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STRIKES AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIONS
... A strike teaches workers to understand what the strength of the employers and what the strength of the workers consist in: it teaches them not to think of…
EventWinnie Mandela receives a 6 months' sentence
Winnie Mandela (now Winnie Madikizela-Mandela), restricted to a Black township at Brandfort, Orange Free State, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment …
National General Council 2005: Consolidated Report on Sectoral Strategies, 3 July 2005
LEGISLATURE, GOVERNANCE AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS 1. PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY Participatory democracy can be enhanced by addressing the following issues: …
PlaceGoegap Nature Reserve, Springbok
This 7 000 hectare nature reserve, supports 600 different indigenous plant species, 45 mammal species and 94 bird species! This reserve is located 15 km from…
PlaceBrenton-On-Sea, Garden Route
One of the most wonderful beaches on the Garden Route, Brenton on Sea lies just on the other side of the Knysna Western Heads. A long curved bay, the beach is…
Speech at Meeting to Commemorate South Africa Freedom Day and to Condemn the 600-year Alliance between Britain and Portugal by O. R. Tambo, London, 20 June 1973
We meet in the wake of great international gatherings concerned with the building of a future of peace, progress and friendship among the peoples comprising…
Archive2015 - President Zuma, Response to the State of the Nation Address, 19 February 2015
Delivered by President Jacob Zuma on Thursday in response to the State of the Nation Address Debate 19 February 2015 Honourable Speaker,Honourable…
Address at the National Council Of Provinces, 12 November 2002
Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson, Honourable Premiers, Honourable Members of the National Council of Provinces: Thank you very much for affording me the…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the tenth anniversary of the Soweto uprising, 16 June 1986
On June 16, 1976, as we all know, the children of Soweto, Mamelodi, Gugulethu and other areas rose united in response to a massacre unprecedented in its nature…
Make South Africa ungovernable: Broadcast on Radio Freedom: Oliver Tambo, 10 October 1984
We are marking two important occasions in the history of our protracted struggle at a time when the revolutionary fervour amongst all sections of the black…
"The Count-Down has Started": Statement on the Tenth Anniversary of the Soweto Uprising by O. R. Tambo, 16 June 1986
On June 16, 1976, as we all know, the children of Soweto, Mamelodi, Gugulethu and other areas rose united in response to a massacre unprecedented in its…
Speech by Oliver Tambo on behalf of the Liberation Movements, at the twenty-third session of the assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity, 27 July 1987, Addis Ababa
Mr. Chairman,Your Excellencies, Distinguished Heads of State and Government,Esteemed delegates,Comrades, ladies and gentlemen,On behalf of the national…
Make South Africa Ungovernable: Broadcast on Radio Freedom by O. R. Tambo, 10 October 1984
We are marking two important occasions in the history of our protracted struggle at a time when the revolutionary fervour amongst all sections of the black…
PlaceGroote Kerk, Adderley Street, Cape Town.
There is probably no building in South Africa that is better known than the Groote Kerk. Jan van Riebeeck brought the Reformed religion to the Cape and the…
PlaceCircle of Kramat's, Cape Town
The circle of Kramats in Cape Town is a shrine to Muslim holy men buried in Cape Town. Legend goes that it is this circle that protects Cape Town from…
PlaceEersteling Monument, Polokwane
The Eersteling gold mine, the site of the first commercial gold mining activity in South Africa’s modern History, has, in many instances, been relegated to…
PlaceEswatini (formerly Swaziland)
The Swazi nation, as we know it today, originally came from Mozambique. Their Nguni ancestors probably moved there before the sixteenth Century as part of the…
Appendix 1: Freedom Fighters On The March: A Message From Dr. Y. M. Dadoo To The Indian People
A message from Dr. Y. M. Dadoo to the Indian people Brothers and Sisters The struggle against apartheid and for Freedom has entered a newdecisive phase…
Address on disturbances in Bloemfontein location, by I. J. Nthatisi, March 4, 1919
At the request of the leaders of the location, the Resident Magistrate, Mr. J. Ashburnham, and the Mayor of Bloemfontein Mr. D. A. Thomson, motored out to…
Speech by the Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr. Blade Nzimande at SAHO Graduate Internship Programme launch, 30 October, 2012
Launch SA History Online Internship Project. We have been giving lots of attention to getting practical experience for professionals such as engineers,…
Document 38 - Certification of the Constitution; a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
DEFIANCE CAMPAIGN IN SOUTH AFRICA, RECALLED By E.S Reddy The "Campaign of Defiance against Unjust Laws" - launched jointly by the African National Congress of…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 69th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1981
Extend and Defend Our Revolutionary Gains! President O. R. Tambo`s January 8th, 1981, Statement. Compatriots and Comrades, Fellow-fighters for the…
Archive2011 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 10 February 2011
State of the Nation Address By His Excellency Jacob G Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa, at the Joint Sitting of Parliament, Cape Town 10 Feb…
Chapter 11
African National Congress Now it is not so difficult to recognise the first two obstacles to progress because the link between them and the government is…
The Pioneers
The artworks presented in this section of the exhibition had their historical beginnings in the decades of the 1920s and 1930s. These beginnings took place in…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1948 - Press Reports on the Campaign
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1948 Resisters will cross border: No Permits …
EventBusiness Day reports that minister of law and order, Adriaan Vlok, said that apartheid has become an albatross around the country's neck.
Business Day reports that minister of law and order, Adriaan Vlok, said that apartheid has become an albatross around the country's neck. 'If you ask a black…
EventPolitical activist Mziwonke 'Pro' Jack is assassinated.
The African National Congress (ANC) activist, Mziwonke 'Pro' Jack was gunned down next to his home in Cape Town. Jack was a taxi conflict mediator in Cape Town…
ArchiveJonas Gwangwa embodied South Africa’s struggle for a national culture by Gwen Ansell
Music is not a zero sum game with only one ‘best’. But if you seek to name one musician whose life embodies the South African people’s struggle for a national…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: The SACP and Early Socialist Traditions. Convenor: Natasha Erlank
From Garvey to Lenin, via Kadalie: The ICU’s “Ginger” Faction and the Transformation of Interwar Black Radicalism Henry Dee International Studies Group,…