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ArticleDemocratic Alliance (DA)
… The Democratic Alliance (DA), previously named the Democratic Party (DP), … 2 1990. With the unbanning of the African National Congress (ANC) , Pan…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions Timeline 1919-1997
… out an act of communism. 55 000 workers join South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) . 1953 Introduction of the Native Labour (Settlement … on a…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… country to intensify resistance. This culminated in the Congress of the People, a gathering in Kliptown, and the … ANC were formed during the period, for…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) was launched … to establish the South African Congress of Trade Unions (Sactu), which held its first…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Congress (TIC)
… The TIC (Transvaal Indian congress) was first called the TBIA (Transvaal British Indian … under the umbrella organization, the South African Indian Congress …
ArticleSouth African Congress of Democrats (COD)
… in the Defiance Campaign formed the South African People's Congress. The following year, the South African People's Congress met with the African National…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
… The Transvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC) was formed in Transvaal (now Gauteng) as the … The Defiance Campaign laid a foundation for the Congress Alliance,…
ArticleSouth African Youth Congress (SAYCO)
… South Africa. Inherently socialist, SAYCO strove toward an alliance with COSATU, and saw the vanguard role as belonging … and in the broader democratic…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… impetus to the struggle. 1960 Both the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) take up … entering a factory, African location,…
ArticleNatal Indian Congress (NIC)
… The NIC (Natal Indian Congress) was the first of the Indian Congresses to be … the umbrella organization, the SAIC (South African Indian Congress). However,…
ArticleUnited Women’s Congress (UWCO)
… Force or police brutality. In 1986, the United Women's Congress joined forces with the Women's Front, another … Cape and the two became known as the United…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions 1994 - 2014
… In 1990, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP ) formed an…
ArticleCongress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… Africa. The idea of a Freedom Charter was born, and the Congress of the People Campaign was initiated. During this … of the People campaign. It served to…
ArticleCongress of South African Students (COSAS)
… The Congress of South African Students (COSAS) was established in … can play a progressive role in the broad democratic alliance In serving the community,…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… and some later established another political party, the Congress of the People (COPE). Kgalema Motlanthe became state … (COSATU) release a joint statement on…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress (PAC)
… The Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) is a political party whose presence in the … on the Africanist debate within the African National Congress (ANC). When the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)
… The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) was established on 2 April … of policy would lead to the Defiance Campaign and the Congress of the People…
ArticleAfrican National Congress (ANC)
… The African National Congress (ANC) is South Africa's governing party and has been … was initially founded as the South African Native National Congress …
ArticleCape Youth Congress (CAYCO)
… against apartheid in the Western Cape. The first youth congress named the Cape Youth Congress (CAYCO) was formed in the province in July 1983 … Cape Youth…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1930-1939
… from Whites. T.D. Mweli Skota , the African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general and journalist, attends the … organiser in the South African Congress…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… were released from Robben Island. 1980 South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) declares the year as the ‘Year of the Worker’. … The launch is…
ArticleUDF Women’s Congress
… UDF Women’s Congress …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1920-1929
… out as opponents, the ANC and SACP later forged an alliance to fight against apartheid. Anti pass protests and … of the course. February, The South African…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
… Committee led to the formation of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) in March 1955. Government legislations and SACTU’s … and consequently…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… and Professor Z. K. Matthews join the African National Congress (ANC). The ANC establishes a ‘Department of Social … addresses its inaugural meeting,…
ArticleSouth African Indian Congress (SAIC)
… resistance campaign and the formation of the Natal Indian Congress (NIC - 1894), the Transvaal British Indian … Council (CBIC – before 1917), and the South…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2011 - 2020
… AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS TIMELINE — 2011 – 2020 2011 8 January 2011 African … of the total number of seats, nationally. The Democratic Alliance (DA) is…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… presidents. 1990 January, Eight veteran African National Congress (ANC) leaders, together with the leader of the Mass … a referendum as an "attempt to…
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… gradual decline and struggling to avert state repression. Congress-inspired traditions were also re-emerging. The … forced removals of Black people would be…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
… broke away from the ANC and formed the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). The histories of these two organisations are … assisted by Lesotho police arrested an…