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Political Report of the National Executive Committee to the National Consultative Conference of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Kabwe, Zambia, June 1985
… of South Africa. Our Conference itself will be remembered by our people as a council-of-war that planned the seizure of power by these masses, the…
When your position can't be sustained, create a scarecrow - The Menace of Post-Apartheid South Africa by Thabo Mbeki, 18 January 2016
… to government work. Of course this was made more demanding by the fact that this government work entailed the … the workings of the NEC. In a 2002 interview…
Increase Assistance to Liberation Movements - Statement at the International Conference of Experts for the Support of Victims of Colonialism and Apartheid in Southern Africa by O. R. Tambo, Oslo, 11 April 1973
… for internal purposes. There has been a statement by the Chairman of the African Liberation Committee, who also … the liberation movement is separated from…
PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW; Documenting Ordinary Scenes Of South Africa Then and Now by Michael Kimmelman (The New York Times), 24 August 2001
… news photographs of oppression and upheaval usually do, by recording extreme violence or suffering or protest. Like … wanted to pick up a camera after he…
ArchiveHow colonial violence came home: the ugly truth of the first world war by Pankaj Mishra (The Guardian), 10 November 2018
… histories of the war. They also go largely uncommemorated by the hallowed rituals of Remembrance Day. The ceremonial walk to the Cenotaph at Whitehall by all…
Upcoming events at the Book Lounge
… Sword and the Pen: Six Decades on the Political Frontier by Allister Sparks Veteran journalist Allister Sparks has … of a new edition of The Eye of the…
PlaceNewlands Cricket Stadium
… against Bill Lawry’s 1970 Australians. While Newlands is rich in History it is peppered with exceptional cricket memories, it was also blemished by…
Address by President Nelson Mandela of South Africa to the 49th session of the General Assembly New York, 3 October 1994
… Assembly is addressed, for the first time in its 49 years, by a South African head of state drawn from among the African … to take its seat in the Assembly,…
'Native life' 100 after Sol Plaatje published it by Janet Remmington, Brian Willan, Bhekizizwe Peterson (Mail and Guardian), 30 September 2016
… centres to Britain’s imperial capital and beyond. Written by one of South Africa’s most talented early 20th-century … its publication, Native Life has been…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the celebration of 60th Anniversary of the Freedom Charter, Kliptown, Johannesburg, 26 June 2015
… the visionary document, the Freedom Charter, was adopted by the Congress of the People. We pay homage to the 3000 … delegates who gathered here in Kliptown…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the unveiling of the tombstone of Helen Joseph Avalon Cemetery, Johannesburg, 30 March 1996
… could have taken strides towards prosperity. Blinded by the demon of racism, our previous rulers chose to keep … was formed in 1983, she was elected as one…
The search for Peter Johnson’s story
… for the Missing Person Task Team, an organisation set up by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to help find … and Karabo Madiba: Missing Person’s Task…
ArchiveChapter 7 - Planning for people's war `Blow on the embers and it will catch alight', January 1983 - March 1984 by Howard Barrell
… as the ANC's main operational organ and was replaced by a Politico-Military Council (PMC). Footnote The PMC, like the old RC, was to be chaired by ANC…
ArchiveSouth Africa wants to make history compulsory at school. But can it? by Linda Chisholm (the Conversation.com), 1 June 2018
… meet the demand for a policy like this will be hamstrung by two things: the low status of history and teacher … it is clear how many new teachers will need…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the interfaith commissioning service for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Cape Town, 13 February 1996
… and within the framework of the constitution and the law. By doing so, and by means of amnesty, your goal is to ensure lasting … Time and again, the prophets…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Desmond Tutu
… from governments across the globe, it was never celebrated by the South African government. This award pressured … The Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge,…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the first Triennial Conference of the Methodist church of South Africa Durban, 17 July 1998
… country, where the most terrible oppression was justified by some people on the basis of their Christian faith. Other … the foundations for a healthy inter…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Opening Session of the South Centre’s Council of Representatives New York, 21 September 1998
… You also have the enormous advantage of being guided by one of Africa's finest sons. I would like to take this … changing world, to realize the principles…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the Joint Houses of Congress of the Republic Of Argentina Buenos Aires, 23 July 1998
… you do to the people of South Africa and to me personally, by granting me this opportunity to address the Houses of the … development depends on those same…
Reply by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the toast remarks by his Excellency, the President of the Republic of Niger, Mamadou Tandja, on the occasion of the State Banquet, Niamey, Republic of Niger 4 July 2006
… Reply by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the toast remarks by his Excellency, the President of the Republic of Niger, …
ArchiveMeeting between a South African delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable R F Botha and a United States delegation led by Dr C Crocker, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs: Santa Maria, Sal Island, 31 October 1984, Af
… Meeting between a South African delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable R F Botha and a United States delegation led by Dr C…
Now You Have Touched the Women - African Women`s Resistance to the Pass Laws in South Africa 1950-1960 by Elizabeth S. Schmidt
… areas, the women`s campaigns were primarily organised by the ANC Women`s League and the nonracial Federation of … Congress organisations was dominated almost…
ArticleHow the Group Areas Act shaped spaces, memories and identities in Cape Town
… Identities were imposed upon people, as legislated by the Population Registration Act (30 of 1950) (Government … Swanson Imagining the City (Cape Town: HSRC…
Input by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the Farewell service for former President Nelson Mandela, Waterkloof Airforce Base, 14 December 2013
… repeated to ensure that the unjust laws were not accepted by the oppressed people, and that they needed to change. … to isolate South Africa and that…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the Celebration the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Charter, Kliptown, Johannesburg, 26 June 2005
… power to ensure the realisation of the vision projected by the Freedom Charter, which has now found expression in our … hear the noble message broadcast to…
Salim Essop takes centre stage during first day of Ahmed Timol inquest by Amanda Khoza (News24.com), 27 June 2017
… suicide in 1972. However, a private investigation launched by Timol's family uncovered new evidence, which it presented … chose Wits because it was close to…
Address on Behalf of the Graduating Class at Fort Hare College, delivered at the “Completers’ Social,” by M. R. Sobukwe, October 21, 1949
… the S.R.C. [Students' Representative Council] were elected by secret ballot at a mass-meeting of the students and … I would like to know exactly what the…
Address delivered by Nelson Mandela, Deputy President of the African National Congress to the graduation ceremony at MEDUNSA 23 March 1991
… and anger that of the 1300 doctors produced annually by all medical schools, only 300 are black and of these, only … yet an acceptance that freedom and…
Historical Overview of Black Resistance, 1932-1952 - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
… emphasis on mass action to the Programme of Action adopted by the ANC in 1949, and they have tended to focus attention … is widely acknowledged that the…