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”Malan Cannot Succeed Where Hitler Failed”: Interview To , Cape Town, June 1950
… to the last - they are not prepared to allow the torch of freedom to be wrested from their hands and stamped out under … will not and cannot crush the demand…
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
… strike. They also called for the day to be celebrated as Freedom Day in the future. At this period (1950), the … by the Congress of the People (CoP), in…
Message by Albert Luthuli to the Seventh Provincial Conference of the Natal Indian Congress, 5 February 1954, Durban
… In the name of Afrika and Freedom I greet you all! AFRIKA! AFRIKA! MAYIBUYE! INKULULEKO NGESIKHATHI SETHU (Freedom in Our Lifetime)! Let us sing together to…
Document 18 - The Pretoria Minute
… saw in the campaign for the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter an act of treason. Consequently, on the early morning … the central focus of the…
Mobilise Our Black Power - Statement to the People of South Africa on the Tenth Anniversary of Umkhonto we Sizwe by O. R. Tambo, 16 December 1971
… Now let us talk of Freedom,. Everywhere in the world today, the oppressed and … length and breadth of our country to rise and demand the Freedom, of the…
EventZambian journalist, Fred M'membe is born
… of the Media Institute of Southern Africa's Press Freedom Award in 1995. That same year, he also won the International Press Freedom Award. However, M'membe…
ArticleDesmond Mpilo Tutu Timeline
… for a non-violent end to apartheid. November, Quote: 'Freedom and liberty lose out by default because good people … Spiritual Leadership award from Humanity…
ArticleWorld War I and the South African Native Labour Contingent
… were used in the battlefront areas where they had more freedom of movement and contact with members of other labour … with fellow non-white South Africans,…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… Congress Alliance had been approaching the struggle for freedom and equality. Changing tactics was not going to be a … National Congress on 26 June 1955 in…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… National Congress (ANC) and its allies as South Africa's Freedom Day. December 20 , Threat of mass action unless the … National Congress (ANC) and its allies…
Call to A. N. C. Ranks by Albert Luthuli, 1 November 1954
… from your organisation by these unlawful intimidations!" Freedom Volunteers Dealing with the freedom volunteers, the President says there is some … people in…
Speech by President Mandela at the Chief Albert Luthuli Centenary Celebration, 25 April 1998, KwaDukuza
… I am truly honoured to celebrate nation-building, freedom, peace and unity with you, as you pay tribute to some … time as we prepare to mark the fourth…
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
… government was considering tough measures ‘to limit the freedom of speech and movement of agitators’. But Luthuli was … ovation. On 14 September 1967 he was…
ArticleMetal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU)
… to vacate the venue quickly they were attacked by Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) members. The security police also began …
Presidential address by Alberth Luthuli to the Annual Provincial Conference of the Natal Branch of the African National Congress, 5 July 1956
… (Press report) "The struggle for freedom must go on no matter how hard the struggle might be! It must go on because Freedom is the noblest human attainment…
ArticleBrenda Fassie’s 1997 hit song Vulindlela still raises questions about South Africa as a nation
… Vulindlela, Fassie cleverly captured the sentiments of freedom and optimism that followed Mandela becoming the … those who are most often excluded. As a…
EventMulti-party delegates endorses the Interim constitution
… concessions to demands for a federal government by the Freedom Alliance, the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), the right wing Afrikaner … majority of the…
Address by Deputy President Jacob Zuma at the 40th Anniversary of the Execution of Vuyisile Mini and five others, 6 November 2004
… Samuel Jonas who later followed them to the gallows. The freedom we celebrate on 27 April each year came at an immense … sacrifices of our comrades who paid…
ArchiveThe Congress of the people
… church meeting and tell them about us wanting to make the Freedom Charter and what it was for, and then collect their demands. … wants and they put all these…
Congress of the People - I was there
… held at Kliptown to discuss and finally adopt the historic Freedom Charter which forms the basis of our policy today. On those … of their country from the…
EventSouth Africa's first democratic elections
… vote. The National Party (NP) received 20.39 %, Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) 10.54 %, Freedom Front (FF) 2.2 %, Democratic Party (DP) 1.7 %, Pan …
Call for the observance of Human Rights Day: Albert Luthuli, 12 December 1959
… human standards of treatment." Through the lead of some freedom lovers in the United States of America, Human Rights … found ready endorsement in many…
ArticleBiography of Mongane Wally Serote by Matthew Williams
… had been silenced by apartheid, and revived their sense of freedom and their ontological dignity. On 8 May 1944, four … the many anti-apartheid groups. This…
ArticleIndian South Africans
… From bondage to freedom - The 160th anniversary of the arrival of Indian … together, they conducted a common non-racial struggle for Freedom and Equality…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Introduction
… Botha, speaking in Parliament, offered Nelson Mandela his freedom on condition that he “unconditionally rejected … at Pollsmoor Prison send their greetings…
PlaceGroot Drakenstein Prison
… was incarcerated here. Mandela also took his steps to freedom through these gates in 1990. The prison has a huge … Mandela with his fist held high to…
"Our struggle is for progress": Statement by Albert Luthuli, 15 June 1962
… appear in the last issue of this most valuable fighter for freedom and democracy in this country," he said. His … in which we live it is imperative that all…
Former South African President P W De Klerk’s Manifesto for the New South Africa
… the goodwill and the shared desire for justice, peace and freedom among the majority of our fellow South Africans, … for a nation dedicated to justice,…
ArticleJames Sebe Moroka Timeline 1892 - 2012
… Congress (ANC) . 1943 Moroka is a member of the Atlantic Charter Committee of the ANC. 1946 Moroka plays a leading … is bestowed upon him by President Jacob…
List of Speakers: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa conference
… Godfrey University of the Western Cape Marx, Lauren Freedom Park McKinley, Dale Independent Melberg, Henning …