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Our Dream Deferred Chapters
ArticleCongress of the People and the Freedom Charter
As the struggle for freedom reached a new intensity in the early fifties, the ANC saw the need for a clear statement on the future of South Africa. The idea of…
Organization of African Unity Charter
The Earth Charter (under construction)
Background to the Freedom Charter 1955
Defiance Campaign mass meeting The post-1948 period saw the African National Congress (ANC) abandoning its traditional reliance on tactics of moderation such…
The implications of the freedom charter
ArticleSignificance of the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter
The campaign for the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter was the climax to a decade or so of multifaceted and creative resistance to white minority…
The Soul of a Nation document 7: The Freedom Charter 26 June 1955
The Development of Indian Political Movements in South Africa, 1924 - 1946 by Essop Pahad
… | MANIFESTOES | BIBLIOGRAPHY Introduction (BACK TO TOP) CHAPTER I: The Establishment of the Indian Community: The … and the First Three Conferences…
ArticleHuman Rights and the South African Constitution
… rights cannot be left to individuals or the government, Chapter Nine of the Constitution creates independent national …
Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa Background and Focus of Grade 8- Term 2: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa The Mineral…
ArticleBiko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath
… time that action had been taken against South Africa under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter. Codes of conduct …
ArticleThe Conflict between the AZAPO and the UDF - popular violence in the 1980s and 1990s
… documented. Existing literature on this brutally violent chapter in the history of the liberation struggle focuses …
ArticleFinding out about hunter-gatherers and herders
… Bows and arrows: http://newhistory.co.za/chapter-1/ . Rock art: …
ArticleGayle: The Language of Apartheid South Africa’s Gay Underground
… trying to survive during the country’s most painful chapter; a moment in time when their very existence was …
KwaMsiza - A Ndebele village: References/Bibliography
… Village . Johannesburg: Heritage Committee, Transvaal Chapter of the Institute of South African Architects. GUEDES, …
ArticlePan Africanist Congress (PAC)
The Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) is a political party whose presence in the South African political landscape spans just over half a century. The PAC’s…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… to reconsider our tactics. In my mind we are closing a chapter on this question of a non-violent policy." Various …
The South African Human Rights Commission
… rights cannot be left to individuals or the government, Chapter Nine of the Constitution creates independent national …
Apartheid - A Crime Against Humanity: The Unfolding of Total Strategy 1948-1989
… will be given to this network under 'Covert operations' (Chapter 6). It must be pointed out that while total strategy …
ArticleRemembering and Celebrating South Africa’s Iconic LGBTQI+ Women
… of pre-Democracy South Africa, Kewpie is a seminal chapter in South Africa’s mostly untold queer (her)story. …
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu and the organisations she was connected to
… of South Africa. The launch of the UDF signalled a new chapter in the struggle for liberation as 12 000 to 15 000 …
ArticleSouth Africa needs a national holiday on 16 November to acknowledge its indentured
… to future generations. These are tangible reminders of a chapter in world history that shaped the identity and …
ArticleThe Congress of the People, Kliptown 1955
The adoption of the Freedom Charter by the Congress of the People was widely recognised both in South Africa and internationally as an event of major political…
ArticleANC Women’s League (ANCWL)
When the African National Congress (ANC) was formed in 1912, it did not accept women as members. In 1918, the government threatened to reintroduce pass laws…
Rejuvenation of the ANC and intensification of the struggle 1940s
In 1940, Alfred Xuma was elected the new president of the African National Congress (ANC), and a period of greater action was introduced. Xuma was still…
ArticleSASO till SASCO
1968 December SASO is formed at the conference held in Marianhill, Natal. The conference was exclusively attended by Black students. 1969 July 1 SASO…
ArticleStudent Politics: SASO till SANSCO
1968 December, SASO is formed at the conference held in Marianhill, Natal. The conference was exclusively attended by Black students. 1969 1 July, SASO…
ArticleFederation of South African Women (FEDSAW)
The Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW or FSAW) was launched on 17 April 1954 in Johannesburg as the first attempt to establish a broad-based women’s…
ArticleAzanian Students Organisation (AZASO)
Filling the void left by SASO? The Azanian Students Organisation (AZASO): A summary Following the banning of the South African Student Organisation (SASO) a…