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EventThe recommendations of the Riekert Commission (to investigate the employment conditions of Black workers) are tabled
… The Riekert Commission was established in response to a crisis faced by the apartheid state, as South African … unions increased during the 1970s,…
Statement by Albert Luthuli to the council of the Institute of Race Relations, 19 December 1960
… justifies the attention people are already giving to it. It should be an occasion for all of the people of the land to join in a unifying celebration that…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the ordinary Congress of the Socialist International, 20 June 1989, Stockholm
… in Harare earlier this year, took place against a favourable backdrop of positive developments towards independence for Namibia, and chances of a durable…
Letter by Oliver Tambo to the OAU Secretary-General, Mr. William Eteki Mboumoua, 01 June 1974
… Congress of South Africa takes this opportunity again to congratulate Your Excellency on your recent election to the high post of Secretary-General of so…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the workshop for Human Rights Education Durban, 21 September 1994
… Judges of the Supreme Court, Vice-Chancellors, Delegates to this Workshop on Human Rights Education in Africa, Ladies and Gentlemen It is a special privilege…
A Future Free of Exploitation - Address to the First Congress of MPLA by O. R. Tambo, Luanda, December 1977
… and Combatants of MPLA, Comrades and Friends: We bring to this historic First Congress of the MPLA warmest and most … the continuation of the revolutionary…
Voters may act if ANC fails to uproot patronage by Steven Friedman (BDlive), 10 August 2016
… ANC’s huge setback does not change the reality that, for a while yet, what happens in the governing party will shape … the vote of the next biggest party,…
Document 42 - Leon Trotsky, “Closer to the Proletarians of the Colored’ Races!”, The Militant, 2 July 1932
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 42 - Leon Trotsky, "Closer to the…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA TO MEMBERS OF THE SWISS-SOUTH AFRICAN ASSOCIATION Zurich, 2 September 1997
… Distinguished guests; Ladies and gentlemen, Our visit to Switzerland would have been incomplete without the … To be able to do so twice in one day is…
Presidential Address to the Twenty-Third Conference of the South African Indian Congress, Durban, September 3, 1961
… Conference of the South African Indian Congress meets at a time when the Indian people of South Africa have completed a hundred years of their stay in this…
Message by Oliver Tambo to the Prime Minister of Lesotho, Dr. Leabua Jonathan, 13 December 1982
… we have both shed, we extend our deep-felt condolences to Your Excellency, the Government and people of Lesotho and request that Your Excellency convey these…
In the enduring spirit of President O.R. Tambo: Good luck to all matriculants, 22 October 2012
… Undeniably a matric certificate in South Africa symbolises aspirations of posterity while it represents a gateway to the dignity of getting further training…
Presidential Address to the Eleventh Annual Conference of the Natal Indian Congress, Durban, November 21, 1958
… Presidential Address To The Eleventh Annual Conference Of The Natal Indian … Conference of the Natal Indian Congress assembles at a time when our people are…
Document 10 - Letter from Nelson Mandela to Sir de Villiers Graaff, leader of the United Party
… Sir, In one week's time, the Verwoerd Government intends to inaugurate its Republic. It is unnecessary to state that … and military apparatus, the non-white…
"Racial Crisis in South Africa" . Address to meeting of Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, March 2, 1961
… South Africa has a population of 15 million, of which 12 million are … 3 million are whites. The white people of South Africa are a settled community unlike…
Letter from Oliver Tambo to the Prime Minister of Lesotho, Dr. Leabua Jonathan, 13 January 1982
… assassins must surely fill every person of conscience with a deep sense of revulsion. At this hour of grief for both our … we have both shed, we extend our…
Introduction by Oliver Tambo to a message from Nelson Mandela, smuggled out of prison, 10 June 1980
… Congress of South Africa brings you this urgent call to unity and mass action, by political prisoners on Robben Island to all patriots of our motherland…
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt brings ex-offender portrait series to British jails by Helen Stoilas, 30 May 2017
… in Birmingham and Manchester. The portraits, part of a series called Ex-Offenders, show men and women at the scene … with the arts organisation Multistory in…
Albert Luthuli`s message to New Age on 25th anniversary of Progressive Press, 22 March 1962
… Congratulations to New Age and its predecessors. Twenty-five years of … you have dedicated yourselves must triumph. Forward to a non-racial democratic South…
Message to Frelimo Central Committee on the Death of Samora Machel by O. R. Tambo, 22 October 1986
… parallel in the history of the independent Africa. It is a tragedy that has shocked and stunned progressive mankind. It is a staggering blow to African…
EventKing Leopold II of Belgium hands over the administration of the Congo to the Belgian parliament
… fiefdom. Leopold's administration of the Congo is reputed to have been ruthless and brutal. The decision to transfer the Congo to the Belgian Government…
Opening address by CDE Nelson Mandela on the occassion of the signing of a statement of intent to set up a national capacity for Economic Research and Policy formulation
… by CDE Nelson Mandela on the occassion of the signing of a statement of intent to set up a national capacity for Economic Research and Policy …
Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L) to the Workers' Party of South Africa and the Communist League of South Africa, 12 October 1935
… Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L) to the Workers' Party of South Africa and the Communist …
"Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L) to the Communist League of South Africa and the Workers' Party of South Africa, 24 July 1935
… Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L) to the Communist League of South Africa and the Workers' …
Document 18 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to the South African Federation of NativeTrade Unions, 20 September 1930
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 18 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to the South…
ArchiveTribute to Ottilie Schimming Abrahams (2 Sept 1937-1 July 2018) – some notes and memories by Heike Becker
… was formed by Namibians, mostly men, who had been able to get out after World War 2 of what had previously been a tightly sealed, fairly isolated colony…
Message over Radio Tanzania to the people of South Africa by Oliver Tambo, 26 June 1969
… "A call to action From: Sechaba, September 1969 (Abridged text) For … The African National Congress has now called the people to armed struggle, and now we…
EventAmerican President Ronald Reagan reverses his earlier stance on South Africa and agrees to limited sanctions
… the Ford, Carter and Reagan administrations had tried to influence South African governments by working with them discreetly in a strategy called …
EventNRP leader, Vause Raw announces that his party is ready to give the President’s Council a chance
… Party (NRP), Vause Raw announced that his party was ready to give the President's Council a chance as a start on the road to a negotiated future. The history…
Artist. Activist. Historian. This man is preserving the past to protect the future (beautifulnews.co.za)
… up under the oppression of apartheid, facing injustice on a daily basis. He was harassed, his work was banned, and his … But Badsha fought back with…