ANC adopts the Youth League Programme of Action On 17 December 1949, the African National Congress (ANC) adopted a Programme of Action at its 1949 December conference, which marked one…
ANC Arusha Conference On 1 – 4 December 1987, the African National Congress (ANC) called a Conference under the theme: “People of the World Unite Against Apartheid for a Democratic…
The Farcical Harms Commission Report On Saturday, 24 November 1990, apartheid National Party politicians and senior officials in the security forces celebrated the release of the Harms Commission Report, as…
ANC Leaders and SA Business Meet in Kaunda’s Game Lodge On 13 September 1985, African National Congress (ANC) President Oliver Tambo and his entourage consisting of Pallo Jordan, Mac Maharaj,…
The Gruesome Bisho Massacre On 7 September 1992, twenty-eight (28) African National Congress (ANC) supporters and one soldier were shot dead by the Bantustan Ciskei Defence Force (CDF) during a…
Talking to the Enemy – Prisoner Mandela Engages PW Botha On 5 July 1989, Nelson Mandela was taken in the middle of a five-car convoy to apartheid President P.W. Botha’s…
Oliver Tambo Reacts to the 1989 Apartheid Reforms On 30 June 1989, while addressing a Conference attended by the 115 white South Africans belonging to a body called the Five…
Jeanette Schoon and Daughter Killed By a Letter Bomb – 28 June 1984 On 28 June 1984, former member of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), Jeanette Schoon,…
Afrikaner Right-Wing Organisations Stormed CODESA Negotiations On 23 June 1993, leaders of the Afrikaner right-wing organisations held a secret meeting in an undisclosed venue near Pretoria. They included Eugéne Terre’Blanche,…
MK Special Operations Unit Hits SASOL On 1 June 1980, at approximately 19:00, Barney Molokoane, Dick Mtimkulu, Lati Ntshekang and Vaku Senzangakhona were dressed in overalls, some blue, some brown,…