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ArchiveAn Interview With F.W. De Klerk, the Last Apartheid President of South Africa by Nicolas Rossier
… 27 years in prison. His freedom followed the repeal of all major apartheid laws including the lifting of the ANC ban. While Nelson Mandela is probably today…
Document 10 - Letter from Nelson Mandela to Sir de Villiers Graaff, leader of the United Party
… Sir de Villiers Graaff, Leader of the Opposition, House of Assembly, CAPE TOWN Sir, In one week's time, the Verwoerd … has never been endorsed by the non…
South Africa Communists Speak Documents from the history of the South African Communist Party 1915 - 1980
… to the ''see it through'' Policy, Signed by Twenty Members of the South African Labour Party'. Document 3: 'The New … September 10, 1915. Document 4: 'The…
New Year Message to U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations by O. R. Tambo, 29 December, 1964
… shown a new firmness and determination in the handling of the South African question. We wish to express our deep appreciation of the unequivocal stand of…
Statement Issued by Joint Meeting of African and Indian Leaders for Closer Co-operation, February 6, 1949
… This historic joint meeting of the representatives of the national organisations of the African and Indian people, representing the Executives … Statement…
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - Acknowledgement
… From the book: Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis This … for the tolerance that has come my way from members…
Document 28 - Letterfrom E. R. Roux to the Central Executive, Communist Party of South Africa, 25 September 1928
… E. R. Roux to the Central Executive, Communist Party of South Africa, 25 September 1928 … the Native Administration Act for inciting to a"feeling of…
Letter from Oliver Tambo to Ayatollah Khomeini, 13 February 1979, Iran, Maputo, People`s Republic of Mozambique
… Excellency Ayatollah Khomeini, Teheran Islamic Republic of Iran On behalf of the African National Congress and the oppressed masses of South Africa we…
The fall of the ANC: what caused it by Chris Kanyane (News24), 11 December 2016
… In fact the ANC so patterned itself along the lines of the ZCC that it described itself with religious … The ANC called itself “glorious” (the glorious…
Document 18 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to the South African Federation of NativeTrade Unions, 20 September 1930
… Letter from S. P. Bunting to the South African Federation of NativeTrade Unions, 20 September 1930 … from you or your Secretary were before the last meeting…
ArchiveAhmed Timol and the return of The Light by Kevin Bloom (Daily Maverick), 28 October 2016
… Naturam expellas furca tamen usque recurret .” These words of the Latin poet Horace seem to be turning up everywhere … return.” Back when Horace wrote them,…
A chronology of meetings between South Africans and the ANC in exile 1983-2000 by Michael Savage
… the decade preceding the dramatic February 1990 unbanning of South Africa’s black liberatory movements, many hundreds of concerned South Africans undertook…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: ANC Statement on Policy Conference state of readiness, 25 June 2012
… at Gallagher Estate particularly with the registration of all categories of participants, which is currently underway. We are … outcomes which will be a…
EventSouth African Communist Party leader Abram Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of communism
… Johannesburg District Committee and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of South Africa (later SACP). In 1943, he helped A. B. Xuma … the…
Justice Arthur Chaskalson: President of Constitutional Court interviewed by Rupert Taylor, 2 February 2000, The Braamfontein, Johannesburg
… Justice Arthur Chaskalson President of Constitutional Court interview with Rupert Taylor 2 … through it at the time. Taylor: It gives an indication of what…
In the enduring spirit of President O.R. Tambo: Good luck to all matriculants, 22 October 2012
… matric certificate in South Africa symbolises aspirations of posterity while it represents a gateway to the dignity of getting further training and education…
EventInitial experiments on the body of Egyptian King,Tutankhamen, conclude he is a fifteen year old boy
… 1332 and 1323 BC. Tutankhamen became King around the age of nine or ten after the death of his father Akhenaten. DNA analysis of Tutankhamen’s mummy reveals…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA TO MEMBERS OF THE SWISS-SOUTH AFRICAN ASSOCIATION Zurich, 2 September 1997
… President of the Swiss-SA Association; Distinguished guests; Ladies and … incomplete without the opportunity to engage with leaders of the Swiss business…
EventArchbishop Mpilo Desmond Tutu, chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, is born in Klerksdorp, Transvaal
… Archbishop Mpilo Desmond Tutu , chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, is born in … Transvaal Archbishop Mpilo Desmond Tutu, former secretary…
Document 20 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to the Secretary, Communist Party of South Africa, 22 September 1930
… from S. P. Bunting to the Secretary, Communist Party of South Africa, 22 September 1930 THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA … TOWN. Dear Comrade, In reply to…
Introduction by Oliver Tambo to a message from Nelson Mandela, smuggled out of prison, 10 June 1980
… The African National Congress of South Africa brings you this urgent call to unity and mass … by political prisoners on Robben Island to all patriots of our…
EventThe British High Commissioner for Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland issues the Prevention of Violence Abroad Proclamation
… Bechuanaland and Swaziland issued the Prevention of Violence Abroad Proclamation. The Prevention of Violence Abroad Proclamation made it an offence for ……
Address by President Nelson Mandela at a breakfast meeting of the Foreign Correspondents Association 24 April 1995
… Chairperson of the Foreign Correspondents Association; Members of the Association; Distinguished guests. I should start off by apologising for the late…
Albert Luthuli`s message to New Age on 25th anniversary of Progressive Press, 22 March 1962
… to New Age and its predecessors. Twenty-five years of uninterrupted production is an achievement that is remarkable for the progressive press of any country…
Interview with Dr Vanitha Chetty by Ms Rajes Pillay,University of Durban Westville,13 June 2002
… Thank you. RP: She is the daughter of the late Dr K Goonam, who is a well-known activist in … To begin with, we would like just a brief…
EventDetectives testify against members of the ANC and the Congress Alliance in the infamous Treason Trial
… the accused. The 156 accused in the trial were members of the Congress Alliance, which included the African National … (SACP), the South Indian Congress …
ArchiveThe National Committee for Liberation (ARM), 1960-1964: sabotage and the question of the ideological subject
… Thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the MA degree in History at the the University of Cape Town by Andries du Toit. The dissertation…
EventThe Minister of Manpower Utilisation, Fanie Botha reveals government plan on increasingly militant Black trade unions.
… The Minister of Manpower Utilisation, Fanie Botha warned of a government plan to adopt tougher measures against the … established industrial court was…
EventAn inquest into the death of Ernest Dipale finds no-one criminally liable for his death
… An inquest into the death of Ernest Dipale, who had died in custody at the Johannesburg … Internal Security Act and charged with furthering the aims of a…
ArchiveAppendix 8 Sam will never see his favoured son free of the traitor’s brand by Denis Goldberg
… Sam Goldberg is dead. But he lives on. One of the characters in the sell-out play, “Cincinatti”, was … this week. Sam was alisted person under the…