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ocument 70 - Letter from the Workers' Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 26 August 1937
… from the Workers' Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 26 August 1937 …
'Report on the Relationship of the Party to other Workers' organisations in South Africa", Freedom, 5,4, August-September 1946
… 'Report on the Relationship of the Party to other Workers' organisations in South Africa", Freedom, …
Document 69 - Letter from the Workers' Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 22 March 1937
… from the Workers' Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 22 March 1937 …
Document 66 - Letter from the Workers' Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 21 February 1937
… from the Workers' Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 21 February 1937 …
Statement to the Ordinary Congress of the Socialist International, Stockholm by O. R. Tambo, 20 June 1989
… its treachery and bloodletting, Pretoria has been forced to concede a formal withdrawal from Namibia. We look forward to a great triumph to be accomplished…
BiographyMithrasagaran “Murthie” Naidoo
… weeks in 1964. He was first detained in 1965 on his way to visit his brother Indres Naidoo who was imprisoned on … cell in Roeland Street Prison. The next…
BiographyStanley Basil Lollan
… in the Treason Trial for its full length, from 1956 to 1961. He moved to Swaziland after 1961.He worked as a clerk at the … England.In 1987, after…
If we want to understand African history, we need to understand the Battle of Adwa by Hannah Giorgis (Pambazuka News), 02 Mar 2016
… independence – is a powerful symbol of African resistance to European imperialism. “Ethiopianism” has often served as a … home. It’s a small market town in…
Albert Luthuli`s foreword to pamphlet published by the South African Congress of Democrats, 8 August 1960
… Government policy and the lying propaganda that boosts it to push us further and further apart. What a tragedy that so many should thus be made to live…
41. Statement of Indians to the Transvaal Constitution Committee, 1906
… of white predominance and has, therefore, no desire to press, on behalf of the community it represents, for any … approached Her late Majesty's Government…
EventThe Directors of the Dutch East India Company propose Hout Bay to Jan van Riebeeck as a possible area to settle some Dutch families
… Jan van Riebeek arrive in Table Bay (Cape Town) in 1652 to set up a refreshment station for the Dutch East India … of wood for building and fuel. Woodcutters…
Address to the National Council Of Provinces, 19 September 2003
… Premiers and MECs, Honourable Members, I am delighted to be able to share a few thoughts with you today. Each September, we are all urged to renew our…
Bitter Battles to Come - Message to the Meeting of the Council of the Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organisation by O. R. Tambo, Tripoli, January 1971
… in the revolutionary capital of the United Arab Republic to map out a strategy for the eviction of colonialists from … revolutionary capital of Libya, can…
Document 27 - Letter from E. R. Roux to Douglas Wolton, 5 September 1928
… 1950, by Allison Drew Document 27 - Letter from E. R. Roux to Douglas Wolton, 5 September 1928 British Association/or … of our final appeal by the time this…
“What I Owe To Mahatma Gandhi”: An Article, September 16, 1948
… "what I Owe To Mahatma Gandhi": An Article, September 16, 1948 21 I was … the meaning of the struggle which for two decades he had to wage against the…
A Farewell To Madiba! National Assembly, Cape Town, March 26,1999.
… borne the pain of those who have known fear and learnt to conquer it. You have marched in front when comfort was in the midst of the ranks You have laughed…
Address To The Nation On National Women’s Day, 9 August 1999
… Day. On this day, as a nation, we re-commit ourselves to the advancement of women at all levels of our society. In doing this, we are alive to the harsh…
EventFirst Egyptian woman to file for divorce under new law
… a 32 year old Egyptian housewife became the first woman to file for a divorce without having to prove physical or psychological abuse. Under Egypt’s … not…
Graveside tribute to Robert Shell by Joline Young, 3 February 2015
… was a brilliant man, that his was the biggest contribution to Cape slave history research by a single historian and that … are the things you already know…
EventUN Security Council urges SA government to end Rivonia Trial
… passed a resolution urging the South African government to end the Rivonia Trial in progress and grant amnesty to the defendants and all other political…
EventUN names four experts to investigate apartheid in South Africa
… Nations Secretary-General named a team of four experts to investigate apartheid in South Africa. They were: Sir … adopted a resolution which called on South…
Cape Town Launch of A to Z of Amazing South African Women
… The Book Lounge and Modjaji Books are deilghted to invite you to the launch of the "A to Z of Amazing South African Women" text by Ambre Nicolson … Cape Town…
EventLord Roberts crosses the Vaal River en route to Pretoria
… Lord Roberts and his forces crossed the Vaal River heading to Pretoria.This mission was not without obstacles as on his … some opposition. Two days later the…
Document 37 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to E. R. Roux, 29 November 1930
… by Allison Drew Document 37 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to E. R. Roux, 29 November 1930 … TOWN. Dear Roux, Wolton is leaving tonight for Cape Town to…
EventSAAN announces its decision to close the Rand Daily Mail
… Times and The Daily Express newspapers, allocated costs to each of its newspapers accordingly. However, it discovered … that it had grossly miscalculated the…
EventThe Natal Legislature plans to introduce the Indian Franchise Bill
… On 28 June 1894 the Natal Legislature planned to introduce the Indian Franchise Bill intended for … and civil rights fighter, Mahatma Gandhi,sent telegrams…
EventTransvaal Anti-SAIC Committee decided to revive the old TIC
… Anti-SAIC Committee held in Johannesburg, it was decided to revive the old Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) and to establish a united democratic front to…
EventThe SA Agricultural Union changes its name to Agri SA
… its name on the union's annual meeting in Rustenburg to Agri South Africa. The restructuring occurred in three substructures as follows: the Provincial…
EventJailed ANC leader Nelson Mandela sends message to Mangosuthu Buthelezi
… media reports that Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi proposed to visit him in Pollsmoor Prison. The telegram said Nelson Mandela believed that the best time for…
EventPrime Minister Verwoerd’s assassin transferred from prison to a mental asylum
… who assassinated Hendrik Verwoerd on 6 September 1966 was to be moved from Pretoria Central Prison to a mental institution. Tsafendas. Prior to assassinating…