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"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 non-whites and 3 million are whites. The white people of South Africa are a settled…
Chapter I - Learning to live a half life
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph The 1950s had been a decade of protest, from the Defiance Campaign at the beginning to the Treason Trial victory…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Roanne Moodley
Dear Student Movements of 1976, (Dear ex-student behind the movement, who made personal sacrifices that affected your own future- without media coverage-…
PlaceNorth West
The North West Province was part of the old Transvaal, and includes most of the parts of the old homeland, Bophuthatswana. There is a lot of platinum in the…
Say It out Loud - The 1935 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1935
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1935 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1935 1 Another year has just closed, but the…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 9
From the book: A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin Kajee was always acutely aware that his Congress was not…
The Freedom Charter
An article adopted at the Congress of the people in Kliptown, Johannesburg regarding the declaration made by the people of South Africa that South Africa…
”South Africa - Time of Challenge” - Report to the Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, October 1973
"South Africa - Time of Challenge” - Report, on behalf of the Secretariat, to the Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party…
ArchiveKwa-Natal Indaba
Article regarding Kwa-Natal Indaba as it met to plan tactics and tie up crucial loose ends in the face of dicouraging government reaction to its proposals, in…
Archie Gumede Inaugural Memorial Lecture Invitation
Professor Ahmed C Bawa, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the Durban University of Technology and Mr Don Gumede, Founder of the Archie Gumede Foundation…
ArchiveYouth On The March To Freedom
A1 Yellow, orange and black on white; litho poster; graphic youths marching and dancing; text: Youth on the March to Freedom; there can be no turning back; I…
PlaceThe Pretoria Synagogue
Click on image to enlarge The Old Synagogue Building in Pretoria. It is now no longer used as a Synagogue but is now a Grade II Provincial Heritage Resource…
An evaluation of South African novelist Nadine Gordimer (1923-2014) by Sandy English (World Socialist Website), 30 September 2014
An evaluation of South African novelist Nadine Gordimer (1923-2014) by Sandy English “Sailors gag on stinking meat, children refuse to go to school. No one…
EventInternational Day for the Abolition of Slavery
This day recalls the date of the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA,GA), of the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic…
EventThe fifteenth annual conference of Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) alters its constitution
The fifteenth Annual Conference of the Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) altered its constitution in such a way that effectively debarred Africans…
EventThe Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg, Rev. Ambrose Reeves is secretly deported
On 12 September 1960, the Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg, Rev. Ambrose Reeves was secretly deported through Jan Smuts Airport. The Bishop’s departure did not…
Statement in Court by Dr G. M. Naicker and Dr Y. M. Dadoo, When Charged With Aiding and Abetting Under the Immigrants Regulation Act of 1913, February 26, 1948
Statement In Court By Dr G. M. Naicker And Dr Y. M. Dadoo, When Charged With Aiding And Abetting Under The Immigrants Regulation Act Of 1913, February 26,…
"A Vision for Southern Africa"- address by President Nelson Mandela at the World Economic Forum Southern Africa economic summit Harare, 21 May 1997
Mr. Chairman; Your Excellencies; Distinguished Guests; Ladies and Gentlemen, The regional summit of the World Economic Forum has become one of the…
Freedom for Namibia by Toivo Herman Ja Toivo (1968)
By 1968 the freedom struggle for Namibia was a two year old guerilla war against South African control of the region. That struggle was directed by the…
Document 31 - S.O.Y.A. National Executive Committee, The Maritzburg Conferences and the Tasks of the Immediate Future, 31 May 1959
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 31 - S.O.Y.A. National Executive Committee, The…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1980 - 1989 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida 1980 Darul Quraan Trust International 121 The Darul Quraan Trust International in…
Say It out Loud - The Education Bill, 1906
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The Education Bill, 1906 The School Board Act, No. 35 of 1905 1 Throughout his public career, Dr…
Marikana and the New Politics of Grief, 20 August, 2012 - Jon Soske
In July 1981, 1,700 workers at the Penge asbestos mine in the Northwestern Transvaal struck after a bitter, two year struggle for recognition by the Black…
Chapter 4. From The Poverty of the Platteland to the Slums of the City: Farm Girls Turned Into Factory Hands
The Poor White problem spread to the factories and the slums of Johannesburg and was soon felt in the offices of the union. There was a constant flow into the…
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language Chapter 3: The Sounds of Kora
From the book: Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du PlessisThere will be many readers who would like to have a sense of…
O. R. Tambo Interviewed by Anthony Heard, October 1985
HEARD: The ANC is officially portrayed in South Africa as a communist, terrorist-type organisation, almost presented to the public as demons. Now, since the…
Say It out Loud - The 1919 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 22nd April, 1919
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1919 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 22nd April, 1919 1 We are meeting for the first time for a…
Document 30 - W. M. Tsotsi, “Presidential Address to the All-African Convention Conference”, Edendale, 14 to 16 December 1958
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 30 - W. M. Tsotsi, "Presidential Address to the…
Chapter 28. I Fight Back - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
Serving the orders upon me at the union office was the first of a series of blunders on Swart's part. For many months the committee had been discussing what…
ArchiveDokumente van belang
List of documents found by the South African Police at Plot No 9, Travallyn, in the district of Krugersdorp on 8 July 1963 and on "Liliiesleaf" Farm in Rivonia…