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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…
The armed struggle and state repression of the 1960s
… people, the Sharpeville incident and the banning of the ANC and the PAC. Soon after the break up between the ANC and the PAC, the ANC organised a protest…
ArticleCODESA 2 Timeline
… its constitutional principles. 08 January 1992: The ANC gives it annual statement. 20 January 1992: 5 Working … demonstrators gather outside the legislature…
EventSA artist Sydney Khumalo is born
… . He began studying at Polly Street Art Centre in 1952 and worked there under Cecil Skotnes and later Edoardo …
BiographyHendrik Frensch Verwoerd
… emergency was declared, and the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) were banned. …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… Z. K. Matthews join the African National Congress (ANC). 7 July, The Executive Committees of the All African Convention (AAC) and the ANC meet and pass a…
We are the soldiers of Sisulu by Thabo Mbeki 2003
… [From 'Letter from the President', ANC Today , Vol.3, No.19, 16--22 May 2003] This week we will … Sisulu, we have lost one of the major architects of the ANC…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Foreign Relations during Apartheid, 1948
… of people of Indian origin living in South Africa. In 1952 apartheid was again raised, this time in connection with … of race conflict in the country in…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1970-1979
… By the 1970s a number of leading figures in the ANC were in prison while others were in exile. Those that … These countries played an important role for the…
ArticleThe co-optation of the African National Congress: South Africa’s original ‘State Capture’, Sampie Terreblanche
… to the presidency of the African National Congress (ANC) last month, it is vital to understand deep structural … justice. The ideological shifts that took…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… Principles CODESA 2 Plenary The Aftermath of CODESA 2 ANC National Conference and Plans of Mass Action Codesa … Massacre on 17 June Rumours of Police…
ArchiveThe Arthur Chaskalson I knew by George Bizos, 5 December 2012
… City Hall, December 5 2012 Arthur Chaskalson and I met in 1952. We were students in the Law Faculty. Unlike me he was … Arthur represented activists from…
Passive resistance in South Africa by Oliver Tambo, 2 June 1966
… of heart in the rulers. The African National Congress (ANC), on the other hand, expressly rejected any concepts and … resistance, the African National…
Appendix 1: Freedom Fighters On The March: A Message From Dr. Y. M. Dadoo To The Indian People
… in the January 1968 issueof Sechaba, official organ of the ANC, Oliver Tambo (the Acting President-General)states that … in the new phase ofthe struggle: 1…
ArticleReactions to Silverton Siege 1980
… and prominent personalities both locally and abroad. The ANC sent an appeal to the United Nations: ‘We call upon the … Marais Viljoen commuted the three men…
ArticleArmed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990
… continued until 1986, when the African National Congress (ANC) called on South Africans to make the country … which proved effective, were advocated for by…
The Role of Women in the Struggle against Apartheid, 15 July 1980
… Since the founding of the African National Congress (ANC) Bantu Womens League in 1913, women have been active in … Campaign of Defiance Against Unjust Laws…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… anti-pass campaign, which resulted in the banning of the ANC and the PAC following the Sharpeville Massacre. In … Trial to its conclusion in 1961. That same…
Political executions
… Poqo members. Killings in Paarl. Lebajoa, Peter 1984/08 ANC members. Treason/murder of farmer (1978). Letsoare, … Killings in Paarl. Mahlangu, Solomon, 21…
ArticleThe Congress of the People, Kliptown 1955
… Albert Luthuli , the banned National President of the ANC said: "‘Why will this assembly be significant and unique? … in the country." In the wake of the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1930-1939
… During this period the ANC cooperated with other organisations such as the APO and … a united force for a significant part of the 1930s, the ANC was plagued…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1920-1929
… The ANC in the 1920s was largely weakened and suffered from both … itself by changing its name from the SANNC to the ANC, adopting a national anthem and a…
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…
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
… capital of Zambia, where the African National Congress (ANC) had its headquarters. In 1984 students resolved to … The petition echoed the million-signature…
PlaceBo-tuin, Hof Street, Gardens.
… continued to be rented out to various tenants until 1952 when they were bought by the HMC, at which stage the …
EventSouth African artist Fikile Magadledla is born
… Fikile Magadlela was born on 13 December 1952 in Newclare, Johannesburg. He was a self- taught artist, …
ArticleLife Timeline of Jacob Zuma
… 1958 Zuma joins the African National Congress (ANC) and through its youth structure the ANC Youth League (ANCYL). 1959 Zuma joins the South African … which…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1960-1969
… joined them. 8 April, The African National Congress (ANC) and Pan African Congress (PAC) are outlawed. April, New … toward an alliance with the African…
The turn to armed struggle
… Following the Sharpeville Massacre, the state banned the ANC and PAC in April 1960 under the Unlawful Organisations … and banning of leading political…
EventPeter “Terror” Mathebula dies
… world champion boxer died. Mathebula was born on 3 July 1952, in Transvaal (now Gauteng ). A flyweight division …