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Durban 1973, a National Breakthrough, in the Context of a Globally Developing Socialism? But what if the reality was actually an emergent 50-year international capitalist 'counterrevolution' of 1973-2022? by David Cooper
… power bloc in 2022 not only encompassing North American and West European countries as in 1973, but also the … in Sociology, University of Cape Town, from…
ArticleStudent Protests at Tshwane University of Technology - Timeline
… of institutions through re-structuring and mergers in Post-Apartheid South Africa, historically White and Non-White … in the Gauteng Region, South Africa…
EventSouth African pop queen, Brenda Fassie, is born
… Langa, a township near Cape Town. She was named after the American country singer Brenda Lee. The daughter of a …
South African History Online and Principia College Partnership Project - 2017 submissions
… in completing international research and humanitarian work in Morocco and Jordan. His focus is on methods of empowering silenced voices through …
Towards Simon’s Town – The life of Peter Clarke by Joline Young
… but navigates the world around him with a probing mind. His use of words is so beautiful and melodic, that I could … did not want to go to school he would…
EventFreedom Day is celebrated in South Africa
… long period of colonialism and White minority domination (apartheid). Apartheid 'officially' began in South Africa in 1948, but … Struggle and to build an…
EventHendrik Verwoerd becomes Prime Minister
… after the death of J.G. Strijdom. An ardent advocate of Apartheid, Verwoerd firmly believed that races should be kept … should develop along its own lines…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE FUNERAL OF JOE SLOVO Johannesburg, 15 January 1995
… Mashel Slovo, there was no preditermined course that his life would follow. Forced to leave school at an early age … by those struggling for freedom. Though…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Ceremony to mark the Retirement of Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson and the Assumption of Office of Chief Justice Pius Langa and Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke: Houses of Parliament, Cape
… privileged to honour today. As we approached the day of his assumption of office, I requested the then Chief … member of the human family". Arthur Chaskalson…
EventNovelist and poet Kgadime Matsepe is born
… (South African Academy for Arts and Science), namely for his work Kgorong ya Mosate (At the king's court) in 1964 and Meyokgo ya bjoko (Tears of the brain)…
Reclaim the humanism of Socialism, The 2017 Strini Moodley Memorial Lecture, UKZN, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, by Mphutlane Wa Bofelo, Pambazuka News, 19 July 2017
… a fitting tribute to a man whose political and cultural work was by and large against de-historicizing the many … protests against the squeeze of the…
Interview with Swami Gounden by Vino Reddy, 29 May 2002
… morning we are talking to Swaminathan Gounden at his home in Pastoral Road. Swami, thank you so much … another year until my brother was…
Emergency convocation of churches in South Africa: package of preparation material
… An Emergency Convocation of Churches was decided upon to work on and develop effective non-violent actions to pressure … church to refuse to collaborate with…
Message by Albert Luthuli on the eve of Multi-Racial Conference, 1 November 1957
… than strained and estranged human relations. No team-work can be built on master and servant relations as obtains … of segregation, especially its more…
ArticleWomen and Children in White Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… the families of fighting burghers or those who refuse to work for the British - are discontinued in the 'Transvaal' … Alfred Milner leaves Cape Town for…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the anti-racist day meeting of the Greater London Council, 21 March 1984, London
… and that its elimination is the responsibility of us all. Apartheid, the most vicious and institutionalised form of … investments in South Africa. Yet their…
Address to the Anti-Racist Day Meeting of the Greater London Council by O. R. Tambo, London, 21 March 1984
… and that its elimination is the responsibility of us all. Apartheid, the most vicious and institutionalised form of … investments in South Africa. Yet their…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 2: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… land for white ownership, forcing many black farmers to work as wage labourers on land they had previously owned. … wives and children. Hostel life estranges…
EventJohn Davidson Rockerfeller, US philanthropist, donates $10 million towards the building of a museum in Cairo, Egypt
… and a philanthropist who founded the Standard American Oil Company. Rockefeller family is one of the …
EventTseko Simon Nkoli dies
… related illness. Nkoli was one of the first Black anti-apartheid activists to publicly identify as gay and … diagnosed with HIV whilst in prison and went…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the 47th Anniversary of the formation of Umkhonto We Sizwe, Honouring of Luthuli Detachment and Conferment of Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe Award on Chris Hani, 16 December 2008, Mangaung, Bloemfontein
… Comrade Chris fought for peace and reconciliation. In his address to a rally just four days before his death, he … Africa, and international mobilisation to…
EventAdelaide Tambo returns to South Africa after 30 years
… age of ten. While she attended high school, she started to work as a courier for the African National Congress (ANC). At … and in 1960, they were asked by…
South African Youth Revolutionary Council (SAYRCO)
… 70 % of the workers heeded the call to stay away from work, with schools deserted as students gathered at different … the end of August 1976 through to the…
PlaceManenberg, Cape Flats
… of Cape Town , South Africa, that was created by the Apartheid government, for low-income Coloured families in the … in 1955 and 1957. During 1961 and 1962…
Neville Alexander interviewed by Rupert Taylor and Adam Habib,25 April 1998, Cape Town
… arrest, I spent with Sached until 1986/87, then I did work mainly with Hewssa Trust, formed a lot of different … in this country had an impact in the…
ArticleHistory of Africa Day - 25 May
… attend as the organisation as it was prevented by the apartheid government from doing so. However, a memorandum was … Trialist , who left the country without…
Robert Sobukwe Inaugural Speech, April 1959
… with dramatic suddenness, the chains that have bound his mind, solving problems which for ages it has been … when thousands of our people roam the streets in…
"Future of the Africanist Movement" Questions and Answers Y R. M. Sobukwe, in The Africanist, January 1959
… with dramatic suddenness, the chains that have bound his mind, solving problems which for ages it has been … when thousands of our people roam the streets in…
ArchiveThe end of an era - A tribute to Cde Govan Mbeki, by Jacob Zuma, 8 September 2001, Port Elizabeth
… and strategists of our liberation movement, and indeed, his passing on closes an important chapter in the struggle … teachers and workers in the urban…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Glossary
… for himselfor to procure it directly or indirectly for his children”. populism - advocating mass or broad public … method segregationist policies - those…