ANC supporters outside the court where Nelson Mandela was tried in 1956. The party's centenary will lionise the heroes who overthrew white domination.
South Africa's governing party. ANC born in a township church in jannuary 8 1912, found it could liberate in poetry but had to govern in prose.
The day that changed the course of South African history: on 21 March 1960, police opened fire on thousands of unarmed protesters, killing 69 people. The massacre sparked decades of armed struggle and forced the world to confront apartheid.