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Historical Overview of Black Resistance, 1932-1952 - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
Contents Economic Development and the Expansion of the African Working Class The Quiescence of Political Organisation in the 1930s Mass Spontaneity and the…
PlaceUniversity of Pretoria
The foundational Years of the University of Pretoria were welcomed with great turmoil. In 1889, the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) proposed that a…
ArchiveSurvey shows ignorance about big moments in South Africa’s history – like the Sharpeville massacre (TheConversation.com)
The yearly Human Rights Day public holiday in South Africa in late March commemorates the Sharpeville Massacre, when police opened fire on a crowd of unarmed…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 95th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2007
On the occasion of the 95th anniversary of the formation of the African National Congress, our movement salutes the people of South Africa and the world. We…
Chapter 4 - ‘SASO on the Attack’ : Organisation, Mobilisation and Collective Action
I now turn to examine select aspects of SASO's organisation and its activities related to student and popular mobilisation and collective action. However,…
Chapter 5 -The Character, Role and Significance of SASO
In this chapter I now interpret the character, role and significance of SASO. To this end, I draw on the analysis of the previous two chapters, the chapter…
Africans’ Claims in South Africa, 14 December 1943 by Alfred Xuma
Preface In the following pages the reader will find what has been termed "Bill of Rights" and "The Atlantic Charter from the African’s Point of View". This…
African Claims in South Africa by Dr Xuma, ANC Conference, 1943
Including "The Atlantic Charter from the Standpoint of Africans within the Union of South Africa" and "Bill of Rights," Adopted by the ANC Annual Conference…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Red Lives. Convenor: Arianna Lissoni
Dawood Seedat: The Communist who insisted that there was 'no middle road to freedom’ by Goolam Vahed Department of History University of KwaZulu-Natal -…
IX - The Doctors
From the book: No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa After receiving his head injury, Biko began to die. According to Professor Proctor, …
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the1940s by Mohamed Adhikari
From the book: Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education Three documents, fundamental changes that…
Chapter VI - A strange kind of goal bird
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph The first anniversary of the Soweto shooting, 16 June 1977, was to be commemorated at St Mary's Cathedral in…
ArchiveThe Women’s Jail at the Old Fort and its Impact by Claire Ennis
Alternating from prison to fort to prison to museum, the Old Fort in Johannesburg has served a variety of unique purposes since its creation in 1893.[1] In an…
Chapter Two - The year with the ICU: 1921 - 1926
From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson In the more liberal climate of Cape Town Johnny Gomas seemed…
Chapter 29. Policy and Tactics of The Union
The tremendous achievements of the union in all spheres since (928 were made possible largely by the rapid development of South African industry generally and…
A Biography of Ernest Cole by Anna Hutchinson
Names: Kole, Ernest Levi Tsoloane and Cole, Ernest Born: 21 March 1940, Eersterust, Gauteng (then Transvaal), South Africa Died: 11 February 1990, New York,…
Constitution of the South African Native National Congress, September, 1919 [Extracts]
1. WHEREAS there existed in the Provinces of the Union of South Africa several small and Independent Associations, Organisations or Vigilant Committees each…
Chapter 6 - Defining the agenda
It had taken nearly two years of talks almost exclusively between the ANC and the NP to address the obstacles preventing multi-party negotiations. The path to…
ArchiveWhy The EFF Is A Fascist Political Party by Gareth van Onselen, 26 March 2018
Following Julius Malema's recent comment, that he intended to "cut the throat of whiteness", by removing DA mayor Athol Trollip in Nelson Mandela Bay, I wrote…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Strategy and Tactics, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
Introduction 1. All the 12 Commissions had comprehensive and quite lively debate on the major conceptual issues that were identified for discussion. These are…
Opening address by President Jacob Zuma to the 2nd Biennial Summit on substance abuse, 15 March 2011, Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, Durban
The Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Dr Zweli Mkhize, The Minister of Social Development, Ms Bathabile Dlamini, Honourable Ministers and Deputy Ministers …
A short history of Port Elizabeth's famous Campanile
One of the most striking buildings in Port Elizabeth is the famous Campanile. In the article below, Tennyson Smith Bodill reveals the history behind the…
The Industrial Workers of Africa, 1917-1921 by Bikisha Media Collective
The history of four years of the revolutionary multi-racial union in South Africa, the Industrial Workers of Africa, and the labour movement at the time. …
Edwin Mofutsanyana the oldest Communist in Africa: Flyer for briefing by Edwin Mofutsanyana. August, 1991
Introduction 1. The Declaration of intent which we adopted at Codesa 1 committed us to the established of a ‘democratic South Africa’. On the basis of this…
Address by Executive Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, to Corporate Council on Africa’s “Attracting Capital to Africa” Summit, 19-22 April 1997; Chantilly Virgiana, USA
Chairperson, Honourable Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen It is not given to every generation that it should be present during and participate in the act of…
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,…
Closing Remarks to the 53rd National Conference of the ANC by President Jacob Zuma, December 2012, Mangaung
ANC Deputy President, Comrade Cyril Ramaphosa and all Officials of the ANC, Deputy President of the Republic, Comrade Kgalema Motlanthe, Members of the…
Eye of the Needle - Notes by Richard Turner
From the book: The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner 1 It will be noted that the author uses the term "black" throughout to refer to persons of color,…
47. The assault on Gandhi
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Satyagraharequired that the word of the…
PlaceKaroo Hoogland Municipality in the Karoo Region, Northern Cape
The Little or Klein Karoo, which is a long valley bordered by; the Swartberg and the Langeberg Mountains, in the Western Cape. It falls under the domain of the…