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EventSecurity officials report that levels of political violence have dropped significantly in SA
… Two days after the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) agreed to participate in South Africa's first … One black was killed in the town of Klerksdorp and the United…
EventTrevor Manuel, Minister in The Presidency: National Planning Commission, is born
… became involved in politics when he joined the Labour Party Youth in 1969 at the encouragement of his father. In 1983, he became one of the founding members…
EventThe twentieth anniversary of the arrest of Nelson Mandela is marked by a call for his release by China
… his release by China. This was publicized in the Communist Party organ, The People’s Daily, and an appeal signed by more … than 2 000 mayors from 53…
EventPolitical activist, Dr Yusuf Dadoo is re-elected President of Transvaal Indian Congress
… Dadoo was also one of the founders of the Non-European United Front (NEUF), and was an active member of the South African Communist Party (CPSA, now known as…
EventFifty killed over three days during Inkatha
… killed over three days in battles between Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) supporters in Natal, South …
EventUN spokesman comments on Mugabe’s eviction campaign
… Miloon Kothari, a United Nations (UN) housing expert, said most of those … businesses. It was reported recently that Mugabe's ruling party reacted angrily to…
EventAngolan government signs peace treaty with UNITA
… long and ravaging civil war in Angola, was brokered by the United Nations (UN). According to the terms of the peace … it into government forces, become a…
EventNelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu on Robben Island 5 August 1982
… his release by China. This was publicized in the Communist Party organ, The People’s Daily, and an appeal signed by more … than 2 000 mayors from 53…
South Africa's freedom struggle by E.S. Reddy
… others. He was a founder and leader of the Non-European United Front, and of the Communist Party when it was revived as a clandestine organisation. And ……
ArticleSouth African Congress of Democrats (COD)
… National Congress (ANC) , the South African Communist Party (SACP) , the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) , banned members of the Communist Party and…
The armed struggle and state repression of the 1960s
… in increasing international criticism of apartheid and the United Nations condemned the trial and started steps to … had managed to suppress oppression. As…
BiographyRaymond Ackerman
… as chairman of the Greatermans group), to send him to the United States to study its burgeoning post war supermarket …
ArticleThe African Union (AU)
… of the OAU while still promoting continental unity and a united front for Africa. U.S. President, Barack Obama, … AU Chairwoman, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma,…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott - Timeline
… part of the first session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. 1952 — The UN creates a task team to monitor … and Cultural Boycott of South Africa…
Pro Veritate
… of view towards the ideologies of the ruling National Party. Christian viewpoints on such issues as conscientious … to afford equal human rights and…
EventSouth African Parliament repeals The Separate Amenities Act of 1953
… is sometimes compared with similar Jim Crow laws in the United States. Unlike Jim Crow however, petty apartheid made … public facilities. Under F.W. De…
EventIFP proposes truce with ANC
… The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) proposed a truce with the African National … respect. However, this relationship deteriorated when the United Democratic…
EventThe Afrikaner Broederbond is formed
… Africa during World War II, in protest against Jan Smuts' United Party government and its support for the British during World …
EventTransvaal Anti-SAIC Committee decided to revive the old TIC
… the old Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) and to establish a united democratic front to mobilize resistance on a national … Coloureds in the new Constitution…
EventParliament opens with the debate of no confidence on Government
… introduced by the Leader of the political opposition, the United Party, Sir de Villiers Graaff . He said that the Government …
"Racial Crisis in South Africa" . Address to meeting of Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, March 2, 1961
… apartheid was introduced in the year 1948 by the National Party, which is still the ruling party in South Africa. At … leave South Africa from the Government…
BiographyZuleikha Mayat
Zuleikha Mayat was born in 1926 in Potchefstroom, Transvaal (now North West Province). Her father, Mohamed Bismilla, was a prominent business person who first…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
… Timeline: 1950 - 1959 1950 January 6-8, The Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) holds its last legal conference … Market Square, Dr James Sebe Moroka…
ArticlePretoria Timeline 1800-2009
… of Africa incorporated into National Bank The National Party is established. The Municipal Tram Sheds are built on … offices of the new state. 1914 January,…
Chapter 8 - The politics of Congress in the late 1950s
… Harmel, shortly before the 1958 election, called on the United Party to mend its ways if a revolution was to be averted. The … to the Nationalists: "What…
ArticlePan-Africanism
… first began to circulate in the mid-19th century in the United States, led by Africans from the Western Hemisphere. … the commonalities between Africans and…
EventPatrice Lumumba, former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is shot
… 1960 elections, the MNC emerged as the strongest single party with 33 of the 137 seats. Lumumba became Prime Minister … of the mineral-rich Katanga region…
EventMass funeral for the victims of Bisho massacre
… National Congress (ANC) and South African Communist Party members such as Walter Sisulu, Chris Hani and other … echoed by the US Department of State, the…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… On October 25 1991, ninety-two organisations that were united in their opposition to apartheid gathered in Durban to … required to manage the transition…
Chapter 17. Afrikaner Nationalism and the Workers - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… infamous policy of the present leaders of the Nationalist Party. For over a hundred years, the Afrikaner people have … led by General Smuts. The result was…