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Document 141 “Apartheid Spells Disaster”, Report of the Central Committee of the Communist Party to the Party’s National Conference, Johannesburg,6 to 8 January 1950,2y Freedom, New Series 15 December, 1949
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 141 "Apartheid Spells Disaster", Report of…
Memorandum To The United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, April 1964
On behalf of the South African Indian Congress I express my appreciation for this opportunity to address you. This is not the first time that a representative…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the anniversary of the SOWETO Uprising on 16 June 1976 16 June 1994
Master of Ceremonies Honourable Ministers of the Government of National Unity Honourable Provincial Premiers and cabinet members Leaders of political…
Chapter 6 - The Birth of SACTU
From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 6 - The Birth of SACTU The formation of a trade union federation based on the African…
Address at the Commonwealth Local Government Forum, 4 March 2003
Chairperson, Minister Sydney Mufumadi, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Don McKinnon, Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Dr Anna Tibajuka, Chairperson…
Article by Oliver Tambo - In the observer, 10 November 1985, London
Botha`s British Allies When the Pretoria regime imposed new restrictions on the press a week ago, it was in the hope that by pushing the ugly reality of…
Remarks by President Jacob Zuma, the Grand Patron of the National Orders, on the occasion of the awarding of the National Orders Awards, on Freedom Day, Presidential Guest House, 27 April 2012
Deputy President, Mr Kgalema Motlanthe; Chief Justice, Judge Mogoeng Mogoeng; Minister of Arts and Culture, Mr Paul Mashatile; The distinguished…
Botha's British Allies by O. R. Tambo(Observer), London, 10 November 1985
When the Pretoria regime imposed new restrictions on the press a week ago, it was in the hope that by pushing the ugly reality of apartheid violence out of…
Address to the World Council of Churches Harare 12 December 1998
The Moderator Presidents of the WCC The General Secretary Delegates and members of the WCC Distinguished Guests It is a great honour, as an African, to…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the annual conference of the Methodist Church Umtata, 18 September 1994
Presiding Bishop Stanley Mogoba, District Bishops, Distinguished Delegates, Dear Guests, Allow me to express my profound gratitude for the invitation to…
Marikana and the New Politics of Grief, 20 August, 2012 - Jon Soske
In July 1981, 1,700 workers at the Penge asbestos mine in the Northwestern Transvaal struck after a bitter, two year struggle for recognition by the Black…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around Mandela’s health
Introduction Apart from a prostate operation in 1985 and equally successful treatment for TB in 1988, Nelson's health had been good. At a time when the Press…
Preface
This study of "protest art" in South Africa for the period 1968 to 1976 presented me with several difficulties of research in relation to decisions regarding…
PlaceKaaiman's River, Garden Route
The Kaaimans River, also known as 'Keerom River', it is a River in the Western Cape, South Africa. The mouth of the River lies near the Wilderness. Further…
PlaceBaavianskloof Pass
This spectacular Kloof (which is part of the R332 route) links the Western section of the Baavianskloof with the higher Karoo hinterland, and more specifically…
EventPope John Paul II celebrates a papal mass in South Africa
On 17 September 1995, the Roman Catholic’s Pope John Paul II celebrated a papal mass in South Africa as he began his six day tour of Africa. His visit to the…
EventDeath in detention of Imam Haron
Imam Haron was born on the 8th February 1924 in Claremont, Cape Town. He was influenced by the various progressive political trends in South Africa and…
EventRobert Sobukwe is sentenced to three years' imprisonment
Founding member and president of the Pan Africanist Congress, Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for incitement of Blacks to…
PlaceVergelegen Wine Estate
Vergelegen Wine Estate is situated in an exclusive upmarket Area of Somerset West, about 50 km East of Cape Town. The Area was named after Lord Charles…
ArchiveCHAPTER FIVE: The Politics Of Collaboration: The Campaign for Participation In The Tricameral Parliament by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
THE POLITICS OF COLLABORATION: THE CAMPAIGN FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE TRICAMERAL PARLIAMENT
Introduction The first elections to the Indian House of Delegates (HoD) in the racially segregated tricameral parliament took place on 28 August 1984. The…
PlaceGroutville
Groutville is situated approximately ten kilometers south of KwaDukuza and about 69 kilometers north of Durban. The name Groutville was acquired from its…
ArchiveThe South African Choir’s pathbreaking tour: 1891 – 1893 by Martin Plaut, 6 January 2017
The contacts between black South Africans and the African American community in the United States played an important part in the development of the South…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Zimbabwe Television (ZTV), 05 August 1983, Harare
South Africa is trying to turn Frontline States like Zimbabwe into police stations guarding its borders, the President of the ANC, Comrade Oliver Tambo, has…
Celebrating 62 years of struggle, 10 September 2006
On the 10th of September each year, the ANC Youth League celebrates its founding, and recently, on the same date, the ANC Youth League launched its 62nd…
PlaceAkkedisberg Mountain Pass
The Akkedisberg Pass translates from Afrikaans into Lizard Mountain Pass. It's an easy drive along this tarred coastal pass on the R 326 links the small…
PlaceSudan
There is evidence of human habitation which dates back tens of thousands of Years. From the end of the 4th millennium BCE, Nubia (now northern Sudan)…
PlaceGuinea
Guinea is the traditional name of coastal Western Africa. The historical colonies of French Guinea, Spanish Guinea and Portuguese Guinea gained independence in…
ArchivePostscript Ante by Howard Barrell
In July 1990, five months after the South African government had unbanned the ANC, security police in Durban raided a local house. An informer had tipped them…
PlaceStone Chapel, Tokai, near the Porter Reformatory School
This structure probably dates from the 1890's and was built in sandstone in a predominantly neo-Gothic manner. It forms an integral part of the Porter…