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Document 8 - Letter on the current situation and suggesting a multi-racial convention, from Chief Albert J. Luthuli to Prime Minister J.G. Strijdom
THE DEEPENING POLITICAL CRISIS in our country has been a matter grave concern to me for quite some time and I now consider it necessary in the national…
Address of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, to the Parliament of Canada Ottawa, 18 June 1990
Mr. Speaker; Honourable Prime Minister; Distinguished leaders of the opposition parties; Elected representatives of the people of Canada; Ladies and…
PlaceStikland Cemetery
In a 1947, a letter to the Cape Town Clerk and the secretary of the Board of Trustees to the Cape Peninsula Cemeteries requested the establishment of a new…
EventBird flu outbreak is declared over, thousands of birds were killed to prevent the spreading of the disease
On 13 September 2005 Agriculture Minister , Thoko Didiza, announced that South Africa had been declared free of notifiable avian influenza (bird flu). The…
Desirable or undesirable Basotho women?' Liquor, prostitution and the migration of Basotho women to the Rand, 1920-1945' by P. L. Bonner
From the book: Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker On 19 September 1937 a violent collision rocked Vereeniging's Top…
Fourteen people are killed when the SAP use violence to break up a township meeting in Queenstown, Eastern Cape.
Fourteen people are killed when the SAP use violence to break up a township meeting in Queenstown, eastern Cape.
ArchiveList of grievances sent by African pupils to the Regional Director of Bantu Education in the Western Cape
A list of grievances sent to the Regional Director of Bantu Education, later published in the Cape Times on 2 December 1976
BiographyManiben Sita
Maniben Sita was born on 24 December 1926 in the Asiatic Bazaar, (Marabastad, Pretoria) in Transvaal (now Gauteng), into a highly politically-active family…
ArchiveLetter from R H De Wet, Chief Director of the Drakensburg Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission
Letter from the Drakensburg Administration Board to the Ciskei Commission supplying population statistics of the Xhosa people residing in Drakensburg area for…
ArchiveLetter from L C Koch, Chief Director of the East Cape Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission
Letter from East Cape Administration Board to the Ciskei Commission, supplying population statistics of the Xhosa people residing in the Eastern Cape for a…
ArchiveLetter from the Chief Director of the Western Transvaal Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission
Letter from the Western Transvaal Administration Board to the Ciskei Commission supplying population statistics of Xhosa people residing in the Western…
Letter from S Bourquin, Chief Director of the Port Natal Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission
Letter from Port Natal Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission supplying population statistics of the Xhosa people residing in Port…
ArchiveLetter from W P J Schmidt, Chief Director of the Western Cape Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission
Letter from the Western Cape Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission supplying population statistics of the Xhosa people in the Western…
ArchiveLetter from J C Knoetze, Chief Director of the Oranje-Vaal Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission
Letter from the Oranje-Vaal Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission supplying population statistics of the Xhosa people residing in the…
ArchiveMemorandum presented by National Union of South African Students to the Select Committee on Certain Organisations - August 1972
Official memorandum presented by the National Union of South African Students to the Select Committee on Certain Organisations, including NUSAS (the Schlebusch…
EventSA Police Commissioner, Lt. Gen. H.J. du Plooy to take drastic actions against police who call Africans “Kaffir”
On 24 August 1960, The Star newspaper reported that the new Police Commissioner, Lt. Gen. H.J. du Plooy would take disciplinary action against White policeman…
EventHealth officials launch an intensive campaign to find the origins of an outbreak of Ebola fever in Uganda.
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever (EHF) is a serious and aggressive disease characterised by severe flu-like symptoms, vomiting, diarrhoea, headaches, haemorrhaging and…
Fifty Fighting Years by A. Lerumo. The Communist Party of South Africa, 1921 - 1971 - Foreword to Book, by Dr Yusuf M. Dadoo,1972
We, South African communists and progressives, are very pleased that the People's Publishing House has considered it of sufficient importance to come out with…
Draft Report of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, submitted to the Annual Conference, December 15-17, 1950
INTRODUCTION: 1. The year 1950 was a turning point in the political history of the African people in this country. It was marked by a number of events which…
Address to The 3rd Summit of The ACP Heads of State and Government Nadi, Fiji, 18 July 2002
Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, Vice President of the Dominican Republic, Madame Ortiz Bosch, Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Ministers and…
Document 136 - “Report on the Relationship of the Party to other Workers’ Organisations in South Africa”, Freedom 5, 4 August 1946
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew IN his opening address at the Annual Conference of the…
Message to the People of South Africa on the 68th Anniversary of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1980
Today is January 8th, the birthday of the African National Congress. This 68th anniversary of the foundation of the ANC falls in the year 1980, a historic year…
Document 68 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 26 February 1937
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew The origins and development of Trotskyism 171 Document…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the anti-racist day meeting of the Greater London Council, 21 March 1984, London
Twenty-four years ago today, March 21st, 1960, 69 Africans were brutally murdered in the black township of Sharpeville, South Africa, when police fired on…
Address by Oliver Tambo to the joint session of Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, Port-of-Spain, 2 July 1987
Honourable Speaker, President of the Senate, Honourable Prime Minister Arthur Napolean Robinson and members of the Cabinet, Honourable Members and Senators,…
Address by ANC President, Nelson R. Mandela, to the Ruth First tenth anniversary commemoration trust Cape Town, 17 August 1992
Distinguished Chairperson, Comrade National Chairperson, Oliver Tambo, Comrade Joe Slovo, Comrades Shawn, Gillian and Robyn, Comrade Pallo Jordan, …
”The Global Information Infrastructure - What is at stake for The Developing World?” address to the Infodev Symposium, 9 November 1999
Chairperson Distinguished participants Ladies and Gentlemen. It gives me great pleasure to address you this afternoon, your morning.I'm sorry that I cannot be…
Message by Oliver Tambo to the Global Preparatory Meeting of Parliamentarians against apartheid, 17-18 August 1987, New Delhi
The Honble Prime Minister, Distinguished Delegates, It is a great honour for me to extend warm greetings to this timely conference of Parliamentarians…
National General Elections 2009: List of candidates for the National Assembly: National-to-National, 2 March 2009
The ANC is fielding candidates for all seats in the National Assembly. In putting together these lists, the ANC has emphasised inclusivity and representivity. …
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