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EventThe Western Desert Force is upgraded
During World War II, the Western Desert Force was upgraded with the addition of two complete corps: the XIII and XXX. General Sir Alan Cunningham was given…
EventThe trial of eleven Soweto students charged under the Terrorism Act begins
In September 1978 eleven Soweto students were charged under the Terrorism Act.The fifty-six page indictment alleged that as officers, members or supporters of…
EventNational Heritage Day celebrates South African cultural diversity
National Heritage Day is one of the newly created South African public holidays. The day was previously known as Shaka Day, and was celebrated in kwazulu/Natal…
EventPaul Michael Sibisi, SA artist and teacher involved in setting up cultural art workshops in Natal, is born.
Michael Paul Sibisi was born in Umkhumbane, Durban on 23 September 1948. He studied art at the Ndaleni Educational Training School under Lorna Peirson. After…
EventSACC publishes a report condemning apartheid as a false faith hostile to Christian beliefs
A Commission of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) published a report condemning apartheid as a false faith hostile to Christian beliefs. This came a…
The future is in the hands of the Workers - A History of FOSATU
Memorandum to the Secretary-General of the United Nations
Letter by Mr. A.M. Kathrada to the youth of South Africa after being banned by the government, 19541
United Nations Centre against Apartheid - Notes and Documents
Final Declaration of the Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, Havana, Cuba, 3-9 September 1979
Charter of the Organization of African Unity, 479 U.N.T.S. 39, entered into force Sept. 13, 1963.
Cable from Dr. A.B. Xuma, President-General of ANC, to the United Nations opposing South Africa’s proposal for incorporation of South West Africa, January 1946
Walter Sisulu by E. S. Reddy
I will go Singing
Biko’s legacy lives on in our nation’s history and culture by Nkosinathi Biko, 12 September 2012, South Africa
TODAY marks the 35th anniversary of the murder of black consciousness leader, Bantu Stephen Biko. Arrested a healthy man on August 18 1977, he died three…
Banned, but never silenced by Glyn Williams (Editor - The Daily Dispatch), 6 September 2012, Eastern Cape, South Africa
The editor of the Daily Dispatch, Donald Woods, had become increasingly concerned about the future of South Africa – more and more he left the day-to-day…
The Color Question in South Africa
Message to the Conference of the ANC, December 1954
Paul Robeson and Africa
Statement at a special meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid to pay tribute to Paul Robeson on his 80th birthday, April 10, 1978
Revisiting "Strange Fruit": an Exploration of Culture and Anti-Apartheid Activism
Passive Protests in Africa
Michael Scott and the Campaign for Right and Justice
Black Political Resistance in Natal, 1947 - 1952
Opposing apartheid in the Pietermaritzburg region
Address by Mashatile on the occasion of the 20th commemoration of the Bisho massacre, 7 September, 2012
Programme Director, MEC Mlibo Qhoboshiyane Premier of the Eastern Cape Province, Premier Noxolo Kiviet The Chairperson of the ANC in the Eastern Cape…