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The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… over the negotiation process. During the two days of discussion the mechanism and technicalities of transition … of CODESA 2 ANC National Conference and…
Article“Bantu Education or the Street” by Norman Levy
… 11) “Bantu Education or the Street” The first half of the 1950s was the formative period of apartheid and the … movement, residence and work. For the most…
Delegates in attendance at the SANNC Founding Conference in 1912
… became chief Chaplain Thomas Levi Mvabaza - delivered one of the speeches on the programme) Meshack Pelem – Vice President Solomon Plaatje – … who were…
Speech by President Mandela on receiving an honorary doctoral degree from the University of South Australia at a graduation ceremony at Fort Hare University University of Fort Hare, 23 April 1998
… receiving an honorary doctoral degree from the University of South Australia at a graduation ceremony at Fort Hare University University of Fort Hare, 23…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement Timeline 1903-2009
… 1903 William Edward Durghardt Du Bois publishes The Souls of Black Folk rejecting the notion that Black people need … the UCM to hire a full-time secretary,…
BiographyMzwakhe Mbuli
… for the young Mbuli. After experiencing the death of his fellow students, Mbuli’s school went on strike and he … Mbuli refers to this event as “God’s…
ArticleThe Langa March, 30 March 1960
… Philip Kgosana led a Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) march of between 30.000-50.000 protestors from Langa and Nyanga to … in if a meeting with J B Vorster ,…
Zonal Centenary Memorial Lecture on the Life and Times of David Bopape, presented by David Makhura, ANC Gauteng Provincial Secretary, 21 June 2012, Tsakane
… Programme Director; Members of the families of Bopape, Dlephu and Motloung; Members of the PEC and REC; The Executive Mayor and Councillors; The … Zonal…
BiographyGovindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo
… Govindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo*was born of indentured stock in 1875 in Mauritius. His family, originally from Mattur, state of Madras, in Tamil Nadu…
Statement by Malusi Gigaba, ANCYL President, at the funeral of Cde Wanga Sigila, late SASCO Deputy President, Cape Town 23 October 1999
… with no room to offer them. Having failed in the service of the gods, I shall run to my den in the sewer pipe down by … says Wong, a character in Bertolt…
ArticlePublic Protest in Democratic South Africa
… laws or land distribution has become integral part of the society, particularly from 2004 as generally … country’s democracy was 10 years old. The second…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1960-1969
… Cape Town. The Sharpeville massacre “signalled the start of armed resistance in South Africa.” 28 March, The ANC calls … of journalists.Chief Albert Luthuli…
Message on the Twentieth Anniversary of the Tanganyika African National Union by O. R. Tambo, July 1974
… On behalf of the National Executive Committee and all members of the African National Congress of South Africa, I convey warm greetings and profound ……
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the International Conference in solidarity with the frontline states and Lesotho, Lisbon, 25 March 1983
… We are gathered here in Lisbon, representatives of governments, non-governmental organisations and liberation … international peace and security and sought…
David Goldblatt: Structures of Dominion & Democracy (Artthrob), 31 March 2015, Durban, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
… religious and secular sites that declare or are expressive of the values or ethos of the people who built them. These sites also allow us a … The experience…
ArchiveThe Little Acknowledged Legacy of Steve Biko by Prithiraj Dullay, (Daily News), 08 Sept 2008
… Thirty years ago in 1977 the beast of Apartheid snuffed out the life of one of the greatest thinkers in the liberation pantheon of South … The Little…
David Goldblatt: In the time of AIDS by Galeria Elba Benitez, 31 March 2009, Madrid
… galería elba benítez the artist presents his “In the time of AIDS” suite, which features medium sized colour photographs. The carefully chosen selection of…
Statement to the Ordinary Congress of the Socialist International, Stockholm by O. R. Tambo, 20 June 1989
… this year, took place against a favourable backdrop of positive developments towards independence for Namibia, and chances of a durable peace in the People's…
ArchiveAppendix 7 South Africa, the transition to democracy and the banning of torture, by Denis Goldberg
… Torture has recently been often in the news because of the revelations of the use of torture by the United States in its so-called ‘war on … South Africa,…
INDIAN SLAVES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A little-known aspect of Indian-South African relations by E. S. Reddy
… The visit of Nelson Mandela to India may be an appropriate occasion to recall a little known but significant aspect of relations between India and South…
Address to the Summit of the International Conference on Financing for Development, 21 March 2002
… Chairman, President Vicente Fox, Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Your Excellency, Mr Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations,…
‘African Gandhi’: The South African War and the Limits of Imperial Identity by Goolam Vahed
… appeal beyond the Indian setting and mark him as one of the outstanding individuals of the twentieth century. Yet the twenty-one years that … Gandhi spent in…
Circular Letter To Organisations Concerning The Arrest Of J. N. Singh Under The Immigration Act, November 9, 1946
… law. The already so weak and feeble democratic structure of South Africa has received a further blow and our country's … threatened with cultural, moral and…
ArchiveRootedness and Openness in The Life and Works of Véronique Tadjo (b. 1955) by Tim Steckler
… under people’s skins. See what is inside.” [1] -The Shadow of Imana: Travels in the Heart of Rwanda Speaking at a book reading of her novel Far from my…
Archive1994 - President De Klerk, State Of the Nation Address, 28 February 1994 (Before National Elections)
… convened to adopt important amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 1993. The fact that we have done so in the midst of the most…
EventRuth Perry is elected to lead Liberia, thus becoming Africa's first female head of state
… Ms Ruth Sando Perry, was unanimously elected at a meeting of West African heads of state to become the third chair of Liberia's ruling council. Perry,…
150th Anniversary; Anxieties of Commemoration - Towards a National Dialogue by Omar Badsha and Jon Soske
… During the latter half of 2010, a series of events commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the first Indian indentured laborers in Natal will take … 150th…
ANC Statement on the 40th anniversary of Chief Albert Luthuli`s death, 20 July 2007
… To mark the 40th anniversary of the death of former ANC President Chief Albert Luthuli tomorrow, 21 July 2007, the ANC is publishing a special edition of the…
ArchiveANC Statement on the death of Ray Alexander Simons, African National Congress, 12 September 2004
… and regret that the African National Congress has learnt of the death today (12 September 2004) of Ray Alexander Simons, a champion of the working class and…
Memorial service of photojournalist Juda Ngwenya by Cyril Ramaphosa, Rhema Church, Randburg, 26 October 2016
… compelled us to have conversations about the wellbeing of our country and continent. His illustrious career took … Africa and his perspective was shared in…