Victory of the People’s War Against Fascism: 9 May 1945
Victory of the People’s War Against Fascism: 9 May 1945 Every year on 9 May in the former Soviet Union and now in the Russian Republic the day is celebrated…
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May 9, 2025
1943-1960 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / National Executive Committee (NEC) / Sanctions / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / South African Defence Force’s (SADF)
The African National Congress (ANC) is Banned
The African National Congress (ANC) is Banned On 8 April 1960, the apartheid Justice Minister Frans Erasmus informed Parliament in Cape Town that the apartheid government had just signed a…
April 8, 2025
1943-1960 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Pan Africanism
The Gruesome Sharpeville Massacre
The Gruesome Sharpeville Massacre The Sharpeville massacre occurred on 21 March 1960, outside the police station in the South African township of Sharpeville, in the then Transvaal. After a day…
March 21, 2025
1943-1960 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / Battles / South African Defence Force’s (SADF)
The 1960 Pondo Revolt
The 1960 Pondo Revolt On 20 March 1960, the Pondoland revolt, also known as “uNonqulwana”, in the Eastern Cape referred to the action taken by iKongo (ANC supporters who referred…
March 21, 2025
Charlie Parker Dies at a Very Young Age
Charlie Parker Dies at a Very Young Age 70 years ago, 12 March 1955, was the sad passing day of Jazz Virtuoso Charles Parker Jr., born on 29 August 1920,…
March 12, 2025
Ghana Gains Independence under the Leadership of Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana Gains Independence under the Leadership of Kwame Nkrumah On 6 March 1957, the Gold Coast (now known as Ghana) gained independence from Britain. Ghana became a member of the…
March 6, 2025
Joseph Stalin Passes On
Joseph Stalin Passes On On 5 March 1953, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin died of cerebral haemorrhage in Moscow, in the former Soviet Union. Stalin was a Georgian revolutionary, Marxist theoretician, Soviet…
March 5, 2025
1943-1960 / African National Congress (ANC) / Apartheid Police / National Trade Union Leaders / South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) / Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
Organise or Starve! The Inaugural Conference of SACTU
Organise or Starve! The Inaugural Conference of SACTU On 4 – 5 March 1955, the Inaugural Conference of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) was held at the…
March 4, 2025
1943-1960 / African liberation movement / African National Congress (ANC) / Battles / Pan Africanism
Dedan Kimathi Executed
Dedan Kimathi Executed In the early morning of 18 February 1957, Dedan Kimathi Waciuri was executed by hanging at the Kamiti Maximum Security Prison, and according to documentation, buried within…
February 18, 2025
Bob Marley: 80th Heavenly Birthday
Bob Marley: 80th Heavenly Birthday Robert Nesta Marley (better known as Bob Marley), was born on 6 February 1945 and passed on 11 May 1981, meaning that he would be…
February 6, 2025