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EventAfrikaans is declared an official language of South Africa
… to unify members of this group. It aimed to build a South African nationalism that recognised their varied origins, but one that emphasised a unique South…
EventMore than 400 miners killed in what was the worst mining disaster in South Africa
… a massive collapse. Following the disaster, the South African government established Coal Mines Research … the Chamber of Mines Research Organization. The…
Cable to the United Nations Opposing Incorporation of South-West Africa, by Dr. A.B. Xuma, January 1946
… 17'/2 per cent for 8,000,000 Africans. Only 40 per cent African Children accommodated in mission schools. 95 per cent … at home. (Sgd) - A.B. Xuma President …
EventBafana Bafana, SA’s National soccer team, wins the Africa Cup of Nations Final
… South African were the host of the Africa Cup of Nations Tournament … champions. It was a historic moment for South Africa and African soccer at large. Clive…
ArchiveHugh Lewin obituary by Peter Hain (www.theguardian.com), 21 January 2019
… In 1959, Hugh Lewin, who has died aged 79, joined the South African Liberal party: shortly afterwards it became the only … the country, with the banning in…
Address at the Opening Session of The South Africa-Algeria Bi-National Commission, Algiers, 22 September 2000.
… in a different way by Lord Shaftersbury about South African in a meeting called by the Lord Mayor at the Mansion … we can contribute to the reconstruction…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the 34th independence celebrations of the Republic of Uganda Kampala, 9 October 1996
… Special Representative to support the efforts of the East African leaders in finding a peaceful political solution to … taken by Uganda and her regional…
Interview with Africa Report by Oliver Tambo, 01 March 1981, New York
… AFRICA REPORT : To many critics, the African National Congress (ANC) looks like a failure. After … ANC developed? There were traditional links with the South…
ArchiveThe arch agitator of the Union by Shula Marks, 31 January 2019
… and the removal from the pass (the document every African had – and has – to carry to prove his right to be in … (that is, utshwala, the beer that was an…
Biography of Michael Scott from an email contribution by Lorna Richmond, 25 November 2015
… opposition to the then Church establishment and the South African Government. However, in the short-term it was … At the same time the CRJ was imploding,…
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
… be called “Lusaka”, after the capital of Zambia, where the African National Congress (ANC) had its headquarters. In 1984 … rural settings. They made contact…
ArticleStrong and Unnoticed: The Women of the UDF by Reid Arnold
… by three community-based organizations to oppose the South African Indian Conference and the apartheid government’s plan … that year. A poster was put out by…
Article by Oliver Tambo in World Marxist Review, 06 March 1980
… all serving the interests of the white minority, of South African and international capital. The racists` aim is to … The slight, inconsequential adjustments…
Racism in Isolation by O. R. Tambo, World Marxist Review, March 1980
… all serving the interests of the white minority, of South African and international capital. The racists' aim is to … The slight, inconsequential adjustments…
Document 38 - “How to Build o Revolutionary Mass Party in South Africa: A letter from the Executive Committee of the Communist International, “Umsebenzi, 12 December 1930
… 1. The growing disparity between the growth of South African industry and the limited internal market owing to the … the inability of the technically…
ArticleEskom Energy Crisis: Will there be a “just transition” to renewable energy? by Kyla Jade Mc Nulty
… the stations for. The greatest insult is that it is South African citizens that are expected to pay back these corrupt … were ahead of the current curve,…
Why protect worker’s rights?
… applies to all employees and employers except the South African National Defence Force, various intelligence bodies … 1999, aims to develop and improve the…
Why protect rights of gays and lesbians?
… the immigration of the foreign spouses of permanent South African residents but not to afford the same benefits to South African gays and lesbians in…
ArticleAfrica: What’s in a name?
… 1.11 billion people call Africa home and call themselves African. Africa, and being African, has become a core part of the identity of millions … 2005. …
Discovery of the Gold in 1884
… divided between White and Black residents. The South African War of 1899-1901 saw a temporary downturn in … all economic activity in the region. Following…
ArticleHitler’s racial state in Germany
… way of reinforcing the human rights embodied in the South African constitution. Keep in mind that teenagers learn from … Erin intercepted a racial caricature…
ArticleStates of Emergency in South Africa: the 1960s and 1980s
… particularly uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC) – precipitated the … community protested against the brutality of…
Article”People’s Power!”, 1986
… In January 1986, the UDF met the African National Congress (ANC) for talks in Stockholm. It … organisation and working together with Congress of South…
The Mass Democratic Movement, February 1988 - January 1990
… ground, forming closer relations with Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) , which was only partially … (MDM), and the two formed closer relations…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the anti-racist day meeting of the Greater London Council, 21 March 1984, London
… national liberation movements of the Namibian and South African peoples - SWAPO and the ANC. Mr. Chairman, This city … imperial capital that betrayed both…
Address to the Anti-Racist Day Meeting of the Greater London Council by O. R. Tambo, London, 21 March 1984
… national liberation movements of the Namibian and South African peoples - SWAPO and the ANC. Mr. Chairman, This city … imperial capital that betrayed both…
Document 22 - Report of the first National Conference of Women held in the Trades Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa, 17 April 1954
… customs and conventions, and strive for a genuine South African democracy based on complete equality and friendship … with inspiration and guidance…
ArchiveIntroduction by Howard Barrell
… could find no solution to South Africa's crisis unless the African National Congress, its foe for 30 years, was a … the ANC's involvement in solving was…
Acceptance speech by President Jacob Zuma on the occasion of being awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters in recognition of his contribution to education at Texas Southern University Houston, Texas, 23 September 2011
… in town, where I joined the trade union movement and the African National Congress. The two organisations added a lot … for freedom which turns 100 years old…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the official launch of the Dube Trade Port and King Shaka International Airport, 8 May 2010, Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal
… that serves not only South Africa but the Southern African Development Community. The port of Durban is already … King Shaka was a strategic thinker, able to…