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South African Tragedy: Jail Part Lovers by Joseph Lelyveld (New York Times), 5 January 1983
She and Neil Aggett had been a couple for the better part of a decade. In that time, they both became doctors, then followed separate paths into welfare and…
Address by President Zuma on the occasion of his Inauguration as fourth President of South Africa
Address by His Excellency Mr Jacob Zuma on the occasion of his Inauguration as fourth President of the Republic of South Africa 09 May 2009 Your Majesties,…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Opening Ceremony of the Second Festival of the Cultures and Civilisations of World Deserts, Dubai: 16 April 2005.
Your Royal Highness, Crown Prince of Dubai and Minister of Defence, Sheikh Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Your Excellency, Patron of the World Deserts…
Chapter 12 - Certification of the final constitution
Within twenty-four hours of adoption, the executive director of the Constitutional Assembly began receiving calls from the Constitutional Court enquiring how…
81. The People’s Candidates Party and the Lenasia Management Committee
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The People's Candidates Party participated in…
Chapter 9 - Conclusion
Josiah Gumede, 1867-1946: An Historical Assessment"Gumede and John Dube are the pioneers who were the inspiration and foundation upon which the new leaders…
ArticleAmericas by the 1500s
European ‘Discovery’ of the Americas Where and what is America? 'America' has more than one meaning. It is usually taken to mean the United States of America…
Chapter VII - The 1980’s
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph Two of our most loved women leaders, Mary Moodley and Lilian Ngoyi, died at the end of the 1970s. They had both…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 9 - Postscript - South Africa: The Present as History
From the book: The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner I have shown in The Eye of the Needle that a participatory socialist democracy is not impossible, in…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Bosman Street, Pretoria
Church Square used to house the Dutch Reformed Church building in Pretoria, with the open space around it used as ‘outspan’ during the quarterly communions…
Appeal by Oliver Tambo to the people of the world on the 75th anniversary of the African National Congress, 08 January 1987
On January 8, 1987, we observed the 75th anniversary of our movement, the African National Congress. This historic anniversary has come at a critical moment in…
PlaceDarlington Dam- Lake Mentz
P.W.F. Weyers, a former 'Hawker' (an informal seller of goods). He had lost Cattle in an attack by the Boers during the Anglo-Boer War, was said to have…
PlaceCape Point and the Lighthouse, at the Southern Point of the Cape Peninsula
Cape Point is a promontory at the South East corner of the Cape Peninsula, which is a mountainous and scenic landform that runs North-South for about thirty…
Call For Renewed Struggle Against Ghetto Act: Joint Statement By Dr G. M. Naicker And Dr Y. M. Dadoo, December 1947
Call For Renewed Struggle Against Ghetto Act: Joint Statement By Dr G. M. Naicker And Dr Y. M. Dadoo, December 1947 16 The Joint Passive Resistance Council of…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the book launch of the series on Southern African leaders 1 August 1994
Honourable Chair; Distinguished Guests There are initiatives which derive their fame from the greatness of the personalities associated with them. There are…
”Some Basic Principles of African Nationalism.” Article by A. M. Lembede, in February 1945
a) The Philosophical Basis: This can be stated by quoting the words of a famous American writer, Thompson, "The materialistic conception of History that…
Document 59 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa to N. J. Barclay, 21 February 1936
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 59 - Letter from the Workers' Party of South…
Document 47 - “International Communist League Formed in South Africa”, International Bulletin of the International Communist League, New Series, 2, September 1934
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 47 - "International Communist League Formed in…
Document 11 - Second letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
I REFER YOU TO MY LETTER of 20 April 1961, to which you do not have the courtesy to reply or acknowledge receipt. In the letter referred to above I informed…
PlaceWaaihoek Farm
Waaihoek is a remote Farm situated near Ladysmith in Natal (now KwaZulu Natal). The first rent paying Tenants were 47 families who arrived in November 1984…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1910-1919
1910 - 1919 1910 January 1, Indian Opinion reduced in size for financial reasons. January 6, Rev. Charles Phillips and J C. Gibson had an interview with…
Chapter 3 - SASO: The Ideology and Politics of Black Consciousness
For white South Africans the late 1960s was a time of political calm, rising living standards, prosperity and sharing in the sustained economic boom of that…
Reciprocal Bases of National Culture and the Fight for Freedom by Frantz Fanon, 1959
Colonial domination, because it is total and tends to over-simplify, very soon manages to disrupt in spectacular fashion the cultural life of a conquered…
Document 45 - Ray Alexander, “Trade Unionism in South Africa”, Discussion, 1, 6, 1952
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 45 - Ray Alexander, "Trade Unionism in South…
Chapter 16. Coloured and Indian Members - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
In the Cape and Natal, the overwhelming majority of garment workers have always been Coloured, Indian and Malay, while in the Transvaal, until the Second World…
Hendrik Verwoerd: 10 quotes by Hendrik Verwoerd (Politics Web), 20 September 2016
The 6th September 2016 was the 50th anniversary of the assassination of National Party Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd on the floor of the House of Assembly in…
Statement by Olive Tambo at the freedom rally organised by the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement, 26 January 1979, Dublin
Dear Friends and Comrades, We bring you greetings on behalf of the African National Congress, the cadres of Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation), inside…
Zonal Centenary Memorial Lecture on the Life and Times of David Bopape, presented by David Makhura, ANC Gauteng Provincial Secretary, 21 June 2012, Tsakane
Programme Director; Members of the families of Bopape, Dlephu and Motloung; Members of the PEC and REC; The Executive Mayor and Councillors; The…
Message to the People of South Africa by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1974
[Extracts] Good evening, fellow countrymen... On this, the eve of June 26th, South Africa Freedom Day, which we all observe annually, I greet you in the name…
Statement at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggling People of South Africa (Soweto Day), 16 June 1989
On behalf of the South African Youth Congress, whose leadership is working under most precarious conditions inside South Africa, I should like most sincerely…