A series of sabotage actions marked the public emergence of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), formed by activists associated with the ANC and South African Communist Party. The early campaign targeted...
F.W. de Klerk announced that the government would legalise the ANC, the South African Communist Party and other organisations. This was the outcome of decades of organising inside South Africa,...
The ANC, South African Communist Party and Congress of South African Trade Unions announced a month-long campaign of rolling mass action in support of their demands for democratic change. The...
Chris Hani, general secretary of the South African Communist Party and a senior ANC leader, was assassinated outside his home in Boksburg by Janusz WaluΕ, with a role in planning attributed to...
The ANC, SACP and COSATU met and called for an immediate election date, urgent establishment of a Transitional Executive Council and joint multi-party control of armed formations. The Alliance...
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel announced Growth, Employment and Redistribution (GEAR), a macroeconomic strategy built around tighter fiscal policy and gradual foreign-exchange liberalisation. COSATU...
ANC constitutional structures, alliance partners and sectoral formations met in Ekurhuleni to debate proposals for the 2009 election manifesto. The process linked the Polokwane resolutions with...