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EventEuropean Community observers arrive in SA
… between fighting supporters of two political parties, the African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party … South African History Online …
EventPolitical activist Mziwonke ‘Pro’ Jack is assassinated.
… The African National Congress (ANC) activist, Mziwonke 'Pro' Jack …
EventThe Population Registration Act of 1950 is repealed
… Act (Act No 30 of 1950 ) was repealed by the South African parliament. The Act was a pillar of the Apartheid … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999)…
EventDr. J. S. Moroka dies
… in his village of Ratlou. He was an active member of the African National Congress and in 1949 he became its president … Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New…
EventBeverly Mashinini wins a bronze medal
… medal in Athens, Greece. She was a member of the South African Paralympic team Amakrokokroko, which participated in …
EventClarence Makwetu Expelled from PAC
… Source: Gastrow .S. (1992). Who's Who in South African Politics: Number 4, Johannesburg: Bavan Press. …
EventChurch leaders initiate peace summit in Durban
… end to the violence between local warring factions of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. …
EventSA architect Gerard Moerdijk is born
… pioneered new designs for churches, adapting them to South African requirements and using local materials. He designed …
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president
… elections held in April 1994, the president of the African National Congress (ANC), Nelson Mandela, was sworn in …
EventGambia becomes a republic
… because of grievances with western countries lecturing African countries on human rights and democracy. …
EventKenya becomes a one party state
… Almost a year after Kenya gained independencethe Kenya African National Union (KANU) under Jomo Kenyatta and its … (Accessed: 01 October 2012)| Body-Evans A…
ArchiveMessage of the Honourable R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the Governments of the United States, Angola and Zambia: 6 March 1984
… a large number of SWAPO terrorists into Namibia, the South African forces will be remain in southern Angola until the …
ArchiveStudents and action in society
… and race; The power of contemporary radical thought; African socialism; Black power; Black power in South Africa …
ArchiveLetter from Duncan Innes, President, NUSAS, to SRC Presidents and National Executive
… letter from the President of the National Union of South African Students, Duncan Innes, reporting on a meeting …
The Freedom Charter
… block with black lettering, in English with small parts in African languages. Copies of the Freedom Charter in red …
EventThe national Chairman of SABRA warns of sour relations in the Union
… was a warning by national Chairman of South African Bureau of Racial Affairs (SABRA), Dr. A.L. Geyer. His …
ANC President Nelson Mandela’s press statement on the Bisho Massacre King William’s Town - 8 September 1992
… away the tears, let us today reflect on what we as a South African nation need to do so that we can all go beyond our … of any political organisation, should…
ArchiveAddress on the Occasion of the 107th Anniversary of the ANC by Cyril Ramaphosa, Ohlange Institute, Ethkwini, 8 January 2019
… to celebrate the 107th anniversary of the formation of the African National Congress. We have chosen to gather here – at … at the Waaihoek Wesleyan Church in…
Document 51 - Leon Trotsky, Remarks on the Draft Theses of the Workers’ Party of South Africa, 20 April 1935
… of a revolutionary organisation. The example of our South African friends again confirms the fact that in the present … by the desire to give some assistance…
ArchiveClass, Consciousness and Organisation: Introduction by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
ArticleA Luta Continua Dialogues, Episode 1: Student Activism
… 2016, and is no longer a banner officially used by South African students to date. References …
New year message to the ANC external mission by Oliver Tambo, 01 January 1971
… great satisfaction to our colleagues who languish in South African jails. With that weapon of unity we have stood firm … in favour of change but determined…
New Year Message to the ANC External Mission by O. R. Tambo, 1 January 1971
… great satisfaction to our colleagues who languish in South African jails. With that weapon of unity we have stood firm … in favour of change but determined…
ArchivePreface by Denis Goldberg
… for freedom, including 9 years in the office of the African National Congress until freedom came and we switched … in Southern Africa; then 4 years as an…
Farewell To His Comrades: Message, September 19, 1983
… [Message to a meeting of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, written and signed hours before his … allocated tasks? Today, almost as…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the Joint Houses of Congress of the Republic Of Argentina Buenos Aires, 23 July 1998
… by our neighbours in Southern Africa and our fellow African countries. For us, therefore, the integrated … of our region within the framework of the Southern…
A tribute to international solidarity support for Southern Africa
… Movement was launched in London at the request of the African National Congress of South Africa. Present at that … a job well done. In Namibia the struggle…
53. The significance of the settlement for the colonial-born India
… Christopher reflects on what settlement held for South African-born Indians. As he rather profoundly remarked, the … upon 'the settlement', [called] the…
Chapter 4. From The Poverty of the Platteland to the Slums of the City: Farm Girls Turned Into Factory Hands
… the City of Gold", the wealthiest city on the African Continent, with its skyscrapers and palatial homes, … return after their daily toil in the factories…
Dr. Pallo Jordan’s speech at the 20th anniversary of the Bisho massacre, 07 September, 2012
… four mineworkers were killed. Eighteen years into South African democracy, the first post-democracy state massacre … democratic law has makes it illegal to…