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Document 37 - “Communist Election Policy Defined: National Conference Decision”, The Guardian, 8 January 1948
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 37 - “Communist Election Policy Defined:…
Chapter 2 - SADF Speaks...
From the book: Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, 1992 At 1 a.m. on Thursday, 9 December 1982,…
69. ‘Moderate Indians’ form the Natal Indian Organisation
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Many Indian leaders who had formerly held office…
Chapter 29. Policy and Tactics of The Union
The tremendous achievements of the union in all spheres since (928 were made possible largely by the rapid development of South African industry generally and…
ArticleAfrapix Chronology 1981-1991
In the 1980s the National Party witnessed a renewed national and international pressure to initiate political reform. The Apartheid government accelerated its…
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Chapter 28. I Fight Back - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
Serving the orders upon me at the union office was the first of a series of blunders on Swart's part. For many months the committee had been discussing what…
‘African Gandhi’: The South African War and the Limits of Imperial Identity by Goolam Vahed
Mahatma Gandhi achieved greatness for the struggles that he fought on the political, economic, cultural and moral fronts. His ideas about love, truth, soul…
ArticlePaper abstracts and biographies of speakers
NameKoni Benson & Asher GamedzeOrganisationUniversity of Cape Town Biography Asher Gamedze currently cuts up most of his time between playing music, studying…
ArticleThe Contentious Relationship Between Ngqika And Ndlambe
Introduction King Ngqika and Prince Ndlambe led the Rharhabe people of the Amaxhosa in the early 19th century. Their relationship is of significance regarding…
ArticleAfrica, Portugal
Portuguese trading stations in West Africa and the slave trade Portuguese expansion into Africa began with the desire of King John I to gain access to the…
From Amsterdam with euphoria
A Report of the CASA Conference and Festival We want the world to know We have come a long way now We are not like spotless white shirts We are khaki…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott
Introduction In 1948 with the election of the National Party and the enforcement of an Apartheid State, it took time for the world to take notice and action…
ArticlePrevention/Treatment
How is the South African Government dealing with the aids epidemic? In 1987, the apartheid government recognized that HIV and AIDS had the potential to…
ArticleLearning about history through people: oral history
People as historical sourcesPeople can be great sources of information. By speaking to people we can learn about the past. Learners are also sources of…
Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10
Scanned in copy of the last page of the Treaty of Vereeniging, click to enlarge and view other pages Industrialization and British imperialism in South Africa…
Article1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
The 1960s marked an important watershed in South Africa's struggle against apartheid. The aftermath of the Sharpeville Massacre, in 1960, signalled the…
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…
Article1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
1859After protracted negotiations between the Natal Government and the British Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Natal Coolie Law, Law 14 of 1859 is…
Present Stage of the Struggle against Apartheid in South Africa. Paper prepared at the request of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Stockholm, 1 June 1968
Twenty years ago last month, a minority of the white minority in South Africa, steeped in the doctrines Hitler sought to impose by force on mankind, seized…
Paper prepared at the request of the United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid by Oliver Tambo, 1 June 1968, Stockholm
Present stage of the Struggle Against Apartheid In South Africa Twenty years ago last month, a minority of the white minority in South Africa, steeped in the…
Paper prepared at the request of the Special Committee against Apartheid, June 1968
Present stage of the struggle against apartheid in South Africa June 1968 Twenty years ago last month, a minority of the white minority in South Africa,…
Turning Adwa into a global heritage site of Pan-African struggle by Mammo Muchie (Pambazuka News), 02 March 2016
March 1 marks the 120th anniversary of the Battle of Adwa, a decisive victory of Ethiopia over Italian colonialism. This great victory has been a source of…
Excerpts from Priscilla Jana’s book 'Fighting for Mandela' that relate to Solomon Mahlangu
pp. 41 – 49. If the breadwinner was imprisoned I would organise help as much as I could, and all the time I knew it was the right thing to do, just as using…
Ahmed Kathrada pays tribute to Nelson Mandela, 6 December 2013
Madala, as you light-heartedly started calling me some years ago, it both grieves me and inspires me to write this to you now, with the hour of your death…
Document 2 - Against the C.A.D. for Full Democratic Rights [1943]
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 2 - Against the C.A.D. for Full Democratic…
Address by President Jacob Zuma to the Military Veterans Medals Parade Waterkloof Airforce Base, 27 October 2012
Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Nosiviwe Mapisa Nqakula Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Thabang Makwetla Ministers and Deputy…
PlaceWindybrow, Pietersen Street, Parktown, Johannesburg
Kathy Munro Wednesday, July 26, 2017 - On Saturday 22nd July, a Johannesburg Heritage Foundation Blue Plaque was unveiled at Windybrow. 2017, saw the…
Document 136 - “Report on the Relationship of the Party to other Workers’ Organisations in South Africa”, Freedom 5, 4 August 1946
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew IN his opening address at the Annual Conference of the…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the South African Reserve Bank’s 75th anniversary banquet Pretoria, 28 June 1996
Dr Stals; Ministers of the Cabinet; Governors and other representatives of the central banks of the member countries of the SADC; Distinguished guests; …