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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…
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…
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)…
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…
EventSADF raid Southern Angola
… The South African government has released details of a South African Defence Force (SADF) raid into Southern Angola. Between two and three hundred South West…
EventReginald (Reg) September, prominent trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist, is born
… was a prominent trade unionist, the leader of the South African Coloured People's Organization and an executive member of the South African Communist Party…
ArticleGayle: The Language of Apartheid South Africa’s Gay Underground
… is an argot or pseudo-language that arose in the South African LGBTQI+ community somewhere in the mid-60s. … to be appropriated in various ways in mainstream…
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…
ArticleThe Impact of Colonialism
… trans-Saharan trade routes between Songhay and the North African traders provided Europe with gold coins used to trade … area. The remainder of the…
Journal of Black Theology
… is a scholarly publication dedicated to the exploration of African and Black theology and its growth and identity in … Africa. Issues such as social class…
EventSA is blamed for Harare bombing
… in which several people are injured. Unlike other Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries, Zimbabwe had had a longer relationship with the…
EventOlivia Forsyth takes refuge in British embassy in Luanda
… was a self-confessed SA spy of the security police in the African National Congress who was held prisoner at the ANC … fifteen months under ANC guard in…
Address by Comrade President Nelson R Mandela to the International Federation of Newspaper Publishers Conference Prague, 26 May 1992
… I know you take very seriously. Three outstanding South African journalists, the late Percy Gqoboza, Donald woods, … Press. We remain in your debt for that…
Address to the Joint Sitting of the National Assembly and the National Council on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, 31 October 2001
… historians cast their eyes back over this the 21st and African century, what will they see! They should see that … and backwardness. They should see the…
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…
Message from President Jacob Zuma
… but for all liberation movements in the continent and the African peoples in general. The ANC, which is the oldest … we share the passion for achieving the…
PlaceConstitutional Court of South Africa, Johannesburg
… concern, of the Constitutional Court of South Africa! The African continent has demonstrated commitment to promoting … Discrimination against Women. Other…
EventThe SA Constitutional Court abolishes the death penalty
… of judicial executions in the world. Recently, a South African citizen, Muziwokuthula "Muzi" Madondo, 33, was … Mexico. Reports also claim that Madondo…
EventFather Michael Lapsley, an Anglican priest, is injured by a letter-bomb
… exiled Father Lapsley for his affiliation to the African National Congress (ANC) as well as for the support of … Lapsley moved from Lesotho to Zimbabwe, …
The Lusaka Years: The ANC in Exile in Zambia, 1963 to 1994
… 1963 to 1994. Speaker: Hugh Macmillan, research associate, African Studies Centre, Oxford University Venues in Pretoria, … provides a vivid account of this…
EventThe consortium Midi Television is awarded the first privately owned free
… Enshrined in the South African Bill of rights, is the right to free access to … year. This effectively created competition for the South African Broadcasting…
EventSABC TV News Editor, Joe Thloloe resigns
… The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) was plunged into a … in April. This is after the broadcaster and the South African Press Association (SAPA)…