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From Amsterdam with euphoria
A Report of the CASA Conference and Festival We want the world to know We have come a long way now We are not like spotless white shirts We are khaki…
Address by President Jacob Zuma, at the James Sebe Moroka Lecture, Northwest Province, 22 August 2012
ANC provincial chairperson Comrade Supra Mahumapelo, ANC national chairperson Comrade Baleka Mbethe and all ANC Officials, NEC members and provincial…
ArchiveCHAPTER 6 - Towards a Broad Front and Other Desirable Accidents, January 1981 - January 1983 by Howard Barrell
"[B]y sheer accident, despite the [ANC] military's wishes, for the first time, military work was a complement to political work... [V]isibly through the media,…
Chapter 5 - Preparing to negotiate
It took nearly two years of formal talks to remove the obstacles in the path of multi-party negotiations. However, it was not until nearly ten months after…
Address by President Jacob Zuma to the Military Veterans Medals Parade Waterkloof Airforce Base, 27 October 2012
Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Nosiviwe Mapisa Nqakula Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Thabang Makwetla Ministers and Deputy…
ArchiveRemembering French Investments In Apartheid South Africa, 17 December 2013
With politicians showing unusual agreement among themselves and media focused on the "global" tribute to Nelson Mandela, there has been unanimous praise in…
Yet another Myth: Mbeki and the Monopolisation of Power by Thabo Mbeki, 25 January 2016
The December 17, 2007 website of the UK newspaper, “The Guardian”, carried an article headed “Mbeki’s shock as ANC turns on him”, written by one Chris McGreal…
A Biography of Ernest Cole by Anna Hutchinson
Names: Kole, Ernest Levi Tsoloane and Cole, Ernest Born: 21 March 1940, Eersterust, Gauteng (then Transvaal), South Africa Died: 11 February 1990, New York,…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 1
On October 25 1991, ninety-two organisations that were united in their opposition to apartheid gathered in Durban to form the Patriotic Front. The Front…
ArchiveCHAPTER 3 - Unprepared by Howard Barrell
- Soweto and All That, June 1976 - October 1978 Fifteen years after our commitment to armed struggle, we could mount no organised retaliation by armed groups…
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…
ArticleUniversity of Pretoria 2015-2016 Student Protests Timeline
The University of Pretoria (UP) opened in 1908 as a new department of the Transvaal University College (T.U.C). In 1930 the University College was upgraded…
ArchiveThe Story of Jean Middleton by Grant Rohrmann
Jean Clarice Middleton was born in Durban, South Africa on August 30, 1928. She first attended the Durban Girls’ College. She then went on to receive a Master…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Social Transformation, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
Report on Commissions 1. The two commissions received an input on major issues for discussion. The input took for granted that the discussion document that…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The Early Years at the Rand
From the book: Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos THE CHANGE TO WAGE LABOUR has described some of the…
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
The reaction of the outside world to the development of apartheid was widespread, and by the 1980s posed a sustained challenge to the South African regime,…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Conclusion - By Riashnee Pather
From the book: The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa - by Riashnee Pather Conclusion The events of the 1960's made…
PlaceHeritage Route of Transvaal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga
The Transvaal, is one of the former Province of South Africa. It occupied the North Eastern part of the Country. The Limpopo River marked its border with…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
Introduction The strike by some 76,000 black miners in 1946 was one of the most significant examples of industrial action by black workers in South Africa…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
9 July, The Executive of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) meets in Durban and appoints S.R. Naidoo as the SAIC's nominee to the Young Committee. Albert…
ArchiveBiography of Dulcie September by Claire Albin
Dulcie September was a fierce and ambitious anti-apartheid activist in South Africa. Her work with various resistance groups throughout her life, particularly…
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
"Two hundred thousand subterranean heroes who, by day and by night, for a mere pittance lay down their lives to the familiar 'fall of rock' and who, at deep…
Document 8 - S. P. Bunting, The “Colonial” Labour Front, 23 October 1922
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 8 - S. P. Bunting,'5 The "Colonial" Labour…
ArchiveCHAPTER 8 - Leading from behind Virtue and necessity, April 1984-June 1985 by Howard Barrell
- Virtue and necessity, April 1984-June 1985 Victory is the sum total of the resolution of a whole succession of problems, a whole succession of factors. So …
Brief Detention Diary by Michael Hathorn (an excerpt)
Michael Hathorn was detained in Durban Central Prison in 1960, for his role in the struggle. Recorded below is an extract from the prison diary that he kept…
Document 58 - Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, “The Opening Address at the Africanist Inaugural Convention”, 4 April 1959 [….]
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 58 - Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, "The Opening…
Statement by Mrs. Gertrude Shope 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
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 Africa, I wish to…
SAHO Timeline and Milestones
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ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
Photograph of a Khoisan lady. Source: unknown 1300-1599 c.1300-c.1500 The Khoisan are established as the dominant power in the southern and south…
ArchiveA despot’s time to face democracy by Niren Tolsi
Contempt. This is what former president Jacob Zuma apparently felt for democratic South Africa’s foundational document, the Constitution, and the vision and…