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ArticleThe Women of Marikana
… - refusing the right of many of the victim's families’ time to prepare to watch the commission's findings. At the …
Article1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
… The government also enacted draconian legislation at this time, trying to slow down the influence of the liberation …
ArchiveSoldiers without reward- Africans in South Africa's wars
… I have all my life dealt with the Natives, but at no other time have they displayed greater loyalty than they have done … government was correct in going to…
Steytlerville Municipality, Karoo
… the wife of the Administrator of the Cape Province at the time, Sir Frederick de Waal . The Bridge was washed away in …
PlaceMooivallei, Dairy Farm
… land. Even though there were setbacks, a newspaper at the time described it as “the greatest engineering project of its time in South Africa by one man”. By…
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and May Day – Some Key Moments
May Day celebrated on 1 May annually, is a celebration of workers and their work. It has a long history, being a day of commemoration and celebration of the…
Constitution of the African National Congress (South Africa), January 1958
… Working Committee and such other documents which may from time to time be required by the National Executive Committee and the … every quarter; and Carry out…
40 years after: Understanding the Soweto Uprising by Motsoko Pheko (Pambazuka News), 30 June 2016
… Lethu! iAfrika!” (The Land Is Ours! Afrika!) He said the time had come when all African people had to stand together … language newspaper. The riots…
82. The President’s Council
… interesting and in many ways a significant incident. The time was during the controversy as to which language was … And I say this with a very heavy heart…
Oliver Tambo, Southern Africa, South Africa and the ANC replies to questions by Sechaba, 01 April 1968
… its real perspectives and prospects? TAMBO : For a long time the ANC has been conducting militant struggle relying on … our revolutionary forces. It is…
Present Stage of the Struggle against Apartheid in South Africa. Paper prepared at the request of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Stockholm, 1 June 1968
… be accelerated, far from being slowed down, by lapse of time. By the year 1961, it had reached a level which led the … the armed struggle is in progress than…
Paper prepared at the request of the United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid by Oliver Tambo, 1 June 1968, Stockholm
… be accelerated, far from being slowed down, by lapse of time. By the year 1961, it had reached a level which led the … the armed struggle is in progress than…
Paper prepared at the request of the Special Committee against Apartheid, June 1968
… be accelerated, far from being slowed down, by lapse of time. By the year 1961, it had reached a level which led the … the armed struggle is in progress than…
Document 120 - Draft Programme of the Communist Party of South Africa (c. 1940)41
… tasks in common for which unity is required. At the same time they feel that their interests are not share by the main … reducing the wages of the European…
Document 51 - Leon Trotsky, Remarks on the Draft Theses of the Workers’ Party of South Africa, 20 April 1935
… class policy was Bolshevism able to succeed in the time of the Revolution to throw aside the Mensheviks, the … slogan, "Land and Liberty", the peasant for a…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 85th Anniversary of the ANC- 8 January 1997
… or even to notice what we are achieving. At the same time, however, it is the mark of a serious political movement … to what communities are telling you. We…
Document 54 - K. A. Jordaan, “What are the National Groups in South Africa? A Contribution to the Symposium”, Forum Club, Cape Town, May 1954
… groups is a very strong one because they had since time immemorial existed as distinct cultural groupings. Their … solution to the national question is at…
77. The South African Indian Council: an assessment from within, 1978
… an eventual democratically elected body which in time would control those affairs of the local Indian … make representations to the Government.' For the…
ArticleThe Early Cape Slave Trade
… sent on a second slaving voyage to Madagascar. But this time round the vessel was beset by violent storms in the … are to be taught all kinds of trades, that…
ArchiveJonas Gwangwa embodied South Africa’s struggle for a national culture by Gwen Ansell
… for London, then America. During that uneasy, unsettled time, Gwangwa scored another first: an Oscar nomination (and …
Chapter 9 - People’s Education and People’s Power: Mobilisation and Collective Action
… of unfairly failing students, and around examination time-tables. During the early 1980s, with increasing black … of Mandela and all political prisoners. For…
Statement at the Conference of The Socialist International and Frontline States on Southern Africa, Harare by O. R. Tambo, 15 February 1989
… is particularly significant, occurring as it does at a time when we are on the threshold of a major breakthrough in … any actions of solidarity with the…
The Storming: Insurrections Ensemble by Dilip Menon, Centre for Indian Studies in Africa, University of Witwatersrand, June 2017
… in single words: Brexit, Trump, Erdogan, Modi. At the same time, we imagine a storming, an insurrection of the … music. The first act is in Yaman, usually…
A short history of Port Elizabeth's famous Campanile
… Hall, minister of the Queen Street Baptist Church. At the time it was proposed to rebuild the Church, and the minister … was abandoned in 1906. The scheme…
Pravin Gordhan vs the Law, as defined by clichés by Mervyn E. Bennun (Politics Web), 08 September 2016
… answer 27 questions about certain matters relating to his time as head of the South African Revenue Service; we know … the South African Revenue Service, and…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Introduction by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… opposed to a colony controlled by a foreign power. At this time there were certain black and coloured adults in the Cape … movement grew extensively during…
Yet another Myth: Mbeki and the Monopolisation of Power by Thabo Mbeki, 25 January 2016
… Ministers to attend and account at such meetings. At any time during the year the different Government Ministries had … controversy. This event was of course…
Edwin Mofutsanyana the oldest Communist in Africa: Flyer for briefing by Edwin Mofutsanyana. August, 1991
… fail to decide on a Constitution within a relatively short time-frame; In our view a short time-frame is essential in order to prevent our country from …
Document 136 - “Report on the Relationship of the Party to other Workers’ Organisations in South Africa”, Freedom 5, 4 August 1946
… Labour Party, we have to recognise that for a considerable time this field of activity will be limited to those people … elections. Our work must be for a…
2002 Introduction By Jordi Martorell
… the "two stage" theory of the revolution advocated at that time by the leaders of the SACP. This theory argued that the … etc. Big battles lay ahead. The…