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"Future of the Africanist Movement" Questions and Answers Y R. M. Sobukwe, in The Africanist, January 1959
Q: Who are the Africanists? A. A simple answer would be that they are the members of the Africanist Movement. But, if one wishes to go deeper into the…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the murder of Griffiths Mxenge, 01 November 1981
On the night of the 19th of November in the South African city of Durban, agents of the Pretoria regime brutally assassinated Griffiths Mxenge. Using knives,…
PlaceRondebosch Fountain, Main Road, Rondebosch.
The fountain was, in reality, only an ornamental trough used for the watering of horses, and consists of a round cast-iron drinking bowl supported on legs in…
PlaceSammy Mark’s Residence, Zwartkoppies, Pretoria
The Sammy Marks Museum is a Victorian Mansion called Zwartkoppies Hall, situated about 23km outside Pretoria. The 48-room Mansion with its lush gardens and…
Freedom Charter and the United Nations by E.S. Reddy
DOCUMENT 37. "Black Power--Students Forced to Leave Meeting." Article in Dome (University of Natal), March 27, 1969 Four students of UND [University of…
EventEmily Hobhouse addresses public meetings in Britain on the concentration camps
Emily Hobhouse addressed public meetings in Britain about the conditions of the Concentration camps during the South African War. These campaigns were aimed at…
PlaceScottish War Memorial, Johannesburg
The Sculpture shows a soldier in kilt and Scottish regalia. It fits in most dramatically with its position on a rising site on the triangular ground where St…
Appeal to the British People to Oppose the Visit of P.W. Botha: Open Letter to Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, President of the Anti-Apartheid Movement by O. R. Tambo, 21 May 1984
The decision of Mrs. Thatcher, Chancellor Kohl and other heads of government in Western Europe to invite P.W. Botha to visit a number of Western European…
PlaceNewlands
In 1700, Governor Willem van der Stel was granted land some 9km outside Cape Town, which he named 'De Nieuwe Land' or 'Nieuwland' and developed as a country…
EventRugby player Breyton Paulse is included in the national team after the ANCYL challenged the decision to omit him
Rugby developed as a sport in South Africa in the late nineteenth century. It is said to have become so popular that a temporary cease-fire was called for…
Document 95 - “Welcome The All-African National Convention! African National Convention Must Mark Beginning of National Liberation Movement”, South African Worker, 27 June 1936
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew The African National Convention must receive the whole…
PlaceGannahoek Farm
Gannahoek Farm is situated in the Colenso district in KwaZulu-Natal Province. In 1894, the McFie family took possession of the farm until 1990. Evictions …
PlaceWoodstock
The Village of Papendorp lay some 2 km East of Cape Town, on the Main Road to Stellenbosch, later to become known as, Albert Road. The Area was named after…
ArticleThe International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
The International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) was established by Canon L John Collins of St Paul’s Cathedral in 1956. Its mission was to work towards a…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Mayibuye,1 September 1981
Question: On the night of the 12th/13th of August, a unit of the People`s Army shelled Voortrekkerhoogte, the Headquarters of the racist SADF with, according…
Address of the President of the South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the 38th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association - Africa Region Conference (CPA), Cape Town 27 July 2007
Programme Director Chairperson of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Presiding Officers of the South African Parliament Commonwealth parliamentarians…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Bound to strike back by Emilia Potenza
From the book: All That Glitters by Emilia PotenzaThis feature has explored the devastating changes that industrialisation brought for the majority of people…
Gandhi, Tamils and the Satyagraha in South Africa by E.S Reddy
… visit to Madras in April 1915 that he wished to visit places in the South from where the bulk of Indian settlers …
Historical Overview of Black Resistance, 1932-1952 - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
… confronting rural settlements in the province. "At all places I have visited people who knew what the ANC was were … bread and butter, or their freedom to…
No Arms for South Africa: Albert Luthuli, 8 May 1963
(An appeal sent to the people of the United Kingdom in May 1963 through the Anti-Apartheid Movement) I greet all lovers of freedom, wherever they may be. From…
Tribute to the United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid - Statement at the Meeting of the Special Committee on its Tenth Anniversary by O. R. Tambo, New York, 2 April 1973
Mr. Chairman, Sir, Distinguished representatives, Today, we, black and white, peoples of many nationalities and continents, representatives of different…
PlaceCabo Verde
Cape Verde (or Cabo Verde as the nation now prefers to be called) is located on an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, just off the West coast of Guinea-Bissau…
Nelson Mandela The World Celebrates the Mandela’s
Introduction Winnie's banning order expired in September 1975 and thirteen years of silence was broken. She was in a sense pulled back from the dead. Durban…
In the name of art - A reflection on fine art
Let these images be a tribute to the many artists who have died too soon and too young. Empraim gatane, Cyprian Shilakoe, Julian Motau, Thami Mnyele, and to…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter X - Triumph of disunity (2)
… of the tribes which the extension of her territories places in contact with her. He is more and more convinced …
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
The reaction of the outside world to the development of apartheid was widespread, and by the 1980s posed a sustained challenge to the South African regime,…
Address delivered at The 9th COSATU Congress, 18 September 2006, Gallagher Estate, Midrand
The President of Cosatu, Comrade Willie Madisha, General Secretary, Comrade Zwelinzima Vavi and all members of the Central Executive Committee, The Secretary…
Archive’Operation Mayibuye.’ Document found by police at Lilliesleaf Farm, Rivonia, 11 July 1963.
PART 1. The white state has thrown overboard every pretence of rule by democratic process. Armed to the teeth it has presented the people with only one choice…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of 1956 Women’s March: Union Buildings, Tshwane, 9 August 2006
Programme Directors, Ntombazana Botha and Barbara Creecy, Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Your Excellency, Vice…
78. The Natal Indian Congress calls for a national convention
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In his address as acting president of the Natal…