, a basic policy of the…
”Africans and San Francisco.” Statement by Dr. A. B. Xuma, May 8, 1945
… have asked me personally what part the African National Congress is taking to bring to the attention of Allied … fire in Europe has been given now"]. The…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1948 - Press Reports on the Campaign
… the peace. Dr Naicker, the President of the Natal Indian Congress, declared that this was only the first batch. Others … and members of the Passive…
Outcome of the High Court Application, 12 February 2014
… The African National Congress welcomes the court ruling which prevents DA from … Jackson Mthembu National Spokesperson African National Congress Enquiries:…
EventANC President Oliver Tambo meets with Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow
… The African National Congress (ANC) leader, Oliver Tambo met Mikhail Gorbachev, … South Africa.This meeting was the first ever between the Congress and the…
EventIsmael Mahomed became first black judge appointed to the Supreme Court of South Africa
… in negotiations in a forum that came to be known as the Congress for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA 1). Mahomed … on Patricia de Lille’s case, where the…
EventSACTU launches a national potato boycott.
… in 1944. In support of these workers, the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) launched a country wide … of the most successful undertaken by the…
EventSecurity officials report that levels of political violence have dropped significantly in SA
… the lifting of a 30-year ban on the African National Congress (ANC), the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) and other anti-apartheid organisations. The …
EventPeter Mokaba is born
… was one of the founding members of the South African Youth Congress (SAYCO), which led to him being appointed as the congress’ first president in 1987. Since…
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… in the 1950s, Gilder followed the African National Congress into exile in 1976. He aided the ANC through his … Words Barry Gilder, uMkhonto weSizwe, MK,…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 21 May 1962 during the second reading of the General Law Amendment Bill
… I received protests in this regard is the Indian National Congress and its affiliated bodies. I also received protests from the Congress of Democrats, which…
Chapter 8 - ‘Creative Organisers’ rather than ‘Powerful Speakers’: Education as a Site of Struggle
… moved from a commitment to Black Consciousness towards a Congress movement perspective on struggle. The second phase … was that student activists already…
The Mountain Committee
… (the Mountain), when it was not referred to as ‘Ikongo’ (Congress). The Mountain Committee rallied the majority of the …
The death and injuries of South Africans in Nigeria, 16 September 2014
… The African National Congress has learned with sadness of the passing of 67 South … by: Zizi Kodwa National Spokesperson African National Congress Chief…
ANC mourns the passing on of Mama Regina Nzo, 27 September 2011
… to the Nzo family, relatives, friends and the entire congress movement. May her soul rest in peace. Issued by: Jackson Mthembu National Spokesperson African…
EventArchibald Gumede, former President of the United Democratic Front, is born in Pietermaritzburg.
… He returned to Natal and joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1949 and became secretary of the Natal … active in the Natal ANC, leading the…
EventVuyisile Mini, Trade unionist and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) activist is hanged
… resistance. As a member of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), he was responsible for the … Black trade unions. He became the first African…
EventUN passes resolutions on South Africa
… the imprisoned leader of the banned African National Congress (ANC). The UN General Assembly also called for the … apartheid, the unbanning of the ANC, the…
EventPixley Seme, lawyer, journalist and co-founder of SANNC is born
… was a founding member of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) in 1912, which was renamed the African National Congress (ANC) in 1923. The…
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections
… to fears of political violence. The African National Congress (ANC) won the election with 62.65 % of the vote. The … (FF) 2.2 %, Democratic Party (DP) 1.7 %,…