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Vella Pillay
This is a short autobiography of Vella Pillay written for his 80th birthday party held on 18th October 2003 at Lauderdale House, Highgate, London. Vella…
ArticleUnited Women’s Congress (UWCO)
As a result of parent's reactions to the 1976 uprisings and their aftermath, ex-Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) members in the Western Cape began…
ArticleTransition and negotiation, 1990-1994
'Laws do not make a better society, people do ... it is crucial that the people of South Africa unite around a common respect for the Constitution…
Address at the Work-in-Progress Review Workshop of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), 24 Jan 2002
Mr Amara Essy, Secretary General of the OAU The Executive Mayor of Ekurhuleni Metro, Councillor Duma Nkosi Minister of Health of Mali - The Honourable Dr Nafo…
Document 28 - Brian Bunting, “Problems of the Multi-Racial Conference”, Liberation, 28, November 1957
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 28 - Brian Bunting, "Problems of the Multi…
BiographyWendy Heather Woods
Wendy Heather Woods (neè Bruce) was born on 5 February 1941 in Mthatha (formerly Umtata), Transkei (now Eastern Cape Province). An outstanding pupil in school,…
ArchiveCHAPTER 2 - You only win once by Howard Barrell
- Prioritising armed struggle, January 1974 - June 1976 A struggle is made up of failures essentially. It’s true. You only win once, and that’s at the end. -…
10 YEARS PROJECT
close Document 28 Negotiations: a strategic perspective 25 November 1992 As adopted by the National Executive Committee of the African National…
Article by Oliver Tambo in World Marxist Review, 06 March 1980
Racism in Isolation South Africa has for decades been the only country in the world which has codified the doctrine of racial superiority into a statutory…
Racism in Isolation by O. R. Tambo, World Marxist Review, March 1980
South Africa has for decades been the only country in the world which has codified the doctrine of racial superiority into a statutory system and established…
ArticleGhallywood: An Evolution of Ghana’s Film Industry
Early Beginnings of the African Film Industry: During the British colonial rule over Kenya, Uganda, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland and the Gold Coast in the late…
The Boerenvereenigingen: precursor to the Afrikaner Bond
In the 1870s a series of farming associations emerged in the Cape, both in the west and in the east. While both English and Afrikaner associations emerged, the…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on death sentences passed on three members of ANC and Umkhonto We Sizwe, 20 August 1981
On Wednesday, August 19, 1981, a racist judge in Pretoria sentenced to death three ANC militants - Anthony Tsotsobe, David Moise and Johannes Shabangu - after…
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
1884 Otto von Bismarck chairs the Berlin Conference to stem the scramble for Africa. Only Morocco, Ethiopia, and Liberia are recognized as independent…
Dr William Fehr (1892-1968), collector of art as history
The name of Dr William Fehr should be familiar to many of those who have visited Castle Good Hope in Cape Town at least once during the last fifty years. Young…
ArticleNapoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte. Source: www.historywiz.com A new absolute ruler After the fall of Robespierre in 1794, a new group of people took over the government…
ArticleCommercial, Catering & Allied Workers Union of South Africa (CCAWUSA)
SACCAWU was founded as CCAWUSA (The Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union of South Africa) in 1975, with Emma Mashinini as the general secretary and M…
South Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, VolumeTwo 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew - Bibliographical note and further reading
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Bibliographical note and further reading African…
Apdusa Views
Apdusa Views was first published in 1984. In that issue it was stated: "Apdusa Views sees as its task to act as a watchdog of the oppressed people. We intend…
Chapter 3 - THE MOROGORO AFTERMATH
From: The South African Communist Party In Exile 1963 - 1990 The end of the 1960s was another important phase in the history of the exiled liberation movement…
ArchiveSpeech by President Nelson Mandela on Women’s Day, Pretoria, 9 August 1996
Chairperson; Ministers; Guests; Friends and compatriots. When the women of South Africa converged on these Union Buildings forty years ago, from every…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the National Day of Safety and Security Vosloorus, 15 October 1994
It is a great honour for me to be with you on this day, the National Day of Safety and Security. The people of the East Rand, and in particular Katlehong,…
Speaking Notes for the President of the African National Congress, President Jacob Zuma, during the MKMVA National Conference, 12 October 2012
Programme Director; Chairperson, Comrade Kebby Mphatsoe and the National Executive Committee; Chairpersons of MKMVA Provincial Committees; MKMVA stalwarts…
Interview with Oliver Tambo to New African, 05 January 1980, London
Unity in Action Decisive Question: How would you assess the Lancaster House Conference on Zimbabwe, and the implementation up to now of what was agreed? …
Document 6 - Report of Delegation to All-African Convention and Unify Conference 16-17 December 1943. Presented to 2nd National Anti-CAD Conference, 4-5 January 1944
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 6 - Report of Delegation to All-African…
African and Indian in Durban by Fatima Meer
The following article was written just before the Emergency, having been commissioned by the Editor to commemorate one hundred years of Indian settlement in…
ArticleTransition to Armed Struggle by Norman Levy
Transition to Armed Struggle The brief respite from the Treason Trial which ended on 29 March 1961 and the Rivonia arrests in July 1963 was a period of…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, who has died, was a history maker. He was born on 27 August 1928 into a tumultuous global century, and into the local conditions…
African National Congress Women's League Constitution
As amended and adopted at the 5th National Conference - July 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preamble Rules Rule 1 Name Rule 2 Aims and Objectives Rule 3…
Eulogy by President Jacob Zuma at the funeral of Mme Ruth Mompati, Vryburg, North-West Province 23 May 2015
The Mompati family Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, Former President Thabo Mbeki and Madame Zanele Mbeki at home, Former President Kgalema Motlanthe and…