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ArticleThe Mfecane: Understanding a Period of Transformation in Southern Africa
… In 1835, during the frontier war , the Mfengu formed an alliance with the British Cape Colony. Colonial officials … Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa…
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
… - Sol Plaatjie, first Secretary of the African National Congress , describing the lives of black miners in 1914. On … went on strike in support of a demand…
ArticleAbram Fischer Timeline 1908-1975
… Travels to Latvia as a NUSAS delegate at a three-week congress of the Confederation International des Students … in Economics. 1934 August, Returns to South…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… of oppression and of outlawing the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC) also prompted the struggle movement to take up … of…
ArticleKasturba Gandhi timeline 1869 - 1944
… Bill. 1894 August 22, Creation of the Indian Natal Congress. 1896 June, M.K. Gandhi leaves his practice in South … January 31, All Satyagrahis are released…
Federation of South African Cultural Organisations (FOSACO)
… It was initially supported by the African National Congress (ANC) and the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) …
First National Consultative Conference - Morogoro, 26 April 1969
… Report on the Strategy and Tactics of the African National Congress Memorandum by Ben Turok before the ANC`s Morogoro …
ArticleSouth Africa Cabinet Members 2009 to 2010
… After the African National Congress victory, Jacob Zuma was elected the President of South Africa and announced his first Cabinet on 10 May 2009. The cabinet…
Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979
… at the Bolton Hall, Durban to revive the Natal Indian Congress (NIC). An executive was elected under the … that he gave the armed fist salute of the African…
Article1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
… by the apartheid regime also saw the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) becoming the first causalities in an era of ……
ArticleArmed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990
… riots continued until 1986, when the African National Congress (ANC) called on South Africans to make the country … he announced the unbanning of the ANC,…
Political deaths in police custody 1984 - 1989
… accusations. 3 July Muggels, Mzwandile (20) Karoo Youth Congress Steytlerville Died from gunshot wounds during arrest … from custody. 9 July Cele, Edwin …
ArticleCommemoration, remembering and memorialising June 16 Soweto uprising
… an internal wing of the then banned Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). Hector Peterson’s tombstone was unveiled on … processes started. In 1992, the African…
BiographyMatthew Goniwe
… and former secretary general of the African National Congress (ANC)) and his eldest brother, Jacques Goniwe. … of their leaders. The detained men were…
BiographyRick Turner
… about the same time as they were reviving the Natal Indian Congress . Biko had by then broken away from NUSAS to form … the banning of the South African…
The Struggle against our Weaknesses by A. B. Xuma, 1956
… Delegates to the Annual Conference of the African National Congress. Fellow Africans, I send you, one and all, heartiest … In following up the affairs of the…
Document 37 - “Communist Election Policy Defined: National Conference Decision”, The Guardian, 8 January 1948
… business, land monopolists and other vested interests; the alliance, open or concealed, between these governments and …
ArticleCode Name Rae book launch soon
… weSizwe. Rajes was an active member of the Natal Indian Congress (NIC). She worked very closely with people such as …
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter Two - By Riashnee Pather
… to lead to his eventual dissociation from the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and the subsequent establishment with AI Kajee … to that of the old guard as the…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Joint Session of the Parliament of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia, 30 October 2007
… much longer. All of us, members of the African National Congress (ANC), led by that outstanding revolutionary, Oliver … that our region was brought together…
Will the real PAC please stand up? by Phumza Sokana
… INFIGHTING within the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) is far from over as two factions in the party … with each other over the legitimacy of this weekend’s…
Article1973 Durban Strikes Conference , 26-28 January 2023 - Celebrating 50 Years
… Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU) and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in 1985. …
The search for Peter Johnson’s story
… Mikkie Xayiya , explained what had happened to Peter, 10 years prior. [i] Two years later, on the 20 July 1996, Ms … Robben Island, aside from former leader…
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Union Timeline 1919-1989
… and Commercial Union (ICU), invites Selby Msimang, the congress leader from Bloemfontein, who had been involved in a … its authority. April, The South…
Call to A. N. C. Ranks by Albert Luthuli, 1 November 1954
… Urging Congress branches to ensure 100 per cent attendance at the … and file, but on the contrary, have fired each member in Congress with a fresh…
ArticleHistory of Women in Prisons during Apartheid
… a quarter of the mat is full of blood ’ (Mandela 2013; 10). The prisoners of solitary confinement kept calendars … woman interrogating them because ‘I felt…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1900 - 1909
… . The newspaper becomes Gandhi's, the Transvaal Indian Congress, Natal Indian Congress and the Indian community’s principle vehicle to …
ArticlePaper abstracts and biographies of speakers
… PhD. Title The PAC and SWAPO’s participation in the ‘Congo alliance’, 1963-1964 Abstract After the May 1963 summit of … for independence of the subcontinent…
Input by Secretary General Gwede Mantashe on ANC Policies and the NDP at Wits University, 25 July 2013
… gratitude to the Wits leadership of the African National Congress Youth League for inviting us. The invitation is even … Democratic Revolution, in that it…
ANC NGC – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly by Marius Strydom (News24 Voices), 12 October 2015
… of the audience wanted to know "why the African National Congress (ANC) compromised so much (on nationalisation) … There are many skilled individuals outside…