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ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Contextual Overview
What is Communism? Communism is a social, economic, and political ideology whose aim is to establish a communist society in which there is a collective…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of Women’’s Day: Ga-Motlatla, Ditsobotla Local Municipality, North-West Province, 9 August 2008
Programme Director, Minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan, Minister of Provincial and Local Government, Sydney Mufamadi, Premier of the North West,…
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…
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…
ArchiveFEDSAW - Western Cape Cultural Festival 27 May 1989 (Tape II)
… FEDSAW - Western Cape Womens' Festival was held to organise women group to go hand …
ArchiveFEDSAW - Western Cape Cultural Festival 27 May 1989 (Tape I)
… FEDSAW - Western Cape Womens' Festival was held to organise women group to go hand …
ArticleA brief history of domestic service in South Africa
Colonial History of Domestic Work Since slaves were used as domestic servants in the settler colony from the middle to late 18th century, domestic…
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…
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…
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…
The Sweet Workers’ Union
The Sweet Workers’ Union (SWU) originated as an offshoot of the short-lived Women Workers’ Union, founded by Fanny Klenerman in the mid-1920s, when that…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
ArchiveThe 1957 Alexandra Bus Boycott and its unsung heroes by Roseinnes Phahle, June 2019
… impending forced removals, the African National Congress (ANC) mounted a campaign which entailed a public meeting every … I and some of my classmates at…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Red Lives. Convenor: Arianna Lissoni
… Congress (NIC), Stalin Memorial Committee, and India League, was imprisoned for his opposition to South Africa’s … The names of SACP, NIC and African…
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…
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…
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…
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,…