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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…
EventSimon Hendrik Freykenius and Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh arrive at the Cape to assist dissatisfied burghers
On 23 June 1792, Simon Hendrik Freykenius and Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh arrived in the Cape. Both Freykenius and Nederburgh were Commissioner-Generals of…
Presidential address by Alberth Luthuli to the Annual Provincial Conference of the Natal Branch of the African National Congress, 5 July 1956
(Press report) "The struggle for freedom must go on no matter how hard the struggle might be! It must go on because Freedom is the noblest human attainment…
Student Politics in the Era of Democracy
During the 1990-1994 period of political liberalisation and negotiations leading to the first democratic elections the South African Students Organisation …
EventThe General Assembly of the League of Nations meets in Geneva for the first time
On 15 November 1920, the General Assembly of the League of the Nationsmet in Geneva, Switzerland for the first time. The League was an international body…
ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
The participation of young people in the liberation struggle preceded the student uprising of June 16, 1976. Before the establishment of the African National…
Grade 11 - Topic 4 Timeline
1902 A Coloured people’s political organisation, African People’s Organisation (APO), previously known as the African Political Organisation is formed in Cape…
EventThe Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) is founded after the government banned a host of BCM organisations in October 1977.
In the aftermath of the 16 June 1976 Uprising, in Soweto, Johannesburg, the apartheid government banned all the organisations under the Black Consciousness…
The Wider Significance of the Judgement of the Constitutional Court on the “Nkandla Matter” by Thabo Mbeki, 11 April 2016
… democracy strong and vibrant… “As with other Chapter Nine institutions, the Constitution guarantees the … said – “My soul is not for sale.” It also means…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - PART 4 by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner The struggle continues 'I don't know what you mean by "tired". I can't give up…
EventThe Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) is founded
In an attempt to organise a broad-based and inter-racial women's organisation, the Federation of South African Women (FSAW or FEDSAW) was launched on 17 April…
Biographical contribution on Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
… and Speak ”. In 1995, she was the co-author of the chapter “South African Feminism” of a book on global …
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A Reflection of the Chasm Between Constitutional Rights and the Lived Experience in South Africa by Rhiain Moses
… still able to sleep with other women within the Empire. In Chapter Three communication between the pair is partially …
Shared Cultural Trauma: Inarticulacy as Social Disability in South African Literature by Hannah Pagan
… still able to sleep with other women within the Empire. In Chapter Three communication between the pair is partially …
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… < Menu page < 6. The Moderates' Eclipse | Conclusion > CHAPTER IV The Struggle for Power: The Triumph of the …
ArticleMessage of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, delivered by Mr. Tambo, at the funeral of Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo
1 September 1983, London We are gathered here to pay homage to an outstanding leader of the African liberatory struggle, a comrade and friend who devoted…
Present Stage of the Struggle against Apartheid in South Africa. Paper prepared at the request of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Stockholm, 1 June 1968
… it can now be said, will always constitute an important chapter in any analysis of the current political situation in …
Paper prepared at the request of the United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid by Oliver Tambo, 1 June 1968, Stockholm
… it can now be said, will always constitute an important chapter in any analysis of the current political situation in …
Paper prepared at the request of the Special Committee against Apartheid, June 1968
… it can now be said, will always constitute an important chapter in any analysis of the current political situation in …
ArticlePolokwane/Pietersburg Timeline 1835-1995
1835 Migration of disaffected Dutch farmers from the Cape Colony 1836 Louis Trichardt and Hans van Rensburg reach 'De Zoutpansbergen' 1838 Trichardt…
Historical Background of the Constitutional Court
The Constitutional Court was established in 1994 by South Africa's first democratic constitution - the interim constitution of 1993. The Court, the key…
A reply by Albert Luthuli to Mr. Jordan K. Ngubane`s attacks on the African National Congress, 5 June 1956
Mr. Ngubane has written most voluminously in several issues of the Indian Opinion making scathing and unjustified remarks about the African National Congress…
Politics in My Blood by Kader Asmal
Two chapters from the book Kader Asmal: Politics in My Blood
ArchiveJune 16: The doors of learning and culture shall be opened
Black and white poster. Artwork of Hector Pieterson photograph. 1985 - 30 years of the Charter.
ArchiveEngineers!
Brown poster with white lettering. Issued by SRC Academic Freedom Committee. Support the Education Charter Campaign.
ArchiveForward to peoples power in a peoples democ
Yellow, green, black and white poster. 25th Anniversary of the Freedom Charter - 1955-1980. ANC poster.
ArchiveArchitects!
Brown poster with purple lettering. Issued by the SRC Academic Freedom Committee, for the Education Charter Campaign.
ArchiveScience students!
Brown poster with yellow lettering. Issued by the SRC Academic Freedom Committee. Support the Education Charter Campaign.
ArchiveEducation students!
Brown background with green lettering. Recruitment poster for Education Charter Campaign. Issued by SRC Academic Freedom Committee.