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Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Foreword
… chief issues discussed in Bloemfontein in 1912, when the ANC was born two years before Gandhiji left South Africa for … who later became editor of llanga…
EventWalter Sisulu celebrates 90th birthday
… and in 1992 was awarded the Isitwalandwe award by the ANC for his contribution to the struggle. Here follows a … on the life of Walter Sisulu and his…
Uncovering Josina Machel from obscurity: African women hidden in his-story by Ama Biney, 3 April 2014
Josina Mutemba Machel was a revolutionary Mozambican fighter for FRELIMO who like thousands of women fought for independence for her country until she died at…
ArticleSouth Africa’s 2019 General Election - Post Analysis
… democracy in 1994. The ruling African National Congress (ANC), which won the election, was in the run-up to the poll … by Jacob Zuma. The election saw the…
EventTravis Logie, South Africa’s world champion surfer is born
… community by his appointment as director of the World Surf League’s Qualifying Series and Junior Tour events.[vii] End Notes [i] Travis Logie joins the World…
Land Reform and Traditional Leadership in South Africa
INVITATION TO PANEL DISCUSSION Land Reform and Traditional Leadership in South Africa What does King Goodwill Zwelithini’s new…
BiographyRaymond Hoffenberg
… Tambo, then president of the African National Congress (ANC) Mission in exile. Professor Hoffenberg married Margaret …
In the enduring spirit of President O.R. Tambo: Good luck to all matriculants, 22 October 2012
… are meant to serve; admitted the broader failures of our ANC led government in broad strokes when he said: "In this … that education is one of the five…
ArchiveThoughts on Winnie Mandela by Enuga Reddy
… Both Fatima and Ismail were part of the core of the ANC that defied the segregationist ideology of the oppressive … for both her and me. We had to send every…
South Africa Communists Speak Documents from the history of the South African Communist Party 1915 - 1980
… S.A. Labour Party', pamphlet published by the War on War League (SA) in March 1915. Document 2: 'Pamphlet 'The … 10, 1915. Document 5: 'Objects of the…
Chapter II - Partners in protest
… White women had established the Defend the Constitution League and embarked on a national campaign of protest, … of us, for what followed. Margaret Gazo,…
A Tale of Political Conspiracy and Incomprehensible Judicial Imaginings by Thabo Mbeki, 15 February 2016
… by Judge Nicholson on the application by President of the ANC, Cde Jacob Zuma, to have his case, once more, struck off … any of (his supposed) abundant…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Contextual Overview
… 1924, the SANNC changed name to African National Congress (ANC), in order to assert an African identity within the … the world they would like to see after…
ArchiveBiography of Amina Desai by Cole Deal
… area. After 1960, many of the well-known leaders of the ANC and TIC were forced to live ‘underground’ to escape … a safe shelter for Ahmed Timol, a young…
ArchiveThe Congress of the people
… the Congress Alliance later. At that time it was only the ANC, the Coloured Congress, the Indian Congress and the Congress of Democrats. In Port Elizabeth we…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Source-based Questions
Based on the 2012 Grade 10 NSC Exemplar Paper: Grade 10 Past Exam Paper Grade 10 Source Addendum Grade 10 Past Exam Memo Level 1 & 2…
Article50 Facts on Africa
In the modern-day world the view people are given of Africa is often a narrow one. In this piece we present 50 facts about this continent that people may not…
ArticleOvercoming Adversity from All Angles: The Struggle of the Domestic Worker during Apartheid by Bennett Gwynn
This article was written by Bennett Gwynn and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Overcoming Adversity from All…
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… was founded and demanded rights for 'coloured' people. The ANC or African National Congress was formed in 1912. The … elected government. Africanist members…
Document 59 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa to N. J. Barclay, 21 February 1936
… accepted by the majority of the Lenin Club the Communist League was formed but, and this is very important, after … discussion with the Johannesburg group,…
ArchiveAn Analysis of the Imprisonment and Detainment Treatment of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela by Monica McCausland
… women were released after the African National Congress (ANC) posted their bail, and Winnie went on to give birth to … the police did not stop questioning…
EventGeneral De Wet is defeated by British forces
At the height of the South African War 1899-1902 (Anglo-Boer War), General Christiaan Rudolph De Wet was defeated at Bothaville, South Africa by British forces…
EventFeminist writer and activist, Diana E. H. Russell is born
Diana E.H. Russell was born in Cape Town on 6 November 1938. Her mother was British and her father South African. After completing her bachelors degree at the…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1910 - 1919
… against Indians led to the formation of the Anti-Asiatic League. The Chairman is LJ Philips, an attorney from … Sir Abe Bailey is the first President of the…
Class, Consciousness and Organisation: Conclusion by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
Document 34 - Letter from the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, to the Executive Committee, Comintern
… the constitution, petition form and circular letter of the League of African Rights. In taking the initiative in the formation of the League, we have been…
BiographyTeboho MacDonald “Tsietsi” Mashinini
… youth joining the ranks of the African National Congress (ANC) and its military wing, Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK), …
BiographyLetlapa Mphahlele
… prison were forced to rely on African National Congress (ANC) members for food and other supplies. Their appeal to the …
BiographyJotello Festiri Soga
… inspired the founding of the African National Congress (ANC – formerly known as the South African Native National …
Document 38 - Certification of the Constitution; a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
… to obey the orders of the regime to dissociate from the ANC. He was elected President-General of the ANC in December 1952 and earned the respect of world…