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ArticleHighlights for 2013
… by Algerian forces. Aligeria January 17 2013 Algeria ANC enforced a 50% representation of women in leadership for the first in its history. South Africa…
BiographyPremanathan “Prema” Naidoo
… Plaatje Award for Best Branch received on behalf of the ANC Lenasia Branch at the national conference in Cape Town …
BiographyReggie Williams
… At the same conference, the African National Congress (ANC) also called for the nationwide boycott of all businesses …
EventCongress of the People starts in Kliptown
… from Prof. Z.K Matthews at the African National Congress (ANC) Queenstown regional conference in 1953. It was endorsed by the ANC national conference held in…
EventA meeting titled “Conference for Concerned South Africans” is held, bringing together homeland leaders and conservative Afrikaner parties.
… South Africa (Codesa), a body set to discuss a new constitution for South Africa. They felt that the African … and condemned the record of understanding…
ArticleHistory of elections in South Africa
… of South Africa. The Act, which served as the Union's constitution until 1961, created a parliamentary government … of South Africa, an independent body…
EventA Second Plenary session of Multi Party negotiations for a transition to democracy in South Africa reconvene
… involved could not agree on an interim government and a constitution. The first sitting, CODESA I in March 1992 laid … role as political leader. Less than a…
BiographyJomo Kenyatta
… in 1966) the Kiambu Mafia became worried: according to the constitution when the president died the vice-president would …
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress On The Occasion Of the 105th Anniversary of the African National Congress Presented By President Jacob Zuma
… asungulwa, silugubha ekhaya lomzabalazo nekhaya le-ANC, e-Soweto. Compatriots, this is a special year for the ANC and our country. One of the key architects…
EventAfrican National Congress Youth League is founded
… National Congress. It was formed in 1944 by members of the ANC who believed in African Nationalism, and wanted to follow … on the mobilisation of the masses…
ArchiveAn Interview With F.W. De Klerk, the Last Apartheid President of South Africa by Nicolas Rossier
… of all major apartheid laws including the lifting of the ANC ban. While Nelson Mandela is probably today’s most known … liked it to turn out. On the positive…
Coetzee as Contractarian: Disgrace as Political Theory by Joshua Richman
… intellectual framework that shaped South Africa’s 1996 constitution. In portraying rural South Africa as a Hobbesian … between John Locke’s social contract…
EventSA President Nelson Mandela to step down
… first democratic president in 1994. The South African constitution has a stipulation that states that the president … and some old guards of the African…
EventCar bomb explodes outside Air Force headquarters
… afternoon of 20 May 1983, two African National Congress (ANC) cadres, Freddie Shangwe and Ezekial Maseko, drove to … of the Black population in parliament…
ArticleLand Restitution in South Africa since 1994
… basis for land restitution is provided by the 1993 Interim Constitution, section 25(7) of the 1996 Constitution and the Restitution of Land Rights Act. The…
Briefing to organisation of African Unity Kampala, September 8, 1990
… process that is going on in the country today. We, the ANC, initiated this process as far back as 1986. Eventually, … negotiations The next stage in the…
Remarks by the President of the African National Congress Comrade JG Zuma to Worker`s Day Durban, 1 May 2015
… The Leadership of Cosatu, the ANC, and SANCO, Comrades and friends This Workers Day takes … our struggle for liberation. The relationship between the ANC and…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… The 1980s witnessed an increase in attacks launched by the ANC through its armed MK inside South Africa. Conversely, the … up its attacks on neighboring…
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…
Chapter 4 - Removing the obstacles
… formal agreements signed between the government and the ANC, and set in place measures designed to establish an … 'the De Klerk regime has succeeded in tying…
EventMandela and de Klerk agree to restart talks
… would go back to constitutional negotiations, after the ANC had suspended talks after accusing the government of … was at the time beginning to chart a way…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at a press conference in London, 21 March 1984
… armed actions and the struggle generally by SWAPO and the ANC must be intensified. It went on to commit the Frontline … support for the liberation movements,…
Press Conference In London by O. R. Tambo, 21 March 1984
… armed actions and the struggle generally by SWAPO and the ANC must be intensified. It went on to commit the Frontline … support for the liberation movements,…
ArticleCongress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa
… which is currently led by the African National Congress (ANC) towards a more unified and strong South Africa. … the beginning, Inkatha became quite close…
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO)
… the delegates selected by the country’s voters to write a constitution for an independent Namibia. The following year a new constitution was adopted and…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… Party of South Africa, the African National Congress (ANC) and the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) jointly … (1 May) to protest the banning of communist…
The historical significance of COSATU’s Workers’ Charter Campaign
… to the leadership of the African National Congress (ANC) in the liberation struggle. This article looks at the … and closely aligned itself with the politics…
ArticleThabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
… 1935 Govan Mbeki joins the African National Congress (ANC) 1938 Govan Mbeki receives a telegram about a job offer … disruption. Mandela and other high…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… held its first annual congress in 1956. Sactu joined the ANC-led Congress Alliance, and took part in many of the … but in 1958 the campaign drew limited…
ArticleSouth African Coloured Peoples Organisation (SACPO)
… from the CPNU to the African National Congress (ANC) , as reactionaries. Further misunderstanding manifested … Teachers' Educational and Professional…