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Our Souls dwelt in the House of Tomorrow: The student Committee of 81 by Nicky van Driel
… on 19 April 1980, high school and tertiary students in the African, Coloured and Indian areas of the Western Cape embarked on a class boycott. This became a…
Document 91. ‘April 6: People’s Protest Day’. Flyer issued by the ANC (Transvaal) and the Transvaal Indian Congress
… April 6: People's Protest Day The African National Congress has served notice on the Government that the Non-European people can no longer go on tolerating…
Behind the Narrative of the Abuse of State Power was a Larger Goal by Thabo Mbeki, 8 February 2016
… For many years now, some at home and abroad have propagated the view that during the period I was President of the Republic, I abused my power especially to…
Address, Thabo Mbeki, at the Opening of the World Summit for Sustainable Development Johannesburg, 26 August 2002
… Mr Nitin Desai, Secretary-General of the World Summit for Sustainable Development, Your … of civil society, Distinguished Delegates, Members of the mass…
The African Women`s Demonstration in Natal: Report by Albert Luthuli to the Natal People`s Conference, 6 September 1959
… Since the middle of June 1959 to date, August 31st, 1959, Natal has been witnessing widespread demonstrations throughout the Province. The demonstrations…
Message by Oliver Tambo on the 40th anniversary of the three doctors` pact, 09 March 1987
… On behalf of the National Executive Committee, the entire membership of the African National Congress, its military wing Umkhonto we … Message by Oliver…
Helen Zille and the myth of the White Saviour by Panashe Chigumadzi, (Sunday Times), 19 March 2017
… Wilbur Smith, that great chronicler of the White Man's Burden in Africa, was arguably at his finest in his 1972 novel, The Sunbird. In it, he narrates the…
Address at The Official Opening of The Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, 28 June 2003
… Chairperson of Convenco, Ebrahim Rasool, Premier of the Western Cape, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, Your Worship, … gentlemen: It is a proud day indeed for Cape…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the European Parliament, Strasbourg: 17 November 2004
… President of the European Parliament, Josep Borrel Fontelles, Honourable Members of the European Parliament, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen: On…
Address at the Opening Session of The South Africa-Algeria Bi-National Commission, Algiers, 22 September 2000.
… Ministers, Honourable Members of Parliament, Your Worships the Mayors here present, Business people from Algeria and … Distinguished Guests, Ladies and…
Evidence before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the house of commons: Oliver Tambo, 29 October 1985, London
… by asking Mr. Oliver Tambo if he would describe to us the structure of the African National Congress and its organisation. TAMBO : … I begin by thanking you…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of Heritage Day, Cape Town
… Minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan, Premier of the Western Cape Province, Ebrahim Rasool, Speaker of the National Assembly, Baleka Mbete, Ministers…
The purpose of the Archie Mafeje Annual Memorial Lecture by Sehlare Makgetlaneng (Pambazuka News), 31 March, 2016
… Professor Mafeje contributed enormously to the concrete understanding of the African socio-political and economic situation. He emphasised the structural…
Evidence before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons by O. R. Tambo, London, 29 October 1985
… by asking Mr. Oliver Tambo if he would describe to us the structure of the African National Congress and its organisation. TAMBO: … I begin by thanking you…
EventRobert Mugabe assures the SADC that the 9-10 March election in Zimbabwe would be free and fair
… 2002, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe assured members the 14-member Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) that the 9-10 March election in Zimbabwe…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on receiving the freedom of the city of Bloemfontein 16 May 1997
… Mohapi; Distinguished Guests; Citizens of Bloemfontein, The history of South Africa would have been very different … in Bloemfontein. Bloemfontein is an…
'We Go To Action': Statement on the Launching In Natal of the Defiance Campaign, August 30, 1952
… its accredited delegates whose stand was fully endorsed at the Conference of the African National Congress, Natal Branch, held in Durban on March 15, 1952,…
EventBeverly Palesa Ditsie is the first out lesbian woman to address the United Nations about LGBT rights
… September 1995, Beverley Palesa Ditsie made a statement at the Beijing Women’s Conference about the importance of including lesbian rights in discussions…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa commissioned by The Department of Education
… The historical debates aside, the significant revolutionary changes in the nineteenth century provided the base on which many of the … Book 3: Migration,…
Oliver Tambo call for the observance of the 70th birthday of Nelson Mandela, 18 June 1988
… The people of South Africa, particularly the youth of our country, are renowned for their fearless challenge to the full might of Pretoria`s tyranny. In…
EventRobert Kennedy, American politician, speaks at the University of Cape Town about the racial inequality of apartheid
… On 6 June 1966, Robert Kennedy, the brother of former American president John F. Kennedy and American politician, made a parliamentary address at the…
Message by Albert Luthuli to the National Conference of the African National Congress Women`s League, 1 August 1959
… Here I am, caged in, in the Lower Tugela District, by the oppressor`s ban on me. The confinement resulting from this ban is a painful reminder … Message by…
Message by Albert Luthuli to the Seventh Provincial Conference of the Natal Indian Congress, 5 February 1954, Durban
… In the name of Afrika and Freedom I greet you all! AFRIKA! … . I am happy and proud on my behalf and on behalf of the African people I have the honour and…
EventDr. Essop Goolam Pahad, former Minister in the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa is born
… Dr. Essop Goolam Pahad, former Minister in the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa was born in Schweizer-Reneke, … out a wide range of political…
Trade unions, politics and the working class struggle: the Food and Canning Workers Union, 1975 to 1986
… Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts Honours (BA Hons) in African Studies at the University of Cape Town by Riyaad…
EventANC President, Oliver Tambo, denies that the ANC is in secret negotiations with the South African government
… The African National Congress (ANC) President, Oliver Tambo denied that the ANC was in secret negotiations with the South African government. His denial came…
Chapter 3 - SASO: The Ideology and Politics of Black Consciousness
… For white South Africans the late 1960s was a time of political calm, rising living standards, prosperity and sharing in the sustained economic boom of that…
EventThe Proteas become the first South African team in history to win a Test cricket series in Australia
… The current South African national cricket team, The Proteas, is one of the most successful national teams in the country and the … Cricket South Africa…
EventGamal Abdel Nasser is formally nominated to become the first president of the new United Arab Republic
… 1958, Gamal Abdel Nasser was formally nominated to become the first president of the new United Arab Republic. In February 1958, Egypt joined with Syria in…
EventAn inquest into the death in detention of the white trade union leader, Dr. Neil Aggett opens
… At the conclusion of a forty-four day inquest into the death in detention of white trade union leader, Dr. Neil Aggett, the Johannesburg magistrate, Pieter…