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ArticleAftermath: Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… and Peter Molotsi has crossed the border into Bechuanaland to mobilize support for the PAC. International sympathy lay … was highly successful and was the…
Document 36 - Letter from E. R. Roux to the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, 18 November 1930
… 1950, by Allison Drew Document 36 - Letter from E. R. Roux to the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, 18 … Party of South Africa Dear Comrades…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the summit on rural Safety and Security Midrand, 10 October 1998
… what has become a defining tradition of our new democracy, to strive for national consensus and unity in facing national … In more ways than one, it is an…
Article1973 Durban Strikes
… Brick and Tile factory, outside Durban, came out on strike. Immediately thereafter, workers from small packaging, … labour, forced removals and the denial of…
They will answer to God - Ahmed Timol’s brother, News24 in Politics Web online, 27 June 2017
… who detained his brother in 1971, now had a second chance to tell the truth about his mysterious death. "We will not … the security police from the old…
Message by Albert Luthuli to the National Conference of the African National Congress Women`s League, 1 August 1959
… confinement resulting from this ban is a painful reminder to me and to you all also that apartheid laws deny us freedom of … aware of their plight, and are…
Address to the Commonwealth Club, World Affairs Council and US/SA Business Council Conference, 24 May 2000
… where the process of globalisation has brought benefits to mainly developed countries of the North, while the developing countries of the South are still…
ArchiveThe end of an era - A tribute to Cde Govan Mbeki, by Jacob Zuma, 8 September 2001, Port Elizabeth
… of Isithwalande Govan Mbeki. We are gathered here today to pay our last respects and to celebrate the life of this departed hero. Oom Gov was, no … Oom Gov…
Address by President Jacob Zuma to the Indian community Mount Edgecombe, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, 18 April 2014
… our people have congregated in many parts of the country to worship, reflect and rededicate themselves to their faith during this Easter weekend. Easter is a…
Opening address by Albert Luthuli to Conference on Unemployment, Low Wages and Poverty, 21 October 1961, Durban
… union" This is a most timely and vital conference called to consider the means and ways of meeting the acute situation … people have contributed, at great…
Tribute to DR Nthatho Motlana by ANC President Jacob Zuma, 6 December 2008, University of The Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
… is no ordinary South African. We are bidding farewell to an outstanding patriot and ANC stalwart, an exemplary … country in general. The African National…
Document 34 - Letter from the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, to the Executive Committee, Comintern
… the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, to the Executive Committee, Comintern To the E.C.C.I. Dear Comrades, We have received the following ……
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the 1995 National Conference of IDASA Cape Town, 18 August 1995
… the future of our democracy. I am therefore most honoured to share your annual conference with you. All the more … monitoring the actions of government…
O. R. Tambo Interviewed by Radio Freedom on Visits of Multi-National Corporations to the ANC, before February 1986
… the conclusion that indeed, the apartheid system is going to destroy their interests, destroy their business, the whole economy, at that point they will want…
'We Go To Action': Statement on the Launching In Natal of the Defiance Campaign, August 30, 1952
… supported the decision of the African National Congress to launch a campaign of non-violent passive resistance … with the object and hope of getting white…
Oliver Tambo, Southern Africa, South Africa and the ANC replies to questions by Sechaba, 01 April 1968
… and what are its results? TAMBO : Our delegation has been to Algeria and Tunisia. Other ANC delegations have visited other States. The need for these…
EventAsiatic Law Amendment Act is passed in Transvaal parliament leading to increased Indian protest under MK Gandhi
… Gandhi adopted his methodology of satyagraha (devotion to the truth) or non-violent protest for the first time. He called on his fellow Indians to defy the…
EventSusanna Kok, SA medical missionary whose work led to the effective diagnosis and treatment of leprosy, dies
… for the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC). In 1936, she began to work with leprosy patients in Zambia, which was to form the basis of her professional life. After…
ArchivePik Botha: sympathetic obits fail to recognise that he protected apartheid by Alet Pretorius, 23 October 2018
… South Africa’s apartheid era foreign minister from 1977 to 1994, has produced a range of appraisals of his life. The … (ANC’s) - has been sympathetic. Many…
Message to the People of South Africa on the 68th Anniversary of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1980
… in the history of mankind. Last year, when we spoke to you on January 8th, we said that SWAPO of Namibia and the … the productive resources of their country,…
Message by Oliver Tambo to Frelimo Central Committee on the death of Samora Machel, 22 October 1986
… and stunned progressive mankind. It is a staggering blow to African people and especially to the people of southern Africa, a blow that is felt most … one of…
EventAthanase Seromba surrenders to the ICTR after being accused of participating in the slaughter of the Tutsis
… die at the hands of Hutu militia, handed himself over to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on 6 … rebels sought refuge in Seromba’s…
“Message to Those Staying At Home”: Joint Statement by Dr G. M. Naicker and Chief Albert J. Luthuli, April 1958
… Message To Those Staying At Home: Joint Statement By Dr G. M. Naicker … of the National Workers` Conference are called upon to observe the following…
Message by Albert Luthuli to the Seventh Provincial Conference of the Natal Indian Congress, 5 February 1954, Durban
… SETHU (Freedom in Our Lifetime)! Let us sing together to Freedom, "Mayibuye i Afrika" . I am happy and proud on my … of the African people I have the honour…
Circular Letter To Trade Unions, Progressive Organisations, Democrats And Anti-Fascists by Yusuf Dadoo, June 10, 1946
… country's prestige in the international field has dropped to an even lower level. 250,000 South Africans are threatened … reactionary and pro-fascist…
EventP.W. Botha, former South African State President, appears in court for refusing to testify at the TRC
… State President P.W. Botha appeared in court for refusing to testify at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). … in George. Botha's case was…
BiographyWilliam Cock
… In 1849, Cape Town lived up to its reputation for giving visiting vessels a rousing … it was in fact a boycott. The colonists were not going to allow the…
EventS.P. Botha, Minister of Water Affairs, proposes new schemes to ease the Western Cape’s water supply problem
… S.P. Botha, Minister of Water Affairs, proposes new schemes to ease the Western Cape's water supply problem During his … new schemes like Riversonderend-Berg…
EventM K Gandhi, pioneer of the SA Passive Resistance movement and leader who led India to Independence, is born
… extended his original period of stay in South Africa to assist Indians in opposing a bill to deny them the right to vote. He became the political leader and…
EventMandela persuades Libya to hand over two suspects accused of placing a bomb on Pan Am Flight 103
… earned worldwide praise for his role in persuading Libya to hand over two suspects accused of placing a bomb on Pan Am … residents of the town. Colonel…