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Archive1997 - President Mandela, State of the Nation Address, 7 February 1997
Madame Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly; Honorable Chairperson and Deputy Chairpersons of the National Council of Provinces; Honorable…
ArchiveCourt Transcript of statement from the Dock of Nelson Mandela, Pretoria Supreme Court, 20 April 1964
… and children to live with them where they work, and not be forced into an unnatural existence in men`s hostels. African …
ArchiveDeborah Matshoba’s fight against Apartheid by Alec Russo
… Communist Act. Under Apartheid, the government forced black South Africans out of their land into designated …
We are a Force - Speech at Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College by O. R. Tambo, Mazimbu, Tanzania, May 1984
Comrade Chezi, Representative of the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania, Comrade Director and members of the Directorate, Comrade National…
Constitution, Rules and Bye-Laws, I.C.U. Yase Natal, 1929 [Extracts]
1. Name And Jurisdiction The Organization shall be known as the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union Yase Natal (hereinafter referred to as the I.C.U. or…
PlaceLanga Township, Cape Town
Development of Langa locationIn the course of the Inter War Years the regulations of the 1902 Location Act were expanded to create a more formal structure for…
Say It out Loud - The 1923 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 3rd April, 1923
… as we did in the Cape prior to the Union, would have been forced into the same condition of political serfdom that we … terms were rejected, and that we are…
From Protest to Challenge: Documents of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964 Volume 2
… the mass of the people have been robbed of their land and forced to work for a pittance on farms and plantations, in …
Archive2005 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2005
… the 50th anniversary of one of the most infamous forced removals in our country - the destruction of Sophiatown in …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Second Joint Sitting of the Third Democratic Parliament Cape Town: February 11 2005
… the 50th anniversary of one of the most infamous forced removals in our country - the destruction of Sophiatown in …
Interview with Archibald Gumede 29 July 1990
… to the Inkatha President, Dr Buthelezi, and if they are forced not to follow him their only course that they see as … For instance the Prime Minister…
Local Government
… British government of the Cape Colony. By 1890, Kruger was forced to reverse this policy and his government accepted the …
PlaceMamelodi
… of African people and the pain they endured after their forced removal by Apartheid from areas like Riverside, …
ArchiveThe arch agitator of the Union by Shula Marks, 31 January 2019
… the reserves. The chief native commissioner of Natal was forced to admit the effect of the new act “undoubtedly …
I will not Compromise About my Work: David Goldblatt on Artistic Freedom, Censorship, and Moving His Archive Out of South Africa by Robin Scher ( ArtsNews.com), 2017
Until recently, the South African photographer David Goldblatt had arranged for his archive to go to the University of Cape Town upon his death. The university…
Chapter 7 - SANSCO:The Ideology and Politics of Non-Racialism, the Freedom Charter and National Liberation
… students through a nearby township protesting against the forced removal and relocation of the Makgatho community. At …
ArticleThe influence of apartheid
… to encompass KwaNdebele as well, and in 1987 Pretoria was forced to announce that these had been shelved indefinitely. …
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the1940s by Mohamed Adhikari
… land area.The Land Act also outlawed sharecropping; this forced many families, who up to that point had been able to … Housing was particularly poor and many…
Article1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
… them. 1888 Legislation is passed compelling Free Indians forced to carry passes or court arrest. 1890 The Orange Free … for non-whites. The residents cannot…
Document 26 - S. P. Bunting, Statement on the Kuusinen Thesis1 , presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 20 August 1928
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 26 - S. P. Bunting, Statement on the Kuusinen…
PlaceAthlone - or Cape Flats, Cape Town
… on the flats as a product of both informal settlement and forced government relocations. Since many Xhosa people of the …
Freedom In Our Life Time - African National Congress Activities
From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede 11. A. M. LEMBEDE, "Congress on the March," Bantu World, 9 September 1944. The African…
Document 28 - Brian Bunting, “Problems of the Multi-Racial Conference”, Liberation, 28, November 1957
… the bishops? How can they help us? Will we not merely be forced to water down our policy and capitulate to their …
Challenges facing workers and unions: The role of the ANC by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
Challenges facing workers and unions: The role of the ANC 30 March 2007 Introduction The 52nd National Conference of the ANC in December 2007 will have to…
Indian passive resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948 by E. S. Reddy
On June 13, 1996, President Nelson Mandela inaugurated a year-long observance of the 1946 Indian passive resistance in South Africa. Speaking at the University…
Address at Conference on Southern Africa of the Socialist International and the Socialist Group of the European Parliament with the Frontline States, ANC and SWAPO by O. R. Tambo, Arusha, 4 September 1984
We bring to the distinguished participants of this conference greetings of the African National Congress and those of our membership as a whole. We cannot omit…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 103th Anniversary of the ANC by Jacob Zuma
… skills and work opportunities for our people. Apartheid forced the majority of our people to live far away from …
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
In the 1950s the government's increasingly repressive policies began to pose a direct threat to all people of colour, and there was a surge of mass political…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - New Workers, New Unions
From the book: Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos Topic NEW FACTORIES, NEW WORKERS described how rapid…
Gandhiji and the struggle for liberation in South Africa
As important as the fortieth anniversary of the assassination of Gandhiji which is observed on January 30, 1988, is the eightieth anniversary of his first…