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ArticleThe Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
The landscape of Black political activity in the 1960s was different that of the previous decade. The apartheid government had banished the Black resistance…
ArticleCape Youth Congress (CAYCO)
Together with civic organizations, the youth played an in important role in the struggle against apartheid in the Western Cape. The first youth congress named…
Prehistory of the Nelspruit area
Prehistory of the Nelspruit area Prehistory of Southern Africa Lying just below the escarpment, Nelspruit is the capital of a region with important…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 5 - The Politics of Socialism
From the book: The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner The principle of our ideal society is freedom. I have attempted to indicate which work institutions…
Archive2002 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 8 February 2002
STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA, THABO MBEKI, TO THE JOINT SITTING OF THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, Cape Town, 8 February 2002 …
Uncovering Josina Machel from obscurity: African women hidden in his-story by Ama Biney, 3 April 2014
Josina Mutemba Machel was a revolutionary Mozambican fighter for FRELIMO who like thousands of women fought for independence for her country until she died at…
Chapter 2 - THE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD
From: The South African Communist Party In Exile 1963 - 1990 The Bram Fischer era In the aftermath of the Rivonia offensive, coupled with the 90-day detention…
Archive1994 - President Mandela, State Of the Nation Address, 24 May 1994 (After National Elections)
Madame Speaker and Deputy Speaker, President of the Senate and Deputy President, Deputy Presidents, Chief Justice, distinguished members of the National…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the celebration of 60th Anniversary of the Freedom Charter, Kliptown, Johannesburg, 26 June 2015
Director of the programmeDeputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and all ANC Officials,ANC NEC members,Vice-President of COSATU and theLeadership of the ANC, SACP,…
Freedom movement in South Africa: Its International impact by E.S Reddy
FREEDOM MOVEMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA: ITS INTERNATIONAL IMPACT[1] All national movements for freedom and justice spread ripples beyond their national boundaries…
PlaceLions Head, Mt.
Lions Head is between Table Mountain and Signal Hill, adjacent too the Twelve Apostles Mountain Range, in Cape town. The best thing about the Lion’s Head hike…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 8 - The Impracticality of Realism
From the book: The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner The Christian human model is one of freedom and openness. To love means to be free and open to other…
Challenges facing workers and unions: The role of the ANC by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
Challenges facing workers and unions: The role of the ANC 30 March 2007 Introduction The 52nd National Conference of the ANC in December 2007 will have to…
Selfless Biko 40 Years On by Barney Pityana (City Press), 10 September 2017
While he was being detained in jail in Port Elizabeth, Barney Pityana read in a newspaper about Stephen Biko’s death. Forty years later, he recalls the shock…
ArchiveWinnie Madikizela-Mandela: Revolutionary who kept the Spirit of Resistance alive by Shireen Hassim (The Conversation), 3 April 2018
No other woman – in life and after – occupies the place that Winnie Madikizela-Mandela does in South African politics. A stalwart of the African National…
ArticleThe Crackdown on the Black Consciousness Movement in 1973
The period after the Sharpeville Massacre and the banning of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan African Congress (PAC), especially after the…
ArticleYoung Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA)
The history of the Young Communist League (YCL) dates back to 1921, although the organisation observes 25 May 1922 as the date of its official formation…
ArticleRuth Robb and her involvement with Black Sash
This article was written by Jarvis Pruitt and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project In order to stand up straight,…
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
For many years there was tension within the African National Congress (ANC) between those with different ideological and theoretical views. One of these views…
PlaceMaynardville Open Air Theatre
The Maynardville Open Air Theatre is a popular and central part of Cape Town’s art scene – chiefly known for its Shakespeare performances and its ballet nights…
Op-Ed: The Zuma rape trial and its bearing on the post-Zuma era by Raymond Suttner (Daily Maverick) ,17 August 2016
The lessons of the Zuma rape trial have a bearing on the type of future leadership we must seek. In the normal course of events someone acquitted of a criminal…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 2 - Explaining the Miracle by Max du Preez
From the book: Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education We, the people of South Africa, Recognise the…
Postscript
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph ... Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference…
ArchiveThe Trotskyist Groups in South Africa - A Retrospective View by Baruch Hirson (Encyclopedia of Trotskyism On-Line: Revolutionary History: Volume 4, No. 4, 1993, South Africa)
THE HISTORY of the South African Trotskyists during the 1930s and into the next decade was never made available or discussed with new recruits. There were…
PlaceEllis Park
Emirates Airline Park, also popularly known by its old name Ellis Park Stadium, was constructed in 1928 and was first named for Mr J.D. Ellis who initially…
Memorandum of the National Committee for Liberation. London, mid-1963
The NCL still remains a small elite group, distinguished by its technical competence and secure organisation, rather than by its size or effectiveness. In the…
Christmas and New Year Message by O. R. Tambo, Distributed Illegally in South Africa, December 1973
Brothers and Sisters! I send you warm greetings from the African National Congress on the occasion of Christmas and New Year. Let us make the festive season…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 4 - Participatory Democracy
From the book: The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner A Christian society is one in which we prefer people to things, a society based on freely expressed…
Statement at the 25th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 24 – 26 July 1989
Mr. Chairman, President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak, Your Excellencies, Distinguished Heads of State and Government, Esteemed Heads of Delegations, Your…
African History Books
table { border: none; border-collapse: collapse; } td { border: none; border-color: red; } During the month of May we celebrate Africa…