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ArchiveEleanor Kasrils: From Detainment to National Liberation by Nathan Greenhaw
… the South African general election in 1948, the National Party , an Afrikaner political party that supported increased … where she successfully sought…
Document 15 - E. R. Roux, Black and White Trade Unionism in South Africa, 28 July 1928
… political oppression. Up to the end of 1926, the Communist Party had considerable influence in the executive of the … and Furniture Workers' Union (60)…
BiographyJacobus Herculaas de la Rey
… English. Although De la Rey was a member of the Het Volk party and supported Louis Botha , he withdrew from the …
Debating Lineages of Socialism in Africa Webinars
… to mark the centenary of the South African Communist Party in 2021. The programme, which runs from July to … 2021, aims to present new research on the…
ArchiveStatement on Mbeki's recall, by Jacob Zuma on behalf of ANC NEC, 22 September
… the country move forward. The country needs a strong and united ruling party at the helm of government, capable of galvanising … and one of the senior…
EventPansy Tlakula, Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission, announces her resignation
… was taken to court by some opposition parties such as the United Democratic Movement (UDM), the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP), Congress of the…
Document 9 - First letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
… principles among others: 16.1 South Africa shall become a united, democratic and non-racial state. 16.2 All its people … All shall have the right to form and…
Document 13 - Declaration of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) ad hoc committee on southern Africa on the question of South Africa; Harare, Zimbabwe (The Harare Declaration) Sections 14-24
… principles among others: 16.1 South Africa shall become a united, democratic and non-racial state. 16.2 All its people … All shall have the right to form and…
ArchiveCHAPTER 6 - Towards a Broad Front and Other Desirable Accidents, January 1981 - January 1983 by Howard Barrell
… the status quo in operational structures. First Call for a United Front T he alliance-building that occurred during the … of the South African Council of…
Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA)
… Union (SATU) • Suid-Afrikaanse Onderwysers Unie (SAOU) • United Association of South Africa (UASA) • United National Public Servants Association of South…
ArticleThe effects of WW2 in Africa
… keeping African societies under their rule despite the United Nations declaration that all people have the right to … from government. Though rejected by…
Statement by Albert Luthuli to the council of the Institute of Race Relations, 19 December 1960
… supports fully what was done at Union. Her voting at the United Nations on the racial issue in South Africa gives … as formulated and declared by the General…
ArchiveGarment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… It is the story of the painful task of building a strong united union in the face of overwhelming odds - the bitter … Chapter 22. A Slight Case of Blackmail…
Chapter 9 - Division weakens the movement
… tendency in Congress. The reformism of the Communist Party in the 1930s and 1940s had produced its reaction in the … to be persuaded to subscribe. The…
In Conclusion: The Decline and Fall of the Tricameral Parliament
… support for the Emergency. Meanwhile, the Conservative Party outdid the Progressive Federal Party (PFP) when it won enough seats to become the official … in…
ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
… laws affecting Black people. In the 1920s, the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) already had a youth wing. Young … their organisations. In the 1920s the…
Draft Declaration by ANC, 20 December, 2012, 53rd ANC Annual Conference, Mangaung
… Congress, gathered at the University of the Free State, united in the diversity of our nation, black and white, women … world, our Alliance partners, the…
Extract from a speech made at Heilbron on 16 August 1968
… occasion to state his policy as Leader of the National Party clearly and categorically. The Premier dealt with a … for a moment how South Africa would have…
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… of the central challenges of the new society the Communist Party sought to create. What is nevertheless surprising is … Cuba – with its finite resources…
Interview with Harry Gwala conducted by Tony Karonat, January 1989, Dambuza Pietermaritzburg
… - that was in 1942... - TK• What were the meetings? Party meetings? HG: Political meetings. TK• Under what organisation? HG: The United Front3 - it was a…
Olof Palme and the liberation of Southern Africa by Oliver Tambo, 01 March 1988
… included the imposition of mandatory sanctions by the United Nations Security Council and, if necessary, unilateral action by member States of the United…
South African and World leaders
… exile. In 1983 Albertina was elected co-president of the United Democratic Front (UDF), and in June 1989, the … she led a delegation of UDF leaders to Europe…
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications
… cartoons. Bob Symes, a Workers Revolutionary Party supporter, later helped with layout using newly … its populism and aimed towards the formation of a…
Homeless Giving Tourists a Negative Perception - Fietas Museum by Wim Pretorius and Iavan Pijoos, (News24.com), 15 February 2016
… policies of apartheid under the leadership of the National Party. It is one of the few buildings that survived the … from around the world – New Zealand,…
EventJoaquim Chissano succeeds Samora Machel as president of Mozambique
… backed by the Soviet Union and RENAMO, supported by United States and apartheid South Africa. At this time, the … and by 1994; Chissano had won Mozambique's…
EventAnti-SAIC political rally ends in Lenasia
… On 19 and 20 August 1981, in response to the National Party (NP) government’s attempts to co opt Indians and … the governmet’s measures. This led to the…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Forward to Socialism/Socialist Futures (Panel 1). Convenor: Janet Cherry
… Mandela University Abstract The South African Communist Party (SACP) has always been determined to establish a … South Africa since its formation in 1929…
Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike
… 1946 Mine Strike A Salute by the South African Communist Party to South Africa's Black Mine Workers Published by the … divided and basically rural corps of…
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts timeline 1602-1966
… after the Napoleonic War. 1816 Indiana becomes part of the United States of America. 1817 Mississippi becomes part of the United States of America. 1818…
ArticleThe International Criminal Court: Origins, Jurisdiction and the ‘African Bias’
… London Agreement signed by the major Allied powers (the United States, the United Kingdom, France and the Soviet Union). The Agreement … international…