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EventProtests against Afrikaans language in Black schools
… students at Orlando West Junior School in Soweto went on strike and boycotted classes. The student protest by Orlando … apartheid government. The students…
Hinduism
… of the tree are pointless because the roots give life to the whole tree. At the same time they see God in all of … leaves and the branches. This means that,…
Speech by Albert Luthuli at a public meeting organized by the South African Congress of Democrats, 1 February 1958
… African Congress of Democrats in Johannesburg in 1958 to hear the President General of the African National … into the scene in any part of the world; for…
Our Vision is a Democratic Society, 1958
… African Congress of Democrats in Johannesburg in 1958 to hear the President General of the African National … into the scene in any part of the world; for…
Document 77 - Yu Chi Chan Club , Pamphlet No. II: The Conquest of Power in South Africa [1963]
… most revolutionary sections of South African society are to be found among those who are commonly called the … think of the revolution in terms of an…
Chapter 2
… the political development of the African people. In order to appreciate this step more fully, let us briefly review the … Industrial and Commercial Workers'…
Christmas and New Year Message by O. R. Tambo, Distributed Illegally in South Africa, December 1973
… Christmases behind prison bars, and above all, DEDICATION to the cause of the smashing of white supremacy in our land. … peasants, youth and professional…
ArchiveNote on sources and footnoting by Howard Barrell
… for reasons of their security, tend during their struggle to release for public consumption little of value about their … on ANC and SACP publications -…
Article1960s: The Civil Rights and Black Power movements
… Introduction It is important to note that South African events do not occur in a vacuum, … stemmed from a long history of mutual distrust dating back to 1917…
A Matter of ‘Principle’: Corporate America and the South African Worker in the Early 1970s by Mattie C. Webb
… This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference … interests into considering workplace reform as a means to placate an…
Document 52 - LA. Jordaan, “A Critique of Mr. W. P. van Schoor’s.The Origin and Development of Segregation in South Africa” Discussion, 1, 3, June 1951
… Province Coloured teachers' organisation in October, 1950, to honour the memory of one of its members, that Mr. W.P. van … legal status of every individual…
EventThe twentieth anniversary of the arrest of Nelson Mandela is marked by a call for his release by China
… town near Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, shortly after his return to South Africa on completing six months’ military training … Conference in Ethiopia. He was…
EventNelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu on Robben Island 5 August 1982
… town near Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, shortly after his return to South Africa on completing six months’ military training … Conference in Ethiopia. He was…
'Opening Address' at Annual Conference of the South African Indian Congress by Dr. S. M. Molema, 25 January 1952
… I am deeply conscious of the signal honour it is to be asked to open this 20th conference of the South African … years meekly stood still while we have been…
”Opening Address” at Annual Conference of the South African Indian Congress, by Dr. S. M. Molema, January 25, 1952
… I am deeply conscious of the signal honour it is to be asked to open this 20th conference of the South African … years meekly stood still while we have been…
"Opening Address" at Annual Conference of the South Afri­can Indian Congress, by Dr. S. M. Molema, January 25, 1952
… I am deeply conscious of the signal honour it is to be asked to open this 20th conference of the South African … years meekly stood still while we have been…
Glossary: Learning from Leaders
… another country. Banish Send someone away from a place and to forbid them from coming back. Boycott Refuse to use something or to deal with someone. If you…
ArticleIndian South Africans: 1924-1948 Legislation and Segregation
… The concept of segregation Discriminatory legislation up to 1924 Political Legislation Economic Legislation … recognition as workers and did not have the…
Evidence before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons by O. R. Tambo, London, 29 October 1985
… and Mr. Aziz Pahad, and I am glad that they have been able to come... Perhaps I could start by asking Mr. Oliver Tambo … rather - what it described as "the…
ArchiveSecret Histories | South African Photographer David Goldblatt Reveals the Effects of Apartheid on His Native Land by Miss Rosen, 29 September 2016
… instituted a policy of apartheid that lasted from 1948 to 1994. Apartheid grew out of racial segregation under Dutch … rule and took shape under the National…
EventSouth African Police (SAP) is founded
… given. The South African Police (SAP) was the successor to the police forces of the Cape Colony, the Natal Colony, … Colony and the Transvaal Colony. The…
ArticleChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
… Historical Context to Chief Luthuli Chronology While Chief Luthuli himself … noting this, the spelling on this site has not adhered to Chief Luthuli's…
Chapter 11 - Negotiating the final constitution
… influences on the process had always been the need to achieve the greatest possible consensus. The level of … sharpened. COSATU planned to call a massive…
EventIndian Rights Campaigner Bhawani Sannyassi Dayal is born
… In 1913 he was one of the organisers of the Indian strike led by Mohandas Gandhi as part of the Sathyagraha … Campaign. In 1927 Dayal became the first South…
Whither Palestine? by Ronnie Kasrils, 19 May 2015, London
… London 19 May, 2015. 1. INTRODUCTION: It is an honour to have been invited to present this commemorative lecture in … the 1936-39 Arab uprising which…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement Timeline 1903-2009
… the notion that Black people need western values be to accepted as citizens. Du Bois calls for Black … William Edward Durghardt Du Bois. A firm supporter of…
Speech by Oliver Tambo on signing Declaration, on behalf of the ANC and Umkhonto We Sizwe, adhering to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Protocol 1 of 1977, at the headquarters of International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, 28 November 1980
… on behalf of the ANC and Umkhonto We Sizwe, adhering to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Protocol 1 of 1977, at …
Reply by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Toast Remarks by his Excellency the President of Chile, President Ricardo Lagos Escobar, on the occasion of the State Banquet, at the Palacio de la Moneda, Santiago, Chile: 7 June 2005
… Reply by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Toast Remarks by his Excellency the President of …
Meeting between Minister F W de Klerk and Lt Gen Antonio Dos Santos Franca Ndalu, Leader of the Angolan delegation to the Cape Town JC Talks accompanied by the Angolan Deputy Foreign Minister Mr Venancia Da Silva Moura: H F Verwoerd Building, 27 April 19
… Dos Santos Franca Ndalu, Leader of the Angolan delegation to the Cape Town JC Talks accompanied by the Angolan Deputy …
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad 1906 - 1990
… 1906 The African National Congress (ANC) sends a delegation to the UK in response to the implementation of new land laws in the Orange Free … abroad to set…