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Biographical Introduction
… for the vital task of building a new history of South African art. A great deal more research will be necessary … bi-annually between 1963 and 1975 organised…
Address at the 58th session of the United Nations General Assembly 23 September 2003
… a challenge we share with the rest of the African continent of which we are an integral part. Mr … including ordinary folk even in the most marginalized…
ArticleThe Arniston
… the rest of the fleet as they hit a storm on the South African coast, off the Agulhas Bank. This was particularly … (Story of the HMS Arniston | Xplorio…
ArticleSocialism
… wealth and power. The anti-apartheid movement, led by the African National Congress (ANC), fought for an equal society …
PlaceElands Bay Cave
Elands Bay Cave is located near the Mouth of the Verlorenvlei Estuary on the Atlantic coast of South Africa Western Cape Province. Hidden in the caves are the…
PlaceWinnie Mandela Drive, Johannesburg
… become one of Johannesburg's most familiar and upmarket areas - Sandton is a city on its own and city's most … a/news/government/804706/all-the-big-name…
PlaceFort Beaufort/KwaMaqoma- Amatola District, Eastern Cape
Fort Beaufort (Xhosa: iBhofolo). Fort Beaufort is situated in the Eastern Cape Province. The town is surrounded by magnificent Mountain Ranges and it is known…
PlaceVarsche River, Table Mountain
To the Cape’s indigenous people – the Khoi pastoralists and the San hunter-gatherers – the area now occupied by Cape Town City Centre were known as- Camissa,…
Statement "Algeria honours Chief Luthuli" by Oliver Tambo, 30 November 1964
… very deeply appreciated as much by Chief Luthuli as by all African people, their fellow-oppressed and their supporters … everywhere. Oliver R. Tambo Deputy…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer
… of Unjust Laws Campaign, organised jointly by the South African Indian Congress and African National Congress; it placed the issue of racism on …
EventThe Defiance Campaign against apartheid laws begins
… jointly by all racial groups under the leadership of the African National Congress (ANC), the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) and the Coloured People’s …
The Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition 2014
… Amponsah, Steve Biko Foundation Mr Omar Badsha, South African History Online Mr Yunus Momoniat, South African History Online] Mr Bongane Mkhize, Freedom Park…
The Indians of Natal: Resistance to Apartheid, 1971-1985 by Davinder S. Dhillon
… The NIC's links with and contributions to the African National Congress' wider anti-apartheid resistance … setback, the Inanda violence in 1985. It…
EventTrade unionist Clements Kadalie dies in East London
… he was trained as a teacher. In 1915, he went to South African in search of work. Three years later, he had settled … branch of the ICU in East London and…
EventPresident P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela conditional release from prison
… P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela , leader of the banned African National Congress (ANC), conditional release from the … publication, in the same month. In…
EventA car bomb explodes in Durban, killing five and injuring 27 people
… Commission (TRC) by Rayman Lalla, a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and a senior officer in … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999)…
EventForces of the White Rhodesian regime (UDI) attack a nationalist guerrilla base in Mozambique
… was established, which was opposed by the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) and Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU),two Black nationalist political …
EventP.W. Botha becomes Prime Minister
… One result of this was the new tricameral South African Constitution of 1983, which continued to exclude all South African Blacks (72% of the total…
EventThe new ochre-red, white and green tri-colour of the Transkei is adopted
… the Transkei Constitution Act of 1963, an Act of the South African Parliament, made provision for the adoption of a … not all, of the Xhosa speaking tribes…
EventZulu King Zwelithini threatens to establish a separate Zulu state
… as an act of insubordination against the government and African National Congress (ANC). The ANC replied claiming it … Act established a basis for ethnic…
Extraordinary Life: Zapiro
… Cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro – aka Zapiro – is South African journalism’s Don Quixote: he has taken up his pen to … and author of 'WHAT'S SO FUNNY? Under…
ArchiveLetter to Zuma by David Goldblatt (Mail and Guardian), 25 November 2011
… Highly acclaimed South African photographer David Goldblatt has decided to renounce a top South African award, in protest against the Protection of State ……
Freedom Charter and the United Nations by E.S. Reddy
… antagonism, but during the discussion of SASO (South African Students' Organization) queries were increasingly … meeting, and that he could not participate…
A Future Free of Exploitation - Address to the First Congress of MPLA by O. R. Tambo, Luanda, December 1977
… greetings from the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress, from its militants and combatants, … proud that we are active participants…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1972
… the year and the beginning of the next, the leaders of the African people converged on Bloemfontein on January 8, 1912, to found the African Nation, to…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 1 - The Transition in Context by Christopher Saunders
… borders? frontline states - historically, any Southern African country actively supporting the liberation movements … – wrongly – discussed in isolation from…
Statement by Nzo Mnumzana in the plenary meeting of the General Assembly, 20 November 1984
… In the name of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress of South Africa and on behalf of … the aspirations, determination and…
Address to United Nations Security Council, by Nelson Mandela, 15 July 1992, New York United States
… to determine their destiny. Representatives of the South African government will also address you today. However … escalation of violence", and Annexure 3…
62. Congress defends its stand on the colonisation scheme
… held at Cape Town in January and February 1932. The South African Indian Congress decided to participate in an enquiry … a colonisation scheme as a desirable…
Displacing Hierarchies: Nation and Universities in India and Africa by Amrita Pande, Faisal Garba and Ruchi Chaturvedi
… that story from our other locations: the rest of the African continent and India. In both spaces, a critical … have challenged authoritarian governments in…