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Passive Resistance in South Africa by O. R. Tambo - Extract from "Southern Africa in Transition by Davis, John A. and James K. Baker"(Pall Mall Press), London, 1966
… resistance inspired a change of heart in the rulers. The African National Congress (ANC), on the other hand, expressly … countermeasure to Mahatma Gandhi's…
ADDRESS AT THE UNVEILING OF THE COAT OF ARMS, Kwaggafontein, 27 April 2000
… stands before us for the very first time. It is both South African and African. It is both African and universal. It serves to evoke our distant past, …
ArticleThe Cabinet Reshuffle of 2017
… ministerial duties. According to section 91(2) the South African constitution: “The President appoints the Deputy … of the state and ruling party did not…
Prehistory of the Polokwane/Pietersburg area
… versions emphasise the murders and retaliation, while African versions are concerned with the disruption in the … Whatever the precise truth, the episode was…
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU)
… During the 1920s, the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) - which changed its name to the African National Congress (ANC) in 1923 - did not…
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa
… inside, they will be able to resolve it” - Former South African President, Nelson Mandela, Sunday Times, Sunday 10 … prevention and treatment of HIV/Aids and…
Document 7 - The Freedom Charter
… By at least the turn of the century, African churchwomen across the denominations and throughout … largest and most enduring and cohesive not only of all…
Author uncovers Gandhi’s links with early ANC leaders by Anelisa Kubheka (Daily News), 02 March 2012, Durban
… in India that he was an advisor to several black South African leaders. Nauriya, who wrote a book in 2006 about Gandhi called African Elements in Gandhi,…
EventSouth Africa, Cuba and Angola Sign formal peace agreement, allowing Namibian independence from South Africa
… diplomatic efforts brokered by the United States. South African President P.W. Botha proclaimed, "A new era has begun.... We want to be accepted by our…
Address at the 8th Asean Summit, 5 November 2002
… you most sincerely for the invitation extended to the African Union to address this important 8th ASEAN Summit, an … Asia. As the Current Chairperson of the…
Document 51 - W. P. van Schoor, “The Origin and Development of Segregation in South Africa A. J. Abrahamse Memorial Lecture, Cathedral Hall, Cape Town, 5 October 1950
… of South Africa during the period of expropriation of the African. The military defeat of the Ama-Xhosa tribes was … after 70 years of merciless warfare by…
EventIt is announced in Rawalpindi that Pakistan has decided to cut ties with South Africa
… to Pakistan shipping companies not to enter South African ports. Landing and passage facilities have already been refused to South African aircraft in…
The Broederbond by Norman Levy
… Famine and rural drift into the towns after the South African War had left many Afrikaners indigent and politically … Party under General J.B.M. Hertzog…
Statement at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa and Namibia, 11 August 1981
… Mrs. Gertrude Shope On behalf of the Women's Section of the African National Congress and in the name of the entire … years ago today, way out at the…
Fifty Fighting Years by A. Lerumo. The Communist Party of South Africa, 1921 - 1971 - Foreword to Book, by Dr Yusuf M. Dadoo,1972
… We, South African communists and progressives, are very pleased that … role in the bitter struggles of the oppressed South African working peoples against…
Pamphlet by Professor Z. K. Matthews, published in November 1946
… Council consisting of partly nominated and partly elected African members whose function would be to advise the Government on legislation and other matters…
The defiance campaign by M. P. Naicker
… of Defiance of Unjust Laws," launched jointly by the African National Congress and the South African Indian Congress. This Campaign was first conceived ……
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the1940s by Mohamed Adhikari
… changes that took place in black protest politics and African nationalist thinking during the 1940s, particularly in the African National Congress (ANC)…
EventSWAPO attacks SAP
… The South African Police Force (SAP) stationed in the Caprivi Strip, … casualties in clashes with 'terrorists'. South West African People's Organisation …
EventLuthuli Combat Detachment crosses the Zambezi
… of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) operatives, and the Zimbabwean African People’s Union (ZAPU) guerrillas, crossed the Zambezi … possible leakage of information to…
EventLast remaining SA troops have been withdrawn from Namibia
… The Citizen reported that the remaining 1 500 South African troops in South West Africa (Namibia) had been … While the Namibian political parties and the…
Bibliographical note and further reading
… Bridglal Pachai, The International Aspects of the South African Indian Question, 1860-1971 (Cape Town, 1971), and … into Natal, 1860-1872 , Archives Year…
Side By Side: The Autobiography of Helen Joseph
… Helen Joseph is one of the most well-known South African women to campaign against apartheid. Her … of her 30 years involvement in the struggle of the South…
EventArchibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan, Xhosa writer and linguist, dies
… he taught for ten years and was elected president of the African Teachers' Association. Jordan went on to study at the … Town. In 1945 Jordan began teaching…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Introduction
… became apparent. The first is the complexity of the South African pre-colonial past. The second is the length of time … identify. The final chapter - “Some…
EventIndian people march in Durban to protest against the Ghetto Act
… A 6 000 strong march supporting the South African Indian Congress resolution for Passive Resistance … the many anti-Indian legislation bills passed by the…
Increase Assistance to Liberation Movements - Statement at the International Conference of Experts for the Support of Victims of Colonialism and Apartheid in Southern Africa by O. R. Tambo, Oslo, 11 April 1973
… of how much more assistance should be given to the South African liberation movement. There is so much hostility to … of South Africa, as we see it in the…
Memorandum To The United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, April 1964
… On behalf of the South African Indian Congress I express my appreciation for this … role in placing the question of the treatment of South African Indians on…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on ANC`s seventieth anniversary: Appeal to the world, 02 December 1981
… The African National Congress invites friends and supporters of our liberation struggle to join with the South African people in commemorating the 70th…
Constitution of the AAC, December 1937
… and Parliament of the Union of South Africa that the African races of South Africa as a national entity and unit … that a Central Organisation shall be…