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ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
Introduction Following British victory in the South African War, the Union of South Africa was forged in 1910 under the British Commonwealth. The Union…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Introduction
From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede On Easter Sunday 1944 a group of young political activists gathered at the Bantu Men's…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Closing Address by President Jacob Zuma, Gallagher Estates, 29 June 2012
National Chairperson, Deputy President Comrade Kgalema Motlanthe, ANC Officials and Members of the National Executive Committee, Leadership of the Leagues…
WE HAVE THE KEY TO FREEDOM NOT THE OPPRESSOR, December 16, 1957
Albert Luthuli's Presidential Address to the Forty-fifth Annual Conference of the African National Congress, Orlando, Johannesburg, December 16, 1957 The…
Speech by Albert Luthuli at a public meeting organized by the South African Congress of Democrats, 1 February 1958
Our Vision is a Democratic Society (Speech at a public meeting organized by the South African Congress of Democrats in Johannesburg in 1958 to hear the…
"We have Decided to Liberate Ourselves": Address to the Royal Commonwealth Society by O. R. Tambo, London, 23 June 1986
Mr. Chairman, Your Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Exactly eight months ago to the day, in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, Heads of State and…
Statement at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa and Namibia, 11 August 1981
Mrs. Gertrude Shope On behalf of the Women's Section of the African National Congress and in the name of the entire oppressed and struggling people of South…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the celebration of 60th Anniversary of the Freedom Charter, Kliptown, Johannesburg, 26 June 2015
Director of the programmeDeputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and all ANC Officials,ANC NEC members,Vice-President of COSATU and theLeadership of the ANC, SACP,…
Chief Albert Luthuli Centenary Lecture by President Jacob Zuma, 7 September 2012, Kimberley, Northern Cape
ANC National Chairperson, ANC Provincial Chairperson and provincial leadership, ANC NEC Members, Leaders of the Tripartite Alliance, The Luthuli Family…
ArchiveIntroduction by Howard Barrell
ENEMIES DEPEND UPON EACH OTHER to sustain their wars and, if neither is a clear-cut winner in that process, no less so if they make peace. This was so on…
Opening Address to the ANC’s 48th National Conference by O. R. Tambo, Durban, 2 July 1991
The Chairperson, Comrade Nelson Mandela, Deputy President of the ANC, Members of the National Executive Committee, Regional Leaders, Commanders of…
Our Vision is a Democratic Society, 1958
(Speech at a public meeting organized by the South African Congress of Democrats in Johannesburg in 1958 to hear the President General of the African National…
Document 24 - “Wreckers at Work”, (Editorial), Liberation. 18, April 1956
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 24 - “Wreckers at Work", (Editorial),…
Chapter 12 - Blind alley of guerrillaism
From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 12 - Blind alley of guerrillaism After the May 1961 stay-at-home, Mandela wrote: "Of all…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Native Unrest
From the book: The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers by D.D.T Jabavu Introductory. The aboriginal black people of South Africa have not remained unaffected…
Chapter eight - Conclusion
From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson Gomas died on the morning of Wednesday 25 April 1979 two weeks…
Wosa on the 1997 Conference for Socialism
SOCIALISM HAD ITS BEGINNING as a propaganda force from the plinth of Van Riebeeck Statue, Adderley Street, Cape Town, when it stood at the bottom of Dock Road…
Afrikaner Newspapers and the newspaper industry from 1830
Afrikaner newspapers were essential supports for Afrikaner nationalism, and from the 1870s onwards they were used to mobilise Afrikaners, and after 1914 to…
Political changes from 1750 to 1820
Britain takes control of the Cape Once revolutionary armies of France invaded Holland in 1795, the British feared that the French would take control of the…
"Attack, Advance, Give the Enemy No Quarter!" by O. R. Tambo, Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on 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…
Interview with Dr Vanitha Chetty by Ms Rajes Pillay,University of Durban Westville,13 June 2002
RP: Good morning. This morning we are interviewing Dr Vanitha Chetty, and we bid you welcome. VC: Thank you. RP: She is the daughter…
Archive2009 - President Motlanthe, State of the Nation Address, 6 February 2009 (Before National Elections)
State of the Nation Address of the President of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe, to the joint sitting of Parliament, Cape Town 6 February 2009 Madam Speaker…
Archive2008 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 8 February 2008
State of the Nation Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki: Joint Sitting of Parliament 8 February 2008 Madam Speaker of the National…
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…
Class, Consciousness and Organisation: Conclusion by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
Archive2022 - President Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 10 February 2022
STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA CAPE TOWN CITY HALL 10 FEBRUARY 2022 Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa…
Archive2020 - President Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 13 February 2020
Speaker of the National Assembly (NA), Ms Thandi Modise, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), Mr Amos Masondo, Deputy President David…
Conservative Revolutionaries - Anti-Apartheid Activism at the University of Cape Town 1963-1973 by Robert Erbmann, Oxford University, 2005
Introduction The 1960s are often described as a unique period of activism, in which students were to find themselves at the cutting edge of social…
Chapter 2 - No equality under the Union Jack, 1900 - 1910
No equality under the Union Jack, 1900-1910 Gumede’s hopes that the British victory in the Anglo-Boer war would result in the removal of the oppressive…
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…