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ArchiveMandela’s Democracy by Andrew Nash, 26 June 2013
… of poverty." Until the meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in 1992, he continued to defend …
Chapter 4 - ‘SASO on the Attack’ : Organisation, Mobilisation and Collective Action
… branches and locals. The national executive itself was a five person committee elected by the GSC. It consisted of the … and material support. Organisational…
ArchiveWinnie Madikizela-Mandela: Revolutionary who kept the Spirit of Resistance alive by Shireen Hassim (The Conversation), 3 April 2018
No other woman – in life and after – occupies the place that Winnie Madikizela-Mandela does in South African politics. A stalwart of the African National…
53. The significance of the settlement for the colonial-born India
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In the following article, Albert Christopher…
Robert Sobukwe Inaugural Speech, April 1959
Sir, Sons and Daughters of Afrika! Mr. Speaker as already informed you that we had hoped that this inaugural Convention of the Africanists would be opened by…
"Future of the Africanist Movement" Questions and Answers Y R. M. Sobukwe, in The Africanist, January 1959
Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sons and Daughters of Afrika! Mr. Speaker has already informed you that we had hoped that this inaugural Convention of the Africanists would…
NANNA’S LIFE STORY
… our president worked. The place where I hid him was only five minutes walk from the nearest police station. The … years when the banning order came in 1964…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1987
… regard to any of these categories, and include such freedoms as those of speech, assembly, association, language, …
Mission Stations - A-F
… who recorded the following: "After riding about twenty-five miles from the Amse River, we arrived, long after dark, …
Address by President Jacob Zuma, at the James Sebe Moroka Lecture, Northwest Province, 22 August 2012
… assets in South Africa are currently valued at two point five trillion US dollars, excluding energy commodities such …
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 90th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2002
Fellow South Africans: On the occasion of the 90th Anniversary of the African National Congress, we extend our greetings and best wishes to you, to the…
Full speech - Mamphela Ramphele: Rekindling the South African dream
Fellow South African citizens, I am here today to invite you to join me on a journey to build the country of our dreams. I ask those of you of my generation:…
A Marxist critique of the Freedom Charter
A Marxist critique of the Freedom CharterThe first fundamental flaw of the Freedom Charter is that it is based on the assumption that in the current period…
Abdullah Ibrahim and the Politics of Jazz in South Africa
Jazz has had an especial role in the social and cultural politics of South Africa. This paper will trace its function in the political struggle waged by Black…
Nelson Mandela Letter to F.W. de Klerk, 9 July 1992
… that all shall enjoy universally accepted human rights, freedoms and civil liberties including freedom of religion, … government was the subject matter of…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter III - Dr. Philip - 'Defendre of the Hottentots'
From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke Dr. John Philip, Superintendent of the London Missionary Society (L.M.S.), who…
Say It out Loud - The 1939 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 11th April, 1939
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1939 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 11th April, 1939 1 The age of chivalry, tolerance and…
Article1910-1924: African nationalism and working-class and popular protests
Introduction General Louis Botha headed the first government of the new Union of South Africa, with General Jan Smuts as his deputy. Their South African…
ArticleAfrican nationalism and working-class & popular protests, 1910-1924
General Louis Botha headed the first government of the new Union of South Africa, with General Jan Smuts as his deputy. Their South African National Party,…
Speech by the Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr. Blade Nzimande at SAHO Graduate Internship Programme launch, 30 October, 2012
Launch SA History Online Internship Project. We have been giving lots of attention to getting practical experience for professionals such as engineers,…
Address at the Opening of the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, Durban, 31 August 2001
Your Excellency, Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr Kofi Annan, Your Excellencies Heads of State and Government, Ministers and Heads of Delegation, …
ArchiveEFF 2019 Election Manifesto
… The Economic Freedom Fighters has demonstrated in its five years of existence, through various interventions and … all nursing colleges that have been closed…
Evidence before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the house of commons: Oliver Tambo, 29 October 1985, London
CHAIRMAN: I welcome Mr. Oliver Tambo and his friends, Mr. Thabo Mbeki and Mr. Aziz Pahad, and I am glad that they have been able to come... Perhaps I could…
PlaceLiliesleaf Farm, Rivonia- Johannesburg
Liliesleaf Farm is the location where prominent leaders of the opposition to South Africa's Apartheid Government used to attend meetings in order to plan their…
ArchiveChapter 9 Emotional desert: Prison, 1963 to 1985 by Denis Goldberg
… Esmé was allowed to visit me for the first time. We had five half-hour visits together, with a pane of glass between … daily work was to sew mailbags. That…
ArticleA Spiral of Trials by Norman Levy
… In the event its recommendation of a paltry increase of five pence per shift for surface workers and sixpence for … owners pared down these recommendations…
Document 22 - Report of the first National Conference of Women held in the Trades Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa, 17 April 1954
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 22 - Report of the first National Conference of…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 5 - The Politics of Socialism
… of these countries. I vote for a leader every four or five years. But in between elections I do not participate in …
Address by Mashatile on the occasion of the 20th commemoration of the Bisho massacre, 7 September, 2012
Programme Director, MEC Mlibo Qhoboshiyane Premier of the Eastern Cape Province, Premier Noxolo Kiviet The Chairperson of the ANC in the Eastern Cape…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter III - Dr. Philip - “Defender of the Hottentots”
From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke Herrenvolk history books present two pictures of Dr. John Philip, Superintendent of…