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Document 109 - G. H. Gool and J. A. La Guma, “Appeal of the National Liberation League for a National Convention of the Subject Peoples of South Africa”, The Liberator, September 1937
… and SECESSION be dropped as a policy of the South African Government. This agreement is exemplified in the … the establishment of many secondary industries…
150th Anniversary; Anxieties of Commemoration - Towards a National Dialogue by Omar Badsha and Jon Soske
… extent does celebrating ?Indian contributions? to South African history falsely isolate the lives and struggles of … Who is authorized to speak as and for …
Professor Terence Ranger: An Obituary by Trevor Grundy
… wrote years later, "began a debate on what it means to be African by saying how much he wishes he was black because for … notorious for dismissing the…
The Treason Trial: Foreword by Chief Albert Luthuli to a book by Helen Joseph, 1963
… The treason trial must occupy a special place in South African history. That grim pre-dawn raid, deliberately … the pre-dawn raids were carried out and the…
Address by ANC President, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, at the opening of the 37th congress of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies Carlton Hotel, Saturday, 21 August 1993
… Mr. Chairman, Distinguished leaders of the South African Jewish Community Ladies and Gentlemen, Compatriots … the first few years of this decade that the…
"Strategy and Tactics" - Statement adopted by the ANC at the Morogoro Conference, April-May 1969 (abridged)
… maintain systems which go against the current trend of the African revolution and world development. This has been made … of the inter-locking and…
Freedom Charter sold out the dispossessed by Motsoko Pheko (The Sowetan), 2 Feb 2012
… to their numbers". It said the the ultimate goal of African nationalism with regard to education was to ensure one … in truth it is fighting to perpetuate…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Themes to Think About
… to change, slowly a way of life began to take shape. Nationalism and class During the period covered by this … movements developed. 1912 saw the founding of…
Report of the National Executive Committee of the PAC, Submitted to the Annual Conference, December 19-20, 1959
… successfully launched as the liberation movement of the African people at a Convention held at the Communal Hall, … in our lifetime, namely, To unite and…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Debates and Relations with Other Organizations
… he appears to have found a new recruit in the ranks of the African National Congress. A correspondent who was present at … people who pretend to be or pose…
Bibliographical note and further reading
… Bridglal Pachai, The International Aspects of the South African Indian Question, 1860-1971 (Cape Town, 1971), and … into Natal, 1860-1872 , Archives Year…
Nelson Mandela Letter to Mrs. Manorama Bhalla, secretary of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, 3 August 1980
… together by feelings of an intense, but narrow form of nationalism. However with experience, coupled with the … peoples of India and South Africa. Indeed it…
ArticleFederation of South African Women by Skylar Jayes
… partnership project Abstract The Federation of South African Women founded in 1954 and was a federation of … organisations that opposed the apartheid…
Statement by Albert Luthuli to the council of the Institute of Race Relations, 19 December 1960
… objectivity and with an understandable emphasis on the African viewpoint and interpretation of political events in … fighters for freedom as they face an…
Document 58 - Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, “The Opening Address at the Africanist Inaugural Convention”, 4 April 1959 [….]
… Sons and Daughters of the Soil, fighters in the cause of African freedom, in an era that is pregnant with untold … fit into this picture and where,…
ArticleThe Mau Mau Uprising
… as part of a trend of seizure of territory across the African continent by European nations that became known as … with the British gaining control over most…
The first Bram Fischer Memorial lecture, delivered by President Nelson R. Mandela Market Theatre, Johannesburg, 9 June 1995
… grave of John Dube, the first President of the ANC, the African patriot that had helped found the organisation in … if he had chosen to follow the narrow…
Pretoria Socialist Society
… in its history, I consider it my duty as leader of the African National Congress , a Union-wide premier political organisation among the African people in…
Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… the most efficient way to protect each race. The Afrikaner Nationalism of Malan’s National Party posited that each race … and cultures. If each race is…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… 1940 Walter Sisulu and Professor Z. K. Matthews join the African National Congress (ANC). The ANC establishes a … population. 7 July, The Executive…
65th Anniversary of the South Africa Communist Party - Joe Slovo
… Speech by Joe Slovo, Chairman of the South African Communist Party When South African communists met in Cape Town 65 years ago they planted … revolutionary…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… in South Africa . Not only did Luthuli become the first African to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, but it was also … even harsher measures of oppression…
The National Question in Post 1994 South Africa. A discussion paper in preparation for the ANC`s 50th National Conference by Z. Pallo Jordan
… Could that admonition not also be directed at the South African national liberation movement (NLM) and the ANC? … April 27 1994 will remain a very…
The Johannesburg Biennale by Bisi Silva (Artnet), 1998
… concepts -- postmodernism, postcolonialism, post-nationalism, globalization, migration. The twin concepts of … was a recreation of a Victorian parlor…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1940s
… 1940 Dr. A.B. Xuma is elected President-General of the African National Congress (ANC). Walter Sisulu joins the African National Congress. The population of…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter One - By Riashnee Pather
… and its establishment coincided directly with the South African government's increased threats to these interests. … of the joint secretaries of the NIC. On…
ArticleThe Jacob Zuma Presidency - 2009 to 2017 (March)
… Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma ascended to the South African presidency on 9 May 2009 on a wave of popular … acquittal opened the way to advance his campaign for…
Chronology
… Jabavu and Dr. Pixley ka I. Seme call meetÂing of the All African Convention (AAC) 1936 February , AAC deputation meets … Territories General Council…
ArticleMandela and the South African Communist Party
… the Sharpeville incident, a meeting convened by the South African Communist Party (SACP) in December 1960 in … aimed to discern the way forward in light of…
Review Essay: Crisis, History and the Challenge of Reinvention in the Postcolonial: The African National Congress after Apartheid by Laurence Piper
… Susan Booysen. 2011. The African National Congress and the Regeneration of Political … Today. Johannesburg: Wits University Press and South African History…