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Statement by Denis Goldberg, ANC at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the Day of Solidarity with South African Political Prisoners
This gathering is truly a solemn event, convened to mark the international Day of Solidarity with South African and Namibian Political Prisoners.We wish to…
ArchiveThe Black Consciousness Movement and Steve Biko By Jonathan Ansumana
We are currently in the continent of Africa. The country located furthest south is called South Africa. It is the year 1948. A law promoting Apartheid has just…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Freedom Day celebrations, Bisho Stadium, Eastern Cape, 27 April 2007
Programme Director, Minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan, Premier of the Eastern Cape, Nosimo Balindlela, Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Public…
Challenges of Leadership in the Current Phase, 1 July 1997
Introductlon One of the tasks the National Conference is charged with is the responsibility of electing a leadership collective. This is a matter that should…
2002 ANC National Policy Conference: Closing Statement by Jacob Zuma, 30 September 2002
This National Policy Conference of the ANC, held over the four days of September 27th to 30th was attended by 687 delegates from ANC national, provincial,…
40. 1903 reviewed by Indian Opinion
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai M. K. Gandhi founded Indian Opinionin June 1903…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the celebration of the 90th birthday of former President Nelson Mandela, 2 August 2008
Isithwalandwe President Nelson Mandela and the entire family and relatives, President Thabo Mbeki, Deputy President of the ANC, Secretary General and all…
Statement by Nzo Mnumzana in the plenary meeting of the General Assembly, 20 November 1984
In the name of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress of South Africa and on behalf of the struggling people of South Africa, I…
ArchiveThe Mandela I knew by Saths Cooper, 6 December 2013
During my incarceration in the same single-cell block in Robben Island Maximum Security Prison with Nelson Rohihlala Mandela between 1977 to 1982 I got to know…
Say It out Loud - The 1909 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 13th April 1909
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1909 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 13th April 1909 1 The President, in formally opening the…
Chapter 28. I Fight Back
Serving the orders upon me at the union office was the first of a series of blunders on Swart's part. For many months the committee had been discussing what…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at a press conference in Addis Ababa, 11 July 1973
Prisoners of apartheid July 11, 1973, marked the passage of ten years since the leadership of the South African liberation movement was arrested at Rivonia. …
Speaking Notes for the President of the African National Congress, President Jacob Zuma, during the MKMVA National Conference, 12 October 2012
Programme Director; Chairperson, Comrade Kebby Mphatsoe and the National Executive Committee; Chairpersons of MKMVA Provincial Committees; MKMVA stalwarts…
Prisoners of Apartheid - Statement at a Press Conference in Addis Ababa by O. R. Tambo, 11 July 1973
July 11, 1973, marked the passage of ten years since the leadership of the South African liberation movement was arrested at Rivonia. Three months later the…
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…
National OR Tambo Memorial Lecture series inaugural address by his excellency Dr Jacob G Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa, OR Tambo International Airport, 24 October 2011
Mr Dali Tambo and the entire Tambo family, Esteemed Trustees and Founding Members of the Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation, Ministers and Deputy Ministers…
Statement at the Freedom Rally Organised by the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement by O. R. Tambo, Dublin, 26 January 1979
Dear Friends and Comrades, We bring you greetings on behalf of the African National Congress, the cadres of Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation), inside…
Address of Nelson Mandela at his Investiture as Doctor of Laws Soochow University, Taiwan, 1 August 1993
The Honourable President of the University, Esteemed Members of the Convocation, Distinguished Members of the Faculty, Ladies and Gentlemen. It is a…
ArchiveBiography of Mariama Bâ by Lauren Daugherty
Context In the 1960s, Senegal was a new, independent nation. It had previously been ruled in succession by the Portuguese, the Dutch and finally the French,…
Don’t be misled by the PROPAGANDA OF THE KAJEE-PATHER GROUP
The government and the African National Congress agree on a common commitment towards the resolution of the existing climate of violence and intimidation…
”Apartheid Over Our Dead Bodies:” Speech, July 1948
Speech at mass welcome meeting in Johannesburg organised in his honour by the Transvaal Passive Resistance Council on his release from prison] I am deeply…
25. ‘Free State’ implies equality, declare traders
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Aboobaker Amod and three others submitted the…
Statement of the Alliance Political Council, 13 October 2009
The Alliance Political Council, comprising of the National Officials of the African National Congress (ANC), the South African Communist Party (SACP), the…
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt Revisits "On the Mines" by Jeffrey Ladd, 5 December 2012
As the German publisher Gerhard Steidl prepares a series of books on the life work of David Goldblatt, Jeffrey Ladd spoke with the South African photographer…
Speech by the Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr. Blade Nzimande at SAHO Graduate Internship Programme launch, 30 October, 2012
Launch SA History Online Internship Project. We have been giving lots of attention to getting practical experience for professionals such as engineers,…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at lunch hosted by the Foreign Minister of Venezuela, 13 July 1987, Caracas
We wish to express our sincere appreciation to the Government of Venezuela for receiving the delegation of the African National Congress. We must thank you for…
Regional Formation Schools.” Report in SASO Newsletter, September 1970
I AM DIRECTED by the All-In African National Action Council to address your Government in the following terms: The All-In African National Action Council was…
Chapter 1 - Striking a balance between Tribalism and Christianity
Political freedom from foreign rule, essential as it is, is not freedom.1One freedom is essential. That is the freedom for an individual to develop to his/ her…
Enuga S Reddy: Meeting with SWAPO in Dar Es Salaam -1969
Mr. Peter Nanyemba, Chief Representative, said the only way to end apartheid in Namibia was to expel South Africa from Namibia. South Africa was making…
ArchiveNote on sources and footnoting by Howard Barrell
THE EXTREMITY OF CONFLICT in a revolutionary struggle can create a number of difficulties for someone attempting a serious study of such a struggle. Firstly,…