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Chapter 14. Rebuilding the Union-Constitution
… When I returned to South Africa in March 1933, I found the stillness of the grave in … of whom stood Johanna Cornelius, who were prepared to do all they…
Document 46 - D. Tloome, “The Origin and Development of Non-European Trade Unions”, lecture delivered to the Johannesburg Discussion Club on 27 February 1953, Viewpoints and Perspectives. L 1,21 February 1953
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two … can become the vanguard and the hope for a better life for all workers, is not…
Democracy - The only solution by Nelson Mandela, President of the ANC 1 July 1992
… in response to the ANC's memorandum It is said that South Africa's progress has been based on "economic windfalls and … Constituent Assembly shall have been…
GEAR and Neo-Liberalism (Part 2) by Thabo Mbeki, 28 March, 2016
… institutions of civil society and implementing the RDP in all its facets.” In May 2001, Alec Erwin, then Minister of … Development Programme (RDP), which was…
Memorandum of the National Committee for Liberation. London, mid-1963
… itself as the means of coordinating and federating all revolutionary activity, it is unlikely to grow to the … . There is an overwhelming need for unity …
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the 25th Anniversary of the formation of Umkhonto We Sizwe, 16 December 1986
… years ago bomb blasts in several main centres rocked South Africa. Thus was born Umkhonto we Sizwe, the People`s Army of … the demands of our people were…
"Umkhonto we Sizwe - Born of the People": Statement of the National Executive Comittee of the ANC on the 25th Anniversary of the Formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe by O. R. Tambo, 16 December 1986
… years ago bomb blasts in several main centres rocked South Africa. Thus was born Umkhonto we Sizwe, the People's Army of … the demands of our people were…
Chapter IV - A meaningful life
… Side by Helen Joseph June 1971 had brought me freedom from all the frustrations of house arrest and the other onerous … decade. I did not know what it would…
Uncovering Josina Machel from obscurity: African women hidden in his-story by Ama Biney, 3 April 2014
… priorities and approaches have become internalised by all – women included. Whilst African women are politically … numbers in a few African parliaments such…
EventThe South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) introduces its first national news service
… The history of broadcasting in South Africa can be traced back to 1923, when the first wireless … the progress of the broadcaster and an investigation into…
Chapter 28. I Fight Back - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… of the ugly hand of tyranny in the union office removed all differences and, when I returned from my private office, … at the action of the Minister and…
EventSupreme Court changes ruling on forced removals, traditionally
… throughout the country. As a result of this Act, all Black people living in so-called White areas had to be … process has happened in many other countries,…
Address to the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique, 2 May 2002
… you greetings from your brothers and sisters in South Africa. In a real sense, we can say without any fear of … we are happy to be amongst boa gente. In fact…
Speech on the Occasion of Installation as the Chancellor of the University of Fort Hare and on being Awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws by O. R. Tambo, 19 October 1991
… Comrades and friends, I stand here before you today, in all humility, to receive the two great honours this … for me. It is an hour that links the distant…
Address to the SANC Local Government Conference, 30 July 1999 Johannesburg
… governance, the genuine empowerment of the people, wherein all people decide who their leader are, where people … will be proud to say we live here; this…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to parliament 6 February 1998
… sitting of our first democratic parliament. I wish all of you a productive New Year in the service of the … that the programmes of government are not the…
Archive1998 - President Mandela, State of the Nation Address, 6 February 1998
… sitting of our first democratic parliament. I wish all of you a productive New Year in the service of the … that the programmes of government are not the…
Letter from Oliver Tambo to Ayatollah Khomeini, 13 February 1979, Iran, Maputo, People`s Republic of Mozambique
… National Congress and the oppressed masses of South Africa we express to you our immense joy at the glorious … a brutal racist fascist dictatorship. The ANC…
Pro Veritate
… change to afford equal human rights and opportunities to all in a united South Africa. Several editions of Pro Veritate were declared … 19th October 1977…
PlaceHector Pieterson Memorial and Museum, Soweto
… named after one of the first casualties. But commerates all of those that marched through Soweto and shot at by … Which has now become Youth Day, a public…
EventRhodesia adopts new constitution
… regardless of the support Rhodesia received from South Africa demonstrated the non feasibility of minority rule as … (uprising) brought enormous pressure…
EventSouth African Parliament repeals The Separate Amenities Act of 1953
… of the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa. The Act enforced segregation of all public facilities, including buildings, and transport, in …
EventHelen Suzman is born
… activist, Helen Suzman , was born in Germiston, South Africa. During her 36 years in Parliament she defended the right to freedom of expression for all South…
EventSouth African Committee investigates the Jameson Raid report
… to public outcry, the British Colonial Office in South Africa appointed a Mr Labouchere as head of a South African … raid and in effect to absolve the…
EventFour ANC members killed in an ambush near Piet Retief, eastern Transvaal
… Lindiwe Mthembu, Makhosi Nyoka and Nontsikelelo Cothoza, all African National Congress (ANC) members were shot dead … been transported in across the…
63. Colonisation scheme: the colonial-born Indians respond - From the book "A Documentary History of Indian South Africans" edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai
… which did not make for the advantage and improvement of all. We who have been in the Congress and have worked in it … endeavoured to initiate movements for…
Archive1994 - President De Klerk, State Of the Nation Address, 28 February 1994 (Before National Elections)
… amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 1993. The fact that we have done so in the midst … amend the reality that the Afrikaners…
Address by Mandela to the CBI conference London, 10 July 1996
… to guests and the keen interest in developments in South Africa - all have inspired me to turn around a famous phrase in … that our exports have grown at an…
Document 118 - Johannesburg District Communist Party, Call to a Non-European United Front!
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … by Allison Drew CALL TO A NON-EUROPEAN UNITED FRONT! TO ALL ASIATICS, COWURED…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Opening Session of the South Centre’s Council of Representatives New York, 21 September 1998
… I bring warm greetings from the Movement's membership from all corners of the world. As the premier source of research … also have the enormous advantage of…