Organisations

1952The African National Congress’ (ANC) Defiance Campaign against the South African Apartheid Regime, which in the foll...

1919 The Industrial and Commercial Union (ICU) is formed in Cape Town after World War I, with a membership of 24. Th...

1884 Otto von Bismarck chairs the Berlin Conference to stem the scramble for Africa. Only Morocco, Ethiopia, and Liber...

The period preceding the formation of the South Africa Union witnessed the establishment and growth of trade unionism wh...

2010 19 January: (Congress of South African Trade Unions) COSATU affiliate The Food and Allied Workers' Union (FAWU) ...

1968 December SASO is formed at the conference held in Marianhill, Natal. The conference was exclusively attended by ...

Explore some of the key moments and events that have helped shape the course of South African Communist Party. Follow th...

In 1959 the Africanists broke away from the ANC and formed the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). The histories of these two...

uMkhonto weSizwe (Spear of the Nation or MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), was jointly formed ...

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

The ANC in the 1920s was largely weakened and suffered from both organisation incapacity and financial constraints. Duri...

This period was characterized by events leading up to the formation of the African National Congress in 1912 as well as ...

1919 Formation of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union of Africa (ICU). 1924 Introduction of Industrial Con...

1946 22 June, The Government of India requested that the question of the treatment of Indians in the Union of South Af...

1983 On 23 January, Allan Boesak makes a call for the formation of a ‘united front’ at an anti-SAIC Committee (TASC) ...

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS TIMELINE — 2011 – 2020 2011 8 January 2011 African National Congress (ANC) Presi...

The 1980s witnessed an increase in attacks launched by the ANC through its armed MK inside South Africa. Conversely, the...

In this period early African political organisations were formed; these organisations precipitated the formation of the ...