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ArchiveGarment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
Five years after the Government forced him to relinquish his general Secretary, the name of E. Sachs still lives in people's minds with the Garment Workers'…
PlaceLibya
Libya, a mostly desert and oil-rich country with an ancient history, has more recently been known for the 42-year rule of the mercurial Colonel Muammar Gaddafi…
Indian Community in Lenasia
From the very beginning, settlement in Lenasia was a contentious issue, driven with debates about race, class, collaboration with and resistance to apartheid…
PlaceNelson Mandela Bay Municipality, Eastern Cape
Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality includes: 'Port Elizabeth now Gqeberha; Uitenhage; Despatch and Colchester'. Named after; Nelson Mandela, who is South Africa's…
PlaceOudekraal Beach, Bakoven
A Little Piece of Ocean Paradise. Oudekraal beach offers beautiful sea views and calm waters. Oudekraal Beach, part of the Table Mountain National Park area,…
Chief Albert Luthuli Memorial Lecture by President Jacob Zuma at Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, 24 November 2010, Durban
Members of the Luthuli Family, Honourable Premier, Dr Zweli Mkhize; Hon Minister of Arts and Culture Mr Paul Mashatile; His Majesty King Zwelithini…
Stuart Commission Report
1984 COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF ANGOLA March 14, 1984 Lusaka CONTENTS PART ONE INTRODUCTION Per its…
Mission Stations - N-S
Mission Stations - N NAAUWPOORT, also known as NAAUWPOORT JUNCTION, Cape: DGT NABILEYO, Flagstaff, Cape: No data available NABIS, Namibia: RM NAKEEKE,…
Ahmed Timol: Three Documents by Politicsweb, 27 June 2017
The inquest has recently been reopened into the death of the South African Communist Party (SACP) underground operative Ahmed Timol while in the custody of the…
Archive”Presidential Address” by Dr. A. B. Xuma
Document 25a. "Presidential Address" by Dr. A.B. Xuma Fellow Countrymen, If you may ever need comfort, courage and inspiration for the difficult yet manly…
Presidential Address, by Dr. A.B. Xuma, 14 December 1941
Presidential Address, by Dr. A.B. Xuma 14 December 1941 Fellow Countrymen, If you may ever need comfort, courage and inspiration for the difficult yet…
Chapter V - Acts of conscience
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph One of the special joys of being unbanned was that although banned people could still not communicate with me,…
XIII - The Courts
From the book: No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa In any society where courts exist they tend to play a significant role in the system…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at a press conference in Addis Ababa, 11 July 1973
Prisoners of apartheid July 11, 1973, marked the passage of ten years since the leadership of the South African liberation movement was arrested at Rivonia. …
Prisoners of Apartheid - Statement at a Press Conference in Addis Ababa by O. R. Tambo, 11 July 1973
July 11, 1973, marked the passage of ten years since the leadership of the South African liberation movement was arrested at Rivonia. Three months later the…
Memorandum To The United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, April 1964
On behalf of the South African Indian Congress I express my appreciation for this opportunity to address you. This is not the first time that a representative…
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…
Nelson Mandela The World Celebrates the Mandela’s
Introduction Winnie's banning order expired in September 1975 and thirteen years of silence was broken. She was in a sense pulled back from the dead. Durban…
42. Petition from Indians at the time of Union
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai This document, dated 10 July 1909, was submitted…
Chapter 2. The Early History of the Garment Workers - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
Although I had been active in the labour movement since the days of my youth, my election to the position of general secretary the union was purely fortuitous…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 7
From the book: A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin In 1942, a strike was called at the Dunlop rubber factory in…
Mission Stations - G-H
Mission Stations - G GABAZI, Libode, Cape: No data available GABERONE, Botswana: SPG 1895 GAGA, Cape: GMS GA LEKALEKALE, Transvaal: Bn GA MATLALE,…
Speech to the ANC Rally at Soccer City by O. R. Tambo, Johannesburg, 16 December 1990
Mr. Chairman, Members of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, Comrades and friends, Compatriots, I came on Thursday, having spent a whole week…
80. Local affairs committees: a means to an end
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The system of management committees, or local…
ArchiveLessons from Black Wednesday by Jerome Klaaste, 18 October 2019
All of this week, my mind kept racing back to a momentous event that took place on 19 October 1977. On that day, in one fell swoop, the apartheid government…
ArchiveJock Strachan: Artist, guerilla, fighter pilot, bomb maker, fisherman, humourist, writer, hero
Jock Strachan – who died this month aged 94 – prevented a probable second massacre of black demonstrators outside Central Prison in Durban by deliberately…
ArticleKenyan Timeline
The earliest human ancestors (Homo erectus and Homo habilis) have their origin in East Africa more than 2 million years ago. Several human remains have been…
"What I think of Macmillan`s speech": Article by Albert Luthuli, 1 March 1960
The eminent British statesman, Mr. Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of Britain turned to Africa, including the Union, "to see." But, in the end, he did more…
Oration by Oliver Tambo at the funeral of Moses Kotane, 26 May 1978, Moscow
My first contact with Moses Kotane was in 1946, which was the beginning of a period of great political upheavals in our struggle, a period that was to prove…
Oration at the Funeral of Moses Kotane by O. R. Tambo, Moscow, 26 May 1978
My first contact with Moses Kotane was in 1946, which was the beginning of a period of great political upheavals in our struggle, a period that was to prove…