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Address by President Jacob Zuma to the Military Veterans Medals Parade Waterkloof Airforce Base, 27 October 2012
Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Nosiviwe Mapisa Nqakula Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Thabang Makwetla Ministers and Deputy…
Address given by Ronald First, brother of Ruth First and brother in law of Joe Slovo, on the occasion of the tribute paid to Ruth and Joe by the African National Congress, in the holding of a Torchlight ceremony on the 21st of October 2012, at the Johanne
This ceremony is of particular importance as it takes place in the 100th year since the ANC was founded AMANDLA AMANDLA The First and Slovo families greatly…
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 by President Nelson Mandela at the Mercosur Heads of State Summit Ushuaia, 24 July 1998
President Menem; Your Excellencies; Ladies and gentlemen, For too long geography has kept us apart despite the many similarities of our histories. For…
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,…
Inside Robben Island (Part 1) by Thami Mkhwanazi, 14 August 1987
MY YEARS ON THE ISLAND Part One: The University behind locked doors April 1980. The Susan Kruger, a tiny Prisons Service boat, ploughed the Atlantic in the…
Chapter Four - The Years with the CPSA: 1925 - 1935
From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson The existence of a large number of unskilled and unemployed …
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
Awards In 1960, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee made history by awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Albert Luthuli in recognition of his outstanding…
Tribute by Comrade David Makhura delivered at the funeral service of Comrade Chilly Magagula, 16 October 2010
Programme Director, Cde Mondli Gungubele; Bishop Msibi, Senior Pastor Ntlhoro and other Pastors of Church of Warriors of Christ; Our dear sister Kgatiso, the…
Opening Speech at the International Solidarity Conference, on the Theme "From Apartheid to Peace, Democracy and Development" by O. R. Tambo, Johannesburg, 19 February 1993
Chairperson, Ambassadors and Heads of Diplomatic Missions, Distinguished delegates and special guests from the world anti-apartheid movement, Leaders…
A tribute to Sam Ramsamy and others who fought apartheid sport by E.S. Reddy
Sports and the Liberation Struggle: a Tribute to Sam Ramsamy and others who fought apartheid sport by E.S. Reddy (Former Director, United Nations Centre…
Address At Meeting On The Occasion Of The 60th Anniversary Of The Formation Of The South African Communist Party, London, July 30, 1981
It is with a deep sense of pride and honour that I speak today on behalf of the South African Communist Party, which celebrates the 60th year of its birth, on…
VI - The Inquest
From the book: No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa The inquest was postponed until 14 November. At the end of October, two weeks before…
1. The Way to Fox Street
Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana was born in 1899 in Witzieshoek (now known as Qwa Qwa), a tiny African reserve squeezed into a valley on the south-eastern border of…
Whither Palestine? by Ronnie Kasrils, 19 May 2015, London
WHITHER PALESTINE ? Ronnie Kasrils, Middle East Monitor, London 19 May, 2015. 1. INTRODUCTION: It is an honour to have been invited to present this…
ArticleGertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
This article was written by Nehal Patel and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Gertrude Fester Biography Abstract …
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…
Chapter 2 - Historical Background
The new constitution was negotiated between May 1994 and October 1996 in the country's first democratically elected convention, the Constitutional Assembly…
Tribute to President Reginald Oliver Tambo by ANC Treasurer General Dr Mathews Phosa on the occassion of the OR Tambo Lecture, 27 October 2011, Kimberly, Northern Cape Province
Programme Director Leadership of the Organisation of Cde. Oliver Tambo and the Alliance Business Community Comrades Patriots Ladies and Gentlemen …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Johannesburg opening of the Anne Frank Exhibition at the Museum Africa Johannesburg, 15 August 1994
(And the Address by Dr Martin Simon, Executive Board Member of the Anne Frank House on presentation of Anne Frank Award to President Nelson Mandela)…
Steve Mokone: the striker who broke the apartheid barrier
The first black South African footballer to play in Europe, was told whenever he scored it would be in the cause of independence. Jonathan Wilson tells of a…
ArticleThe Freedom Charter by Norman Levy
This article was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 10) Time for a Chartist Movement The idea of the Freedom Charter and the…
ArchiveChapter 4 Political activity 1950-1963 by Denis Goldberg
Esmé was as active as I was and we enjoyed working together. One of our early activities was helping to organise non-racial youth camps over the Easter…
Chapter Five - The Fighter for Black Unity: 1935 - 1945
From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson The decade after 1935 can quite justifiably be called a…
Say It out Loud - The 1910 Presidential Address, Port Elizabeth, Cape
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1910 Presidential Address, Port Elizabeth, Cape 1 The present Congress of the A.P.O. is undoubtedly…
International Boycott of Apartheid Sport by Mary Corrigall
With special reference to the campaigns in Britain by the Anti-Apartheid Movement Paper prepared for the United Nations Unit on Apartheid in 1971 1 The…
INDIAN SLAVES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A little-known aspect of Indian-South African relations by E. S. Reddy
The visit of Nelson Mandela to India may be an appropriate occasion to recall a little known but significant aspect of relations between India and South Africa…
Displacing Hierarchies: Nation and Universities in India and Africa by Amrita Pande, Faisal Garba and Ruchi Chaturvedi
We are academics raised and educated in various parts of the world, and now living and working in South Africa. The predicaments of its higher education…
Address of Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress on receiving a Honorary LLD degree at the University of the Witwatersrand 6 September 1991
Mr. Chancellor, Mr. Vice-Chancellor, Distinguished members of the university council and senate, Members of the university staff and students, Friends…