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BiographyMakhanda Nxele
… an early liberation struggle against the encroachment of African land and African sovereignty. History has promoted two images of … battle as being “driven…
BiographyMohandas Karamchand Gandhi
… at Indians, Law 3 of 1885 , was passed in the South African Republic, or the Transvaal. The right to … was born in Natal. In 1899 the Second Anglo-Boer …
ArticleAfrikaans: the Language of Black and Coloured Dissent
… and Apartheid. [10] Afrikaans: A White/colonial or African language? Afrikaans is the third most spoken language … argues that the language can be regarded…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Bound to strike back by Emilia Potenza
… of resistance was to look for better jobs. After the South African War (1899-1902), thousands of African workers boycotted the gold mines because wages had ……
BiographyWolfie Kodesh
… and 1995, Kodesh worked on collecting stories of South African political activists which are housed at the Robben … ON THE DEATH OF COMRADE WOLFIE KODESH…
BiographyRichard Owen Dudley
… Coloured voters in the Western Cape to vote for the African National Congress (ANC). In 1998, due to an illness, … Educator and Political Dissenter (1924…
Need for New Level of International Action against Apartheid. Statement at the special session of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, Stockholm by O. R. Tambo, June 18, 1968
… me first of all, Sir, to express the gratitude of the African National Congress for the invitation extended to me … the United Nations to intervene…
Bathandwa Ndondo
… picked up at his home in Cala by a unit involving South African Police member Mbuso Enoch Shabalala, Transkei police … stopped. Two of the askaris, Mose and…
Alfred Nzo Lecture in memory of Comrade Alfred Baphethuxolo Nzo delivered on 28 June 2014 by Dr Zwelini Mkhize Treasurer General of the ANC in Mount Ayliff ; Alfred Nzo District in Eastern Cape Province
… at Fort Hare University in 1945. At Fort Hare he joined African National Congress (ANC) Youth League and became … campaign that culminated in the Congress of…
PlaceTranskei
… the Transkei Territorial Authority (known as the Bunga) in 1955, and grew to become the favourite of apartheid's social … Party, which called for…
BiographyDaniël Francois Malherbe
… the Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for Science and Art) came into being, he …
BiographySir George Grey
… there would be no end to the cycle of violence with their African neighbours. His solution was to establish one policy …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki on the Occasion of the Freedom Day Celebrations at the ABSA Stadium, Durban 27 April 2005
… which was adopted at the Congress of the People in 1955. I mention the fact that it is the beginning of the … being neglected, being hungry and destitute…
Women in the apartheid society by Fatima Meer
… Apartheid and racism continue their tyranny and the South African society is as far away from equality, peace and … against statutory inferiorisation of…
Chief Albert Luthuli Memorial Lecture by President Jacob Zuma at Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, 24 November 2010, Durban
… Yusuf Dadoo at the Congress of the People in Kliptown, in 1955. It was at this historic gathering of South Africans … pillar of our struggle. He was actually…
Speech at Meeting to Commemorate South Africa Freedom Day and to Condemn the 600-year Alliance between Britain and Portugal by O. R. Tambo, London, 20 June 1973
… in Africa, (2) the tenth Summit of the Organisation of African Unity, a new and growing force for progressive change … to burst open in revolution…
Chapter 7 - 1957-58: The Movement in a Crucial Phase
… the low point of the decade in 1953 to a high point in 1955-57. But the weakness of the workers' organisations meant … "Bantu Authorities" in the reserves…
ArticleTransport on land
… desert. In the 3rd and 4th centuries, camels spread to the African Sahara. They replaced donkeys, horses and oxen to … Elephants are not only found in Africa…
Archive”I am Albertina Sisulu”, Interview from Blue Portraits
… an organisation which was called Federation of South African Women in 1954. In 1955 we joined, as Federation of South African Women, the launching of the…
82. The President’s Council
… reproduced here. Throughout, he insists that he is a South African and wishes to play his rightful role as a full … members, I have the honour to stand among…
BiographyArthur Nuthall Fula
… was a pioneer in his own right, becoming the first Black African author to write in Afrikaans – a language that was … Novelist, poet, first Black African…
BiographyGcinisizwe Sylvester Khwezi Kondile
… best friend Pikoli fled the country, and later joined the African National Congress (ANC) in exile in Lesotho [5] . …
Address at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs Abuja, 3 October 2000
… struggle, adopted at a Congress of the People in 1955, is called the Freedom Charter. Among its clauses, it … see that in the last decade of the second…
Excerpts from Chief Luthuli’s evidence at the treason trial dealing with his understanding of a non-violent liberation struggle
… is this, that it is a policy, a basic policy of the African National Congress. Now, in theory, who could change … We could, my lords. Yes, but who could…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 The Ming Dynasty
… a total of 37 countries, expanding China’s influence along Asian sea routes. [47] China’s trade potential and peaceful …
Chapter 1 - The Victory of the Nationalist Party in 1948
… 1 - The Victory of the Nationalist Party in 1948 The African National Congress (ANC) arose as a mass organisation … New racial measures were instituted also…
A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… situated there were isolated houses, here and there and African huts. No proper roads and transportation facilities. … was the first time I worked with White…
ArchiveBiography of Nawal El Saadawi by Sierra Hussey
… training to become a doctor. She married Ahmed Helmi in 1955, the same year she finished school and qualified to be a … Sadat rose to power. Her time working…
"Apartheid - the Indictment": Paper Presented to the International Conference for Sactions agains South Africa by O. R. Tambo, April 1964
… the political domination and economic exploitation of the African people by the white minority. Colour and Race Paramount in the strategy of the South…
Paper Presented to the International Conference for Sanctions Against South Africa, 1 April 1964, London
… the political domination and economic exploitation of the African people by the white minority. Colour and Race Paramount in the strategy of the South…