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Oral history25 Years of Democracy and Now!
My name is Naledi Seloane from MD Coovadia Combined School a Grade 9 learner. I take this opportunity to congratulate you on your recent…
Oral historyCelebrating 25 years of Democracy and Freedom
Hey Listen South Africans I’m talking about TaTa Nelson Mandela The real hero who fought for our freedom I can hear the echo of his…
Oral historyHighlights on successes and experienced challenges during the 25 years of freedom and democracy.
Union Buildings Government Avenue, Private Bag X1000 PRETORIA, 0001 Dear President, Ramaphosa I am Mnguni Bulelani, 14 years old…
Oral historyThe South African Presidents in the 25 years of Freedom and Democracy
Nelson Mandela’s Release – A Personal Reminiscence
On 2nd February 1990, President FW De Klerk went to the South African Parliament and announced the unbanning of the ANC and other political…
Oral historyWhat are the achievements and challenges of the 25 years of democracy and have citizens achieved an equitable and dignified life
FW de Klerk, the Democratic Party and the Democratic Alliance
Dr Denis Worrall reminds South Africans here of how pivotal a role the Democratic Party, which he helped found, has played in shaping our…
FW de Klerk has so much more to apologise for
There is nothing new in former president FW de Klerk’s denialist views about the apartheid system he so faithfully served. Nor in yet…
Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act in South Africa
This article was written by Brooke Lane and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project
The Richtersveld Community v. Alexkor Ltd. Mining Corporation
This article was written by David Smith and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project
Daluxolo Luthuli
This article was written by Rebecca Ward and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project
Brian Morrow
This article was written by Jason Owens and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project
ArchiveObituary for Andrew Verster
Andrew Verster died peacefully in his bed on Sunday 16th February. It was the kind if death he would have wished for. No fuss, no drama –…
ArticleJock Strachan: Artist, guerilla, fighter pilot, bomb maker, fisherman, humourist, writer, hero
Jock Strachan – who died this month aged 94 – prevented a probable second massacre of black demonstrators outside Central Prison in Durban…
Leon Louw
This article was written by Keri Lawson and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project
100 Year Anniversary of the 1913 Land Act
This article was written by Kristy Lee and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project
Xenophobic Attacks of 2008
This article was written by Zachary King and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project
Alex Boraine Biography
This article was written by Marissa Coronado and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project
The Role of Vrye Weekblad in the Struggle Against Apartheid
This article was written by Olivia Cassidy and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project
Magoo’s Bar Bombing
This article was written by Jessica Bundage and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project
The Institute for Democracy in South Africa
This article was written by Meredith Ashworth and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project
Lawyers for Human Rights: Promoting a Culture of Human Rights
This article was written by Hope Anderson and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project
The Right to Life
This article was written by Max Agadoni and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project
Art Inspired by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
This article was written by Brianna McIntyre and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project
Letters25 Years of Freedom and Democracy: Success , Challenges and Solutions
Ngubethole Bam J.S.S P.O Box 2426 Dutywa 5000 22 August 2019 The President Private bag x1000 Pretoria, 0001 Dear…
John Liebenberg
Our good friend and colleague died last night in the hospital. He fell in his yard on Monday as he was on his way out to let us in through…
Speeches and Public Statements2020 - President Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 13 February 2020
Speaker of the National Assembly (NA), Ms Thandi Modise, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), Mr Amos Masondo, Deputy…
Nelson Mandela’s Release – A Personal Reminiscence
On 2nd February 1990, President FW De Klerk went to the South African Parliament and announced the unbanning of the ANC and other political…
ArticleMandela's release - what a day this was in our history
We worked frantically through the night to call together out activists and put all the logistics in place for a normal rally: designed and…
ArticleStatement fron Anant Singh on the 30th Anniversary of Nelson Mandela's Release from Prison
The 11th of February 1990 will be remembered as one of the most significant days in the history of the world. It was the day that dramatic…
Moi's Kenyan torture victims mourn a reckoning that never came
Wachira Waheire was 25 years old when he was thrown into Kenya's notorious torture cells for possessing a poster saying hunger will lead to…
ArticleLovedale, a national treasure of a press, faces closure
The 200-year-old Lovedale Press is kept alive by the dedication of its owners, who work without pay. But if funding is not found, it could…
Neil Aggett: A sister remembers
Nearly four decades later, the reopening of the inquest into the death in detention of Neil Aggett may finally yield answers and truth.
ArticleTaking the battle to the grave: South Africa’s contested sites
Are these mere solemn relics of disrupted narratives or are these images expressive of the general human predicament? Ancestors: Fearing…
JournalGlobal Opium Politics in Mozambique and South Africa
ArticleSteve Fataar could have had a rock star ego but didn’t by Rafs Mayet, 24 January 2020
n the sixties, discotheques and disc jockeys were unheard of. For us growing up in a youthful new era of popular culture and optimism, live…
ArticleSurviving genocide: a voice from colonial Namibia at the turn of the last century
Germany committed genocide in Africa 40 years before the Holocaust of the European Jews. In 1904 and 1905 the Ovaherero and Nama people of…
Online bookTimol - A Quest for Justice by Imtiaz Cajee
The Vula Connection
ArticleANC celebrates history while Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s Brandfort home still languishes in obscurity by Rebecca Davis
For the past 15 years, the ANC government has been promising that the house to which Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was banished in the Free…
ArticleGeorge Botha jumped a railing....
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu Retires from Public Life, October 8, 2010 (video)
ArticleLandmarks in SA Jazz - Mannenberg
The iconic music of Abdullah Ibrahim’s Mannenberg, recorded in 1974, celebrated contemporary South African reality as well as capturing it…
ArticleBritain rebuffed Nelson Mandela’s appeal for oil sanctions against Nigeria after it executed environmentalists
The British government rejected Nelson Mandela’s personal appeal to impose oil sanctions on Nigeria after its military regime executed nine…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 67th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1979
Fellow countrymen, Militants of the African National Congress and of the struggle for liberation in our country, Cadres of Umkhonto…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 68th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1980
Let Us Rise to the Occasion Speech by Comrade President, O.R. Tambo on the occasion of January 8th, 1980, 68th anniversary of the…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 69th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1981
Extend and Defend Our Revolutionary Gains! President O. R. Tambo`s January 8th, 1981, Statement. Compatriots and Comrades, Fellow…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 71th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1983
Today, January 8th, we mark the 71st anniversary of our organisation, the African National Congress. We are beginning a new political year…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1982
ACT IN UNITY! Compatriots, allies and democratic supporters of the heroic struggle of the people of South Africa, Comrades, The…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 73th Anniversary of the ANC 8 January 1985
Compatriots A new year has begun, bringing with it fresh hopes and new challenges. I am sure that I express our collective conviction…