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EventAsiatic Law Amendment Act is passed in Transvaal parliament leading to increased Indian protest under MK Gandhi
In 1906, the Transvaal government promulgated a new Act which enforced registration of the colony's Indian population. At a mass protest meeting held in…
Document 9 - First letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
Statement of principles 14. We believe that a conjuncture of circumstances exists which, if there is a demonstrable readiness on the part of the Pretoria…
Document 13 - Declaration of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) ad hoc committee on southern Africa on the question of South Africa; Harare, Zimbabwe (The Harare Declaration) Sections 14-24
Published and launched in January 2009 in partnership with Vivalia Press. Editors: Cornelius Thomas Statement of principles 14. We believe that a…
EventSA national soccer team, Bafana Bafana, win the SA’s first ever FIFA sanctioned match.
South Africa had been suspended by FIFA in 1961 and formally expelled in 1976 because apartheid law forbade mixed-race sport. For three decades, generations of…
EventUnited Party MP for Benoni, D.G. Ross, dies in England after a long illness
The 68 year-old Ross was born in the Cape, but moved to Transvaal where he spent the greater part of his life. During the Second World War Ross served as an…
ArchiveNotice convening the 6th Unity Conference
Notice convening the 6th Unity Conference of the Non-European Unity Movement in Cape Town.
ArchiveLegitimacy and struggle
Chapter addressing the question of violence and non-violence as an issue for churches in South Africa.
Document 30 - W. M. Tsotsi, “Presidential Address to the All-African Convention Conference”, Edendale, 14 to 16 December 1958
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 30 - W. M. Tsotsi, "Presidential Address to the…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Debates and Relations with Other Organizations
From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede 27. "HITLER`S NEW CONVERT," Inkululeko, 9 September 1944. Hitler is rapidly losing all…
Chapter 8 - The politics of Congress in the late 1950s
From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 8 - The politics of Congress in the late 1950s Writing in Liberation (June 1956), Nelson…
Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
This article was written by Nehal Patel and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Gertrude Fester Biography Abstract …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1920-1929
The ANC in the 1920s was largely weakened and suffered from both organisation incapacity and financial constraints. During this period, the party attempted to…
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
Volkskas was one of the four largest banking conglomerates in South Africa, and one of the three biggest Afrikaner monopolies. It was established to harness…
Coetzee as Contractarian: Disgrace as Political Theory by Joshua Richman
Abstract Despite John Maxwell Coetzee’s Disgrace being the most critically engaged with novel in the South African canon, there remains an…
ArchiveProhibition of Mixed Marriages Act, Act No 55 of 1949
The Act was to prohibit marriages between Europeans and non-Europeans, and to provide for matters incidental thereto
The Christian Institute and Black South Africa
An article dealing with the significance of non-racial organisations like the Christian Institute for Black South Africans
ArchiveReport of the Commission of Enquiry into the general distribution and selling prices of intoxicating liquor
Extract of report from a Commission of Enquiry into the supply of liquor to non-Whites (Blacks, Coloureds, Asians, Chinese)
ArchiveUnity Movement - the Kader Hassim Collection: an introduction
Introductory essay on the Kader Hassim Collection related to the Non-European Unity Movement (NEUM) and its affiliated groups.
ArchiveWho is this Mr N. Honono now serving a five year ban and placed under house arrest?
Circular explaining the background to the banning and house arrest of N. Honono, president of the Non-European Unity Movement.
President F W de Klerk announces that South Africa’s first democratic elections will be held
President F W de Klerk announces that South Africa's first non-racial democratic elections will be held from 26-28 April 1994.
ArchiveSWAPO - ANC will win
Image of South Africa and soldiers fighting. Non aligned movement comes to the front line. Yellow poster with black lettering.
ArchiveFrom the Executive Director
Article about the work of IDASA and the problems with their goals of democracy and non-racialism in South Africa
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…
ArchiveA call to conference
Call by the Non-European Unity Movement to liberation organisations to send delegates to a conference to discuss oppression in South Africa.
ArticleInkatha Freedom Party (IFP)
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) is a South African political organization, established by Chief Gatsha Buthelezi, which encouraged a resurgent Zulu nationalism…
ArticleHistory of Slavery and early colonisation in SA timeline 1602-1841
1602 Chamber Representatives of the Netherlands Parliament grant a founding charter to the Dutch East India Company to establish an Indian trading empire in…
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
The struggle for a shorter workday, a demand of major political significance for the working class dates back to the 1800s. On 7 October 1884, the Federation…
ArticleTeachers League of South Africa (TLSA) conference in 1925
Background The establishment of the Teachers’ League of South Africa (TLSA) emerged out of increasing racial segregation in the Cape. While segregation had…
ArticleAfrican Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
The African People’s Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA) was launched in Duncan Village outside East London in March 1961. The launch followed a…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma to ANC National General Council fundraising dinner at Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, 19 September 2010, Durban
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, ANC Officials and NEC members, Captains of business and industry, Special guests, Good evening, we thank you all for…