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EventDr. Silas Modiri Molema dies in Mafikeng
… of Chief Montshioa of the Barolong boo Ratshidi. He was elected treasurer-general of the African National Congress …
EventInkatha becomes a political party
… fear or favour. Dr. Mangosuthu Buthelezi was unanimously elected president of the IFP. Sources: …
EventSamora Machel, president of Mozambique, dies in a plane crash
… from Portugal. In 1975 they were victorious and he was elected as Mozambique's first president. At the time of his …
EventSA President Nelson Mandela to step down
… (ANC) swung things in Mbeki's favour. Mbeki was ultimately elected ANC president in 1997, thus putting him in line for …
EventPixley Seme, lawyer, journalist and co-founder of SANNC is born
… and work. Seme, nephew of Chief Langalibalele Dube, was elected Treasurer-General in the first inaugural meeting of …
ArticleAZAPO’s Women’s Wing - Imbeleko
… holds particular significance as the first female secretary of the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) …
Chapter 2 - No equality under the Union Jack, 1900 - 1910
… disposition”. Prompted into action by Peregrino, the Secretary for Native Affairs in Pretoria demanded a full … area of Natal. In 1908 Gumede, at forty- one,…
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 1 : Socialist Pilgrims to Bolshevik Footsoldiers 1919-1930 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
… May 1922 Document 26 Letter from S.P. Bunting to General Secretary, Comintern, 1 January 1923 Document 27 Letter from … April 1923 (Extracts) Document 31…
ArticleZulu
… Mangosutho (Gatsha) Buthelezi , a cousin of the king, was elected as Chief Executive. The town of Nongoma was … Assembly in early 1995 and clashed repeatedly…
BiographyTim Bruwer
Odd one out Over the years many people have asked me how it came about that I, amongst all the Afrikaners that I grew up with or knew, as a young man in the…
EventThe UN Security Council to lay down rules which would allow UN forces to enter Congo
… On 6 August 1960, the United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Mr. Dag Hammarskjöld, asked the UN …
EventMogadishu seaport is handed over to the combined task force by UN
… Council imposed an arms embargo against Somalia. The Secretary-General, Boutros Boutros-Ghali organised … UN, ‘BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI (EGYPT) SIXTH UNITED…
Statement at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggling People of South Africa (Soweto Day), 16 June 1989
… Jerry Mosolodi, Andrew Zondo, Stanza Bopape, Sicelo Diomo, Chris Ntuli, Ashley Kriel and Mary Mini. When, in 1986, we … has made them defenceless. The murder…
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… on 25 October 2016] 2013. “Members of the ANC and SACP are detained due to Operation Vula,” from South African … ↵ [xvii] “Members of the ANC and SACP are…
The 1994 South African Election by Phyllis Jordan
… constituency from 1910 to 1914, making him the only black elected to the South African Cape Parliament. The incoming … – petitioning government, sending…
ArchiveStatement on Mbeki's recall, by Jacob Zuma on behalf of ANC NEC, 22 September
… that we acknowledge and accept the ruling of Justice Chris Nicholson and reiterate that we will, as always, abide …
EventCoup attempt on S Doe's government in Liberia
A coup attempt headed by Brigadier-General Thomas Quiwonkpa, a faction of the Liberian military failed to take power from Samuel Doe. It was a third coup…
Minutes of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, February 1-2, 1947
… of the last Executive be deferred until the arrival of the Secretary-General" 2. CONFERENCE RESOLUTIONS: The chairman … A. To the family of the late Mr. S.P…
EventNP presents its revised constitutional proposals
… accepted the plan for the constitution to be drafted by an elected body, it rejected the part of the proposals that made …
EventBishop Tutu receives Martin Luther King Award
… the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). In August 1983, he was elected Patron of the United Democratic Front (UDF). Tutu’s …
EventBritain and the Zulu Nation sign a peace treaty
… was divided into thirteen separate chiefdoms under a chief elected by the British who was complaint to British rule. The …
EventNamibians vote for a Constituent Assembly
… overwhelmingly and on 14 November Mr Martti Ahtisaari, the Secretary-General's Special Representative in Windhoek, …
EventMemorial service for the victims of mining disaster
… organised by National Union of Mineworkers . The Union Secretary-General, Cyril Ramaphosa, and Winnie Mandela , the …
Milton Obote by Angela Thompsell updated 28 February 2016
… of seats in the new parliament, and Obote became the first elected Prime Minister of Uganda after independence. Prime Minister, President When Obote was…
55. S.A.I.C. deputation sees the Minister of the Interior, 1925
… We, the undersigned, being members of the deputation elected at the session of the South African Indian Congress … The South African Indian Congress, which…
Document 119 - Non-European United Front of South Africa, Minutes of Conference held in City Hall, Cape Town, 8 to 10 April 1939
… lot of absentees at committee meetings. The following were elected: President: Mrs. 2. GOOL. Senior Vice-president: Mr. G. Baloyi. Junior " " Mr. H. W…
EventSteve Tshwete is born
… found the East London Youth Club, and became its general secretary. The club was a cover for recruitment into the … Tshwete left school and immersed himself…
Chapter 8 - ‘Creative Organisers’ rather than ‘Powerful Speakers’: Education as a Site of Struggle
… each branch was permitted to send 3 delegates. The AC elected the national executive committee (NEC). During 1981 … the NEC comprised the president, vice…
EventThe Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) is founded after the government banned a host of BCM organisations in October 1977.
In the aftermath of the 16 June 1976 Uprising, in Soweto, Johannesburg, the apartheid government banned all the organisations under the Black Consciousness…
Amulets & Dreams by Omar Badsha and Guy Tillim
… in Durban at the launch of the African Union by the OAU Secretary General Amara Essay (2002). Edited : Omar Badsha …