📅 5 December 1956
Police raided homes across the country before dawn and arrested 156 people involved in the Congress movement, charging them with high treason. Those arrested included ANC, Indian Congress, Congress of...
📅 29 Maart 1961
The acquittal of the remaining defendants ended a state prosecution that had sought to criminalise the Congress Alliance's multiracial opposition to apartheid. The case disrupted organisers through...
📅 29 Mei 1961
The ANC and allied organisers called workers and residents to stay home from 29 to 31 May, opposing the creation of a republic without the participation of the Black majority. The action challenged...