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Statement of the NWC on the organisation`s readiness for the upcoming election, 10 May 2011
The National Working Committee of the African National Congress held its regular meeting on 9 May 2011 at the Chief Albert Luthuli House to…
A Political Reflection By John Fikile Block
The measurement of any collective is not when the executive tasks in the normal course of organisational work, but when leadership is…
Address by Nelson Mandela to the National Consultative Conference, 14 December 1990
Comrade President, Comrades, members of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, Comrades leaders of the South African Communist…
Message from President Jacob Zuma
Comrade, friends, fellow South Africans, The ANC centenary represents a milestone achievement not only for the ANC, but for all liberation…
Input by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the Farewell service for former President Nelson Mandela, Waterkloof Airforce Base, 14 December 2013
The directors of the programme, fortunately for me you did not say how much I must speak. This is a mourning and a celebration of our…
Speeches and Public Statements2017 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2017
The Speaker of the National Assembly, The Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces; Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and…
Introduction by Oliver Tambo to a message from Nelson Mandela, smuggled out of prison, 10 June 1980
The African National Congress of South Africa brings you this urgent call to unity and mass action, by political prisoners on Robben Island…
Statement of the African National Congress by Oliver Tambo, 18 March 1980
Forward to a People`s Government! On March 9, 1980, the racist Prime Minister of South Africa, P.W. Botha, surprised the world with the…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on South African Raid on Matola, 05 February 1981
[On the morning of January 30, 1981, South African troops attacked and killed a number of ANC refugees in Matola, Mozambique. The following…
African National Congress Women's League Constitution
As amended and adopted at the 5th National Conference - July 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preamble Rules Rule 1 Name Rule 2 Aims and…
The SACP's secret Moscow papers, James Myburgh
Executive summary of the statement of the National Executive Committee of the ANC delivered by President Jacob Zuma at the 100th anniversary of the ANC, Mangaung 8 January 2012
Your Excellencies Heads of States and Government, Former Presidents of the ANC, Isithwalandwe Nelson Mandela at home and Comrade Thabo…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the launch of the Siyakha Project, Groutville, 17 June 1995
Your Majesty King Zwelithini; Ministers of Public Works, Comrade Jeff Radebe; Members of the Provincial Parliament; Distinguished…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the Diplomatic Correspondent of Morning Star, 23 November 1967, London
South Africa - The principal target Mr. Tambo explained that the Lusaka communique was issued when the Smith regime was trying to give the…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on behalf of Liberation Movements, at the International Conference of experts for the support of victims of Colonialism and Apartheid in Southern Africa Mobilise world support for African Liberation struggle, 09 April 1973, OSLO
Mobilise world support for African Liberation struggle [Oliver Tambo, speaking on behalf of all liberation movements, thanked the…
Interview with Oliver Tambo in Luanda after summit meeting of Presidents of frontline states and Southern African Liberation Movements, 01 March 1977
Question: How did the Luanda summit go? TAMBO: This has been a very important meeting for a number of reasons. The consultations of…
Statement by Oliver Tambo with Other ANC leaders visiting Sweden, 02 February 1990
Today, Pretoria`s President, F.W. de Klerk, made important announcements which go a long way towards creating a climate conducive to…
President Julius Malema`s address to the KZN Provincial Congress, 22 May 2010
We send you greetings on behalf of the National Executive Committee of the ANC Youth League, a militant, fighting organisation of our young…
Resignation of Cde Zweli Mkhize a Premier of Kwazulu-Natal, 22 August 2013
The African National Congress is grateful to Comrade Dr Zweli Mkhize for the immeasurable role he has played as Premier of KwaZulu-Natal…
Media briefing statement by ANC National Chairperson, Comrade Baleka Mbete, following the occasion of the Republic of South Sudans 9th July Independence Day Celebrations
Introduction: I have just returned from Juba, South Sudan last night. I led an ANC delegation which attended Republic of South Sudans 9th…
Treasurer General`s PBF Breakfast and Networking, 24 March 2009
Durban- the Treasurer General of the ANC, Dr Mathews Phosa was the keynote speaker at a PBF Breakfast and Networking event which took place…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma to National Worker`s Day Rally, 1 May 2011, Athlone Stadium, Cape Town
President of COSATU, comrade Sdumo Dlamini, ANC chairperson, Comrade Marius Fransman, General Secretary of the SACP, Comrade Blade…
ANC Gauteng Province pays tribute to Comrade Lawrance Phokanoka,15 July 2005
ANC Gauteng Province dips its banner in tribute and honour to a stalwart of our national democratic revolution, Comrade Lawrance Phokanoka,…
Public announcement of the ANC National Disciplinary Committee hearings of Comrades Julius Malema, Ronald Lamola, Pule Mabe, Sindiso Magaqa Kenetswe Mosenogi and Floyd Shivambu, 10 November 2011
10 November 2011, Chief Albert Luthuli House, Johannesburg PREAMBLE The ANC Constitution requires public announcement of the outcome of a…
Message from Oliver Tambo to the United Nations Special Committee against apartheid on its 20th anniversary, 02 April 1983
