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EventArchbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested
… deputy mayor Jacob Khuzwayo Dhlamini. There was a general outcry, because they were convicted and sentenced to …
EventKabila is inaugurated as president of the DRC
… African leaders. United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guehenno, who represented 17,600 …
EventSouth Africa’s first multiracial elections start
… Africa. The GNU system of government lasted until the general elections in 1999. References: Wallis, F. (2000). …
EventPLAN launches armed struggle against South Africa
… Namibia. In 1973 a resolution passed by the United Nations General Assembly declared 26 August, ‘Namibia Day’ to …
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ is dynamited
… 46 kilometres east of Petersburg (Polokwane). According to General Viljoen this took place within a mere 200 metres from …
EventANC becomes signatory to the Geneva Convention of 1949 and Protocol 1 of 1977
… civilian population and individual civilians shall enjoy general protection against dangers arising from military …
EventChief Albert Luthuli is banned for a further five years
… Chief Albert Luthuli, President General of the African National Congress (ANC), led the …
Izwi lase Township, 1982 - 1984
… Alexandra was but a part of South Africa and shared in the general struggle of the country as a whole. The underlying …
EventSouth Africa's first multiracial elections start
… Africa. The GNU system of government lasted until the general elections in 1999. References: Wallis, F. (2000). …
EventCoup attempt on S Doe's government in Liberia
… A coup attempt headed by Brigadier-General Thomas Quiwonkpa, a faction of the Liberian military …
ArticleTimeline of the German and Herero, Nama War and Genocide
… Herero would be acceptable. Fighting continues. 11 June, General Lothar von Trotha, one of the most notorious generals … blood loss. He is buried in an…
ArticleSouth African Student Organisation (SASO)
… political organisation. As a result, during the first SASO General Student Council (GSC), the ‘conservative’ first … their own free will in response to…
ArticleThe 1913 Women’s anti-pass campaign in the Orange Free State
… Coloured Women's Association sent a petition to Governor General Gladstone. Women pleaded with him to persuade the … issue of passes against women in the…
ArticleLiberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)
… nationalist sentiment was swept into power defeating General Jan Smuts and his United Party (UP). Subsequent to … the Natal Midlands. On 15 April 1953, the…
ArticleHistory of Women in Prisons during Apartheid
… walk out. The majority of the political prisoners and the general population of men would work in the quarries and … African women this struggle of everyday…
Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10
… (1894), which deprived Indians of the right to vote; the General Pass Regulations Bill (1905), which denied blacks the … this time, they remained under…
Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
… South Africa enters the War General Smuts signing the agreement at the first meeting of the UN General Assembly. Source: P. Joyce (2000), Suid-Afrika in die …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1947
… and renew our determination to appeal unitedly to General Smuts and the Union Government to implement the … resolution." "This meeting is convinced that the…
The Hawks letter to Pravin Gordhan by Berning Ntlemeza (Politics Web), 28 February 2016
… Text of the letter from Lt General Berning Ntlemeza, National Head of Directorate for … and it must be hand delivered to 218 Visage Street, General Joubert…
From death row in Pretoria Central Prison, October 1964 [Extract]
… certification exercise as before. Political parties, the general public and the Constitutional Assembly were again … Intervention Permitted by AT 100 Public…
The Founder: An Ambiguous Figure by Chris Saunders
… number of reasons. Seme did not become the first President-General of Congress. He instead put forward his mentor, John … attorney, and though he became…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… Thabo Mbeki gives the keynote address at the National General Council 2000 meeting in Port Elizabeth. The theme of … and Agent for Change’. To read the…
ArticleGandhi and the Passive Resistance Campaign 1907-1914
… the history of the country but also for world history in general. Gandhi’s campaigns forged a new form of struggle … from 1 January 1907, leaving the new…
Chapter 2 - From Crisis to Stability to Crisis
… the exploitation of African workers and to raise the general rate of profit" (O' Meara, 1983:247). Concomitantly, … for degrees in technical fields such as…
Interview with Ari Sitas, Of Socialism and Dentures by Jonathan Mandel, 10-11 April 2015
… kind of capitalist state were we dealing with-we know in general that states are there to enhance conditions of … and whether it can rise to its own…
ArticlePan-Africanism
… where all people of the African Diaspora can live. In more general terms, Pan-Africanism is the sentiment that people of …
ArticleSS Mendi
… from the rear to the front lines. In September of 1916, General Louis Botha , the current Prime Minister of the Union …
ArticleThe Basotho
… on several occasions and the British, under the control of General Cathcart. Mzilikazi © www.btinternet.com His …
ArticleAZAPO’s Women’s Wing - Imbeleko
… university students AZAYO (Azanian Youth Organisation): general youth wing Imbeleko : women's wing This structure …
The attack of Syria by Israel, 7 May 2013
… their disputes. Issued by: Jessie Duarte Deputy Secretary General African National Congress Chief Albert Luthuli House …