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ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi played a prominent role in South African politics for almost half a century. He was one of the last of a generation of black South…
No Arms for South Africa: Albert Luthuli, 8 May 1963
… per cent of the land for us Africans, comprising seventy-five per cent of the population and in the obscurantist …
Archive2005 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2005
… who trudged the expanse of our country more than five decades ago, to gather the views of South Africans with … Strategy for the period 2005-2010. R21,9…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Second Joint Sitting of the Third Democratic Parliament Cape Town: February 11 2005
… who trudged the expanse of our country more than five decades ago, to gather the views of South Africans with … Strategy for the period 2005-2010. R21,9…
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…
Archive2012 - President Zuma, State of the Nation, 9 February 2012
… Honourable Chairperson of the SADC Parliamentary Forum and Speaker of the Parliament of Zimbabwe; Mr Lovemore … that the rate of unemployment has come down…
Archive2012 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 09 February 2012
… Honourable Chairperson of the SADC Parliamentary Forum and Speaker of the Parliament of Zimbabwe; Mr Lovemore … that the rate of unemployment has come down…
ArticleThe Youth Struggle
… different geographic areas from Rural to Urban areas or a forum that would bring different schools together. At first … of Education to teach half of all…
Document 7 - Draft declaration of unity provisionally adopted at Unity Conference, Bloemfontein, 17 December 1943
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 7 - Draft declaration of unity provisionally…
Chapter 8
… Atlantic Charter applies only to the White man. No four freedoms for the Non-European! Only the old bonds of slavery …
ArticleThe Natal Workers Theatre Movement Timeline
Acronyms BAWU, Black and Allied Workers Union COSAS, Congress of South African Students COSATU, Congress of South African Trade Unions COSAW,…
ArticlePaper abstracts and biographies of speakers
… and Dust (links below) showcases the experiences of five former SADF soldiers, allowing the audience to share in … were ready for this path. The Vietnamese…
ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
The 1940s opened with the devastating Second World War in full swing. This decade also marked the gradual transition from a mining and agricultural economy …
ArticleSouth Africa’s 2019 General Election - Post Analysis
… it received in 2014. It lost more than 400,000 votes and five seats in Parliament, but it has retained its position as …
First Raymond Mhlaba Annual Memorial Lecture delivered by the President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki, 22 August 2008, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Programme Director, Mrs Dideka Mhlaba and the Mhlaba Family, Chancellor of the NMMU, Judge Pius Langa, Chairperson of the NMMU`s Council, Judge Ronnie…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 1
… and giving them up with carefree abandon. The boy of five, Abdulla Ismail Kajee, was one of three children the … find themselves quite capable of earning…
Ahmed Kathrada pays tribute to Nelson Mandela, 6 December 2013
… them in the sun. In 1982, after 18 years on Robben Island, five of the seven Rivonia Trialists were transferred to … You, being a super democrat, feared that…
ArticleSPEAK Magazine (1982 - 1994)
… rates for all workers, ten public holidays a year, and five months of maternity leave ’ ( SPEAK 13). Because women … to two hours”¦ But the job [was] from 9…
Opening address by Albert Luthuli to the Twenty-second Biennial Conference of the South African Indian Congress, 19 October 1956, Gandhi Hall, Johannesburg
A spirit that refuses to submit to Tyranny Once again another biennial Conference is upon you. It is my good fortune to be privileged once more to open your…
Document 21 - E.L. Maurice, “The Rôle of the Non-European Teacher in the Liberatory Movement”, Discussion, 1, 5, June 1952
… are, in the whole of South Africa, approximately twenty-five thousand teachers, and in a total population of about …
Article“Bantu Education or the Street” by Norman Levy
… in January 1956 in Alexandra township and was spread over five days. Participants came from all over the East Rand, … entering and leaving. They remained…
Address to the Annual Conference of the Natal, 23 November 1951
… this land should have a say and standing in the national forum in parliament because this is the key to satisfying our …
Address by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki at teh Development Planning Summit Hosted by the Intergovernmental Forum, 27 November 1995
… We cannot predict exchange rates or oil prices in twenty-five years. We can, however ask one simple question: Do we … business and spatial plan". Through…
Chapter III - My very ordinary life
… to the sea and across to Durban and the Bluff headland five miles away. I loved my garden, spending much time in it. … some months before the outbreak of war…
I will not Compromise About my Work: David Goldblatt on Artistic Freedom, Censorship, and Moving His Archive Out of South Africa by Robin Scher ( ArtsNews.com), 2017
Until recently, the South African photographer David Goldblatt had arranged for his archive to go to the University of Cape Town upon his death. The university…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Opening Address by President Jacob Zuma, Midrand, 26 June 2012
… govern through choosing a government of their choice every five years through national general elections. We have a … since 1994 and electricity has been…
Chapter I - Learning to live a half life
… it still affects my life twenty years later. The earlier five-year ban in the 1950s, and even the more recent … children, just around the comer from my…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1800s
… with the option of returning to India at the end of a five-year indenture. The Law also provides for labourers to re-indenture for a further five-year period…
Mobilise Our Black Power - Statement to the People of South Africa on the Tenth Anniversary of Umkhonto we Sizwe by O. R. Tambo, 16 December 1971
Now let us talk of Freedom,. Everywhere in the world today, the oppressed and exploited masses of people are up in arms. They are fighting against the forces…
Document 91. ‘April 6: People’s Protest Day’. Flyer issued by the ANC (Transvaal) and the Transvaal Indian Congress
April 6: People's Protest Day The African National Congress has served notice on the Government that the Non-European people can no longer go on tolerating …