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ArchiveMessage to all comrades and compatriots in detention, prison and facing trials
Press release by the United Democratic Front at its National Working Committee Conference with a message to all comrades and compatriots.
ArchiveAddress by the Deputy President of the African National Congress to a rally
Speech delivered by the Deputy President of the African National Congress to a rally at the Independence stadium, Umtata, in Transkei.
ArchiveLetter from Reverend David Russell to farmers in the Kei Road district
Letter from Reverend David Russell addressed to the Kei Road farmers regarding the eviction of farm dwellers from Wolseley Estate
ArchiveA place to live: A focus on the housing need in the Southern Peninsula
Silkscreened; Blue, brown and white; A place to live: A focus on the housing need in the southern peninsula st margarets church hall
What are the United Democratic Front would like to see in 1988
Statement made by the United Democratic Front regarding their plans for 1988 to set firmly down the road for negotiation and peace.
ArchiveGrahamstown Advice Office: Report to the National Conference of the Black Sash
Grahamstown Advice Office Annual Report to National Conference on 10 March 1975, discussing: Labour disputes, pass laws, housing, pensions, disability grants…
ArchiveExrtract from an address by Bishop Desmond Tutu to Crossroads protest meeting
This article is an extract from an address by Bishop Desmond Tutu to crossroads protest meeting in the University of Witwatersrand in September 19, 1978.
ArchiveDraft letter from the African National Congress to Pope John Paul II
Draft, annotated letter from the African National Congress to Pope John Paul II informing him of the 70th anniversary of the formation of the organisation.
ArchiveLord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life.
Brown and cream poster with title in white. Images of carved african heads. Poster by the Marist Brothers inviting people to contact them for details of…
ArchiveThirty years later: we say no to high prices, forced removals, passes
Black and white poster with artwork of a woman from Khayelitsha township, with her her hand in chains. Notice of an anniversary rally to be held by the…
ArchiveMemorandum to the Minister of Bantu Administration and Development and Bantu Education
The memorandum provides a background to the political history of South Africa. The development of the policy of separate development and apartheid with a…
ArchiveA survey of race relations in South Africa: October 1950 to September 1951
A survey of race relations in South Africa from October 1950 to September 1951 and includes chapters on: Housing; Health; Nutrition; Social welfare; Employment…
ArchiveLetter from Duncan Innes, President, NUSAS, to National Executive and SRC Presidents
General circular letter from the President of the National Union of South African Students, informing the National Executive and Student Representative…
ArchiveStatement to the ANC Conference from political prisoners in Pretoria local prison
Statement to the ANC National Conference in Durban, 2-6 July 1991, from political prisoners in Pretoria local prison, stating that two months has passed since…
Albert Luthuli`s foreword to pamphlet published by the South African Congress of Democrats, 8 August 1960
"Face the future" 8 August 1960 The white minority rule policy of segregation and more so its virulent form, apartheid, have screened off from each other…
EventMuhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman to regain his world heavyweight title
The historic boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo) took place on 30 October 1974. Ali won…
Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker
CONTENTS Women under indentured labour in colonial Natal, 1860-1911 by Jo Beall A lighthouse for African womanhood': Inanda Seminary, 1869-19451 by Heather…
EventDorothy Fischer becomes the first South African woman to undergo a heart transplant
40 year-old Dorothy Fisher was given a new heart in 1969 and became the longest surviving patient. She lived for 12 years afterwards. She was South Africa's…
Document 20 - Advance to national democracy: guidelines on strategy and tactics of the ANC
Declaration The conference took place against the background of the Government's adoption of GEAR, its impact on social spending and failure to create jobs,…
ArchiveThe West African Kroomen and their link to Simon’s Town by Joline Young
The first Kroomen to be employed by the British Navy in Simon’s Town arrived on the HMS Melville in 1838. [i] Their date of arrival was telling, having…
BiographyIan Berry
Born in Lancashire in 1934 Ian Berry moved to South Africa in 1952. Roger Madden, a South African photographer who had worked as an assistant to Ansel Adams,…
Speech to the ANC Rally at Soccer City by O. R. Tambo, Johannesburg, 16 December 1990
Mr. Chairman, Members of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, Comrades and friends, Compatriots, I came on Thursday, having spent a whole week…
Paper Presented to the International Conference for Sanctions Against South Africa, 1 April 1964, London
"Apartheid - the Indictment" One of the biggest failures of any group of people this century has been the failure of the ruling white minority in South Africa…
James Stewart - the ANC fighter who spoke truth to power by Martin Plaut, 1 February 2016
This is the obituary of Hermanus Loots, better known by his nom de guerre, James Stewart, who exposed the atrocities in the ANC’s Quatro prison camp. Martin …
From Protest to Challenge: Documents of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964 Volume 2
Introduction Most of the world is living under the system of Society called Capitalism. The essence of Capitalism is the ownership of land, mines, factories,…