Southern Africa, South Africa and the ANC – 27 March 1968 Sechaba Interviews Oliver Tambo, Acting President-General of the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa, on Southern Africa, South…
Apartheid South Africa Withdrawn from the British Commonwealth On 15 March 1961, at the Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference, apartheid South Africa announced that it was to withdraw from the Commonwealth…
Lilian Ngoyi Passes On On 13 March 1980, a 68-year-old anti-apartheid revolutionary activist and founder member of the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL), Lilian Ngoyi, passed on. Ngoyi was…
Birth of Alex La Guma On this day, 20 February 1924, Alex La Guma, was born in District Six, Cape Town, South Africa. La Guma was a South African novelist,…
Describing the National Democratic Revolution “In capitalist society, providing it develops under the most favorable conditions, we have a more or less complete democracy in the democratic republic. But this…
ANC President OR Tambo Radio Freedom Interview on Talks On 5 February 1986, in an interview held with the African National Congress (ANC) President OR Tambo on Radio Freedom, the…
On 29 January 1980, ANC President, OR Tambo, issued a statement acknowledging Silverton Trio’s membership of the African National Congress (ANC) and made a tribute to their actions. “The Apartheid…
On 6 January 1995, Joe Slovo, the communist intellectual widely credited with being one of the masterminds of South Africa's revolutionary struggle and national reconciliation, died after a long battle…
On 1 January 1979, a Politico-Military Strategy Commission (PMSC) was appointed at a Special African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee (NEC) Meeting in Luanda, Angola, following the visit to…