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Freedom In Our Life Time - African Nationalism
From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede 14. "africanism," T.A.S.A. [Transvaal African Students' Association] Bulletin, 1, 2. (July…
ArchiveThe Trotskyist Groups in South Africa - A Retrospective View by Baruch Hirson (Encyclopedia of Trotskyism On-Line: Revolutionary History: Volume 4, No. 4, 1993, South Africa)
THE HISTORY of the South African Trotskyists during the 1930s and into the next decade was never made available or discussed with new recruits. There were…
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
From: A Crime Against Humanity, edited by Max Coleman THE MANY FACES OF APARTHEID REPRESSION Repressive regimes abound in the historical record but few can…
ArticleOn Trial: State versus Abram Fischer and Thirteen Others by Norman Levy
This article was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 16) On Trial State versus Abram Fischer and Thirteen Others The change from…
ArticleTransition to Armed Struggle by Norman Levy
Transition to Armed Struggle The brief respite from the Treason Trial which ended on 29 March 1961 and the Rivonia arrests in July 1963 was a period of…
ArchiveThe 1957 Alexandra Bus Boycott and its unsung heroes by Roseinnes Phahle, June 2019
This essay discusses my experiences and recollections of the 1957 bus boycott in Alexandra, the township in which I grew up. Unusually, it was a freehold area…
ArchiveChapter 16 Tee Shirts, Music and More Solidarity by Denis Goldberg
In the months after I started my incessant round of speaking engagements in 1985 I found that there was a wonderful array of t-shirts, badges and buttons,…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1948 - Press Reports on the Campaign
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1948 Resisters will cross border: No Permits …
Chapter 5 - Who would deliver us from oppression? Gumede and African politics in South Africa,1921-1927
‘After being a man of the world, I have discovered there is no Zulu, Xhosa, Mosotho or Coloured, but all are and must be known henceforth as Africans’, JT…
The diary of Maria Tholo - September 4 - 19 by Carol Hermer
From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer Over these two weeks it is impossible to tie the diary format to entries on particular days. Maria…
Historical Overview of Black Resistance, 1932-1952 - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
Contents Economic Development and the Expansion of the African Working Class The Quiescence of Political Organisation in the 1930s Mass Spontaneity and the…
ArchiveThe women's suffrage movement: The politics of gender race and class by Cheryl Walker
From the book: Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cheryl WalkerQuestion: Do you favour votes for all women, irrespective of colourAnswer: As…
ArchiveMarikana: The blame game - A special report by Niren Tolsi and Paul Botes
Introduction On August 16 2012 the South African police shot and killed 34 striking miners at the Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana. Nearly three years later…
Black Power by Richard (Rick) Turner
This paper is an attempt to work out what seems to me to be some of the implications of the concept "Black Power". It covers a vide range of problems, and is…
Document 119 - Non-European United Front of South Africa, Minutes of Conference held in City Hall, Cape Town, 8 to 10 April 1939
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew The Conference was formally opened in the City Hall, on…
The diary of Maria Tholo - Augusts 25 - September 3 by Carol Hermer
From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer Maria's Diary, Sunday, August 29 Things are hotting up again. We haven't seen much happening here…
ArchiveThe Snape Building Political Demonstration at the University of Cape Town in 1966 by Andrew M. Colman
In the late afternoon of Wednesday, 21 September 1966, I took part in a small political demonstration on the campus of the University of Cape Town (UCT). It…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1946-Press Reports on the Campaign
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1946 NIC Meeting, Curries Fountain, Durban There was…
The diary of Maria Tholo - September 20 - October 17 by Carol Hermer
From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer Maria's Diary, Wednesday, September 29 I thought things might calm down after the stayaway, but no…
ArchiveChapter 11 The escape by Denis Goldberg
In June 1978 two new prisoners joined us in the Pretoria Security Prison. They had not long before completed their studies. Tim Jenkin, blonde, with glasses…
Archive2007 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2007
State of the Nation Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki: Joint Sitting of Parliament 9 February 2007 Madam Speaker of the National…
EventWalter Sisulu celebrates 90th birthday
Walter Sisulu celebrates his 90th birthday. One of the godfathers of the fight for equality in South Africa, he has fought long and hard against racism and…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 94th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2006
Compatriots: On the occasion of the 94th anniversary of the formation of the African National Congress, our movement salutes the people of South Africa and…
Document 50 - Socialist League of Africa , “South Africa: Ten Years of the Stay-at-Home”, International Socialism, 5, Summer 1961
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 50 - Socialist League of Africa , "South Africa…
Chapter 7 - Defining the process
Codesa's first plenary session boosted the chances of a speedy resolution to South Africa's conflict and of substantive negotiation towards democracy. By now,…
Chapter 2 - Historical Background
The new constitution was negotiated between May 1994 and October 1996 in the country's first democratically elected convention, the Constitutional Assembly…
Chapter 1 - Striking a balance between Tribalism and Christianity
Political freedom from foreign rule, essential as it is, is not freedom.1One freedom is essential. That is the freedom for an individual to develop to his/ her…
Sita - Memoirs of Sita Gandhi by Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie
My Childhood at Phoenix Settlement I was born on 19th of October 1928 on my grandfather’s farm, which was fifteen miles away from the city, and in those days…
International Boycott of Apartheid Sport by Mary Corrigall
With special reference to the campaigns in Britain by the Anti-Apartheid Movement Paper prepared for the United Nations Unit on Apartheid in 1971 1 The…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 21 May 1962 during the second reading of the General Law Amendment Bill
When South Africa became a Republic, subversive elements intensified their attack on South Africa and her peoples. At this time Adv. Vorster perÂformed a…