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Oration by the ANC Gauteng Chairperson Paul Mashatile at the funeral service of the late Ephraim Motlalepula Nkoe, 11 May 2013, Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication, Kliptown, Soweto
… to overcome the effects of the inferior education given to black people at that time, there was a need for … We are clear in our minds that, despite the…
Acceptance speech of the President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, at the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony Oslo, Norway, 10 December 1993
… of the same great issues of the day which we have had to face as South Africans. We speak here of the challenge of the … will triumph, because the common…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the Women’s Day Celebrations, Atlantic Park Stadium, Witbank, Mpumalanga, 9 August 2004
… we seek today in empowering women to take advantage of black economic empowerment and other business opportunities … in all decision making bodies in our…
Document 15 - ‘A document to create a climate of understanding’; Nelson Mandela to F. W. de Klerk
… press that SASO is formed in opposition to NUSAS, or as a Black equivalent of NUSAS. According to the draft … the world he lives in a better place for…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… saw a steady growth of the population. Year Whites Black, Indians, Coloureds Total 1929 2757 2650 5888 1932 2757 … siren reminded all and sundry that the…
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… in Afrikaans appears in Soweto schools. 4 March, The Black People's Convention, the South African Students … that go before it." Winnie Mandela is elected to…
Address by ANC President, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, to the OAU Ad Hoc Committee for Southern Africa Arusha, 28 April 1992
… Africa, our people are massacred simply because they are black. White indifference is appalling: the death and … few kilometres away, across the great chasm…
Address at the Opening Session of the ANC Conference "Peoples Of The World United Against Apartheid, For A Democratic South Africa" by O. R. Tambo, Arusha,1 December 1987
… historic city of the African revolution. The reality we face is that the apartheid system continues to live on. The … challenge the fact that the…
Archive2016 - President Zuma: State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2016
… march. We also acknowledge the former President of the Black Sash, Ms Mary Burton. We acknowledge the organisation’s … which took place during the First…
Address by Oliver Tambo at the opening session of the ANC Conference, Arusha, 1 December 1987
… historic city of the African revolution. The reality we face is that the apartheid system continues to live on. The … challenge the fact that the…
ArticleThe history of labour movements in Namibia
… Background During the 1930s and 1940s, there were few black workers organisations in Namibia (then known as South … South African government, opposed the…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Desmond Tutu
… preacher and strident voice against apartheid, first Black Secretary General of the South African Council of Churches , first Black Archbishop of the…
Render South Africa Ungovernable! - Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 73rd Anniversary of ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1985
… determined destination. A Future to Fight For, an Enemy to Face To address you, compatriots, on January 8th, 1985, is a … and Coloured, or so-called …
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 73th Anniversary of the ANC 8 January 1985
… determined destination. A Future to Fight For, an Enemy to Face To address you, compatriots, on January 8th, 1985, is a … and Coloured, or so-called Coloured…
Prejudice, Politics and Patriarchy: The Social Decline and Changing Identity of David Lurie in J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace by Charley-Ann Pearson
… singing to himself’ ( Disgrace 212) whilst Petrus, the black ‘gardener and dog-man’ ( Disgrace 64) gains more and … would have played a pivotal role in David…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… Nelson Mandela served as the first democratically elected black president of South Africa. He served as president of … that he oversaw the 1981 killing by…
ArchiveThe Emperor has no Clothes by Liz Timbs
… The KwaZulu homeland by this point controlled most black people in the province’s lives – schools, health care, … issued an ultimatum that the IFP should…
ArticleSharpeville
… 19 March 1960, the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) called on Black South Africans to leave their pass books at home and … carrying passes. The PAC saw this as…
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… attention to the plight of political detainees. When the Black Consciousness leaders were arrested and banned in 1974, … British firms be called upon to…
Address to United Nations Security Council, by Nelson Mandela, 15 July 1992, New York United States
… process has been brought to a halt by the carnage in the black townships. Over the last five to six years, at least … the ANC and the democratic movement of…
Address to Extraordinary Summit of the World Economic Forum 21 June 2003
… we settled on two South African judges, one white and one black to ensure that they would be acceptable to all. The … Emotional scenes where communities and…
77. The South African Indian Council: an assessment from within, 1978
… and in doing so is nullifying the aspirations of the black people. The general mass of the Indians however appears … in the Inter-Cabinet Council which…
PlacePort Alfred
One of the many difficulties faced by the 1820 Settlers, was accessibility to the outside World. In 1821, the first ship entered the Kowie River and the…
PlaceGreyville Racecourse and Convention Centre, Durban
… is perfectly placed for a venue that will change the face of the City, boasting over 25 years of hospitality … is perfectly placed for a venue that will…
Biography of Arthur Nortje by Kangkang Yang
… the buffer zone between two opposing forces of White and Black during the height of apartheid, both in South Africa … in an iron shack, symbolizing the…
ArticlePass Laws in South Africa
… The Pass Laws was a system used to control the movement of Black, Indian and Coloured people in South Africa. The pass …
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… role in sport administration boosted the development of black football in South Africa. In some ways, Luthuli's … contribution exemplifies the heritage of…
“White ladies [do not] push heavy skips”: Examining NUDW and CCAWUSA organising of occupational categories in the retail and distributive trade in the late 1960s and 1970s by Bridget Kenny
… from 1975, CCAWUSA specifically organised to bring all (black) commercial workers together, explicitly cross-cutting … shortage created pressure on…
PlaceEzakheni Township of Ladysmith
… African families from Ladysmith townships and surrounding ‘black spots’ were moved into Ezakheni in successive batches, … 1972 to make a way for a dam. · …
ArticleThe International Criminal Court: Origins, Jurisdiction and the ‘African Bias’
… human rights justice. In order to understand this volte-face (about-face) it is necessary to contextualise Africa’s concerns over …