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Message by Albert Luthuli on the eve of Multi-Racial Conference, 1 November 1957
Much has been said and written about the forthcoming multi-racial conference to be held in Johannesburg on December 3-5, 1957. Very little, if anything at all…
Chapter 8 - The politics of Congress in the late 1950s
… them in Parliament. We will leave the matter over for five years and we will review it at the end of five years. In my view, that would be a victory, my…
First National Consultative Conference: The Freedom Charter revolutionary programme of the ANC, 26 April 1969, Morogoro
… Pass laws, permits and all other laws restricting these freedoms shall be abolished. There Shall Be Work and …
Document 104 - Boycott the Elections! The Spark, 3,4, April 1937
… 700 a year, in addition to other privileges, and this for five years, with hardly any work and no very irksome … Affairs (who will act as Chairman of the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… of South Africa. He served as president of the country for five years and retired, handing power both in government and … group called "the White Wolves"…
ArticleBlack South African literature
The origins of Black South African literature in English lie in the Eastern Cape. The Glasgow Missionary Society founded the school of Lovedale at Alice in the…
The African Women`s Demonstration in Natal: Report by Albert Luthuli to the Natal People`s Conference, 6 September 1959
Since the middle of June 1959 to date, August 31st, 1959, Natal has been witnessing widespread demonstrations throughout the Province. The demonstrations have…
Archive2003 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 14 February 2003
… for everything you did to enable all of us to enjoy the freedoms which many in our country already take for granted. … time this year, we trust that this…
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… Russia and Communist China. December, After an absence of five months, Sisulu and Nokwe return to the Union. 18-20 … Robben Island. Albertina was left to…
His Life and Legacy - Oliver Tambo
… Really motivated to learn now, he starred in class. After five years at Holy Cross, his teachers found him a place in … Oliver Tambo willingly gave his life…
Oration by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe, at the funeral service of the late Cleopas Mododa Nsibande, 3 January 2009, Benoni
Master of Ceremonies UMama wethu uMam` Sarah Umndeni wonke wakwa Nsibande, Abantwana, izizukulu nezizukulwana Sithi akuhlanga lungehlanga! Members of the…
ArchiveWhy The EFF Is A Fascist Political Party by Gareth van Onselen, 26 March 2018
… these sorts of changes in perception take time. It took five years until public momentum against Jacob Zuma began to … party – to keep it focused on…
Women’s Resistance Against the Pass Laws
… by viewing the situation as a national tragedy. Five days after the massacre Chief Luthuli, President of the … who went on strike, or who boycotted, were…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 99th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2011
… that will be marked this year. We will celebrate: Ninety-Five Years since the establishment of the historic and epoch … by ANC President-General Chief Albert…
Document 87 - “Lessons of the All-Bantu Convention”, The Spark, 2, 2, February 1936
… the adverse Resolutions sent up to Government from the five Regional Conferences. There was not even a clear …
ArchiveAll That Glitters - What is industrialisation? by Emilia Potenza
… the factory. There was no bell to ring them up at four or five o'clock ... There was freedom to start and to stay away …
A celebration of 70 years of ‘African Claims’ - ANC by Zizi Kodwa, 11 May 2015, South Africa
… their claim and the claims of their peoples to the four freedoms by having taken part in this war which can be … Council in December, 1942, indicated that…
Into the Fifties: Defiance by Norman Levy
… rights. The Guardian became an increasingly important forum for the dissemination of information and policy. Its … by Adolph Hitler. Three and four are…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
… up conditions for private firms to disappear within thirty-five years of its inception. [20] During the 1930s, ESCOM and … African economy boomed and ESCOM’s…
Speaking Notes for the President of the African National Congress, President Jacob Zuma, during the MKMVA National Conference, 12 October 2012
… needing urgent attention. Indeed, we have spent the past five years doing exactly that, working for unity and also to …
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… position to white workers, and are also denied certain freedoms. 1920 February, Students at the Kilnerton training … 1946 After the Lovedale strike in 1945…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is banned for a further five years and continues to be restricted to the small town …
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Freedom Day celebrations, Bisho Stadium, Eastern Cape, 27 April 2007
Programme Director, Minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan, Premier of the Eastern Cape, Nosimo Balindlela, Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Public…
The South African History Online (SAHO) Graduate Internship Programme
SAHO has commenced their very first Graduate Development Programme, a skills development intervention that was made possible through a partnership with the…
68. Passive resistance 1946-1947
… of 30th March had resolved to appoint a council of twenty-five members, it was not until 6th May that the first meeting … begin rather than wait for the full…
ArticleSouth Africa and the United Nations, 1946-1990
… The main reason for this lies in the fact that the five permanent members of the Security Council have the right … elections were the only possibility for…
ArticleThe banning of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and student politics in the 1980s
… were sentenced to prison terms ranging from three to five years for their involvement in political activities … in Soweto was the first since 1975 to have…
SABC CEO Jimi Matthews quits: ‘What’s happening at the SABC is wrong' (Tmg Digital), 27 June 2016
… elections. On Friday‚ the South African National Editors’ Forum said it was “shocked by the suspension of three senior …
EventM.T. Steyn is sworn in as president of the Orange Free State
… Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed ., …
Crucial Stage in the Struggle for Liberation of Southern Africa - Statement at the World Conference for Action against Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Lagos, Nigeria, 23 August 1977
… of crazed assassins. Neither did the world know then that five months later the blood of South African youth, men, …