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ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
Introduction Following British victory in the South African War, the Union of South Africa was forged in 1910 under the British Commonwealth. The Union…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE SA FREEDOM DAY CELEBRATIONS Upington, 27 April 1997
(Original Version. See below for English Translation) Master of Ceremonies; Premier of the Northern Cape; Minister of Arts &Culture, Science &Technology; …
Document 22 - Report of the first National Conference of Women held in the Trades Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa, 17 April 1954
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 22 - Report of the first National Conference of…
Chapter 7
The Clarion Call-A Call to Unity "From the people comes the call to the Convention, a call for a lead. The Executive Committee of the All African Convention at…
ArchiveThe Snape Building Political Demonstration at the University of Cape Town in 1966 by Andrew M. Colman
In the late afternoon of Wednesday, 21 September 1966, I took part in a small political demonstration on the campus of the University of Cape Town (UCT). It…
South African Tragedy: Jail Part Lovers by Joseph Lelyveld (New York Times), 5 January 1983
She and Neil Aggett had been a couple for the better part of a decade. In that time, they both became doctors, then followed separate paths into welfare and…
Address by President Zuma on the occasion of his Inauguration as fourth President of South Africa
Address by His Excellency Mr Jacob Zuma on the occasion of his Inauguration as fourth President of the Republic of South Africa 09 May 2009 Your Majesties,…
60. Congress and the Non-European Co-operation Conference, 1927
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Even though the South African Indian Congress…
Cosatu special congress, Day Two: Numsa, Vavi walloped by Ranjeni Munusamy (Daily Maverick), 15 July 2015, South Africa
Numsa, Vavi walloped Dissidents in Cosatu backing expelled metalworkers union Numsa and the ousted general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi believed that, had they…
Man-made women: Gender, class and the ideology of the volksmoeder by Elsabe Brink
From the book: Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker IDEALISED WOMANHOOD One of the means by which men in male-dominated…
Extract from a speech made at Heilbron on 16 August 1968
Adv. Vorster once referred to this speech as his "political confession". 1 It was in his second year as Prime Minister that Adv. Vorster made this now well…
Statement by Olive Tambo at the freedom rally organised by the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement, 26 January 1979, Dublin
Dear Friends and Comrades, We bring you greetings on behalf of the African National Congress, the cadres of Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation), inside…
PlaceGhana
Before March 1957 Ghana was called the Gold Coast. The Portuguese who came to Ghana in the 15th century found so much gold between the rivers Ankobra and the…
Chapter 5 - The Freedom Charter
From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984Chapter 5 - The Freedom CharterThe Freedom Charter, a programme which still embraces many of the…
Banishment
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner Just before my five years was finished in 1969, they took me to Pretoria jail…
Chapter 8. Capitalists without Money
In 1928 the clothing industry presented a picture of primitive capitalism. There were about fifty factories on the Rand, roughly forty in Johannesburg and the…
Chapter 6 -The making of a black Bolshevik: Gumede and the League Against Imperialism, 1927
‘The CPSA are the only people who are with us in spirit’, Gumede in Brussels, 1927. INTRODUCTION The focus of this chapter is Gumede’s extensive visits to…
ArticleCape Town the Segregated city
Contents Early settlement patterns of exclusion Towards racial segregation Segregated city Conclusion Once the fort and the early settlement were…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
< Menu page < 3. Formation of the NIA | 5. Convulsions in Natal > CHAPTER IV The Struggle for Power: The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946 4. War…
ArticlePolitical changes from 1750 to 1835
The section below on the Mfecane can be used as an introduction to this section. It is important to note that CAPS 2011 does not require it to be covered in…
Biography of Can Themba by Aisha Ahmed
Key Words: Can Themba, Apartheid, Writer in Exile, Drum Magazine Born: 1924 Marabastad, Pretoria Died: 1968 Swaziland Education: High School, Polokwane …
ArticleSita’s story
My Childhood at Phoenix Settlement I was born on 19th of October 1928 on my grandfather’s farm, which was fifteen miles away from the city, and in those days…
ArticleGreat Trek 1835-1846
The Great Trek was a movement of Dutch-speaking colonists up into the interior of southern Africa in search of land where they could establish their own…
ArticleCongress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa
The Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa is a political lobby group which represents many traditional leaders and chiefs in South Africa. It seeks…
ArchiveHow China broke the chain of infection by Vijay Prashad
On 31 March 2020, a group of scientists from around the world – from Oxford University to Beijing Normal University – published an important paper in Science…
Inside Robben Island (Part 1) by Thami Mkhwanazi, 14 August 1987
MY YEARS ON THE ISLAND Part One: The University behind locked doors April 1980. The Susan Kruger, a tiny Prisons Service boat, ploughed the Atlantic in the…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Forward to Socialism/Socialist Futures (Panel 1). Convenor: Janet Cherry
Analysis of the role of the SACP in formulating the development policies of the ANC: The case of the National Development Plan (NPD) Co-Authors: Lolonga…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Strategic Debates, the ANC - SACP alliance and the Soviet Union. Convenor: Tshepo Moloi.
The role and influence of the South African Communist Party in the armed struggle by Patrick Mangashe UFH [email protected] Abstract The Communist…
ArchiveFrom the Archive | The workers’ struggle by Joe Foster (New Frame),28 Feb 2019
In April 1982 Joe Foster, the General Secretary of the Federation of South African Trade Unions (Fosatu), gave the keynote address at the second Fosatu…
WE HAVE THE KEY TO FREEDOM NOT THE OPPRESSOR, December 16, 1957
Albert Luthuli's Presidential Address to the Forty-fifth Annual Conference of the African National Congress, Orlando, Johannesburg, December 16, 1957 The…