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BiographyAlfred Baphetuxolo Nzo
… changed into Modderbee prison. Nzo was sent off to Eastern Cape to receive missionary education. After completing his … at KwaDukathole in Germiston and was…
BiographySheena Duncan
… born in Johannesburg on 7th of December in 1932 and was the eldest of the five children in her family. She was educated at the … a recipient of hononary…
BiographyAchmad Cassiem
… up in an Islamic environment. He became politicised in the 1960s when the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) organised an anti-pass … 1993.In 2005 he was also…
EventZeph Mothopeng, President of the PAC dies
… Zephania (Zeph) Mothopeng, President of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) since 1984 dies in Johannesburg at the age of 77. Mothopeng's death came at the…
BiographyLetsau Nelson Diale
… in search of employment. Immediately after stepping off the train the police was arrested him; his crime was that he was not in … political party, ANC ,…
BiographyVictoria Nonyamezelo Mxenge
… in King William’s Town, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape ) to Wilmot Goso and Nobantu Ntebe. After completing her … went to Forbes Grant Secondary School…
ArchiveThe birth of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… July 1968 a group of students formed a separate caucus at the annual conference of the University Christian Movement being held outside Stutterheim in the…
Henry Mutile Fazzie
… January in 1924 in Stutterheim. Fazzie went into exile in the early 1960s. He joined Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) and … father.After his release, Fazzie became…
EventNatal votes for the formation of the Union of South Africa
… On 12 June 1909, Natal voted in favour of the formation of the Union of South Africa. During the … This Act brought together two former British colonies, the…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Some Aspects of the Native Bills
… From the book: The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers by D.D.T … with the Transvaal and Orange Free State) or that of the Cape? This country boasts many…
The diary of Maria Tholo - December 2 - 15 by Carol Hermer
… ones who are the contract workers for the city council. In Cape Town it is the Bhacas. Very few Xhosas work for the … at weekends. And the people who were…
Insurrections III: The Storming
… The Insurrections Ensemble returns to the Homecoming Centre … for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape and the Centre for African…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 67th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1979
… Fellow countrymen, Militants of the African National Congress and of the struggle for … or separate development. We invite all true patriots to join in this…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the 25th Anniversary of the formation of Umkhonto We Sizwe, 16 December 1986
… Umkhonto We Sizwe - "Born of the people" This day 25 years ago bomb blasts in several main … rocked South Africa. Thus was born Umkhonto we Sizwe, the People…
The diary of Maria Tholo - September 20 - October 17 by Carol Hermer
… From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer Maria's … the stayaway, but no. Now the youths are after the primary schools. Last Thursday was…
ArchiveInterview with the NUSAS President, Neville Curtis - the new NUSAS
… Text of interview by Varsity, a University of Cape Town student newspaper, with Neville Curtis, President … of NUSAS. Subjects covered include recent…
BiographySipo Elijah Mzimela
… Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) to Allison and Maria Mzimela. The entire family was raised as Anglicans and as a child, he wanted to become a priest. He obtained a…
Statement of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the OAU meeting of Heads of State and government
… Statement of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the OAU meeting of Heads of State and government …
"Apartheid Spells Disaster", Report of the Central Committee of the Communist Party to the Party's National Conference, Johannesburg, 6 to 8 January 1950,29
… "Apartheid Spells Disaster", Report of the Central Committee of the Communist Party to the Party's National Conference, Johannesburg, 6 to 8 January …
”The Future of the Bill”. Editorial in August 15, 1894
… The next stage that the Native Bill has to pass is the … and Natives of South Africa, residing at, ___________ Cape Colony. HUMBLY SHEWETH. 1. That a Bill…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 77th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1989
… of our motherland. The townships and the workplace, the schools and universities, the churches, mosques and temples, … Patrick Lekota, Moss Chikane and Tom…
Message by Albert Luthuli to the National Conference of the African National Congress Women`s League, 1 August 1959
… Here I am, caged in, in the Lower Tugela District, by the oppressor`s ban on me. The confinement resulting from … African women. In the attempts to boycott…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 85th Anniversary of the ANC- 8 January 1997
… 1997 marks the 85th anniversary of the ANC. We are now also just over … Streets are being tarred, refuse collection improved, schools are being renovated,…
ArchiveEducation is the key to change in South Africa by G. R. Bozzoli
… In this paper, at the the very outset, Bozolli, has expectations of change in the … as well as change in attitudes. The effects of segregating schools has…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the celebration of the 90th birthday of former President Nelson Mandela, 2 August 2008
… Isithwalandwe President Nelson Mandela and the entire family and relatives, President Thabo Mbeki, … to fight crime in our communities. You were later to…
EventThe Bisho Massacre occurs
… As many as 80,000 protesters gathered outside of Bisho, the capital city of Ciskei, and demanded an end to the … Along with Transkei, it became part of the…
Statement at the Symposium on the Survival and Development of Children in the Frontline States and Southern Africa, Harare, March 1-5, 1988
… Director of UNICEF, Dr. Richard Jolly, Comrade Members of the leadership of ZANU (PF) and the Government of the … Pretoria wishes this to be so, challenges…
BiographyDonald Thumamina Mboto
… was born on 10 May 1987, in Harding near Port Shepstone on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast. He was the ninth child of Thandiwe Daphney Mboto. He attended…
ArchiveDiana Mitchell obituary by Julia Gallagher (The Guardian), 08 February 2016
… The Zimbabwean political activist and writer Diana Mitchell, … to black liberationist leaders, and then the University of Cape Town in South Africa in 1951,…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
… In 1959 the Africanists broke away from the ANC and formed the Pan … Pan africanist slogans such as Africa for the Africans, Cape to Cairo, Morocco to…