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Struggle for Liberation in South Africa and International Solidarity - A Selection of Papers Published by the United Nations Centre against Apartheid – Edited by E. S. Reddy
The Hour of Youth has Struck: The African National Congress Youth League and the Struggle for a Mass Base, 1943-1952 by Chris Giffard
’Church and our Struggle’, Statement by Oliver Tambo at the World Consultation of the World Council of Churches, Holland, 16-21 June 1980
Document 135 - “National Front and Class Struggle: Report to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of South Africa”, Freedom, 5, 4, August-September 1946
Document 70 - South Africa: An Analysis of the Political Situation in South Africa and the Nature of the Struggle for Liberation [late 1961]
BiographyFlorence Mophosho
Florence Mophosho was born in 1921 Alexander Township, Johannesburg. She was the first of the three children. Florence's mother was a qualified teacher, but…
BiographyAhmed Mahomed Cachalia
Ahmed Mohamed Cachalia joined the Satyagraha struggle in the Transvaal. He was an extremely wealthy man and was used to a life of luxury and comfort, yet he…
BiographyArnold Selby
Arnold Selby was born on 14 November 1918 in South Africa. He joined the liberation struggle in the 1940s. His experience as a miner brought to light the…
Statement at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa and Namibia, 11 August 1981
Mrs. Gertrude Shope On behalf of the Women's Section of the African National Congress and in the name of the entire oppressed and struggling people of South…
BiographyJacqueline (Jackie) Arenstein
As a young person, Arenstein joined the left wing Book Club in Durban where, among other authors, Marx and Lenin were read and discussed. At the age of 21,…
Black Students In Rebellion: A Study On The Struggle Of The South African Students Organisation In Its Early Years, 1969-1972 by María Jorgelina Echevarría
Some documents on Indians in South Africa and India’s support to the Struggle for Freedom in South Africa 1914-1988, compiled by E.S.Reddy
BiographyNana Sita
Please note: this is an extract from E.S. Reddy collection of articles. Nana Sita was born in Matwadi, a village in Gujarat, India, in 1898, in a family…
BiographyAhmed Gora Ebrahim
Ahmed Gora Ebrahim was born in Durban on 29 May 1936. Ebrahim cut his political teeth in Trotskyite circles while studying at Sastri College and Natal…
BiographyViolet Weinberg
Violet Weinberg was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, the daughter of a Jewish refugee who fled from Latvia, then a part of the Soviet Union, where Anti…
”Forced Withdrawal Of South Africa From The Commonwealth - Historic Step Forward In Struggle Against Apartheid”: Message From London To The South African People, March 1961
BiographyReginald (Reggie) September
Reginald September was born in Wynberg in Cape Town on 13 June 1923, the son of Florence, a housewife, and Nicholas September, a carpenter. He first attended…
BiographyAmy Thornton
Amy Rietstein (now Thornton) was born in 1932 in Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape). Both her parents were actively involved in the struggle, and it…
BiographyEsther Barsel
Born in Raguva, Lithuania on 17 October 1924, Esther Barsel (nee Levin) came to South Africa in 1927 when she was three years old. She and her mother followed…
BiographyFrank Alexander Landman
Raised in the close knit community of Dowerville, Port Elizabeth (P.E.), Frank was the youngest of three sons and the third of the six surviving children of a…
BiographyJessie Yasmin Duarte
Jessie Yasmin Duarte was born on 19 September 1953, one of nine children, in Newclare, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) to Julie and Ebrahim Dangor. She…
The South African Communist Party: 65 years in the frontline of struggle: A booklet commemorating 65 years of the SACP, also discussing leaders of the party.1986
”Call For Renewed Struggle Against Ghetto Act”: Joint Statement Of Dr. Dadoo And Dr. Naicker Issued After A Meeting Of The Joint Passive Resistance Council, December 1947
BiographyNimrod Sekeramane Nathale
Nimrod Sekeramane Sejake was born on 8 August 1920 in Evaton, south of Johannesburg, to Basotho parents. He attended a mission school in Evaton later went to…
Statement by Mrs. Gertrude Shope at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa and Namibia, 11 August 1981
On behalf of the Women`s Section of the African National Congress and in the name of the entire oppressed and struggling people of South Africa, I wish to…
BiographyMarutle Flag Boshielo
Boshielo was born to a poor family in 1920 in Phokoane village, in the Sekhukhuneland district in Northern Transvaal, now Limpopo Province. Boshielo joined…
BiographyRaymond Mhlaba
Raymond Mhlaba was born in Mazoka village at Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape.He was one of eight children of a policeman. Five of his siblings died in…
BiographyEric Miller
Eric Miller was born 19th of May 1955 in Cape Town. He grew up in Johannesburg. After graduating with a BA (Hons) in psychology from UNISA in 1981 he entered…
BiographyHugh Lewin
Hugh Lewin was born in 1939 in Lydenburg, Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), South Africa, to English missionary parents. At university he joined the…
BiographyIsaiah Stein
Isaiah Stein was born to a Coloured family in Durban in 1931, the son of a pastor and property developer. After both his parents died, during his teens, he…