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Chapter 6 - ‘Direct Action’ on the Shop-Floor: The Denver Engineering Strike, 1919 - 1920
From: Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris INTRODUCTION On the second day of January 1920, seventy…
Draft Report of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, submitted to the Annual Conference, December 15-17, 1950
INTRODUCTION: 1. The year 1950 was a turning point in the political history of the African people in this country. It was marked by a number of events which…
PlaceUitenhage, officially renamed Kariega
Uitenhage, officially renamed Kariega, is an industrial town in South Africa's, Eastern Cape Province. Which is situated within the Nelson Mandela Bay…
ArchiveChapter 11 - SACTU in the Congress Alliance
From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 11 - SACTU in the Congress Alliance Despite the isolation and consequent defeat of…
Chapter 5 - The Freedom Charter
From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984Chapter 5 - The Freedom CharterThe Freedom Charter, a programme which still embraces many of the…
PlaceHeilbron, Free State
Although it was a small camp, Heilbron was unusual in several respects. This area in the northern Free State might appear flat and uninteresting but, the…
ArchiveRadio Freedom: A History of South African Underground Radio by Chris A. Smith
At seven p.m. sharp, seven nights a week, during the darkest days of apartheid, an incendiary radio broadcast beamed out from Lusaka, Zambia. It began with the…
Public announcement of the ANC National Disciplinary Committee hearings of Comrades Julius Malema, Ronald Lamola, Pule Mabe, Sindiso Magaqa Kenetswe Mosenogi and Floyd Shivambu, 10 November 2011
10 November 2011, Chief Albert Luthuli House, Johannesburg PREAMBLE The ANC Constitution requires public announcement of the outcome of a disciplinary…
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
1799 2 March, British government lands troops in Algoa Bay. Construction begins on the building of Fort Frederick. 1803 Founding of Bethelsdorp. 1804 …
The Bill of Rights
The original numbering, as it appears in the South African Constitution, has been retained here, hence it begins at Article 7. 7. RIGHTS 1. This Bill…
Indian Community
2010 marks 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Indian indentured workers and the birth of this community in South Africa. Durban is home to the largest…
African National Congress Women's League Constitution
As amended and adopted at the 5th National Conference - July 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preamble Rules Rule 1 Name Rule 2 Aims and Objectives Rule 3…
Chapter 9 - Negotiating the transition
At the beginning of february 1993 it became apparent that most role-players had realized the urgent need for the resumption of multi-party negotiation. However…
GEAR and Neo-Liberalism (Part 1) by Thabo Mbeki, 21 March, 2016
[Last year, I wrote to a comrade to engage him on an article he had written in one of the local newspapers to engage him on one of the issues he raised, i.e…
Address to the Opening of South Africa Day CEO Conference, London (via video link-up), 21 November 2002
Master of Ceremonies, Ladies and Gentlemen: Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity to talk about the South African economy to this important…
PlaceTranskei
An early history of the Transkei area Originally the Transkei included the territories of Idutywa Reserve, Fingoland (Mfenguland) and Galekaland …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the National Council of Provinces, Limpopo, 4 November 2005
Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Honourable Members, Fellow South Africans; I am honoured to have this opportunity…
Chapter 10 - A framework for negotiating the final constitution
THE GENERAL ELECTION ON 27 APRIL 1994 was the product of negotiated agreements to bring an end to conflict and usher in a new process of negotiation towards…
Chapter XI - Witness for freedom
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph When I began to give evidence, my knees were actually trembling for the first time in my life. Somehow I managed…
Chapter 21. Civil War in the Factories - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
Although the union had previously denounced the treachery of Neville Chamberlain, once war was declared it supported the war effort, and hundreds of members,…
PlaceManenberg, Cape Flats
Manenberg is a Township of Cape Town, South Africa, that was created by the Apartheid government, for low-income Coloured families in the Cape Flats and…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - New Workers, New Unions
From the book: Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos Topic NEW FACTORIES, NEW WORKERS described how rapid…
PlaceKenya
Kenya is a country in East Africa with a population of 44 million people and the largest economy of the region. The early inhabitants were mostly migrants from…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) was launched on 1 December 1985, at the height of the struggle against apartheid. As a federation, it…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the anti-racist day meeting of the Greater London Council, 21 March 1984, London
Twenty-four years ago today, March 21st, 1960, 69 Africans were brutally murdered in the black township of Sharpeville, South Africa, when police fired on…
Address to the Anti-Racist Day Meeting of the Greater London Council by O. R. Tambo, London, 21 March 1984
Twenty-four years ago today, March 21st, 1960, 69 Africans were brutally murdered in the black township of Sharpeville, South Africa, when police fired on…
Document 22 - Report of the first National Conference of Women held in the Trades Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa, 17 April 1954
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 22 - Report of the first National Conference of…
Chapter 1: Introduction
Before embarking on an investigation of vigilantes and political violence in KwaZulu-Natal, it is important to give an account of what the situation in KwaZulu…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Forward to Socialism/Socialist Futures (Panel 2) - Convenor: Janet Cherry
Webinar Programme: Forward to Socialism/Socialist Futures (Panel 2) Convenor: Janet Cherry Has the South African development trajectory over the past…
ArchiveChapter 17 Affairs of the heart and Community H.E.A.R.T.
Nelson Mandela was sworn in as President on 10 May 1994. All over the world the ANC closed the offices of its Representatives and new Ambassadors replaced…