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Chapter XI - Witness for freedom
… state on the lines of the Freedom Charter. It had taken five days of giving evidence to cover all that we wanted to … policies of your organisation." Once I…
Archive2007 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2007
… and will undertake all necessary tasks, informed by our Five Year Local Government Strategic Agenda, which includes … national reconciliation. This year the…
PlaceKruger House Museum
Situated at 60 Church Street, this was the home of President Paul Kruger. It was his personal property as the ZAR did not have an official residence for the…
”On the Organisations of the African People”, from I. B. Tabata to Nelson Mandela, June 16, 1948
… ineffectual. The history of the Congress in the last five years is too well known to require recapitulation. It is …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the unveiling of the mural celebrating the adoption of the new constitution Cape Town, 8 May 1996
Friends and Fellow South Africans; In the history of our country there have been many decisive turning points. It is our privilege as South Africans to be…
Document 91 - John Gomas, “The Native Representation Bill is Passed: What Must be Done Now?” Umsebenzi, 25 April 1936
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 91 - John Gomas, "The Native Representation…
ANC Youth League Manifesto 1944
Issued by the Provisional Committee of the ANC Youth League in March 1944. PREAMBLE WHEREAS Africanism must be promoted i.e. Africans must struggle for …
ArchiveChapter 7 - Planning for people's war `Blow on the embers and it will catch alight', January 1983 - March 1984 by Howard Barrell
… two planned to form a rival umbrella group, the National Forum, on June 11 and 12. Footnote The forum's inauguration … had several squads inside the country,…
PlacePaarl
… if you average 80 km/h. Paarl's scenic splendour, with five mountain passes and magnificent surroundings, the Berg …
Chapter 11 - Negotiating the final constitution
… issues outstanding. A later survey on 14 March reflected five issues on which there was deadlock: the death penalty, … of which political decisions were…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to a joint sitting of both houses of the parliament of Lesotho Maseru, 12 July 1995
Mr. Speaker; Honourable Members of Parliament; Distinguished Guests; Ladies and Gentlemen. I am honoured to stand here before you, the representatives…
ArticleTransition to Armed Struggle by Norman Levy
… of the ANC to restructure the organization, but of the five, two were soon arrested and convicted in the Rivonia … a few occasions) the National Executive…
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…
ArchiveBiography of Amina Desai by Cole Deal
… activist Ahmed Timol . Her assistance to Timol earned her five years in jail, which made Desai the longest serving … Timol’s journal. [11] After they…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 3 - What is Your Name, Age, and Whose Slave are You? by Rayda Jacobs
… that they would not be of much use for the next four or five years. A second group - 228 in number - arrived in the …
Address of The President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the 21st Plenary Assembly of SADC Parliamentary Forum - Usambara Lodge, Mogale City, 14 November 2006
… Programme Director, Chairperson of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, Amusaa Mwanamwambwa, Secretary General of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, Kasuka Mutukwa,…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Ceremony to mark the Retirement of Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson and the Assumption of Office of Chief Justice Pius Langa and Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke: Houses of Parliament, Cape
Madame Speaker, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Deputy Speaker, Deputy Chairperson and the other Presiding Officers, Chief Justice and…
ArchiveRemembering French Investments In Apartheid South Africa, 17 December 2013
… corporations are active, the salary of a black worker is five times lower than a white’s. This is how Ruth First … in South Africa, had formally adopted the…
ArticleSouth African Coloured People Organisation (SACPO)
Like all other Black ethnic groups, the Coloureds also fell victim to segregation and repressive legislations enacted by Colonial and successive governments…
66. G.M. Naicker: We will not colloborate
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In 1946 the Government passed the Asiatic Land…
66. G. M. Naicker: we will not collaborate
In 1946 the Government passed the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act (referred to as the 'Ghetto' Act in the next document). The Natal Indian…
Interview with Albert Luthuli by Studs Terkel, 6 May 1963, Chicago
… first for one year, the next two, and the present one for five, which will expire in 1964, and which prohibits me to …
Chapter VI - HEAR US!
… We became more ambitious in January 1956, attempting a five-day conference in Alexandra Township. Father Trevor … day. Security branch detectives sat outside…
ArticleThe Women’s Charter
Adopted at the Founding Conference of the Federation of South African WomenJohannesburg, 17 April 1954. The Charter expressed the philosophy and aims of the…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Essay Questions
An image of bold, selfless youth in late 1970s South Africa inspired by the black radical consciousness philosophy. Image Source Essay Question: To what…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… with TW Beckett of Pretoria paying £1065 for a block of five stands. Most stands go for between £200 and £280 each. … war on Germany, three days after…
Women under indentured labour in colonial Natal, 1860-1911 by Jo Beall
… were initially served for three years extended to five in 1864. After ten years under contract, immigrants were … of them (men and women alike), at the…
"United Nations must take Action to Destroy Apartheid": Statement at the Meeting of the Special Political Committee of the United Nations General Assembly by O. T. Tambo, New York, 29 October, 1963
… of any developments any day. The fact that in the last five weeks, or five months, or eight months, on the face of it things have …
ArticleSouth African Coloured Peoples Organisation (SACPO)
Like all other Black ethnic groups, the Coloureds also fell victim to segregation and repressive legislations enacted by Colonial and successive governments…
Chapter 8 - ‘Creative Organisers’ rather than ‘Powerful Speakers’: Education as a Site of Struggle
… problems in large regions. By the late 1980s there were five regions: Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Natal, Orange Free State and Transvaal, with five sub…