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Chapter Five - The Fighter for Black Unity: 1935 - 1945
… which caused the CPSA to move closer to the white Labour Party and the dormancy of the ANC, Gomas and other activists … call together to discuss Hertzog's …
ArticleSouth African Coloured People Organisation (SACPO)
… of Good Hope, Natal and the Boer Republics. The National Party (NP) , after its ascendance to power in 1948, … in the Western Cape. It was fronted by the…
Document 50 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: The Trade Union Question (No division On this question) (1934)
… two existing Workers' Parties, the South African Labour Party and the Communist Party, we see the same erroneous and … unemployed, skilled and unskilled in…
EventMoïse-Kapenda Tshombé becomes the Prime Minister of the Congo
… of the Belgian-supported Conakat, the strongest political party in Katanga. During the Brussels-Congo Conference held … Tshombé maintained a large mercenary…
EventNamibia gains Independence
… the League of Nations after the First World War. When the United Nations was established after the Second World War, … by UN, however, things changed in 1948…
EventSA Special Forces accused of train violence
… the violence on trains. The two Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters who applied for amnesty for their part …
PlaceTsolo
… groups throughout the Transkei and Basutoland had united in common revolt. Under the pretence of joining the … where, he felt, they would be safe. The next…
PlaceBotswana
… educated in South Africa.) Their Bechuanaland People's Party began to demand that all White people should leave … Chiefs was modelled according to the House…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1930 - 1939
… African and White left wing activists led by Communists Party leaders in the Cape, form the National Liberation … agrees to form a national organisation, the…
Chapter 20. Malan’s Road to a New South Africa - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… about 1940 the propaganda committee of the Nationalist Party issued a pamphlet under the title, The Road to A New South Africa, in which the party's attitude…
The Indian People In South Africa: Facts: About The Ghetto Act
… Weeks were spent in nauseating discussion between the United Party and its even more race-crazed opponents, as to whether … advocates of white supremacy. The…
ArticleMiriam Makeba: Activist on Two Fronts by Connor Kirkpatrick
… America Key Words: Miriam Makeba, Apartheid, Civil Rights, United Nations, Manhattan Brothers, Harry Belafonte, Stokley … apartheid in South Africa and for…
The International Socialist League (ISL)
… by a progressive faction of the South African Labour Party (SALP) as a reaction to the party’s support for South Africa’s participation in the First … that…
ArticleHow did it influence the rise of Nazism?
… Germany became a fascist country under Hitler and the Nazi Party from 1933 to 1945. Here you can read about the Nazis … short) to come to power. Desperate…
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
… Kgosi Moiloa was exiled to Botswana. In 1975, a new party was formed to contest elections in Bophuthatswana. The … Bantustan system, but it was informed by a…
SASPU National, 1980 - 1987
… NUSAS linked itself closely with the South African Liberal Party. During the 1980s NUSAS participated in the democratic … through support of consumer…
ArticleRuth Robb and her involvement with Black Sash
… a fund to help the women who had been taken to prison. The United Party asked the Black Sash to close, in 1958, for at least … Moly Peterson, and Jessie…
Message by Oliver Tambo on the twentieth anniversary of the Tanganyika African National Union, 01 July 1974
… anniversary of the founding of their glorious political party, the leader and inspirer of the revolutionary gains of … always admired the consistently…
Message on the Twentieth Anniversary of the Tanganyika African National Union by O. R. Tambo, July 1974
… anniversary of the founding of their glorious political party, the leader and inspirer of the revolutionary gains of … always admired the consistently…
Document 109 - G. H. Gool and J. A. La Guma, “Appeal of the National Liberation League for a National Convention of the Subject Peoples of South Africa”, The Liberator, September 1937
… to weld our divided and unorganised peoples into one united force for the struggle against Imperialism, for … the leadership of General Hertzog and the…
ArticleANC January 8th Statements
… Statements, listed below. January 8th, 2024 - The Year of United Action to Defend our Freedom and Advance a Better Life … and Nation Building January 8th,…
BiographyHerbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo
… ally Gumede, whose close affiliations with the Communist Party made him a controversial figure in Natal politics. In … was, in part, inspired by the civil…
ArticleGarveyism: Early 1900s philosophy
… of the 1920s - including members of the ICU, the Communist Party and the African National Congress (ANC) - were … of Marcus Garvey, a West Indian who had…
Indian passive resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948 by E. S. Reddy
… India had raised the issue of South African racism at the United Nations, broke off economic relations with South … also decided to send delegations to India…
ArticleSouth West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO): An Organisational Timeline
… the OPC’s petition to New York for presentation at the United Nations, but is intercepted by South African … (OPO) in Windhoek, Namibia. Toivo ya Toivo…
EventTanzania gains independence
… Second World War, the Tanganyika region was placed under United Nations (UN) trusteeship, which mandated Britain with … known from then on as Tanzania. In…
EventTrade unionist Clements Kadalie dies in East London
… with other organizations, such as the Communist Party of South Africa (now SACP). Due to his activities, … the 1930s and 40s failed, but he is credited…
EventCastro decides to send troops to Angola to fight South Africa
… People's Organization (SWAPO). When Angola's ruling party the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola … troops in Angola with additional support coming…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Preface
… a period of struggle for democracy for all, for a great united and happy South Africa." — Dr Y.M. Dadoo at a mass … struggle and had a significant impact on…
BiographyJames Steven Mzilikazi Khumalo
… gained him international recognition in Europe and the United States of America (USA). This was especially …