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ArchiveMay 1st Workers Day
Black background with white lettering and outline of map of Africa. Words - we need unity and support. White image of an open flower containing three cut out…
Memorandum of the National Committee for Liberation. London, mid-1963
The NCL still remains a small elite group, distinguished by its technical competence and secure organisation, rather than by its size or effectiveness. In the…
ArticleCulture and Resistance Conference, Botswana, 1982
Several hundred artists and activists from South Africa living in exile and within the country, as well as foreign nationals, were hosted by the Botswana…
ArchiveCOSATU : Living wage
Red and black poster. Five rows of seven identical blocks. Title plus a raised fist with words 'unite and fight for a' on it. Black artwork of people and coal…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.8 No.3 and No.4 1989
Contents and Contributors CONTENTS Comment Frank Meintjies and Mi Hlatshwayo. STORY: Reminiscences of a Job Seeker, Jan Ceasar Mbele. ESSAYS and INTERVIEWS:…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the president’s budget debate in the Senate 18 June 1996
Mr. President; Deputy-President Senators; Ladies and Gentlemen. I stand before you fully conscious of the historic significance of this moment. South Africa…
EventNavanethem (Navi) Pillay is born
Navanethem (Navi) Pillay, the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights was born on 23 September 1941 in Clairwood, Durban. She went to the…
ArchiveThe war against Soviet colonialism: Unitas f
Red, white, black and pink poster. Notice of a meeting on 19th March 1986 at SS10. SMA presents a Unita Officer, freedom fighter speaker. Issued by the…
ArchiveWe Demand Our Jobs Back
A2 red, black on yellow silkscreen; graphic workers with banner; text: We demand our jobs back! Metalbox workers; unity is power; an injury to one is an…
ArchiveThe Ten Point Programme: a review of ten years
Paper delivered by Dr G H Gool, Chairman of the Anti-CAD and Vice-President of the Non-European Unity Movement, at the conference of the All-African Convention…
ArchiveSeven unions take first step towards new federation
The first steps towards uniting. the progressive trade union movement were taken at a unity summit in Cape Town when seven union groupings committed themselves…
ArchiveMessage to the people in Bophuthatswana and other Bantustans from the United Democratic Front
Press statement calling on all the people who are trapped inside bantustans to unite and participate actively to end the circus shows staged by the bantustan…
ArchiveLetter from D Nokwe to OAU Secretary General
Letter from D Nokwe, Secretary-General of the African National Congress, to the Organisation of African Unity Secretary-General in Ethiopia. Includes several…
ArchiveSouth African Students Congress
Yellow poster with title in red lettering. SASCO poster. Red circle containing green map of Africa superimposted with black hand holding pen and open book…
ArticleThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
Relations between Russia and South Africa In the late-19th century, Russia was engaged in rivalry with the British Empire, especially in Asia, and sought to…
South African and World leaders
South African leaders South Africa has a long and very rich history. Many different cultures and communities live side by side and even together in South…
African History Books
table { border: none; border-collapse: collapse; } td { border: none; border-color: red; } During the month of May we celebrate Africa…
NUM Fights for the Rights of All Workers
A2 poster litho black and white; NUM fights for the rights of all workers: A living wage; Improved working conditions; Better health and safety; non-racialism…
ArchiveNorthern Transvaal : Regional Womens Congres
Red COSATU poster with black and white lettering. Notice of meeting on 28th August 1988, at 14 Brown Street, Pretoria. Black and white image of woman with…
ArchiveFood And Canning Workers Union 1983 Calendar
A1 red and black on white, litho; graphics of Elizabeth Mofokeng, Neil Aggett, Oscar Mpetha, Ray Alexander; Text: Food and Canning Workers Union; African Food…
ArchiveLabour Day mass meeting
A2 poster silkscreen red on brown paper; text: Labour Day Mass Meeting; Speakers: Terror Lekota [UDF]. Sisa Njikelana [SAAWU], Tom Morotolo [ERAPO], Lungile…
ArchiveMoses Mayekiso : can never be silenced : his
Red NUMSA poster. Title in white lettering on red flag. NUMSA Logo. Coloured artwork of workers protesting at bottom of poster. Words - worker power in black…
ArticlePeople and Culture of South Africa
South Africa has early human fossils at Sterkfontein and other sites. The first modern inhabitants of the country were the hunter-gatherer San (‘bushman’) and…
ArticleNontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu’s “Mother of the Nation” Legacy
Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu, affectionately known as Ma Sisulu, has been described countless times as a caring and service-oriented individual who spent her…
Luli
Deep Level Mining Only twenty years after the first mine was started at Langlaagte, gold had become the most important industry in South Africa, bringing…
ArticleQuotations by Oliver Tambo
"We seek to create a united Democratic and non-racial society. We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2013 submissions
Max Agadoni Max Agadoni is a sophomore at Southern Methodist University, studying business and engineering. He is originally from Leawood, Kansas, and…
Dealing with the past and facing the future
The text that follows is a brief summary of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. You can read far more detail by going to SAHO's TRC feature In an…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Mayibuye,1 September 1981
Question: On the night of the 12th/13th of August, a unit of the People`s Army shelled Voortrekkerhoogte, the Headquarters of the racist SADF with, according…
Draft discussion paper on the role of SACTU in the National Democratic Struggle
Draft discussion paper on the role of South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) in the national democratic struggle. Explains the difference in the roles…