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20,181 records
JournalThe African Communist Number 6 July 1961
JournalThe African Communist Number 29 Second Quarter 1967
JournalThe African Communist Volume 2 Number 1 October - December 1962
JournalAbasebenzi Number 8 December 1974
ArchiveAnglo-American influences on the Black conciousness movement
It was said by minions of the racist oppressive giant in South Africa that Black Conciousness was nothing but an importation of American…
ArchiveAn African view of the present urban and industrial situation in South Africa
The accelerated pace of industrialization has affected all population groups in South Africa.The African population was affected to the…
ArchiveDialectic of Higher Education for the Colonised: the case of Non-White Universities in South Africa
The institution of education in any society lends itself to two-fold functions, a conservative and a progressive one. It can be viewed as a…
ArchiveThe contemporary Black Movement as it has developed from its forerunners
The discussion revolves around the the gap in student activism between the fifties and the seventies and the widening gap between Black and…
ArchiveIntroductory essay: the South African Communist Party, 1950 - 1994
Introductory essay on the South African Communist Party from 1950 to 1994.
ArchiveIntroductory essay: the African National Congress, 1964 - 1994
Introductory essay on the African National Congress from 1964 to 1994.
ArchiveUnity Movement - the Kader Hassim Collection: an introduction
Introductory essay on the Kader Hassim Collection related to the Non-European Unity Movement (NEUM) and its affiliated groups.
ArchiveNusas 1966 -1986: an introduction
Introductory essay on the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) covering the period 1966 to 1986.
ArchiveIntroductory essay: the problems of exile
Introductory essay on the problems of exiles, including the reasons for going into exile, life experienced as an exile and unique problems…
ArchiveSome thoughts on a potential party intervention in the economic debate
An essay giving thoughts on a potential party intervention in the economic debate
ArchiveGreat hopes for the Peoples Parliament
It is with a giddy feeling that we, the organizer, have noted the strongly escalating interest in the People's Parliament Against Apartheid…
ArchiveOur Party must answer the enemys offensive
Unauthored statement encouraging members to unite against apartheid.
ArchiveGuarding the faith: reflections on the banning of black theology literature in South Africa
An essay about the reflections on the banning of black theology literature in South Africa.
ArchiveHistorical perspectives and the effects of uprootal
This is an essay highlighting a few historical perspectives, brief historical review of migration of the period just before the Lifaqale,…
ArchiveThe Church of the Province of South Africa
Essay discusses the issues such as the training of Black and White priests, multiracial church services, church schools.
ArchiveThe new policy of the USA towards South Afr
Speculation in change of US policy towards South Africa accompanied the appointment of Andrew Young as the United States ambassador to the…
ArchiveEssays on Black theology
Collection of essays on subjects such as Black theology, Black Consciousness, Missionaries, Black education
ArchiveDo we need dialectics?
An internal SACP incomplete draft discusing the need to study dialectics
ArchiveContact: an introductory essay:
A scholarly introductory essay on the periodical Contact
ArchiveIntroductory essay: Contact
A scholarly introductory essay on the periodical Contact
ArchiveIntroductory essay: Pro Veritate
A scholarly introductory essay on the periodical Pro Veritate
ArchiveIntroductory essay: The African Communist
A scholarly introductory essay on the periodical The African Communist
ArchiveRecommendations for the forthcoming ANC Conference
Series of brief papers and essays for an upcoming African National Congress Conference. Topics include the character of the struggle, the…
Official Document - CorrespondencesLetter from Jack Simons to Oliver Tambo
Letter from Jack Simons to Oliver Tambo regarding work of the Constitutional Drafting Committee. Includes handwritten list of committee…
Official Document - CorrespondencesLetter from Ronnie Kasrils to Jack Simons
Handwritten letter from Ronnie Kasrils to Jack Simons regarding Umkhonto We Sizwe lectures and courses.
Official Document - CorrespondencesLetter from Sizakhele Sigxashe to Ray Simons
Letter from Sizakhele Sigxashe to Ray Simons regarding problems in the African National Congress Lusaka Office.
Official Document - CorrespondencesLetter from I B Tabata to Reverend Z R Mahabane
Letter from I B Tabata to Reverend Z R Mahabane regarding a strategy to organise for Anti-Coloured Affairs Department Movement and the…
Official Document - Conference PaperWorking principles
Guidelines of the United Democratic Front which should be followed in order to keep everything on the right track
Official Document - Conference PaperStudents and action in society
Papers presented at the 9th NUSAS National Seminar held at Howick, April 24-28 in 1971. The 8 papers presented were as follows: Approach to…
Official Document - CorrespondencesDirective of the Central Committee of the SACP to all member, units and other structures on security measures to be taken
Confidential directive from the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party (SACP) on security measures to be observed in time…
Official Document - CorrespondencesThe Trade Union Movement
Annexure B of circular entitled The Trade Union Movement
Official Document - CorrespondencesLetter from Paul Pretorius, President, NUSAS, to SRC Presidents and others
Circular letter from Paul Pretorius, President of the National Union of South African Students with Information sheet number 1/1972 dealing…
Book chapterEnlightened self-interest and the liberal spirit
The paper discusses how by placing together of self-interest and the liberal spirit might not be beneficial to the liberation struggle and…
ArchiveGolden days in old South End
Linda van Wyk's personal recollections of living in South End, Port Elizabeth.
ArchiveI B Tabata, President, Unity Movement of South Africa: a biographical note
Biographical background on I B Tabata.
ArchiveAlbert Luthuli
A biography of Albert Luthuli
ArchiveBiography of Oupa John Hlomuka
Biography of Oupa John Hlomuka. Oupa John Hlomuka was born on 24 June 1953 in Evaton where he attended school until standard 8, he joined…
ArchiveBiography of Jabu Ngwenya
Biography of Jabu Ngwenya Treasure of the Release Mandela Committee, he also helped in forming Congress of South African Students and he…
ArchiveBiography of Moses Mabokela Chikane
Biography of Moses Mabokela Chikane who was born in 1948 August 14 in area of Groblersdaal first of the family of nine, he was detained…
ArchiveBiography of Hlabeng Sam Matlole
Biography of Hlabeng Sam Matlole. Hlabeng Sam Matlole was born in 16 June 1924 in Zone 7 Sebokeng. He was a member of VCA Zone 7 area…
ArchiveBiography of Bavumile Herbert Vilakazi
Biography of Bavumile Herbert Vilakazi. Bavumile Herbert Vilakazi was born on 12 June 1955 in Evaton, the fifth son of a family of five…
ArchiveBiography of Tseko Simon Nkoli
Biography of Tseko Simon Nkoli. Simon was born in Soweto on Boxing day in 1959 but grew up on a farm in Heilbron in Orange Free State. He…
ArchiveBiography of Naphtali Mbuti Nkopane
Biography of Naphtali Mbuti Nkopane who was born on the 18th of August 1944 on a farm near Nigel in the Transvaal. In 1949 his family moved…
ArchiveBiography of Jerry Pelamoitse Tlhopane
Biography of Jerry Pelamoitse Tlhopane. Jerry Pelamoitse Tlhopane was born on the 4th July 1958 in Evaton location of Vereeniging. In 1978…
ArchiveStatement by Legal organisations on the Public Safety Bill and the Internal Security Bill
Statement by Legal organisations on the Public Safety Bill and the Internal Security Bill
ArchiveThe road to Oslo and beyond
Article about Chief Albert Lutuli's Nobel Peace Prize award with extracts from the speech by Mr Gunnar Jahn, President of the Nobel…