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ArchiveChapter 7 - Planning for people's war `Blow on the embers and it will catch alight', January 1983 - March 1984 by Howard Barrell
It was...a way in which we could give real meaning to people's involvement; to once and for all take away this myth that MK is their highly trained,…
Document 50 - Socialist League of Africa , “South Africa: Ten Years of the Stay-at-Home”, International Socialism, 5, Summer 1961
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 50 - Socialist League of Africa , "South Africa…
Archive2019 - Cyril Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 7 February 2019
Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Baleka Mbete, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Ms Thandi Modise, Deputy Speaker of the National…
Chapter 6 - Reform, Repression and Mass Resistance
The uprising of 1976-77 marked a watershed in political relations between the apartheid state and the dominated social groups. Henceforth, a combination of…
PlaceZimbabwe
The earliest settlement of the area now known as Zimbabwe goes back about 100 000 Years. Bambandyanalo is an Archaeological site in present-day Zimbabwe, just…
ArticleList of uMkhonto weSizwe Operations
ANC-2nd Submission to TRC - APPENDIX FOUR Please note: Information in this list was drawn from press reports and the Annual Surveys of the SAIRR. These…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
Explore some of the key moments and events that have helped shape the course of South African Communist Party. Follow the links for more detail. 1870 …
3. The Communist Party of South Africa and the Communist International
The CPSA had a difficult balancing act in broadening its appeal to Africans while remaining faithful to working class struggles and solidarity. 48Although many…
The ANC launch the Luthuli Volunteer Corps in Magareng Sub Region, Warrenton, Frances Baard Region, 19 September 2013
This launch comes after successful sub regional programmes which took place in Phokwane and Dikgatlong Sub Regions in the recent past. Our final launch will…
Lekota and George resign ahead of disciplinary hearings, 3 November 2008
The resignations of former ANC National Chairperson Mosiuoa Lekota and former Amathole regional chairperson Mluleki George were submitted to the ANC shortly…
Remember Khwezi beyond the Zuma rape trial, says Marianne Thamm (Cape Talk) , 10 October 2016
Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo (known to many as Khwezi) has left a legacy behind for young female activists to continue, says the Daily Maverick's Marianne Thamm. …
PlaceRehoboth
Rehoboth is a Town in Central Namibia and lies on a high elevated plateau with several hot springs. Khoikhoi name, of Anis, means 'smoke' from the steam seen,…
PlaceMadikwa Game Reserve, North West
Many of the Farms described by writer Herman Charles Bosman in his short stories no longer exist, quite a number having been incorporated into Madikwe Game…
PlaceNqweba was called Kirkwood, Eastern Cape
The farming community of Kirkwood, in the heart of the Sundays River Valley, close to the town of Addo and the Northern regions of the Addo Elephant Park,…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Wynberg
This area began to be settled by free burghers in 1657, and for more than a century most of them travelled into Cape Town to attended religious services…
PlaceGreen Point Common
In the 18th century, this area was known by the Dutch as 'De Waterplaats' (The foreshore). The Green Point Common was vested land, which was granted to the…
PlaceQuaqua
Quaqua, or Qwaqwa, was a homeland created for the Southern Sotho people from a reserve in the Orange Free State (OFS) that had been granted to the followers of…
PlaceOld Fort, Hospital Hill, Johannesburg
Following the invasion of the ZAR in January 1896 by a troop of cavalry led by Dr Leander Jameson, the Executive Committee of the Republic, resolved on 12…
PlacePort Natal Maritime Museum
This museum is a tribute to Durban's seafaring history, and a reminder that Durban is still the busiest port in Africa. Backed by a panoramic view of Durban…
Document 45 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Left Opposition to Cape Town comrades, 23 October 1932
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 45 - Letter from the International Secretariat…
The Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition 2014
FINAL PROGRAMME FOR THE NKOSI ALBERT LUTHULI ORAL HISTORY COMPETITION MULDERSDRIFT, 03-06 OCTOBER 2014 DAY ONE (Friday 03 OCTOBER 2014) Afternoon…
Class Struggle
All of history, said Marx, is the history of class struggle. All societies are divided into classes. In a capitalist society, the two main classes are the…
EventTrade unionist Clements Kadalie dies in East London
Trade unionist, Lameck Koniwaka Kadali Muwamba, known by his adopted name, Clements Kadalie, was born in April 1896, near the Bandawe mission station in…
EventCastro decides to send troops to Angola to fight South Africa
The president of Cuba Fidel Castro decides to send Cuban troops to Angola in response to South Africa's invasion of the country. After attaining its…
EventThe first Cape to Rio yacht race takes place
The first Transatlantic yacht race between Cape Town and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) took place on this day. SAS (South African Ships) Tafelberg served as…
EventThe Slagtersnek rebels are tried in the Uithenhage landdros court
Frederik Bezuidenhout owned a farm east of the Cape Colony. After reports surfaced that he was allegedly mistreating one of his Khoikhoi laborers, he was…
EventThe Angolan government announces a unilateral ceasefire
After the death of Jonas Savimbi, leader of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), the Angolan government announced a ceasefire with…
PlaceFicksburg
The town was founded by General Johan Fick in 1867 who won the territory in the Basotho Wars. Ficksburg is situated in the Eastern Free State between the…
EventIan Smith announced that he is ready to yield to majority rule in Rhodesia
Ian Smith announced that he is ready to yield to majority rule in Rhodesia (now known as Zimbabwe). This represented an about turn from his announcement of the…
EventLord Alfred Milner, British Colonial Secretary, and architect of the Union of South Africa dies
Lord Alfred Milner, a career diplomat in the British Foreign Office in the late 19th century and early 20th century died in Canterbury, England. Milner came to…