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EventThe Rivonia Trialists are charged with sabotage and attempting to violently overthrow the state
… able to arrest others such as Dennis Goldberg and Nelson Mandela. When the Liliesleaf raid occurred Nelson Mandela was serving a five year sentence for…
EventPresident. F.W. de Klerk lifts the state of emergency
… Klerk and his ruling National Party. The release of Nelson Mandela from prison and the unbanning of the African National … will lead to democratic, non…
EventSouth Africa will subscribe to the UDHR
… SA's newly inaugurated state president, Nelson Mandela, announced in his first State of the Nation Address … of the United Nations (UN). Click here to read…
ArticleThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
… modest financial assistance for Oliver Tambo , Nelson Mandela and Robert Resha , who were attending a conference … the first MK group in Odessa in the USSR…
PlaceRobben Island Museum
… a daily routine devised to destroy their humanity. Nelson Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist who would later become … to being transferred to another…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Foreword
… changed when Nehru asked the delegation to press for the recognition of the rights of all peoples of the world. … such as Walter Sisulu, A.P. Mda, Oliver…
Chapter 5 - The Freedom Charter
… of the people as a whole”¦" Here was embodied the recognition of the working class that the achievement of … private ownership of the means of production. …
ArchiveChapter 19 Last thoughts – for now by Denis Goldberg
… Great gains have been made since Nelson Mandela became President in 1994. The first is that the old … seem to forget that our purpose was in the words of…
EventPolice arrest members of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) High Command at Lilliesleaf Farm
… Ahmed Kathrada, Lionel Bernstein and Bob Hepple. Nelson Mandela, the commander-in-chief of MK, was not arrested at … found documents relating to the…
ANC to convene Provincial Memorial Services in honour of Madiba, 8 December 2013
… the passing the Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe Comrade Nelson Mandela. The ANC expresses its sincere gratitude to every … that shall be in South Africa to console…
EventUS Senator Edward Kennedy visits SA
… of eight days, Kennedy managed to pay a visit to Winnie Mandela , wife of the imprisoned African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela. …
EventTseko Simon Nkoli dies
… Africa’s democratic constitution. Nkoli campaigned for the recognition and inclusion of gay and lesbian rights within …
PlaceRosebank, Cape Town
… African Artist who received International and National recognition during her lifetime, is possibly the smallest …
”Joint Declaration of Cooperation.” Statement by Dr. A. B. Xuma of the ANC, Dr. G. M. Naicker of the Natal Indian Congress, and Dr. Y. M. Dadoo of the Transvaal Indian Congress, March 9, 1947
… Economic and Industrial rights and opportunities and the recognition of African Trade Unions under the Industrial …
EventGerman Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, famous German commander of German forces in North Africa, dies on this day
… made a field marshal, the youngest in the German Army, in recognition of his success in forcing the British back from …
PlaceConstitutional Court of South Africa, Johannesburg
… The protocol states that every woman has the right “to the recognition and protection of her human and legal rights.” It …
PlaceCacadu District Municipality
… portion of the Eastern Cape and wholly surrounds Nelson Mandela Bay. The District stretches from the Karoo Areas in … in the export orientated automotive…
ArchiveAfrican National Congress Consultative Conference: Speeches and Resolutions
… speech by Oliver Tambo, keynote address by Nelson R Mandela, declaration of the conference, resolution on … in Johannesburg, 16 December, 1990, and speech by…
Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
… year. Black Consciousness and the Student movement Steve Biko Alongside these infiltration activities, new youth and … in the Black Consciousness (BC)…
EventUS President Bill Clinton arrives in Cape Town
… success." The Clintons were hosted by President Nelson Mandela, who also accompanied them to Robben Island, where Mandela had spent 18 years in prison. …
EventF.W. de Klerk is unanimously elected the new leader of the Transvaal NP
… who, on 2 February, 1990 announced the release of Nelson Mandela as well as the unbanning of political parties. Subsequently, Mandela was released from…
Timeline: All-Africa Convention (AAC)
… and urge the South African government to give full recognition to the Africans participating in the war. … about the letter. June, I. B. Tabata writes to…
Zulu Community
… with newly elected President Nelson (Rolihlahla) Mandela. Buthelezi threatened to abandon the Government of … entirely unless his Zulu constituency received…
ArticleRace and ethnicity in South Africa
… society. Other symbols include the constitutional recognition of eleven official languages. The South African …
Statement by Oliver Tambo on death sentences passed on three members of ANC and Umkhonto We Sizwe, 20 August 1981
… massacre, the assassination of detainees such as Steve Biko, the execution of opponents like Solomon Mahlangu, the …
EventUDF distances itself from Madikizela
… about the organisation's suspicion of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's behaviour after the death of Stompie Seipei. The … and it was also closely associated with…
EventANC dismisses proposals to postpone elections
… Nelson Mandela, president of the African National Congress (ANC), … Development and Communications Roelf Meyer supported Mandela in saying that deferment was…
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… experiencing the whirlwinds that go before it." Winnie Mandela is elected to the Black Parents Committee. Mass … the South African Students Organisation …
ArticleInanda Seminary and its Influence on Education in South Africa by Claire Wilt
… in the anti-apartheid movement including Nelson and Winnie Mandela and Steve Biko. Later in her life, Rankin was arrested and held at …
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
… Port Elizabeth and Durban. 1962 January, Nelson Mandela leaves South Africa for military training. March, Mandela receives training from the Algerian…