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ArchiveTranskei Sham
Transkei Sham: statement published in the underground "Inkululeko-Freedom", February 1977, describes the reaction of the ANC to the…
ArchiveThe emergency and impact of the black consciousness movement
This is an article on Black Consciousness Movement, nature of South African society, and withdrawal of blacks from multi-racial…
ArchiveObituary of Ruth First
Obituary of Ruth First in Sechaba October 1982 pages 24 to 29
ArchiveMiscellaneous problems
Problems faced by Africans due to influx control and legislation such as Pass Laws.
ArchiveAfrican family housing in urban areas
Article on regulations governing the control and supervision of an urban Bantu residential area and the many hardships that these…
ArchiveThe crisis over the land
Article on the government's dispossession of Black's from their land and its policy of separate development resulting in the creation of…
ArchiveSASO on the attack: an introduction to the So
SASO is an organization which continually probes the various areas of Black life and existence, this set of articles looks at the…
ArchiveIndustrial unrest in South Africa
Paper by I B Tabata on industrial unrest and strikes by Black workers in South Africa. Provides a brief history of the rise of capitalism…
ArchiveCivil rights and the university
An article on civil rights by Geoff Budlender, SRC President at the University of Cape Town, South Africa
ArchiveDraft proposals for a new strategy of the ANC of South Africa April 1971
Draft proposals for a new strategy for the African National Congress in South Africa.
ArchiveSome structural implications of education
Paper by Jack Simons on the implications of education in Africa. Examines the history of education in Africa and suggests the way forward.
ArchiveThe strategy and tactics of the revolution and the role of the various national groups and the revolutionary forces in the revolution
Annotated paper about the armed struggle, the enemy's strengths and weaknesses and the role of Coloured and Indian people.
ArchiveFurther statement on the Czechoslovakian crisis
Further statement on the Czechoslovakian crisis: statement by the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, July 29, 1968,…
ArchiveArticle in underground leaflet Freedom
Article in underground leaflet 'Freedom' issued by the South African Communist Party in November 1967 to commemorate the 50th anniversary…
ArchiveThe working mother
Article describing the difficulty of rearing balanced families with the working mother so much away from home
ArchiveEducation and family life
Description of how poverty and poor family life contribute to poor education
ArchiveChild rearing and parent-child relationships
Paper dealing with family relationships in Soweto such as parent-child relationships and how social change or social conditions affect…
ArchiveThe African family today
The effects of migrancy on family life
ArchivePaper on apartheid presented on behalf of the African National Congress of South Africa to the United Nations Human Rights Seminar on apartheid, held at Brasilia, Brazil, 23rd August - 5th September 1966
Paper on apartheid presented by R M Resha on behalf of the African National Congress of South Africa to the United Nations Human Rights…
ArchiveA Democrat among the Republicans
Article about Robert Kennedy's visit to South Africa and the anticipated consequences of his visit
ArchiveIn Verwoerd's South Africa: a tale of per
The article describes the experiences of various members of the Unity Movement and those directly involved with the liberation struggle,…
ArchivePersecution under apartheid law in South Africa
Paper by Dora Taylor on human rights violations perpetrated by the apartheid government.
ArchiveThe international situation
This address was delivered at the 9th National Conference of the Non-European Movement in Pietermaritzburg, on the 3rd-5th of January, 1962…
ArchiveExcerpts from Nobel lecture by Luthuli in Oslo
Extract from , December 12, 1961. This newsclipping carries the thrust of the Nobel Peace prize speech given by Albert Luthuli on his…
ArchiveLuthuli dressed as Zulu chief, gets his prize: South Africa as a threat to world peace....
Extract from , Monday, December 11, 1961. This newsclipping discusses the awarding of Albert Luthuli with the Nobel Prize for Peace.
