Organisations

 

The African People’s Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA) was launched in Duncan Village outside East London in ...

In the 1930s various trade unions from different backgrounds ranging from conservative craft unions, white racist indust...

The Natal Indian Association (NIA) was formed when the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and the Colonial Born and Settlers In...

When the African National Congress (ANC) was formed in 1912, it did not accept women as members. In 1918, the government...

The fruit-canning industry in South Africa can be traced to the late nineteenth century, when the first jam factories op...

ANC-2nd Submission to TRC - APPENDIX FOUR Please note: Information in this list was drawn from press reports and t...

The Origins and formation: The South African Student Organisation (SASO) was formed in 1968 after some members of th...

The NIC (Natal Indian Congress) was the first of the Indian Congresses to be formed. It was established in 1894 by Mahat...

On 30 July 2011, the South African Communist Party (SACP) celebrated its 90th anniversary. Initially known as the Commun...

On 16 December, 1961, Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) was launched as an armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). The...

The Federation of Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW) was formed on the 8th of December 1984, bringing together close to 200 women...

Like all other Black ethnic groups, the Coloureds also fell victim to segregation and repressive legislations enacted by...

In 1924 the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) was founded aimed at representing and promoting the interes...

The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) is a South African political organization, established by Chief Gatsha Buthelezi, which ...

The Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) is a political party whose presence in the South African political landscape spans jus...

The aim of the African Women's Organisation is to rally African women under the banner of African Nationalism and to edu...

The political importance of women’s food committees in Cape Town during the 1940s has been emphasised by both Cheryl Wal...

 

In the late 1970s four young men publicly refused to obey their army call-ups by the South African Defence Force (SADF) ...

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) announced its formation on 27 July, 2013 in Soweto. The party was formed by former A...

 

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) was launched on 1 December 1985, at the height of the struggle again...

Before the June 16 student uprising, the Soweto Students' Representative Council (SSRC) was formed. This organisation l...

Formed in 1928 by Emil Solomon (Solly) Sachs, this was a union of women factory workers that transcended barriers of col...

March 20, 1602 marked the beginning of the inexorable end for many a state in the then known world. On that day, four hu...

The Democratic Alliance (DA), previously named the Democratic Party (DP), was formed on 8 April 1989, when the former Pr...

The South West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) was founded in Windhoek, South West Africa (presently Namibia) on 1...

The Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) was an ultra-right wing organisation led by Eugene Terreblanche, that first came ...

This article was written by Baruch Hirson A Short history of the Non-European Unity – An insider's view Where is the N...

Southern African Development Community (SADC) was established in 1980 as the Southern African Development Coordination C...

In aftermath of the June 16 Uprising, the government cracked down on student activists and organisations alike. On 19 Oc...

Early years The history of the South African Defence Force (SADF) can be traced to the 1660s. When Jan van Riebeeck la...

The period 1860-1923 is characterised firstly by the introduction of indentured Indian labourers into Natal and of the "...

SAYCO was regarded as the most significant youth organization to emerge during the 1980s. Initiated by COSAS, it focused...

The African National Congress (ANC) is South Africa's governing party and has been in power since the transition to demo...

The South African Police Service (SAPS) that we are familiar with today has its origin after the Second Anglo-Boer War i...

Like all other Black ethnic groups, the Coloureds also fell victim to segregation and repressive legislations enacted by...

The student protest that broke out on 16 June 1976 was organised and directed by the Soweto Students Representative Coun...

By the beginning of the twentieth century a number of political organisations initiated by Coloureds existed, most of wh...