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EventThe Comoros declared an Independent State
Although Portuguese explorer and cartographer Diego Ribero first claimed to have discovered The Comoros in 1505, the islands became a French colony in 1843…
EventNiger's Independence Day
Rationed away to French colonialists at the 1885 Berlin Conference, the French West African colony was controlled strictly as an outpost for the French…
EventChad gains its independence
The French received considerable resistance in the 1920s to their plan to make Chad a French protectorate – under the command of conqueror Rabih al-Zubayr, the…
Oral History: Representing the Hidden, the Untold and the Veiled, edited by Christina Landman, (2013)
Indigenous Liberation Walk 2017 Fundraiser Art Auction
Eulogy by President Jacob Zuma, at the Funeral Service of Advocate Mvuseni Edward Ngubane, at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, 18 May 2012
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mr. Jeff Radebe; Honourable Chief Justice and JSC Chairperson, Mogoeng Mogoeng; Heads of various…
ANC`s urgent court application in view of DA march, 12 February 2014
The African National Congress will submit its protection order application to afford its staff, members, its assets and the public at large protection against…
NDCA Statement, 3 April 2012
The NDCA of the ANC has informed Comrade Julius Malema and Comrade Floyd Shivambu that the hearing for the Appeal against the sentence handed out to them by…
Isitwalandwe / Seaparankoe the Highest Award of Honour, 1955 - 2014
Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe is the highest honour awarded by the ANC to those who have made an outstanding contribution and sacrifice to the liberation struggle…
Killings at Ntshanga, 29 December 1996
The ANC in KwaZulu Natal strongly condemns the killing of our people in an ANC stronghold at Tin Town, Ntshanga near Durban yesterday night. Their names are: …
Oliver Tambo, 1 October 1987 - Reproduced in Oliver Tambo and the Struggle against Apartheid, edited by E. S. Reddy
In many colonial and social revolutions, the leaders of the people had to go into exile to guide the resistance or were imprisoned or deported by the…
Statement at the 2053rd meeting of the Security Council by Mfanafuthi Johnstone (Johnny) Makatini, 9 December 1977
Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to extend to you, in the name of the African National Congress, the warmest fraternal congratulations on your…
Statement by Reverend Gabriel Seteloane at the special meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in Atlanta to pay tribute to the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on the 50th anniversary of his birth, 16 January 1979
I stand here not as a diplomat, I am not schooled in that line; but I do stand here as a man who shares a profession with a man we are commemorating today,…
The Wankie Campaign
The Luthuli Detachment was one [of] those detachments that were well prepared and well trained. I`m saying this because I personally participated in the…
PlaceGroutville
Groutville is situated approximately ten kilometers south of KwaDukuza and about 69 kilometers north of Durban. The name Groutville was acquired from its…
Investing in African Mining Indaba
Conference around the capitalization and development of mining interests in Africa.
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…
PlaceAluimkloof, Calitzdorp- Western Cape
A Ravine at the Eastern end of Badspoort, 16 km South-East of Calitzdorp. The name is Afrikaans for 'Alum Gorge', which refers to the occurence of the double…
PlaceThe Simon's Town Mosque
the Malay Quarter of Simon’s Town.[i] The Noorul Islam Mosque looks down majestically from Thomas Street, Simon’s Town in the Western Cape. Passers-by,…
Launch of the ANC Volunteer Corps and Visit of the President, 19 June 2013
The President of the African National Congress Comrade President Zuma will be visiting Upington as part of the launch of the Luthuli Volunteer Corps on the…
The ANC Gauteng condemns violent protests and ongoing disruption of schools in Gauteng Province!, 7 September 2011
The PEC held its ordinary meeting on 27th August 2011 to deliberate on various political and organizational matters. The meeting expressed grave concerns on…
ANC NDC moves hearing venue to another location, 6 September 2011
The African National Congress (ANC) National Disciplinary Committee (NDC) following the disruption last week of businesses situated around ANC headquarters…
Testimony by Moosa Muhammed Moolla before the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Commission on Human Rights, Dar es Salaam, 22 June 1967
[Note: The questions of the members of the Working Group are briefly indicated in italics. The members were: Ibrahima Boye, Procureur-general, Senegal,…
Appeal by Oliver Tambo to the people of the world on the 75th anniversary of the African National Congress, 08 January 1987
On January 8, 1987, we observed the 75th anniversary of our movement, the African National Congress. This historic anniversary has come at a critical moment in…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at the World Conference on Sanctions Against Racist South Africa: Victory is within our grasp, 16 June 1986, Unesco House, Paris
Mr. President, Your Excellency Mr. Perez de Cuellar, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Your Excellency President Abdou Diouf, President of Senegal and…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the launch of COP 17 Legacy Projects in Groutville, Kwazulu-Natal, 08 December 2011
Honourable Premier, Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Mayors and councilors, Representatives of United Nations agencies, Representatives of the private…
Press statement by Oliver Tambo in Moscow, 06 November 1986
We are currently in Moscow as a delegation of the African National Congress which is here to hold discussions with the leadership of the Communist Party of the…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the official opening of the National House of Traditional Leaders, 23 February 2010, Old Assembly, Parliament, Cape Town
The Chairperson of the National House of Traditional Leaders, Khosi Kutama, Honourable chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Honourable Speaker…
Speech by Oliver Tambo on the occasion of the award of an honorary Doctorate to Nelson Mandela by the Karl Marx University of the German Democratic Republic, 11 November 1987, Leipzig
Comrade Professor Doctor Rathmann, esteemed rector of Karl Marx University, Members of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, Members…