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On the 20th Anniversary of the passing of Comrade Oliver Reginald Tambo, 24 April 2013
… its unbanning, and thus ushering in our liberation and freedom. As we commemorate the 20th anniversary of the … ago that, "Oliver Tambo has not died because…
Albert Luthuli`s message from Oslo to the South African people, 5 December 1961
… be with me on this exciting adventure - these ten days of Freedom. My prayer is that the day will soon come when all my people will share in the freedom and…
Introductory Statement on the Presentation of the Statement of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 79th Anniversary of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1991
… in thirty years. We do so inside the country together with freedom fighters, some of whom have spent almost three … a nonracial democracy, to ensure that the…
EventNelson Mandela is appointed the Secretary of the National Action Council
… to carry out constant actions to oppose oppression and win freedom. * We call on the Indian and Coloured communities and … South Africa and to win a society…
EventCongress of the People starts in Kliptown
… Action Committee to coordinate the work of drafting the Freedom Charter, which was adopted by the convention the next day, 26 June 1955. The Freedom Carter…
EventMultiparty negotiating forum meets for the first time since December 1993
… Despite the negative response from the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Chief Gatsha Mangosuthu Buthelezi … had agreed to the proposal despite the absence…
Archive`The struggle is my life`- Nelson Mandela press statement
… earth can stop an oppressed people determined to win their freedom. In the face of unprecedented intimidation by the … the press, immediately before and…
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… Party (NP) followed with 33 percent and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) with 4.5 percent. 3 May, South Africa … Klerk came in second with 82 seats, ahead of…
Women’s Food Committees in Cape Town during the 1940s
… we fight for food, tomorrow for the vote and then for freedom for all’. The origins of these committees lay in the … Cape Town. Schreiner, J. 1986. “Women…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Glossary
NSDAP- Stands for Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei and was a national Socialist German Workers’ Party.[1] Communist Party- The Communist party…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Essay Questions
… of African nationalism. [12] Firstly, through the Atlantic Charter, AB Xuma’s, African claims in relation to this … generally, the Atlantic Charter amounted…
SAHO Milestones
… Art in Cape Town’s Townships 18 July - Photographic essays Freedom ZA by six South African photographers documenting the … and community histories…
ArchiveStatement fron Anant Singh on the 30th Anniversary of Nelson Mandela's Release from Prison
… that led us to a peaceful transition from apartheid to freedom. I met Madiba two weeks after his release in … relevant. I am proud to have made MANDELA…
Chapter 9 - Negotiating the transition
… Council as Inkatha made a similar announcement. The Freedom Alliance was born out of the ashes of COSAG, and … Ciskei, the CP, and the AfriÂkaner Volksfront…
Address by Nelson Mandela at the Funeral of Adelaide Tambo, 10 February 2007
… to pay our last respects to a member of our generation of freedom fighters and patriots. Over these last few years we … in that trying period of exile. She…
Appeal For United Front, July 1948
… the Indians in South Africa had won the support of freedom-loving people outside South Africa and at the next … resign and lead their people against the…
ArticleObituary: Sheila Weinberg
… love and tranquillity. A veteran of the struggle, a freedom fighter for many decades, Sheila never flaunted her …
Historical Background of the Constitutional Court
… be traced back to an ANC document in the early 1920s. The Freedom Charter of 1956 carried the idea forward. In the following …
Event20 000 Women march to the Union Buildings in protest of pass laws
… to the secretary of the prime minister, the women sang a freedom song: Wathint` abafazi, Strijdom! Since then, the … barriers that governed their lives and…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at a Joint Sitting of the Houses of Parliament on the Occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Cape Town, 8 May 2006
… across the world to the great victory of the cause of freedom and democracy in our country. But clearly, the tenth … solidarity we built during the course of…
EventThe Women's National Coalition Conference starts
… conference focused primarily on the drafting of a Women's Charter and the future of the Women's National Coalition. The Women's Charter was adopted on the…
ArchiveAppendix 4 Manifesto of Umkhonto we Sizwe by Denis Goldberg
… press. Umkhonto we Sizwe will carry on the struggle for freedom and democracy by new methods, which are necessary to … our power in defence of our people,…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the unveiling of the tombstone of Helen Joseph Avalon Cemetery, Johannesburg, 30 March 1996
… Campaign;played a prominent role during the writing of the Freedom Charter;was one of the four leaders of the historic women's … she was elected as one of…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the first Triennial Conference of the Methodist church of South Africa Durban, 17 July 1998
… inter-religious relationship by guaranteeing the right to freedom of religion, in a society where the oppression of one … to build a democratic culture in…
Statement "Algeria honours Chief Luthuli" by Oliver Tambo, 30 November 1964
… From: South Africa Freedom News, Dar es Salaam The University of Algiers has … of their supreme contribution to the cause of freedom and human dignity. Their…
EventZulu King Zwelithini threatens to establish a separate Zulu state
… Zwelithini was always seen to be intervening on behalf of Freedom Alliance (FA) in circumstances where there was an … suggests that Zwelithini, and by…
PlaceMqhekezweni - Mandela's Ancestral Home, OR Tambo District, Eastern Cape
… Mandela recalled this in his autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom." Mqhekezweni project aim is to sensitize …
Document 8 - Letter on the current situation and suggesting a multi-racial convention, from Chief Albert J. Luthuli to Prime Minister J.G. Strijdom
… Party before there can be negotiations: no self-respecting freedom fighter will take orders from the government on how to wage freedom struggle against that…
EventExtracts from one of South African President Thabo Mbeki's most stirring speeches
… first to lose their lives in the struggle to defend our freedom and independence and they who, as a people, perished … and Ngungunyane taught never to…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the celebration of the 90th birthday of former President Nelson Mandela, 2 August 2008
… "The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days", you said. Indeed you have … in his foreword to the Book entitled No…