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ArchiveA letter from R F Botha to Geagte Kollega
Letter from R F Botha to Colleagues regarding discussions between Dr Chester Crocker and Dr Savimbi in Pretoria on the 18th February 1984. (Letter written in…
ArchiveIntroduction to Dossier on Diplomatic Offensive
Circular to African National Congress members and units on the South African government's diplomatic offensive, namely the Nkomati Accord and the withdrawal of…
ArchiveLetter from J K Nkadimeng to Afred Nzo
Letter from J K Nkadimeng to Afred Nzo of November 3, 1982 and enclosing RC HQ Commission report of October 1982 at Lusaka. Note that the document is barely…
ArchiveOrganise and advance to peoples power
Internal ANC paper, declaring 1987 the year of Advance to People's Power, which involves mass action, underground political work, armed struggle and…
ArchiveA reply to J G Matthews article: Africans an
I B Tabata's reply to an article by J G Matthews, of the African National Congress Youth League, on Africans and Non-European Unity. Published in Inkundla Ya…
ArchiveUnderstanding SASO: introduction to Formation School
This SASO memorandum sets out the path for students to follow in their quest for national liberation, for discussion at the SASO Formation School, Edendale,…
ArchiveTUCSA unions fail to block NUTW
TUCSA unions attending the Congress of the International Textile Garment and Leather Workers Federation failed to win support for a resolution barring the…
Minings contribution to poverty and destitut
Multicoloured poster. Photographs of mine workers. Photograph of a man, wrapped in a blanket, wearing a knitted hat, waiting to be employed. Numbers of miners…
ArchiveAn open letter to Desmond Tutu
Journal article containing a letter of support written by Allan Boesak to Desmond Tutu after the South African Government withdrew Bishop Tutu's passport and…
EventDetention orders issued to 6 UDF members
Renewed detention orders were issued to members of the United Democratic Front including its president Archibald Gumede. A month earlier, just before the…
Letter from S. S. Mazibuko to the President
This letter is from the Vice President of the South African Students' Movement to the President informing him of the departure of the National Organiser and…
ArchiveShould NUSAS talk to the ANC?
A pamphlet issued by the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) at the start of their campaign to find out whether students supported NUSAS…
EventSmuts refuses call to postpone Anti
During the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) Conference held in Cape Town, a deputation of sixty Indians called on the prime minister, Field Marshal J.C…
EventUnited Democratic Front call to Police
The United Democratic Front criticized the police actions at a Guguletu Funeral and made a call for police to stay away from funerals. This was requested by…
EventANC dismisses proposals to postpone elections
Nelson Mandela, president of the African National Congress (ANC), dismissed proposals by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to defer elections in the…
Statement by President Mandela on receiving the report of the TRC Pretoria, 29 October 1998
Chairperson of the TRC, The Most Reverend Desmond Tutu Presiding Officers of our Houses of Parliament Ministers and Deputy Ministers Leaders of Political…
Address to Beijing University Beijing, 6 May 1999
President of the University of Beijing; Members of faculty and students; Distinguished guests. I was honoured indeed in 1992 by your award to me of an…
ArticleCustomary Law in South Africa: Historical Development as a Legal System and its Relation to Women’s Rights by Devon Wall
This article was written by Devon Wall and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Customary Law in South Africa: …
Voters in South-West Africa/Namibia go to the polls to vote for a constituent assembly, which is to draw up a new constitution
The application of three anti-abortion groups in SA to the Pretoria Supreme Court, to declare the Freedom of Choice to Terminat
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission refuses to accede to the NP demands and calls instead for urgent talks in order to reso
Voters in South-West Africa/Namibia go to the polls to vote for a constituent assembly, which is to draw up a new constitution
According to figures in the Hansard, 918 people, of whom 722 were successful, applied to be reclassified from one race group to
The Political Council decides to erect more churches in the Cape because most people have to travel three days to attend church
The Mail & Guardian goes to court to challenge an urgent interdict forcing it to remove from its website an SABC report int
Anglo-Boer War 2: Col. Bottomley writes a letter to King Dinizulu, ordering him to arm all his followers and to protect the Zul
Instructions are issued to all magistrates in Zululand to assemble the chiefs in their areas, to explain the new poll-tax law.
According to reports from Angola, the strategic town of Cuito Cuanavale is about to fall to an onslaught by South African and U
Two South African aviators, Pierre van Ryneveld and Quintin Brand, hoping to become the first airmen to fly from England to Cap
EventThe UN Security Council to lay down rules which would allow UN forces to enter Congo
On 6 August 1960, the United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Mr. Dag Hammarskjöld, asked the UN Security Council to lay down rules which would allow UN forces…