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ArticleFederation of South African Women by Skylar Jayes
This article was written by Skylar Jayes and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership projectAbstractThe Federation of South…
Building A National Democratic Society by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
… Building A National Democratic Society Chapter I: Introduction South Africa has entered its Second … to act as one in pursuit of a better life for all…
Closing address by President Neslon Mandela at the 49th National conferenceof the ANC Bloemfontein, 22 December 1994
… here in Bloemfontein. That Conference was the closing of a chapter and the beginning of a new one. The Conference …
Article1910-1924: African nationalism and working-class and popular protests
… became known as the Bulhoek Massacre. It opened another chapter in South African history of Black people's defiance …
ArticleAfrican nationalism and working-class & popular protests, 1910-1924
… became known as the Bulhoek Massacre. It opened another chapter in South African history of Black people’s defiance …
EventThe Women’s National Coalition Conference starts
The inter-racial Women's National Coalition (WNC) Conference (25-27 February 1994), started in the World Trade Centre, Kempton Park. The conference focused…
ArchiveRobert Grendon: A Life Rediscovered, (Daily Maverick), 4 March 2024
… known Grendon near the start of the twentieth century. A chapter on Grendon appeared in his dissertation and was …
ArticleWomen and the struggle against Apartheid
Introduction Full feature on the History of Women’s struggle in South Africa will give a broader view of the role played by women in the struggle for freedom…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
In the 1930s various trade unions from different backgrounds ranging from conservative craft unions, white racist industrial unions, white dominated racially…
Document 18 - The Pretoria Minute
The South African state saw in the campaign for the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter an act of treason. Consequently, on the early morning of 5…
ArticleThe Youth Struggle
From the early years of colonial rule, South African youth had participated in various forms against the racist character of colonialism, oppression, and…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
In 1948, the National Party (NP), representing Afrikaners, won the national election on a platform of racism and segregation under the slogan of 'apartheid’…
Statement at the Eighth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries by O. R. Tambo, Harare, 1 - 6 September 1986
… imposition of comprehensive and mandatory sanctions under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter. International … mandatory sanctions against apartheid…
ArchiveThe end of an era - A tribute to Cde Govan Mbeki, by Jacob Zuma, 8 September 2001, Port Elizabeth
… movement, and indeed, his passing on closes an important chapter in the struggle for freedom and democracy in our …
ArticleDutch East India Company (DEIC)/VOC
March 20, 1602 marked the beginning of the inexorable end for many a state in the then known world. On that day, four hundred years ago, a group of Dutch…
73. The Congress of the People, June 1955
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The African National Congress, the S.A. Indian…
PlaceKliptown Museum
The story the Kliptown Open Air Museum tells of the thousands of people who contributed to the drafting of the Freedom Charter through photographs, news…
ArchiveT B Davie memorial lecture : Raymond Suttner
White poster with black lettering. Photo of Raymond Suttner. Regarding The Freedom Charter. The People's Charter in the 1980's. Lecture at Jameson Hall on…
ArchiveJune 27 Freedom Day Rally
37th Anniversary of The Freedom Charter Rally. Black, green and yellow striped poster. Rally on 27th June 1992. Venue - Kliptown Market Place (Historical site …
Prejudice, Politics and Patriarchy: The Social Decline and Changing Identity of David Lurie in J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace by Charley-Ann Pearson
… a new state of grace and serenity in the novel’s closing chapter. J. M. Coetzee’s controversial novel Disgrace … 331-341. Web. 26 December 2014. < https…
ArticleThe African Union (AU)
Context As the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), founded in 1963, was established as a loose association of African states with limited mechanisms for…
BiographyKgalema Petrus Motlanthe
Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe was born on 19 July 1949 at the Boksburg-Benoni Hospital. He grew up in Alexandra, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). His parents,…
EventDay of the African Child
The 16th of June is commemorated each year as the Day of the African Child. This commemoration was adopted on 16 June 1991 to honour those who had laid down…
ArticleSouth African Youth Congress (SAYCO)
SAYCO was regarded as the most significant youth organization to emerge during the 1980s. Initiated by COSAS, it focused on organizing the non-student youth,…
ArticleSouth African National Students Congress (SANSCO)
Background to the formation of the South African National Students Congress (SANSCO) The emergence of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) and the adoption…
ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
The Society of Young Africa (SOYA) held its opening conference on 20th December 1951. Led by I. B. Tabata, SOYA was closely linked to the Non European Unity…
EventAfrican’s Claim is presented at the conference
At the annual conference of the African National Congress (ANC) held in Bloemfontein, the document the African's Claim in South Africa, presented by the…
ArchiveNon-Central Government structures in South Africa today
Paper presented by Penuell M. Maduna for discussion at the African National Congress in-house seminar on Constitutional Guidelines for a future democratic…
Congress of the People - I was there
June 25 and 26 1955 are dates indelibly impressed on the minds and hearts of every Congress member who was active at the time. They are the dates of the…
EventNelson Mandela is acquitted of high treason
Nelson Mandela, leader of the Transvaal branch of the African National Congress (ANC), was acquitted of treason charges after a four year long trial. Mandela…