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Statement by Oliver Tambo to the ordinary Congress of the Socialist International, 20 June 1989, Stockholm
… 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…
ArchiveChanging focus: The art and activism of Omar by Bongani Kona (Mail and Guardian), 4 June 2015
… I sit in the half-empty carriage and page through one of his first photographic essays, Imijondolo: A photographic … in South Africa (1985). Despite the…
Tribute at the funeral service of Walter Sisulu by Nelson Mandela (News 24), 25 January 2011
… marching in the procession to bid farewell to the veterans of our movement, paying our last respects to the fallen spears of the nation from a generation now…
Under the influence of Dumile Feni’s 'African Guernica' by Sharlene Khan (The Conversation), 07 September 2016
… to share what they believe are the most influential works of art in their field. Here, artist/academic Sharlene Khan … My relationship with the work Standing…
Message to Frelimo Central Committee on the Death of Samora Machel by O. R. Tambo, 22 October 1986
… The tragedy that has befallen the people of Mozambique is without parallel in the history of the independent Africa. It is a tragedy that has shocked ……
New Book | Apartheid Israel: The Politics of an Analogy edited by Jon Soske and Sean Jacobs
… Apartheid Israel The Politics of an Analogy Edited by Jon Soske and Sean Jacobs Foreword … by Achille Mbembe In Apartheid Israel: The Politics of an…
Message by Oliver Tambo to the Prime Minister of Lesotho, Dr. Leabua Jonathan, 13 December 1982
… At this hour of grief for both our peoples, who are further united by the … condolences to Your Excellency, the Government and people of Lesotho and request…
'States of Emergence', at Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary Art by Sean O'Toole, November 2002
… 'States of Emergence' is Johannesburg gallerist Warren Siebrits' coming of age. A former curator at the influential Everard Read Contemporary, circa State of…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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 ……
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 …
The 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…
EventImperial German Forces forced to unconditional surrender by Union of South Africa Forces during World War I
… troops at the Khorab Memorial. This followed the outbreak of the First World War on 1 August 1914. On 25 December 1914 … Africa to fight against Imperial…
EventOver 400 Kikuyu suspected to be part of the Mau Mau movement are arrested in Kenya
… Mali was once part of the Great Songhay Empire, but came under French rule in 1892. After almost seventy years of colonial rule, Mali was renamed the…
EventThe NPA does not pursue charges against Wouter Basson, former chemical weapons expert of the SADF
… announced that it would not start a fresh prosecution of Dr Wouter Basson, former chemical weapons expert of the South African Defence Force (SADF), on the…
EventJacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist and his daughter Augusta leave on an exploration of the interior
… and Mossel Bay, proceeding to Algoa Bay and the junction of the Great and Little Fish Rivers. The ladies remained … behind, and continued the journey, with…