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ArchiveSPEAK: Oranise or Starve Gqugquzela
A2 poster yellow and black on white, photo women marching with poster of Organise or Starve; text:SPEAK: Organise or Starve Gqugquzela; No to Slavery says…
ArchiveGo well, son of man
White poster with black lettering. Story of uzikayise Samuel Thusi (Stanley Khumalo). Also known as 'son of man' Copy of his letter to General Secretary of…
ArchiveMarikana: The blame game - A special report by Niren Tolsi and Paul Botes
Introduction On August 16 2012 the South African police shot and killed 34 striking miners at the Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana. Nearly three years later…
Document 104 - Boycott the Elections! The Spark, 3,4, April 1937
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew For months past, "the Bantu press" has been working very…
ArchiveThe Bill of Rights
SACBC Education for Democracy poster no. 10. Blue background with white scroll with black lettering. Yellow and red seal at bottom of scroll. List of rights…
ANC Negotiations Bulletin
ANC Negotiations Bulletin, No.39, December 1993. Covers period of negotiations. Reports on transforming local Government. Includes Summit of Local Government…
ArchiveYoung people: Lets build a new society and
A2 poster litho red and black on white; photos of police, shacks, children, funeral: text: Young people: Let's build a new society and a new church today;…
Chapter 3: The Pitfalls of National Consciousness by Frantz Fanon, 1961
HISTORY teaches us clearly that the battle against colonialism does not run straight away along the lines of nationalism. For a very long time the native…
Say It out Loud - Protest against the Women’s Enfranchisement Act, and the Franchise Amendment Bill, 1931
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari Protest against the Women's Enfranchisement Act, and the Franchise Amendment Bill, 1931 1 The above two…
ArticleNontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu’s “Mother of the Nation” Legacy
Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu, affectionately known as Ma Sisulu, has been described countless times as a caring and service-oriented individual who spent her…
ArticleLife in Sophiatown
As population in the freehold townships swelled, overcrowding and rack renting became the order of the day. Black property owners in Sophiatown were themselves…
ArticleSophiatown Timeline
Pre-1860s South Africa is still a predominantly agrarian 1860s-1880s This period marks a turning point in South African history when the discovery of…
ArticleSilverton and Soekmekaar trial
On 14 April 1980 the nine accused appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court in one of the most highly publicised South African guerrilla trials, the…
ArticleMissionary settlement in Southern Africa 1800-1925
A study of missionary settlement and the spread of Christianity in southern Africa during the period 1800 - 1925, including a piece on the role of missionaries…
ArticleQuotations by Oliver Tambo
"We seek to create a united Democratic and non-racial society. We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals…
Dealing with the past and facing the future
The text that follows is a brief summary of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. You can read far more detail by going to SAHO's TRC feature In an…
ArticleGrade 12 - Civil Resistance in South Africa 1970s to 1980
What was the nature of the civil society resistance after the 1960s? During the 1960s and the 1980s South Africa was ruled by the National Party. The NP…
Participants in CODESA (1,2, Working Groups and Administration)
- This list is by no means exhaustive. If you know of a name that has been left out, please email SAHO Niel Barnard [SA Government, replaced Fanie…
ArticleNewspaper article: "The Coolies Here from the Natal Mercury", Thursday, November 22, 1860
"The past week will long be memorable amongst Anglo Natalians. At last, after the discussion of years and the extinction of hopes innumerable, the planters'…
ArticlePartial State of Emergency, July 1985
On 20 July 1985 the government declared a State of Emergency in 36 magisterial districts in the Eastern Cape and PWV (now Gauteng) areas. This was the first…
ArticleSouth African Defence Force (SADF)
Early years The history of the South African Defence Force (SADF) can be traced to the 1660s. When Jan van Riebeeck landed at the Cape in 1652, he had with…
The birth of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
This article which was published in WSCF Journal, Volume 1 No 2, 1979, pages 26-31, traces the birth and development of the Black Consciousness Movement to…
Say It out Loud - The 1912 Presidential Address, Johannesburg, Transvaal, 1st January, 1912
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1912 Presidential Address, Johannesburg, Transvaal, 1st January, 1912 1 Since our last Congress the…
ArchiveLetter from O Menyatso to Messrs Makiwane and Nkobi
Letter from O Menyatso of the Botswana National Front to Messrs Makiwane and Nkobi regarding letters sent to the Botswana National Front by the ANC. States…
The Soul Of The ANC Under Attack by Frank Chikane
The Soul of the ANC is under severe attack not from external forces as we would have thought, but from its own members and leaders. At the beginning, and in…
Speaking Notes for the President of the African National Congress, President Jacob Zuma, during the MKMVA National Conference, 12 October 2012
Programme Director; Chairperson, Comrade Kebby Mphatsoe and the National Executive Committee; Chairpersons of MKMVA Provincial Committees; MKMVA stalwarts…
Selfless Biko 40 Years On by Barney Pityana (City Press), 10 September 2017
While he was being detained in jail in Port Elizabeth, Barney Pityana read in a newspaper about Stephen Biko’s death. Forty years later, he recalls the shock…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the anniversary of the SOWETO Uprising on 16 June 1976 16 June 1994
Master of Ceremonies Honourable Ministers of the Government of National Unity Honourable Provincial Premiers and cabinet members Leaders of political…
Say It out Loud - The 1907 Presidential Address, Outdshoorn, Cape, 7 January, 1907
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1907 Presidential Address, Outdshoorn, Cape, 7 January, 19071 Dr Abdurahman delivered his…
First National Consultative Conference: The Freedom Charter revolutionary programme of the ANC, 26 April 1969, Morogoro
For over two hundred and fifty years the African people fought wars of resistance against the European invaders in defence of their motherland - South Africa…