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ArchiveHamba kahle Jennifer Davis 1933-2019
Jennifer Davis, stalwart champion of majority rule in South Africa and leader in the anti-apartheid movement in the United States, died on October 15 in…
PlaceWellington, Western Cape
The picturesque town of Wellington is a scenic 45-minute drive from Cape Town. The train station is built on land donated to the Town Council in 1863, as part…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 99th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2011
… an oppressive regime. As South Africans, Africans and humanity at large we celebrate this tremendous example of … built on the values of equality and respect…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 89th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2001
… if not irrelevant, to the determination of the future of humanity, an object of pity, the inevitable destination of … freedom. The victory over the apartheid…
Covert operations
… From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State … A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State…
ArticleHistory of slavery and early colonisation in South Africa
… but it was also one that was based on acknowledging the humanity of the other party. From the very first day when a …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… Hate", organised in Oslo by the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity and the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Nelson Mandela …
ArchiveRecollections of the Resurrection of Women’s Day, 40 Years Ago by Julie Wells
My Background When I look back at those activities of 1980, I think of it as the time when I got introduced to the realm of political activism. I had first…
ArchiveDeborah Matshoba’s fight against Apartheid by Alec Russo
… not only had to take away Matshoba’s dignity and humanity while torturing her, but they also had to crush her …
ArticleIndenture: A new system of slavery?
… Polak to illustrate that on many occasions throughout his writings, one is under the impression that he has taken the …
Adapted from De Rietfonteyn: Founding of Grahamstown By Elron Kleinhans
Q: How did we get a place called Grahamstown? A: Before there was a town, the place was called Egume by the local people. Then the British came and named it…
ArchiveRemembering the Blue Notes: South Africa’s first generation of free jazz by Gwen Ansell, 11 September 2017
“We were all kind of rebels,” drummer Louis Tebogo Moholo-Moholo recalls, “so, like birds of a feather, [we] flocked together.” He’s talking about the Blue…
PlaceSaldanha Bay
Saldanha is a seaside village that lies in the Northern most corner of Saldanha bay - the largest and deepest natural bay in the Country. The Saldanha…
ArchiveSonia Bunting: Continuous Compassion and Adamant Activism by Jack Lucas
… organizations and the unapologetically left-wing writings of her newspaper made her an obvious target. In the …
ArchiveBarberton Prison by Sloane Fuller
While the South African press readily covered stories of those having committed acts of treason or communism during the apartheid era, little attention was…
Uncovering Josina Machel from obscurity: African women hidden in his-story by Ama Biney, 3 April 2014
… a quest to make her known to the rest of Africa and global humanity. Her inspirational life is perhaps representative of …
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the Second Annual Raymond Mhlaba Memorial Lecture, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 12 October 2009, Port Elizabeth
… host of others. Through their noble work we reclaimed our humanity as a nation, and proudly draw leadership lessons on …
Statement to the 20th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 14 November 1984
… enormity of its crime against the peoples of Africa and humanity as a whole, the Pretoria regime has, for some years …
Statement by Nzo Mnumzana in the plenary meeting of the General Assembly, 20 November 1984
… support of our struggle, has condemned as a crime against humanity and a threat to world peace and international …
Excerpts from Priscilla Jana’s book 'Fighting for Mandela' that relate to Solomon Mahlangu
… I rejected this with the contempt it deserved. Decency and humanity told me there was no choice. My priority was to …
Address to United Nations Security Council, by Nelson Mandela, 15 July 1992, New York United States
… which the United Nations has determined is a crime against humanity and helping to transform our country into a …
Document 120 - Draft Programme of the Communist Party of South Africa (c. 1940)41
… in duty bound to demand the abolition of capitalism before humanity will have been reduced to savagery. Civilisation in …
Document 54 - K. A. Jordaan, “What are the National Groups in South Africa? A Contribution to the Symposium”, Forum Club, Cape Town, May 1954
… the movement thereby also frees the whole of South African humanity. For no people oppressing other people can be free. …
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to The Joint Sitting of Parliament, Palais Du Parliament, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, 1 December 2005
… for our own development as well as preserving them for all humanity. I have no doubt that NEPAD, among others, should …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the European Parliament, Strasbourg: 17 November 2004
… Africans, the Rwandans, could give our Continent and all humanity the priceless gift and the miracle of understanding …
Address to Extraordinary Summit of the World Economic Forum 21 June 2003
… South Africans to know what damage had been done to the humanity, the social fabric and the psyche of all South …
Robert Sobukwe Inaugural Speech, April 1959
… in the world", writes Dubois, "are coloured. A belief in humanity means a belief in coloured men. The future of the …
"Future of the Africanist Movement" Questions and Answers Y R. M. Sobukwe, in The Africanist, January 1959
… in the world" , writes Dubois, "are coloured. A belief in humanity means a belief in coloured men. The future of the …
ArchiveWhy The EFF Is A Fascist Political Party by Gareth van Onselen, 26 March 2018
… EFF's pseudo brand, are text loyal, totally versed in the writings and philosophy of their respective ideological …
ArchiveThe Emperor has no Clothes by Liz Timbs
On December 3, 2018, Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu celebrates 47 years since his coronation as Isilo (King) of the Zulus of South Africa. Zwelithini …