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ArticleFederation of South African Women (FEDSAW)
The Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW or FSAW) was launched on 17 April 1954 in Johannesburg as the first attempt to establish a broad-based women’s…
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…
Chapter Six - The Fighter in Turmoil: 1946 - 1960
From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson The years between 1930 and the 1940s were ones of profound…
ArticleAfrikaans: the Language of Black and Coloured Dissent
IntroductionAfrikaans, one of the official languages, together with English, during South Africa’s Apartheid era, often occupies a politicised space as the …
Statement at the International Labour Conference (extract) by O. R. Tambo, Geneva, 19 June 1986
Our struggle has entered a phase which marks the final days of the apartheid system of colonial and racist domination. The extraordinary challenge…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the International Labour Conference,19 June 1986
Our struggle has entered a phase which marks the final days of the apartheid system of colonial and racist domination. The extraordinary challenge represented…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 88th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2000
Fellow South Africans: Today we mark the 88th anniversary of the African National Congress. We celebrate our anniversary during a year that is being…
Statement at the Swedish People's Parliament Against Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Stockholm, 21 February 1986
Mr. Chairman, Mr. Prime Minister, Comrade leaders of SWAPO of Namibia, Foreign guests, Your Excellencies, Distinguished delegates to this historic Swedish…
Interview with Africa Report by Oliver Tambo, 01 March 1981, New York
AFRICA REPORT: To many critics, the African National Congress (ANC) looks like a failure. After 70 years, racism is more entrenched than ever. What is your…
ArticleWomen’s resistance in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermath
As the 1950s gave way to the 1960s the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) both announced plans to tackle the pass laws for…
Article”People’s Power!”, 1986
In January 1986, the UDF met the African National Congress (ANC) for talks in Stockholm. It was at these talks that the position and future role of the UDF…
ArticleFreedom Day: 27 April
Freedom Day on 27 April is an annual celebration of South Africa's first non-racial democratic elections of 1994. It is significant because it marks the end of…
ArticleThe formation of SASO and the Black People’s Convention
Black university students had tried for many years to make progress through the multiracial and liberal National Union of South African Students (NUSAS). In…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Introduction
From the book: Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos I talk about the past mainly because actually I am…
ArticlePolokwane/Pietersburg Timeline 1835-1995
1835 Migration of disaffected Dutch farmers from the Cape Colony 1836 Louis Trichardt and Hans van Rensburg reach 'De Zoutpansbergen' 1838 Trichardt…
Speech at the Tenth General Conference of the United National Independence Party by O. R. Tambo, Zambia, August 1988
Your Excellency, Comrade President Kenneth Kaunda, President of UNIP and of the Republic of Zambia, Honourable members of the Central Committee of UNIP, …
BiographyMzwakhe Mbuli
Mzwakhe Mbuli, the “People’s Poet,” was born into a poor Zulu family in Sophiatown on 1 August 1959. His parents were Roselinah Msuthukazi Mbuli, a Xhosa…
Reclaim the humanism of Socialism, The 2017 Strini Moodley Memorial Lecture, UKZN, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, by Mphutlane Wa Bofelo, Pambazuka News, 19 July 2017
The crisis facing South Africa and the world today has its roots in: (1) the barbarism and injustices of market supremacism, racial supremacism and patriarchy;…
Statement at the 50th Session of the OAU Coordinating Committee for the Liberation Of Africa by O. R. Tambo, Harare, 13 May 1988
Comrade Chairman, Your Excellencies, Honourable Ministers, Distinguished delegates to this historic session of the OAU Liberation Committee, Your…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 74th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1986
Compatriots, As the New Year begins, and on the occasion of the 74th anniversary of your vanguard movement, the African National Congress, we extend to you…
Books and further reading links relating to Right to Organise
Trouble in Natal - 20 00 Women rioted in Cato Manor over living conditions and government beerhalls and passes for women. Photo by Drum photographer © Baileys…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969 1960 March 16, The Boycott Movement, in London, is renamed the Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM). Tennyson Makiwane, Vella…
Chapter Seven - Re-examining the Past
From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson Although out of active politics, Gomas observed with keen…
Chapter 9 - Conclusion
Josiah Gumede, 1867-1946: An Historical Assessment"Gumede and John Dube are the pioneers who were the inspiration and foundation upon which the new leaders…
Memorial lecture on the 26th Anniversary of the Lowveld Massacre presented by Comrade Jackson Mthembu ANC National Spokesperson, 15 March 2012
The Lowveld Massacre We would like to thank the leadership of the Province, the Region as well as the Branches for allowing us to address a lecture on the 25…
The Black Face of Apartheid
Biko was critical of the homeland (Bantustan) policy. At the height of his influence, between 1963 and 1976, Steve Biko called the homelands “the greatest…
Address by President Zuma on the occasion of his Inauguration as fourth President of South Africa
Address by His Excellency Mr Jacob Zuma on the occasion of his Inauguration as fourth President of the Republic of South Africa 09 May 2009 Your Majesties,…
BiographySolomon Kalushi Mahlangu
Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu was born in Pretoria on 10 July in 1956. He was the second son of Martha Mahlangu. His father left him in 1962, and from then on only…
Why have so many major South African films featured non South Africans in the starring roles?
It is very hard to make a feature film, because feature films cost a lost of money. People or institutions (like banks) that invest money in feature films want…
ArticleCongress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa
The Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa is a political lobby group which represents many traditional leaders and chiefs in South Africa. It seeks…