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EventDr. J. S. Moroka dies
… Congress and in 1949 he became its president until 1952. …
Nelson Mandela’s leadership: The early years (Part 1) by Raymond Suttner, 4 June 2018
… when he became a student at Fort Hare, he did not join the ANC then or become politicised. He was expelled from Fort … illustrated when he hosts Paul…
Eulogy by President Jacob Zuma at the funeral of Mme Ruth Mompati, Vryburg, North-West Province 23 May 2015
… Mogoeng and Madame Mogoeng, The Secretary General of the ANC, the National Officials and leadership at all levels, … the important year in the African…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… negotiations between the government and the ANC gathered pace. As part of that process, the ANC, PAC and other parties were unbanned, hundreds of … Africa…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… During this period the ANC consolidated its hold on power but also faced both … (NNP), was disbanded and some of its members joined the ANC. NNP leader…
EventJomo Kenyatta is elected Prime Minister of Kenya
… to hard labour and was restricted following his arrest in 1952 related to allegations of his complicity in the Mau Mau …
ArticlePass laws in South Africa 1800-1994
… of Passes and Co-ordination of Documents) Act of 1952. This forced Black South Africans to carry a range of … resistance spread and in 1949, after the…
ArticleA Charge of Treason by Norman Levy
… all simply added fuel to the government’s fire. Yet the ANC seemed powerless to mount a specific campaign to stop the … was about to be subverted by force…
ArchiveJordan Ngubane – forgotten founding member of the Congress Youth League by Sbonelo Radebe (Mail and Guardian), 10 January 2023
… of the Congress Youth League (CYL) — the forerunner of the ANC Youth League — is told, usually it is only Anton Lembede, … told. Perhaps his political…
Women’s Resistance Against the Pass Laws
… During its long history of struggle, the ANC has always been in the vanguard of the struggle against … upon which the younger generÂations could build. When…
ArchiveThe defiance campaign
… Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner In 1952 the ANC decided that we are going to organize a Defiance …
ArticleContinued resistance and internal criticism 1920s and 1930s
… In the following years, the African National Congress (ANC) leadership evolved to be more inclined to action than … very little was achieved during the 1920s…
ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
… in groups that began funding political prisoners in 1952 during the Defiance Campaign . Collins was in South … Despite its close links to the African…
ArticleA History of the Springbok Legion
… Selepe , an organiser of the African National Congress (ANC) in Orlando, who had served in WWII was member of the SL. … in the struggle against white…
EventFormer Kenyan President, Jomo Kenyatta, dies
… revolt against white colonial rule. He was arrested in 1952 for allegedly leading the group. Following a five month … 11 August 2009] Jomo Kenyatta - A…
Chapter IV - Becoming an activist
… or leave the areas where they lived and worked. In May 1952, Solly Sachs, despite having been expelled from the … days so as to forestall any resistance or…
ArticleHermanus Loots aka James Stuart Timeline
… 1961 Is recruited into the African National Congress (ANC) military wing Umkhonto we Sizwe’s (MK) Luthuli … [iii] 1979 - 1983 Appointed chief representative…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… In the 1940s the ANC rejuvenated itself and began to work more closely with … and 1930s. Two significant developments took place in the ANC in the 1940s: for…
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… Barry Gilder – The ANC Musician, Soldier, and Spy Abstract Barry Gilder is one … African National Congress into exile in 1976. He aided the ANC through his…
Gandhiji and the struggle for liberation in South Africa
… great non-violent resistance under African leadership in 1952, aptly named the "Campaign of Defiance against Unjust … policies of powerful nations much more…
EventKenyan political activist Jomo Kenyatta released from jail
… was released from jail after serving 9 years. During the 1952 Mau Mau rebellion, Kenyatta, together with other …
EventThe longest state of emergency in Kenya ends
… The state of emergency in Kenya which had lasted from 1952-1959, probably the longest in the history of Kenya, came …
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
… or MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), was jointly formed by leading members of the banned ANC and South African Communist Party …
ArchiveAfrican Women`s Resistance to the Pass Laws in South Africa 1950-1960, by Elizabeth S. Schmidt
… an innovation of the 1950s. The African National Congress (ANC) had been organising opposition to the legislation since … appeals, petitions and deputations…
ArticleThe Founding of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… Freedom Fighters when he was still the president of the ANC Youth League as the struggle for economic freedom does … organisational boundaries and confines…
ArticleThe African Students Association (ASA)
… the auspices of the banned African National Congress (ANC). At the time of its formation, Durban was the centre of … League (ANCYL) before it declined after…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1990-1999
… Parliament, announcing the lifting of a 30-year ban on the ANC, the Pan African Congress (PAC), the South African … in order to strengthen the bargaining…
EventSolly Sachs leaves South Africa
… of Communism Act (1950) had been served on him on 19 May 1952 and his arrest on two occasions during the same month. …
EventSA Artist, Andries Johannes Botha, is born in Durban
… Andries Johannes Botha was born on 22 September 1952 in Durban. He studied Fine Arts at the University Of …
EventJan van Riebeeck's statue, presented by Cecil John Rhodes, is unveiled in Cape Town
… by the Portuguese and Dutch governments respectively in 1952, for Cape Town's tercentenary celebrations. References: …