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13 notable women in Cape Town’s history, 6 August 2015
Strike a woman, strike a rock, as we all know. Yet some rocks who have also played crucial roles in making Cape Town the city it is today are so often…
James Stewart - the ANC fighter who spoke truth to power by Martin Plaut, 1 February 2016
This is the obituary of Hermanus Loots, better known by his nom de guerre, James Stewart, who exposed the atrocities in the ANC’s Quatro prison camp. Martin …
PlaceGhana
Before March 1957 Ghana was called the Gold Coast. The Portuguese who came to Ghana in the 15th century found so much gold between the rivers Ankobra and the…
Address at the National Summit of Unity and Reconciliation in Rwanda Kigali 19 October 2000
Your Excellency President Paul Kagame, Your Excellency Prime Minister Bernard Makuza, Honourable Ministers, Distinguished Guests, Brothers and Sisters of…
Address at the National Summit of Unity and Reconciliation Kigali, Rwanda, 18 October 2000
Your Excellency President Paul Kagame, Your Excellency Prime Minister Bernard Makuza, Honourable Ministers, Distinguished Guests, Brothers and Sisters of…
Address to the Commonwealth Club, World Affairs Council and US/SA Business Council Conference, 24 May 2000
San Francisco, USA. Michael Edwards, in his book 'Future Positive', captures the essence of the dilemmas of the current economic relations between the rich and…
Address by ANC President Nelson Mandela to ANC-business summit 30 March 1994
Mr. Chairperson, Distinguished participants This summit departs from tradition in more ways than one. Firstly, in the hustle-bustle of a hard-fought…
Address by ANC President Nelson Mandela to ANC-Business Summit 30 March 1994
Mr. Chairperson, Distinguished participants This summit departs from tradition in more ways than one. Firstly, in the hustle-bustle of a hard-fought…
Address on Behalf of the Graduating Class at Fort Hare College, delivered at the “Completers’ Social,” by M. R. Sobukwe, October 21, 1949
Prof. Dent, Ladies and Gentlemen, I intend to follow in my opening remarks the conventional pattern. And for that reason I will give a very brief review of…
Address of the President of the Republic Of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Youth Day celebrations: Absa Stadium, Buffalo City Municipality
Deputy President, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Minister in the Presidency responsible for youth affairs, Essop Pahad, Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Premier of…
"Strategy and Tactics" - Statement adopted by the ANC at the Morogoro Conference, April-May 1969 (abridged)
Statement adopted by the ANC at the Morogoro Conference, April-May 1969 (abridged) The struggle of the oppressed people of South Africa is taking place within…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the High Diamond Council, Antwerp, Belgium: 15th November 2004
Chairperson, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen: Thank you very much for giving me the possibility to make a brief address to this important meeting…
Robert Sobukwe Speech at the University of Fort Hare as President of the Students’ Representative Council, 21 October 1949
Prof. Dent, Ladies and Gentlemen, I intend to follow in my opening remarks the conventional pattern. And for that reason I will give a very brief review of our…
79. Indian Parliament: separate can’t be equal
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In 1977 the Government proposed a new constitutional…
The fight against passes continues
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner All this time there was still this thing of passes for women going on, and the…
A brief history on South African prisons and prisoners
Introduction In 1948 the National government was voted into power and instituted apartheid. This lead to an increase in the number of people being…
ArticleThe history of Migrant Labour in South Africa
Introduction The migrant labour system marks a period in which African men were integrated into wage labour. Black men changed from being farmers in their…
Political assassinations 1974 - 1994
1974 February Botswana Abraham Onkgopotse Tiro SASO Parcel bomb. - Zambia John Dube ANC Parcel bomb. 1978 8 January Durban Dr. Rick Turner Banned…
"Future of the Africanist Movement" Questions and Answers Y R. M. Sobukwe, in The Africanist, January 1959
Q: Who are the Africanists? A. A simple answer would be that they are the members of the Africanist Movement. But, if one wishes to go deeper into the…
Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 101st Anniversary of the ANC, 8 January 2013
Comrades, Compatriots and friends, We meet 100 years since the promulgation of the 1913 Land Act, which dramatically robbed the indigenous people of our…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 101th Anniversary of the ANC by Jacob Zuma
Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 101th Anniversary of the ANC 8 January 2013 Comrades, Compatriots and friends, We…
Edited Transcript of Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Heads of Mission at the Presidential Guest House, Tshwane, 13 October 2005
Your Excellencies, welcome. This is a difficult occasion because I am sure that you know more about South Africa than I do. That is what makes it a bit…
Extract from a speech during a political meeting held on 17 June 1971 at Naboomspruit in the Waterberg constituency
The parliamentary by-election in Waterberg was of particular significance to both the National Party and the Re-constituted National Party. The HNP knew that…
ArchiveAn Analysis of the Imprisonment and Detainment Treatment of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela by Monica McCausland
Introduction Reflecting on her past years of imprisonment in 2012, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela stated “I think you can stand imprisonment of 27…
ArchiveBiography of Amina Desai by Cole Deal
With the rise of apartheid in 1948, millions of Africans were left to suffer in South Africa. Many groups rallied against the Afrikaner government through…
ArchiveBiography of Dulcie September by Claire Albin
Dulcie September was a fierce and ambitious anti-apartheid activist in South Africa. Her work with various resistance groups throughout her life, particularly…
PlaceNgoye University of Zululand, Richards Bay
"Community Engagement at the University of Zululand is rooted within the African philosophy of Ubuntu which is guided by the principles of reciprocity,…
“Peoples of the world united against apartheid, for a democratic South Africa”, Closing speech by Oliver Tambo at the ANC conference, Arusha, 4 December
Peoples of the world united against apartheid, for a democratic South Africa The time has come for all of us to leave this friendly city which has been our…
PlacePhiphidi Falls, Limpopo Province
The vhaVenda clans of northern South Africa, in present-day Limpopo Province, are among the nation’s most traditional, hewing to rituals and practices passed…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 91th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2003
Compatriots and Comrades, Today, on January 8th, we observe and celebrate the 91st Anniversary of our movement, the African National Congress. This day also…