We take the opportunity to extend to the Committee the most cordial fraternal greetings on occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the murder of Griffiths Mxenge, 01 November 1981
On the night of the 19th of November in the South African city of Durban, agents of the Pretoria regime brutally assassinated Griffiths…
Press Statement by Oliver Tambo concerning the five-year plan presented by FW De Klerk to the National Party Conference, 30 June 1989
The five-year plan placed before the National Party conference by President-elect F.W. de Klerk yesterday, 29th June, 1989, is a shocking…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at dinner hosted in his honour by the Minister of External Affairs of India, Mr. P.V. Narasimha, 21 January 1983, Rao, New Delhi
Honourable Ministers and Members of Parliament, Your Excellencies, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Distinguished Guests, …
Gandhi's first protest (in South Africa)
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the International Labour Conference,19 June 1986
Our struggle has entered a phase which marks the final days of the apartheid system of colonial and racist domination. The extraordinary…
Statement by Oliver Tambo of acceptance of the Ho Chi Minh award bestowed on the African National Congress by the World Peace Council, 15 December 1986, Luanda
We are greatly honoured to receive, on behalf of the African National Congress, the illustrious Ho Chi Minh Award, conferred by the World…
Twentieth Anniversary of the United Nations Sanctions Resolution: Statement by Oliver Tambo at the plenary meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, 05 November 1982, New York
Over the past three decades the apartheid regime has emerged as a vicious oppressor and a ferocious exploiter of the peoples under its…
ANC Press Statement presented by Oliver Tambo, 16 August 1985, Lusaka
Last night, the people of South Africa and the rest of the world were treated to an arrogant reaffirmation by P.W. Botha that the apartheid…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the meeting of the United Nations Special Committee against apartheid, 12 January 1982
Mobilise the world for sanctions against apartheid! We owe the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid a debt of deep gratitude…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on ANC`s seventieth anniversary: Appeal to the world, 02 December 1981
The African National Congress invites friends and supporters of our liberation struggle to join with the South African people in…
Directive concerning the nature of the forthcoming ANC consultative conference in Morogoro by Oliver Tambo, 01 March 1969
Since the banning of the African National Congress on April, 1960, three conferences which were in the nature of general consultations have…
Letter from Oliver Tambo to Sir Geoffrey Howe, United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 21 July 1986
H.E. Sir Geoffrey Howe Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs London. Sir Geoffrey, I am most grateful for your kind…
Message by Oliver Tambo on the 40th anniversary of the three doctors` pact, 09 March 1987
On behalf of the National Executive Committee, the entire membership of the African National Congress, its military wing Umkhonto we Sizwe…
Letter from Oliver Tambo to the Prime Minister of Lesotho, Dr. Leabua Jonathan, 13 January 1982
We received with great shock and anger the news of the brazen and outrageous invasion of the Kingdom of Lesotho by the racist South African…
Zambezi by Nico Carstens
The coup that set Ghana and Africa 50 years back by Charles Quist-Adade (Pambazuka News), 02 March 2016
Nkrumah wanted to industrialize Ghana within a generation, and everything was on course until the Americans and their British cousins used…
Biography: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia's 'Iron Lady' by Alistair Boddy-Evans updated 08 August 2016
Date of birth: 29 October 1938, Monrovia, Liberia. Ellen Johnson was born in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, amongst the descendants of…
A Brief History of Niger - Part 1 by US Department of State
Early Humans: Considerable evidence indicates that about 600,000 years ago, humans inhabited what has since become the desolate Sahara of…
A Brief History of Mali by US Department of State updated 01 October 2015
A Grand Heritage: Malians express great pride in their ancestry. Mali is the cultural heir to the succession of ancient African empires –…
Address by President Jacob Zuma to the Informal Ministerial Consultations on COP 17, O.R. Tambo Building, Tshwane, 09 September 2011
Honorable Ministers; Ladies and Gentlemen; It is a great honour and pleasure for me to welcome you on the occasion of this informal…
Opening address by Albert Luthuli to Conference on Unemployment, Low Wages and Poverty, 21 October 1961, Durban
"Minority white rule and non-whites in the union" This is a most timely and vital conference called to consider the means and ways of…
Albert Luthuli`s message from Oslo to the South African people, 5 December 1961
My people, my sons and my daughters As I pace the floor of my bedroom in the Grand Hotel, Oslo, putting the final touches on my speech of…
Launch of the Luthuli Volunteer Corps, 12 June 2013
The African National Congress in the Northern Cape will be launching the Luthuli Volunteer Corps; thousands of volunteers of the ANC…
Planned DA march to Luthuli House, 23 January 2014
The African National Congress is aware of the intended march by the Democratic Alliance to the ANC Headquarters, Chief Albert Luthuli House…
Speech by President Mandela at the Funeral of Nokukhanya Luthuli, 22 December 1996, Groutville
22 December 1996, Groutville Comrade chairperson; Members of the Luthuli family; Minister and Premiers; Leaders and veterans of the…