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ArchiveWomen Freedom Fighters tell of Sexual Abuse in Camps by Carl Collison (Mail and Guardian), 27 October 2017
Sibongile ‘Promise’ Khumalo claims that, after running away from home in the 1970s to receive military training in exile, she was sexually abused by the then…
Archive’Operation Mayibuye.’ Document found by police at Lilliesleaf Farm, Rivonia, 11 July 1963.
PART 1. The white state has thrown overboard every pretence of rule by democratic process. Armed to the teeth it has presented the people with only one choice…
Statement submitted to the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity with South African Political Prisoners, 11 October 1979
Statement submitted to the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity with the South African Political…
Document Center at UKZN. “Burning of the Passes” from the collection of Ela Gandhi, MP. Assention no. 1889-23
On 14 August Gandhiji wrote to Smuts that he was approaching him "on the eve of what promises for Indians to be an interminable struggle". He said: On Sunday …
78. The Natal Indian Congress calls for a national convention
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In his address as acting president of the Natal…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on January 1976 in reply to a motion of no confidence in the Government by the Leader of the Opposition
During this debate the Prime Minister outlined South Africa's involvement in the Angolan War. He stated clearly that South Africa participated in the war as a…
PlaceWellington, Western Cape
The picturesque town of Wellington is a scenic 45-minute drive from Cape Town. The train station is built on land donated to the Town Council in 1863, as part…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter XI - Completion of military conquest
From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke IN THE LATE SIXTIES the old Missionary Road that had led Dr. Philip, the Rev. Shaw,…
‘Wash Me Black Again’: African Nationalism, the Indian Diaspora, and Kwa-Zulu Natal, 1944-1960 by Jon Soske
‘Wash Me Black Again’: African Nationalism, the Indian Diaspora, and Kwa-Zulu Natal, 1944-1960 Jon Soske Doctor of Philosophy Graduate Department of…
Address to the Nation by President Thabo Mbeki, 21 September 2008
Fellow South Africans, I have no doubt that you are aware of the announcement made yesterday by the National Executive Committee of the ANC with regard to the…
The Indian People In South Africa: Facts: About The Ghetto Act
The great majority of the South African Indians are descendants of the Indian labourers, who were indentured by the Governmentof Natal from 1860 onwards to…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1932 - 1949 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida 1932 Subsidies for Cape Muslim Primary Schools Du Plessis maintains that in 1931…
Statement at the Symposium on the Survival and Development of Children in the Frontline States and Southern Africa, Harare, March 1-5, 1988
Chairperson, Comrade Sally Mugabe, Your Excellency, Comrade President Robert Mugabe, Honourable Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF, Dr. Richard Jolly, …
"If I were Prime Minister": Article by Albert Luthuli, 2 December 1961
Many problems face the emergent Black States in this continent. Among these problems are: the avoidance of economic chaos when independence comes; the…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Receiving the Congressional Gold Medal Washington, 23 September 1998
See below:U.S. Representative Maxine Waters Delivers Remarks at Presentation of Congressional Gold Medal to South African President, Nelson Mandela President…
88. Gandhi’s legacy
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Jerry Coovadia, professor at the Natal…
Chapter 12. The General Strike Of 1931 - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
The worldwide depression, which started in 1929, had a serious effect on South African economic life. By 1930, industrial production, which was only in its…
Chapter VI - HEAR US!
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph The Congress of the People was over. We had come down from the mountain, down to our daily lives. The delegates…
PlaceNoordhoek, Cape Town- Southern Peninsula
There is some mystery about how Noordhoek came by its name! While there is no doubt that it goes back to the time of the earliest white settlers some time…
PlaceSedgefield
The Cape Fold Mountains of the Western Cape create the great divide that separates the temperate region of the Garden Route from its drier inland counterpart,…
NANNA’S LIFE STORY
Contents Early Days Seasonal work in the canning factory THE 'SUBS' STEWARD - "a fine leader to workers in all areas" Life as general secretary Providing…
Message over Radio Tanzania to the people of South Africa by Oliver Tambo, 26 June 1969
"A call to action From: Sechaba, September 1969 (Abridged text) For over fifty years the African National Congress has led the people of South Africa in the…
Slavery in South Africa
It is hardly known in India that there was a considerable importation of slaves from Asia to South Africa by the Dutch East India Company and its employees…
David Goldblatt: Intersections by Matt Damsker
Published 2005 by Prestel. Essays by Christoph Danelzik-Bruggemann, Michael Stevenson, and an interview with the photographer by Mark Haworth-Booth. 124 pages;…
A Call to Action. Message over Radio Tanzania to the people of South Africa by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1969
(Abridged text) For over fifty years the African National Congress has led the people of South Africa in the struggle for freedom. For over fifty years it has…
PlaceSão Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe were uninhabited before these islands were discovered in about 1470, by Portuguese navigators. In the late 15th Century the Portuguese…
PlaceHeritage Route of King Shaka
Memorial Complex- Shakas two half brothers; Dingane and Mhlangana and his body servant, Mbopa assassinated King Shaka on the 22 September 1828. A memorial…
PlaceGenadendal Historic Village & Museum
This interesting and Historic Village of Genadendal is the oldest Moravian Mission Village in Africa, with Church buildings and a School that dates back to…
PlaceApartheid Museum, Johannesburg
View of the Apartheid Museum. Image SourceThe Apartheid Museum opened in 2001 and is acknowledged as the pre-eminent Museum in the World dealing with 20th…
Constitution, Rules and Bye-Laws, I.C.U. Yase Natal, 1929 [Extracts]
1. Name And Jurisdiction The Organization shall be known as the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union Yase Natal (hereinafter referred to as the I.C.U. or…