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EventSouth Africa holds a referendum to decide if SA should become a republic
… The South African government led by National Party (NP) held a referendum in which white voters decided … whites than Afrikaners, voted against it. The…
EventSouth West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) is founded to oppose South African rule
… Namibia) on 19 April 1960 by Herman Toivo Ya Toivo. The party was originally formed to advocated immediate Namibian … from South Africa and became the…
BiographyChief Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk
… (DPSC). This organisation, which was connected to the United Democratic Front (UDF) , provided an important source …
EventDaniel Toroitich arap Moi arap Moi wins the first multi
… African Democratic Union (KADU), a moderate political party supported by several minority ethnic groups. In Kenya's … repression and subsequent protests in…
ArticleThembisile Chris Hani Timeline 1942 - 2003
… wing of the ANC. Hani joins the South African Communist Party (SACP) . 1962 Hani becomes one of the first volunteers … brief court appearance the men are…
ArticleAfrican Resistance Movement (ARM)
… banned and forced underground, and although the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA) was not banned by the … ANC and PAC. Despite the LPSA’s non-violent…
ArchiveNew Deal? South Africa 1983
… On 20th August 1983, the United Democratic Front was launched at the Rockland Civic … the other side of town the all white governing Nationalist Party was…
ArticleAftermath: Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… as the international conscience was deeply stirred. The United Nations Security Council and governments worldwide … and Chairperson of the underground South…
BiographyDr. Neville Edward Alexander
… made him more critical of the South African Communist Party and, generally, Stalinist ideas. By 1961, he completed … in South Africa‘, as he felt no…
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
… equality was one of the main arguments among these multi-party conferences. With the new elections happening, women … pursuing their beliefs. The Start of…
BiographyJacqueline Daane-van Rensburg
… in 1988 she received letters from the Dutch Communist Party and Marina Cleven. In 2001 she received affidavits from …
ArchiveThe struggle in perspective: some ideas
… Article by the United Democratic Front in which the Front looks at the crisis facing the ruling party as a result of contradictions in South African …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… including student bodies, trade unions, the Communist Party and sections of the British Labour Party. After the … brief court appearance the men are freed…
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
… bank in the 1940s which grew especially after the National Party came to power and patronised the bank. It began to … In 1991 Volskas merged with Allied…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 2 - Explaining the Miracle by Max du Preez
… Believe that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, united in our diversity. We therefore, through our freely … and free the potential of each person;…
Chronology
… meets with Prime Minister J. B. M. Hertzog March 30 , United Transkeian Territories General Council supports … of the Great Trek April, Formation of the Non…
EventGeneral Barry Hertzog, former South African Prime Minister, dies
… the defeat of General Jan Smuts and his South African Party (SAP). He was instrumental in bringing about the … emergence as a republic. In 1933, Hertzog's…
BiographyPregaluxmi (Pregs) Govender
… organisations including the Rural Women’s Movement and the United Nations. Sonke Gender Justice, a NGO committed to the …
A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… of the Anti Fascist League were: - A. T. WANLESS, a Labour Party member and trade Unionist who gave a lot of assistance … strike decision and calling on all…
EventCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart, first state president of South Africa, is born
… diploma in journalism at the University of Columbia in the United States, and soon after became involved in politics. As a member of the National Party (NP),…
EventSA politician Roelf Meyer resigns.
… announces his resignation as the leader of the National Party (NP) in Gauteng and also as Member of Parliament. A year later he co-founds the United…
EventGen. J.B.M. Hertzog is forced to resign as premier after his motion of neutrality in World War II is defeated in parliament
… African government. This is because within the ruling United Party (UP) there was a split between those who favoured … Hertzog joined D.F Malan's "purified"…
75. 1960: We are at a turning-point in the history of our country
… Book, Conference 3-5 March 1961, S. S. Singh Collection. UNITED NATIONS AND SOUTH AFRICA Ever since 1946 the question … the treatment of Indians has been…
Document 28 - Brian Bunting, “Problems of the Multi-Racial Conference”, Liberation, 28, November 1957
… conference as a beacon marking out the road to a united anti-Nationalist front in which all sections of … about what they are doing, and about the tactics of…
EventChief Mangosuthu Buthelezi calls for National Convention
… as a constructive proposal by both the opposition United Party (UP) and the Progressive Party (PP). In 1994, following threats to boycott the first …
The ANC’s attempt to become the sole legitimate representative of the people of South Africa by Martin Plaut
… which had been given to SWAPO of Namibia in 1973. The United Nations, fed up with the endless prevarications by … title and used its contacts within the…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on International Relations, 27-30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… of the West, in particular the Group of 8 Countries, (United Kingdom, France, Germany, United States, Russia, Canada, Sweden, and the Netherlands), … and…
EventThe Paramount Chief of the Zulus, Prince Goodwill Zwelithini, is officially removed as a member of the Zulu Legislative Assembly
… Buthelezi accused Zwelithini of interfering in party politics in violation of his role as a ceremonial head … the two were mended. This followed the…
EventFive developed countries recall their Ambassadors from South Africa
… The United States, Netherlands, Great Britain, West Germany and … its Apartheid policy which was introduced by the National Party government in 1948. The…
ArticleNatal Indian Congress (NIC)
… The organisation was prominent in the establishment of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in the mid-1980s. The formation … to spearhead the struggle. On the…