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Archive2014 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 17 June 2014 (after National Elections)
The Speaker of the National Assembly, The Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces; Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Deputy Chairperson of…
Say It out Loud - The 1919 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 22nd April, 1919
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1919 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 22nd April, 1919 1 We are meeting for the first time for a…
American Supporters of the Defiance Campaign by George M. Houser
[NOTE: In this statement at a meeting of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid on June 25, 1982, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the …
Chapter XV - House arrest
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph On 13 October 1962,1 became the first person in South Africa to be put under house arrest. The minister was …
Nelson Mandela’s leadership: The early years (Part 1) by Raymond Suttner, 4 June 2018
Despite the vast literature on Nelson Mandela, the qualities that his leadership comprised has been surprisingly neglected. If we are to learn from Mandela, we…
Speech by Nelson Mandela at Zionist Christian Church Easter Conference Moria, 3 April 1994
(Begin with a reading from the Gospel According to St Matthew, Chapter 5. Verses: 1 to 12.) 1. And seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain;and…
Reports of the Passive Resistance Councils: Natal and Transvaal 1946 - 1946
From: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer Reports of the Passive Resistance Councils ”” Natal and…
PAC Constitution - Extract from Karis & Carter
Extract from Karis & Carter 1. NAME The name of the organisation shall be the Pan Africanist Congress, hereinafter referred to as the P.A.C. 2. AIMS…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 1 - The Necessity of Utopian Thinking
From the book: The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner There are two kinds of "impossibility": the absolute impossibility and the "other things being equal"…
ArticleA history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
The New Constitution was negotiated between May 1994 and October 1996 in the country's first democratically elected convention, the Constitutional Assembly…
ArticleDavid Goldblatt Timeline
1930 Born in Randfontein, South Africa, in 1930, the third son of Eli Goldblatt and Olga Light, both of whom came to South Africa as children with their…
ArchiveCelebrating 200 years of the South African Astronomical Observatory by Karel van der Vyver (Daily Maverick), 16 October 2020
Perched on the outskirts of Observatory in Cape Town, just above the Black River, stands the South African Astronomical Observatory; initially known as the…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: The SACP and Early Socialist Traditions. Convenor: Natasha Erlank
From Garvey to Lenin, via Kadalie: The ICU’s “Ginger” Faction and the Transformation of Interwar Black Radicalism Henry Dee International Studies Group,…
Apartheid power in crisis
From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman The year 1989 will go down as a watershed year in the…
ArticleAbram Fischer Timeline 1908-1975
1908 23 April, Abram (Bram) Fischer is born in Orange Free State to an auspicious family that includes Abraham Fischer, Brams grandfather, who was State…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
In the 1940s the ANC rejuvenated itself and began to work more closely with the SACP, putting behind the antagonistic relationship between the two parties in…
ArchiveCHAPTER 2 - You only win once by Howard Barrell
- Prioritising armed struggle, January 1974 - June 1976 A struggle is made up of failures essentially. It’s true. You only win once, and that’s at the end. -…
Say It out Loud - The 1912 Presidential Address, Johannesburg, Transvaal, 1st January, 1912
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1912 Presidential Address, Johannesburg, Transvaal, 1st January, 1912 1 Since our last Congress the…
Opening address by Albert Luthuli to the Twenty-second Biennial Conference of the South African Indian Congress, 19 October 1956, Gandhi Hall, Johannesburg
A spirit that refuses to submit to Tyranny Once again another biennial Conference is upon you. It is my good fortune to be privileged once more to open your…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the plenary meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, 09 November 1982, New York
Defeat those who subvert United Nations Decisions Four days ago, in commemorating the twentieth anniversary of its singularly important decision calling on…
INDIAN SLAVES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A little-known aspect of Indian-South African relations by E. S. Reddy
The visit of Nelson Mandela to India may be an appropriate occasion to recall a little known but significant aspect of relations between India and South Africa…
Document 89 “People’s Front and the Cry for Unity in South Africa”, The Spark, 2, 4, April 1936
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 89 "People's Front and the Cry for Unity in…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s Satyagraha, Durban
Programme Director, Your Excellency, the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, And esteemed members of the Indian delegation, Ministers and Deputy…
Death of a lion of the law, Arthur Chaskalson by Rebecca Davis, 3 December 2012
Former Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson died on Saturday from leukaemia. There are few individuals who have played so significant and honourable a role in South…
Address at the Commonwealth Local Government Forum, 4 March 2003
Chairperson, Minister Sydney Mufumadi, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Don McKinnon, Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Dr Anna Tibajuka, Chairperson…
In the name of art - A reflection on fine art
Let these images be a tribute to the many artists who have died too soon and too young. Empraim gatane, Cyprian Shilakoe, Julian Motau, Thami Mnyele, and to…
Chapter 17. Afrikaner Nationalism and the Workers - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
Few people, including most English-speaking South Africans, know anything at all about the Afrikaner people, their history and their national aspirations. Yet…
Chapter 18. Disrupting the Trade Unions
In Mein Kampf, Hitler propounded at length the need for capturing or disrupting all mass organisations in the interest of National Socialism. The leaders of…
Chapter 10. Cleaning Up the Clothing Industry - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
Bad as conditions were in factories, the evil of homework was even worse. The worker who is compelled to turn his home into a workshop usually belongs to the…
Awards of Recognition to Honourable Early Associates of Gandhiji and Phoenix Settlement 1904-1914
The Gandhi Development Trust recognises on this important occasion of the centenary of Phoenix Settlement, the outstanding contribution, dedication and devoted…