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ArchiveLagos Declaration against apartheid
The World Conference for action against apartheid, organised by the United Nations, in co-operation with the Organisation of African Unity and the Federal…
ArchiveWork in Progress 73 March/April 1991
Contains the following articles: Creating mass power: beyond the cannon of Mamelodi, Unity and the Freedom Charter, Power and democracy: defining working-class…
ArchiveWork in Progress 58 March 1989
Contains the following articles: Creating mass power: beyond the cannon of Mamelodi, Unity and the Freedom Charter, Power and democracy: defining working-class…
ArchiveBlack communalism seen through labour perspectives
A paper presented at the Mafeking Seminar discussing Black communalism as a way of life. The South African labour system is complex and based on separate…
PlaceTerrace houses, 46, 48 and 56 Barnet Street, Gardens
The three double-storey units form an integral part of a row of similar late-19th century terraced houses with fine Georgian and Victorian architectural…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
ArchiveANC National Conference, July 1991: Notes for commission on violence
Notes for Commission on Violence for the African National Congress National Conference in Durban, July 1991. Examines the State strategy, unity and diversity…
ArchiveEducation for barbarism: Bantu (Apartheid) education in South Africa
The author, himself, one of the leaders in the unity movement and in the struggle for liberation, tries to focus attention on the education system in South…
ArchiveBlack Peoples Convention
A flyer published in Zulu by the Black Peoples Convention urging unity and solidarity of its members. The flyer is accompanied by a handwritten draft in…
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…
ArchiveSpeech made by Mrs Winnie Mandela to mark the
Immediately following the "childrens revolt" in Soweto in June 1976 and the massacre and repression with which the apartheid regime encountered it, Mrs Winnie…
ArchiveRepression monitoring portfolio report for the Regional council and Advice Office Committee: Report Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1994
Repression Monitoring Portfolio Report: Report Presented at the Black Sash National Conference on 30 July 1994 discussing regional monitoring of elections,…
ArchiveLabour Day May 1
Light brown poster with black lettering. Words "Forward to worker unity 1984" in red at bottom. Title in half circle at top with images of factories in half…
ArchiveMinutes of a meeting between Dr Chester Crocker and Dr Savimbi in Cape Town on 11 February 1985
Minutes of a meeting between Dr Chester Crocker and Dr Savimbi, in which the SADF were observers, to discuss issues relating to the withdrawal of Cuban troops…
ArchiveDeclaration of the OAU ad-hoc Committee on Southern Africa on the question of South Africa
Organisation of African Unity declaration on the question of South Africa. Statement that apartheid must be liquidated. Includes statement of principles,…
ArchiveSAHWCO
Notice of South African Health Workers Congress. Cream poster with black lettering and black border. SAHWCO Logo in centre. Notice of launch meeting at City…
EventProf. Sibusiso Emmanuel Bengu is born
The first national minister of education in South Africa's Government of National Unity (GNU), Prof. Sibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel Bengu was born in Kranskop,…
Political Overview By The ANC Gauteng Provincial Chairperson, Comrade Paul Mashatile On The Occasion Of The Special Provincial General Council, Turffontein Racecourse, Johannesburg, 24 February 2013
Programme Director, Deputy Chairperson, Comrade Gwen Ramokgopa Secretary General, Comrade Gwede Mantashe NEC Deployees here present Provincial Secretary,…
Social Housing on Tafelberg: Sea Point Residents Meeting
The Western Cape government published a model indicating that 270 social housing units could be built on the old Tafelberg School site. This is a public…
ArchiveA brief general statement on the political situation in South Africa
Statement by the ANC National Executive Committee on the current political situation in South Africa, as examined by the meeting of the ANC National Executive…
ArchivePolice reserves are traps
This pamphlet discusses the formation of police reserves, and APDUSA examines the so-called reasons for the formation of the police reserves as been lies, and…
ArticleThe African Union (AU)
Context As the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), founded in 1963, was established as a loose association of African states with limited mechanisms for…
Communique of the Second National Consultative Conference of the ANC, presented by O. R. Tambo at a Press Conference, Lusaka 25 June, 1985
The Second National Consultative Conference of the ANC has taken place. It opened on June 16th, the ninth anniversary of the Soweto uprising of 1976 and closed…