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Address by President Nelson Mandela at the South African freedom day celebrations Cape Town, 27 April 1998
… that nothing could stop our dream of a free South Africa coming true. The people had opened the prison doors … later, on 27 April 1994, the people of South…
ArticleCouncil of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)
… attempts by African workers to organise and reconstruct all fragmented African trade unions into a large federation … tyres and clothing for the war effort…
Memorandum To The United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, April 1964
… practice of the racial regime which holds power in South Africa. My people - the 600,000 Indians - have a proud and … have never been ready to submit to…
Address of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, to the Parliament of Canada Ottawa, 18 June 1990
… the iniquity of the apartheid system which we are all determined to abolished without delay. Like young people everywhere, as we grew up in South Africa, we…
Document 43 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi fo Leon Trotsky, 10 August 1932
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … be read by the negro workers of Africa in particular. But all those negro…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on International Relations, 27-30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… were guided by the ANC principles of "a better life for all and a vision of a just world and better Africa". Pan African Fund 4. The conference noted that…
BiographyArthur Nuthall Fula
… Südafrika im Spiegel der Afrikaans Literatur (South Africa as mirrored in Afrikaans literature, 1965), some of … was synonymous with the oppressors during…
BiographyStephanie Kemp
… and Michael) together. Kemp and Sachs had met in South Africa while Kemp was on trial. Albie Sachs described her as … the reconstruction of the underground…
Address at the opening of The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Durban 12 November 1999
… us to participate in our proceedings. The significance we all attach to this meeting is emphasised by the participation … this is the first time ever that…
ArticleBureau of State Security (BOSS)
… external security. Its main function was to investigate all matters affecting the security of the state, but no … President Kaunda , the ANC’s most important…
FW de Klerk’s speech to Parliament, 2 February 1990
… unacceptable and in nobody’s interest. The well-being of all in this country is linked inextricably to the ability of … and the negotiating process itself. I…
Eye of the Needle - Notes by Richard Turner
… discusses further on. "Black" is also widely used in South Africa to refer to the African group alone. Ironically it is … to "non-white," which Africans,…
ArchiveAppendix 1: Time Line of South African history by Denis Goldberg
… In pre-colonial times South Africa was occupied by Khoisan people in the west and Bantu … party of General Smuts achieved a small majority in the all White…
We are a Force - Speech at Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College by O. R. Tambo, Mazimbu, Tanzania, May 1984
… about in freedom or imprisoned in some cells somewhere in Africa. It doesn't rest with us. I'm struck here by the … instance, has been terrorising southern…
ANC ‘Military High Command’ Leader Interviewed
… From the "Focus on Africa" program BBC World Service 4th July 1986 South African … which is coming from South Africa are correct or not. All I can say as far…
ArticleThe role of gender in Ndebele architecture
… The creation of a built environment in southern Africa's rural areas is not merely the provision of shelter: … through participation in group activities…
Address by President Jacob Zuma to the Indian community Mount Edgecombe, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, 18 April 2014
… Brothers and sisters, Fellow South Africans, I greet you all on this blessed day, Good Friday. Millions of our people … values remain paramount and uppermost…
ArticleThe role of traditional leaders during Apartheid
… of governance for traditional rural communities in South Africa. The institution of traditional leadership was the … and objectives, the colonial government…
ArticleTowards a people’s culture - Art and Resistance under Apartheid
… the most important turning points in the history of South Africa. It triggered a chain of events, from the banning of … of the armed struggle, the…
ArticlePoverty and development
… One of the most important issues for women in South Africa has always been that of poverty. During the apartheid … analyses generally show that the poverty…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Debates and Relations with Other Organizations
… Inkululeko, 9 September 1944. Hitler is rapidly losing all his supporters in Europe. The rats are leaving the … that, Mr. Editor? I do not think it was your…
Need for New Level of International Action against Apartheid. Statement at the special session of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, Stockholm by O. R. Tambo, June 18, 1968
… representatives and guests: Permit me first of all, Sir, to express the gratitude of the African National … devotion to the cause of freedom for the people…
Extract from a speech at the opening of the academic year at the University of Stellenbosch on 22 February 1971
… also the secret of being a complete person. By utilising all the opportunities that the university puts at his … to the special problems that confront the…
How a mysterious ghost ship brought cosmic disco to Cape Verde: A new compilation documents the strange history of the African country’s groove-laden sound, formed following the discovery of a boatload of synths(The Guardian), 24 May 2016
… a Portuguese territory 350 miles off the west coast of Africa). The crew were nowhere to be seen and the cargo was … the whirling rhythms of Latin American…
Memorandum from Nelson Mandela to F. W. de Klerk, 26 June 1992
… 1 committed us to the established of a 'democratic South Africa'. On the basis of this commitment many would have been … the refusal of the NP government to…
A Future Free of Exploitation - Address to the First Congress of MPLA by O. R. Tambo, Luanda, December 1977
… and the youth; from the entire struggling people of South Africa. We feel genuinely proud that we are active … a victory of the Angolan people. It is also a…
Steve Biko: Gone but not forgotten by Robin Comley and Claire Keeton (Times Live), 12 September 2017
… myself. We were very close and for a year or two we spent all our time together. Man, in those days we used to jol all the time, any excuse for a party after…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 4 February 1974 in reply to a motion of no confidence in the Government by the Leader of the Opposition
… of the Opposition mentioned the economic position in South Africa. He put many questions in that regard. In particular … or have ever tried to deny, that…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Randall Robinson, Executive Director, Transafrica Forum, 2 March 1983, Washington, DC
… How would you assess the current state of affairs in South Africa? TAMBO: The South African regime has become very … They have lost a lot of ground. They…
ArchiveCHAPTER 5 - Armed Propaganda and Non-Colaborattion, Rationalising weakness, August 1979 - December 1980 by Howard Barell
… fall on organising by political means inside South Africa. This would enable it to create an organised domestic … through its armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe…