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Address At Meeting On The Occasion Of The 60th Anniversary Of The Formation Of The South African Communist Party, London, July 30, 1981
… of absolute equality, which in the words of the Freedom Charter "belongs to all who live in it; black and white." …
Address at the Commonwealth Local Government Forum, 4 March 2003
… all local governments to discuss endorsement of the Earth Charter; Develop effective and transparent local governance, …
Archive”I am Albertina Sisulu”, Interview from Blue Portraits
… of South African Women, the launching of the Freedom Charter in Kliptown. In 1956 we organised twenty thousand …
PlaceSeal Island
Hout Bay has now become well known as the port of departure for scenic day trips to Seal island or Duiker Island, home to a colony of thousands of Cape Fur…
The Durban Strikes of 1973 and the End of a Cycle of Struggle by Mondli Hlatshwayo
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference The Durban strikes of 1973, and the subsequent struggles waged by…
PlaceHogsback, Eastern Cape
'Hogsback is a magical World of Mountains and Forests.' It is situated high up on the Amatole Mountains of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, and is…
Reports Concerning Slaves from India in South Africa
Jacob van der Heiden, a political prisoner, spent part of his confinement in April-May 1706 in a dungeon in the Castle in Cape Town, which he shared with Ari…
PlaceWoutersen Vault, Wessels Road, Green Point.
The vault is huge, well looked after, with a fence that nobody can cross! It was erected in 1827 by the widow of Peter Woutersen. His granddaughter married,…
EventPansy Tlakula, Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission, announces her resignation
On 2 September 2014, Advocate Pansy Tlakula announced her resignation as Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). She submitted her letter of…
To Change the World ! Is Reason Enough ?, London, August, 1995
… memorable meeting was a report back on the Freedom Charter to the people of Ermelo, Gert Sibande territory. On … well. I was asked to speak and I went…
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and Mozambique
The South African Communist Party and Mozambique Introduction The Mozambique Liberation Front, popularly known by its Portuguese acronym, FRELIMO (Frente…
Defining the term 'Bantu'
The following article is based on an essay from Kees van der Waal’s chapter in “Critical Essays on Afrikaans Places of Memory” The term ‘Bantu has gone…
Olof Palme and the liberation of Southern Africa by Oliver Tambo, 01 March 1988
… Nations Organisation in 1945 and the adoption of its Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is … carrying out the noble tasks that are…
PlaceSt George’s Anglican Cathedral, Cape Town
The Cathedral of St George the Martyr stands at the bottom of Parliament Street in Cape Town and was erected to provide a place of worship for English settlers…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 97th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2009
… to education derives its inspiration from the Freedom Charter. The charter says; Education shall be free, compulsory, universal …
ArchiveMandela’s Democracy by Andrew Nash, 26 June 2013
… a defense of the nationalization clauses of the Freedom Charter, published in 1956. The Freedom Charter, Mandela argued, was "by no means a blueprint for a …
EventRhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith visits the United States, challenging officials to support his plan for the transition of government in the country.
After declaring in 1976 that there would never be majority rule in Rhodesia, "not in a thousand years," Ian Smith reluctantly began to yield to diplomatic…
ArticleThe Black Sash: A History of Transformation
… with its own supporters. The disrespect of South Africa’s charter was the force that fueled the initial six women into …
ArticleThe Drafting and Acceptance of the Constitution
On 2 February 1990, the National Party government unbanned political parties, released many political prisoners and detainees, and unbanned many people,…
Apartheid - A Crime Against Humanity: The Unfolding of Total Strategy 1948-1989
The content of this article was taken from the book A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman, (Cape…
ArticleThe Impact of Colonialism
… the increased wealth that trade brought to the economy. A charter is a document giving authority to companies to take …
ArticleSouth Africa needs a national holiday on 16 November to acknowledge its indentured
SOUTH AFRICA NEEDS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY ON 16 NOVEMBER TO ACKNOWLEDGE ITS INDENTURED LABOUR HERITAGEBy Brij Maharajhttps://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on International Relations, 27-30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… and the world which is also expressed in the Freedom Charter, the conference that the organisation should always …
Statement at the Swedish People's Parliament Against Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Stockholm, 21 February 1986
… of our people support the demands contained in the Freedom Charter. Similarly, none can be confused about the enormous …
Zonal Centenary Memorial Lecture on the Life and Times of David Bopape, presented by David Makhura, ANC Gauteng Provincial Secretary, 21 June 2012, Tsakane
… movement. They relived the debatesabout the Freedom Charter, the Defiance Campaign, the debate and decision on …
President Julius Malema`s address to the KZN Provincial Congress, 22 May 2010
… Luthuli, who spearheaded the adoption of the Freedom Charter, is also from this Province. The current President of …
OR Tambo Memorial Lecture delivered by President Jacob Zuma, 25 October 2015, Port Elizabeth
… society premised on the principles outlined in the Freedom Charter. We have a government based on the will of the …
Address by President Jacob Zuma on the occasion of the release of the 20 Year Review: South Africa 1994 to 2014, Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guest House, Pretoria, 11 March 2014
… enshrined in the country`s Constitution and in the Freedom Charter, we will carry forward, as we continue our mission of …
Address at the 8th Asean Summit, 5 November 2002
… as well as Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia, he signed the Charter of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, leading to …
"Strategy and Tactics" - Statement adopted by the ANC at the Morogoro Conference, April-May 1969 (abridged)
… with the basic provisions of our programme-the Freedom Charter. This, together with our general understanding of our …