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James Stewart - the ANC fighter who spoke truth to power by Martin Plaut, 1 February 2016
… amounting to not much more than shots fired in the air and demands for a meeting with the leadership, but it … The MK High Command, including Chris Hani, Joe…
Dare you Ponder the Obvious: Of course Mbeki is Aloof by Thabo Mbeki, 1 February 2016
… touch with the people all the time, listen to their views and learn from them. He should be accessible and flexible; and not arrogate to himself the status…
Speech by Nelson Mandela at Zionist Christian Church Easter Conference Moria, 3 April 1994
… According to St Matthew, Chapter 5. Verses: 1 to 12.) 1. And seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain;and when he was set, 2. his disciples came…
EventThe UN General Assembly adopts resolution 1881, requesting South Africa to release all political prisoners
… in 1948, numerous repressive laws limited the freedom and movement of black South Africans. External resistance to … was implemented, which called for a…
EventAlbert Luthuli is elected as an ANC President
… as the SANCC in 1912. John Dube was its first president, and the well known writer and poet, Sol Plaatje, was one of its founding members. … black South…
EventZambian president Kenneth Kaunda refuses to take part in UK
… conflict between Zimbabwean liberation movements and Ian Smith's Rhodesia. Zambia offered military bases for … Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National…
EventSouth African artist, Gerard Sekoto, dies
… On 20 March 1993, South African artist and musician Gerard Sekoto (80) died in Paris. Often cited as the pioneer of urban black art and social realism,…
When your position can't be sustained, create a scarecrow - The Menace of Post-Apartheid South Africa by Thabo Mbeki, 18 January 2016
… the ANC became a ruling party in 1994 we could not foresee and prepare for all the challenges the organisation would … in the state executive structures, the…
Address delivered by Nelson Mandela, Deputy President of the African National Congress to the graduation ceremony at MEDUNSA 23 March 1991
… unity of purpose towards dealing with the problems and challenges that lie ahead. In this period of transition for Medunsa, for our entire education system…
2002 Introduction By Jordi Martorell
… addresses all the main questions of revolutionary strategy and tactics and which is therefore useful for revolutionary activists all … order to make a…
A common purpose: the Commonwealth’s support for the AAM
… I am grateful for the opportunity to be here and give a short synopsis of the Commonwealth's relations … government to deflect early attempts by India,…
Cosatu special congress, Day Two: Numsa, Vavi walloped by Ranjeni Munusamy (Daily Maverick), 15 July 2015, South Africa
… in Cosatu backing expelled metalworkers union Numsa and the ousted general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi believed … leadership petered out. Cosatu president S…
EventSharpeville Deputy Mayor killed
… Sam Dlamini was hacked to death by a group of youths, and doused in petrol and burned. The riots were in protest against rent increases and poor education…
EventPresident Mandela addresses the National assembly of Mali
… that his visit was about building economic, cultural, and political links between Mali and South Africa. He also thanked the people of Mali for … as well as…
Statement of the ANC National Disciplinary committee in the case of Mbulelo Goniwe, 14 December 2006
… in the chair, Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, Susan Shabangu and Luwellyn Landers. Three charges were brought against Cde … Cde Goniwe was charged with: 1. abuse…
Document 34 - Letter from the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, to the Executive Committee, Comintern
… We enclose copies of the constitution, petition form and circular letter of the League of African Rights. In … we have been acting on the decision of the…
II - The Life of Steve Biko
… National Union of South African Students (NUSAS), but he and others felt increasingly that white liberals dominated … for us. We needed time to look at our…
52 STEPS TO HEAVEN
… immediately sprung into action, hurling abuse at him and beating him. " It's already mid-morning," he recounts. … hair was forcibly cut by one of the warders…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter V - Political role of the mission
… in conquest by Nosipho Majeke The Missionaries and the Chiefs THE FULL EXTENT of the political role of the … Bantu tribes becomes apparent during the…
Citation for Saleem Badat by Professor Paul Maylam, 10 April 2015, Rhodes University
… a person who would not want us to be bound by tradition, and today we are not simply following tradition – we are … in South Africa over a period of twenty…
A Political Reflection By John Fikile Block
… in trajectories which requires high political morals and discipline. I have served with many PEC- collectives since 1991, and I can confidently say that as a…
EventMore than a dozen people are killed, including seven children, in Kwamakhutha Massacre
… political violence in KwaZulu Natal led to 11 700 deaths and the displacement of up to 500 000 people. The organization and savagery of the conflict led to…
ArchiveThe Moral Problem of Winnie Mandela by Paul Trewhela (Dailymaverick.com), 6 April 2018, South Africa
… a safe pair of hands. True, life was far easier, calmer and less frightening and stressful for her husband in his almost 30 years on Robben Island and in…
Address by ANC President, Nelson R. Mandela, to the Ruth First tenth anniversary commemoration trust Cape Town, 17 August 1992
… Oliver Tambo, Comrade Joe Slovo, Comrades Shawn, Gillian and Robyn, Comrade Pallo Jordan, Comrades and Friends, Ten years ago today, while I was in Pollsmoor…
Document 73 - Letter from The Spark to M.S. Njisane, Flagstaff, 15 September 1938
… in the Reserves. Year in year out the Magistrates and the Bhunga have been harping on this question and each year with greater intensity than before. During…
PlaceRandjieslaagte Beacon, Parktown, Johannesburg
… Beacon was a white pole fixed in a cairn of rock and concrete. It was declared a National Monument in 1965 and the cairn smoothed with cement. In the early…
Address by President Mandela at ECOWAS Abuja, 30 October 1998
… Heads of State Excellencies Distinguished delegates Ladies and Gentlemen It is indeed an honour for me as the Chair of … also my final visit as the President…
Christmas message of the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela December 1990
… closest colleagues, including our President, Oliver Tambo, and you, our people. I will spend Christmas without being a … our common motherland, for justice…
EventTseko Simon Nkoli dies
… Black anti-apartheid activists to publicly identify as gay and HIV-positive. He was diagnosed with HIV whilst in prison and went public with his status in…
PlaceOld Stables, Oatlands, Simonstown
… of the Cape in 1806 it was converted to a guard house and was used as such for some time thereafter. It was … under old NMC legislation on 14 March 198…