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Eye of the Needle - Preface by Richard Turner
… the preparation of any publication; from transmitting any document, book, pamphlet, poster, or drawing in which the …
Chapter VII - The 1980’s
… me, complained that all I had done was to quote a banned document. This of course was not true. The Freedom Charter …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1980s
… on a central fingerprint register. A uniform identity document will be issued to all races. 1981 19 January, In a … lifted and passes to be replaced by a…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
1918 21 October Nontsikelelo Thethiwe was born in the village Camama in the Tsomo district of the Transkei to a very large family. Circa 1926 Albertina…
Grade 12 - Topic 4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
There were many reasons why apartheid collapsed. You can read about the crisis of Apartheid in the 1980s in section 5 of the grade 12 material. The collapse of…
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
1893 Alfred Bitini Xuma is born, the seventh child born of Abraham and Elizabeth Xuma, an aristocratic Xhosa family living in Manzana Village in the Engcobo…
ArticleSouth African Students Movement (SASM)
The South African Students Movement (SASM) an organisation of mainly high school students was formed to represent students, articulate grievances and foster…
‘Wash Me Black Again’: African Nationalism, the Indian Diaspora, and Kwa-Zulu Natal, 1944-1960 by Jon Soske
… declaration of principles and perhaps the most significant document in South African political history. Unquestionably, … Transvaal ANC leadership and Indian…
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… the Youth League's Programme of Action as its policy document. The Programme adopts a more militant stance and …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
… Indians can be relocated. Malan also produces a signed document by South African Indian leaders, including Advocate …
Polokwane the Segregated city
… Under the guiding hand of Jack Botes, the outcome was a document, the “Pietersburg Development Plan 2000”. In …
Archive2010 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2010
State of the Nation Address By His Excellency JG Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa, at the 11 Feb 2010 Honorouble Speaker; I stand before you…
Appeal for Action to stop Repression and Trial in South Africa: Statement at the Meeting of the Special Political Committee of the United Nations General Assembly by O. R. Tambo, New York, 8 October, 1963
I wish to express my deep gratitude for the privilege accorded to me to address this important body. It was with considerable reluctance that I applied for…
Address by Mandela to the CBI conference London, 10 July 1996
Mr. Chairman; Prime Minister Major; My Lords; Ladies and Gentlemen. I have had the rare pleasure in the short time that I have been in the United …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the snap debate on the Shell House incident National Assembly, Cape Town, 7 June 1995
Madame Speaker; Deputy-Presidents; Ministers and Honourable members. It is not often that this August assembly debates an issue at such a level. It is…
I have written it by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - International Support: UNO - 1948
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1948 Report by A.I. Meer to the Joint Passive…
Reports of the Passive Resistance Councils: Natal and Transvaal 1946 - 1946
From: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer Reports of the Passive Resistance Councils ”” Natal and…
The small matter of a horse: The life of 'Nongoloza' Mathebula, 1867-1948 by Charles van Onselen, 04 January 2012 (libcom.org)
… hesitated for several months before making the document public.46 Serious confusions about the lines of … to Dr. Collins for supplying me with a copy of this…
ArticleThe Contentious Relationship Between Ngqika And Ndlambe
Introduction King Ngqika and Prince Ndlambe led the Rharhabe people of the Amaxhosa in the early 19th century. Their relationship is of significance regarding…
ArticleBureau of State Security (BOSS)
The telling of the history of South African Intelligence Agencies is somewhat hamstrung by the fact that people from these agencies do not want their stories…
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
1859 After protracted negotiations between the Natal Government and the British Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Natal Coolie Law, Law 14 of 1859 is…
An evening with FW de Klerk – the full event by Alec Hogg (Biznews London Forum), 15 September 2017, (interview transcript)
… which is not just words written on paper; it’s a live document to prevent another catastrophe from overcoming us. …
Chapter 4 - ‘SASO on the Attack’ : Organisation, Mobilisation and Collective Action
… of students from the different campuses into a single document, the "Minimum Student Demands". One general demand …
ArchiveKeynote Address at National General Council Meeting, by President Thabo Mbeki, 12 July 2000, Port Elizabeth
Comrade Chairperson, Members of the NEC, Comrades delegates, Distinguished veterans, Your Excellencies, Members of the diplomatic corps and guests,…
INDIAN SLAVES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A little-known aspect of Indian-South African relations by E. S. Reddy
The visit of Nelson Mandela to India may be an appropriate occasion to recall a little known but significant aspect of relations between India and South Africa…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE FUNERAL OF JOE SLOVO Johannesburg, 15 January 1995
Comrade Chairperson: Dear Helena, Shawn, Gillian and Robyn; Mrs Rene Ephron, Comrade Joe's sister and other relatives; Deputy President Thabo Mbeki,…
His Life and Legacy - Oliver Tambo
… As always, O.R. worked late into the night finalising the document, which required careful explanation. In the previous …
Say It out Loud - The 1935 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1935
… out of his old avocations. " Here was a Parliamentary document making a direct appeal to racialism and colour …
68. Passive resistance 1946-1947
… campaign; and Statistical analysis. It is a very useful document. Source: N.I.C. Agenda Book, 1947. PART 1: POLITICAL …
Chapter II - Partners in protest
… of high treason on this very extract from my article as a document "advocating extra-parliamentary, unconstitutional …