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Document 35 - Constitutional principles Schedule 4 of the Interim Constitution
COSATU is in a no-win situation: We are damned if we do and we are damned if we don't! In preparing for this article, I was reminded of a Se-Sotho saying: Ke…
60. Congress and the Non-European Co-operation Conference, 1927
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Even though the South African Indian Congress…
48. Breach of the compromise
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai A mass meeting was held in Johannesburg on 24…
The diary of Maria Tholo - Epilogue by Carol Hermer
From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer It's two and a half years since Maria said those words. Things stayed tense but quiet in Cape Town…
New tactics in the revolt
Reaction Takes the Offensive After the first attempted march on Johannesburg on 4 August, and the partial stay-at-home which kept at least 60 per cent of the…
Chapter 2 - The lack of a workers’ party
From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 2 - The lack of a workers' party The industrialisation of South Africa brought into exÂ…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 90th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2002
Fellow South Africans: On the occasion of the 90th Anniversary of the African National Congress, we extend our greetings and best wishes to you, to the…
Read SABC CEO Jimi Matthews full resignation letter (Staff Reporter), 27 June 2016
“It is with great sadness that I tender my immediate resignation. “For many months I have compromised the values I hold dear under the mistaken belief that I…
EventThe Nationalist Party wins election with a reduced majority in the National Assembly
Assembly on 29 April 1981, voters returned the National Party (NP) to power, albeit with a reduced majority in the House of Assembly compared to previous…
EventDeputy Minister of Bantu Education,Treurnicht is warned about deteriorating conditions in Soweto
Rene de Villiers, member of parliament for Parktown, drew the attention of deputy minister of Bantu education, Dr Andries P. Treurnicht, to the fact that an…
EventWaddington report on Boipatong is released
Dr. Peter A.J. Waddington of Reading University, who had been invited by the Goldstone Commission to make an independent inquiry into the Boipatong massacre on…
EventA coalmine explosion in Rhodesia kills over four hundred workers
Over four hundred mine workers lost their lives in Rhodesia’s (now Zimbabwe) worst mine disaster ever. The disaster stunned the whole country and the world…
PlaceAngola
Angola has a long and rich history, and is home to some of the largest historical kingdoms in Africa such as the Kingdom of Kongo or the Kingdom of Ndongo. The…
‘Just say yes, Mr President’: Mbeki and AIDS by Anthony Brink A PROSPECTUS
‘”¦ when historians assess the democratic credentials of Thabo Mbeki’s government in future, it is likely that their most critical attentions will focus on its…
Document 48 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: The Native Question (Majority) (1934)
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 48 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: The Native…
Chapter IX - Treason - South African style 2
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph The months of legal argument on the indictment were over at last and thirty "high traitors" pleaded not guilty to…
Pretoria Socialist Society
The Honourable the Prime Minister, Union of South Africa, House of Assembly CAPE TOWN Honourable Sir, At a time when in many respects our country is passing…
EventTwo men are sentenced to death for petrol executions
Solomon Mangopane Maowasha and Alex Mashaba Matsepane were found guilty of burning Solomon Maake and his son in September 1985, after they were accused of…
Mayibuye
Mayibuye, published for many years as a small, underground newsletter, was one of three African National Congress publications alongside Sechaba and Dawn …
Nelson Mandela Speaks on Tolerance, April 30, 2006 on CBS (Video)
This inspiring Tolerance message from Nelson Mandela has run in 82 countries. It debuted on April 30, 2006 in the program 60 MINUTES on CBS and is believed to…
EventSouth African Springbok rugby tour in UK is disrupted by anti-apartheid demonstration.
The South African Springbok rugby tour in the United Kingdom (UK) was disrupted by an anti-Apartheid demonstration. The team was made up entirely of Afrikaners…
EventThe Johannesburg International Airport is officially renamed OR Tambo International Airport by President Mbeki.
OR Tambo Airport is South Africa’s main airport for domestic and international flights. It is Located in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, just outside Johannesburg…
EventBomb explodes at Johannesburg synagogue
A limpet mine exploded outside the Temple of Israel synagogue in central Johannesburg, the mother 'shul' of the Johannesburg Jewish Reform Congregation. The…
EventANC attacks Koeberg nuclear power station
In a well-planned attack on the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station in Cape Town, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) causes heavy damage with no injuries, reported.MK sabotaged…
EventRobert Mugabe returns to Rhodesia after being in exile for five years
On 27 January 1980, the Rhodesian nationalist leader Robert Mugabe returned to Rhodesia after being in exile for five years. Mugabe had been trying to gather…
EventEuropean Community lifts sanctions against SA
Following the institution of the Transitional Executive Council and Nelson Mandela's call to the UN General Assembly to lift all sanctions with the exception…
EventEgyptian women files divorce under new law
Thirty-two year old Egyptian women, Waffa Mossaad Gabr, was the first to file for divorce under a new and highly opposed law that doesn't require women to…
EventParties start submission to the TRC
The major political parties began their submission to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). In a forty-three-page document the Freedom Front (FF)…
EventThe Rosebud, en route from Calcutta to London, is stranded at Diaz Beach, Mossel Bay
The Rosebud was a British three-masted wooden schooner, weighing 341 tons. It was built in 1876 by Carnegie Peterhead, and was commanded by Captain J. Collie…
All Gwede’s horses and all Gwede’s men… can’t put Cosatu together again by Stephen Grootes (The Daily Maverick), 11 November 2014
There is probably no one alive today with the intimate knowledge of all the organisations of the alliance that Gwede Mantashe possesses. He’s been Chair of the…