ArchiveSport: Threat to the security of the state
Brutus expounds on Special Branch interference in sports in line with apartheid ideology of white dominance. Instances of harassment of…
ArchiveDoes Luthuli deserve the Nobel Prize?
Extract from the Rand Daily Mail, Monday, October 30, 1961. The article debating the validity of giving Albert Luthuli the Nobel Prize for…
ArchiveSharpeville 21 March 1960
Article regarding the Sharpeville 21 March 1960. 5 000 people gathered at the Sharpeville police station near Johannesburg to start the Pan…
ArchiveThe wreckers if unity at work
Draft of an article by I B Tabata about the Anti-Coloured Affairs Committee, responding to a statement by the same title by the All-African…
ArchiveThe Conference of the All-African Convention
Draft of an article by I B Tabata, published in the January 1959 issue of Ikhwezi Lomso, about the Conference of the All-African Convention…
ArchiveThe National Situation: the real problems of the liberatory movement 3
Draft of an article by I B Tabata on the political situation in South Africa and an alliance of the African National Congress, the Coloured…
ArchiveDivine Right
Draft of editorial by I B Tabata for the independent newspaper, Ikhwezi Lomso, following the death of Strydom and his replacement by Dr…
ArchiveTaxing destitution
Editorial for the independent newspaper, Ikhwezi Lomso by I B Tabata, regarding the Budget Speech.
ArchiveThe real problems of the liberatory movement
Draft of an article for independent newspaper, Ikhwezi Lomso, on the liberation movement.
ArchiveThe national situation or the real tasks of the liberatory movement
Draft of an article published in the independent newspaper, Ikhwezi Lomso on the liberation movement.
ArchiveIkhwezi Lomso
Leading article introducing a new independent newspaper, Ikhwezi Lomso, The Rising Star, dedicated to advancing the cause of liberation.
ArchiveUniversity apartheid in South Africa
Unpublished article on apartheid at Universities in South Africa by I B Tabata.
ArchiveThe bus boycott, Johannesburg: The explosive penny
Incomplete article by I B Tabata about a bus boycott in Johannesburg following an increase in fares.
ArchiveNew life for 30,000 families
Article on slum clearance in Korsten, Port Elizabeth.
ArchiveCollective Leadership in the Soviet Union
Article by Michael Harmel in "New Age" - 'Collective Leadership in the Soviet Union'. Discusses Stalin's role in the Soviet Union
ArchiveSouth Africa's way forward
South Africa's way forward: statement by Moses Kotane, published in "Advance" (successor to the banned "Guardian") on May 6 and 13, 1954…
ArchiveThe agrarian problem
An address delivered by I B Tabata to the Society of Young Africa (SOYA); an organisation affiliated to the Unity Movement and consists…
ArchiveLand and national oppression
This paper clearly describes the land rights of the natives in the Cape Colony from the Ordinance and up until the Ten Point Programme and…
ArchiveEnd Apartheid in 1951: New Year message
End Apartheid in 1951: New Year message from Dr Yusuf Dadoo, President of the S A Indian Congress, published in The Guardian, January 11,…
ArchiveOur Policy
Our Policy: editorial in The Guardian, June 29, 1950. Discusses the suppession of Communism Bill
ArchiveA reply to J G Matthews article: Africans an
I B Tabata's reply to an article by J G Matthews, of the African National Congress Youth League, on Africans and Non-European Unity…
ArchiveThe rehabilitation scheme: a new fraud
The article introduces the Native Policy in which the Black man is kept as a slave to the White man and to invariably create wealth or him…
ArchiveWorkers resist controls on our union
Article about how the government and the bosses tried to prevent the workers from organising and how they tried to weaken any organisation…
ArchiveStatement made by the Workers Central Executive Committee
Statement made by the Worker's Central Executive Committee in East London
ArchiveCCAWUSA Johannesburg branch: Discussion paper-the way forward
Article by the Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union of South Africa (CCAWUSA) to all locals/Shopstewards. It discusses the…