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ArticleBisho Massacre 1992
… was in mourning for those killed in the Boipatong Massacre of 17 June 1992, the Bisho Massacre added to the bleak … took place on 7 September 1992 in Bisho,…
ArticleTruth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
… a court-like body assembled in South Africa after the end of Apartheid. Anybody who felt they had been a victim of violence could come forward and be heard…
”Apartheid Over Our Dead Bodies:” Speech, July 1948
… accorded me here this afternoon. I know that this welcome of yours is but an indication of the united stand of the … with any decision taken by the Transvaal…
EventJoe Slovo is born
… South African Communist Party (SACP) and African National Congress (ANC) leader and Minister of Housing was born in Lithuania. From 1950s Slovo became a … of…
67. The Xuma-Naicker-Dadoo Pact, 1947
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … In 1943, a conference of the South African Indian Congress…
EventPolice break up demonstrations against South African rebel Cricket Tour
… force to break up demonstrations against a "rebel tour" of South Africa by the English Cricket team. Angry anti … apartheid demonstrators including the…
South Africa's freedom struggle by E.S. Reddy
… the Indian community to link its destiny with that of the African majority, in building the unity of all the … him chairman. It was acknowledged by the…
Article1973 Durban Strikes Conference , 26-28 January 2023 - Celebrating 50 Years
… January 8, 2023, will mark the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Durban Strikes and the emergence of a new wave of independent non-racial trade unions. This ……
ArticleThe Youth Struggle
… From the early years of colonial rule, South African youth had participated in … the country. Before the formation of the African National Congress Youth…
Archive25 Years of Freedom and Democracy: Success , Challenges and Solutions
… health and sport. As we are celebrating 25 years of freedom and democracy, I would like to thank all the … were kept for the minority only, government spent…
ArchiveReflections on the political situation in South Africa
… Opening address by the Chairperson of the Natal Indian Congress at the 57th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, …
The Durban Moment: Revisiting politics, labour, youth and resistance in the 1970s
… period in the early 1970s when Durban became the location of processes and events that were to impact significantly on … in parallel with the revitalisation…
ArticleResponse to the June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising by organisations in exile
… June 16 marks the commemoration of National Youth Day in South Africa. This is the day the … organisations in exile, notably, the African National Congress…
ArticleTutu and his role in the Truth & Reconciliation Commission
… serious atrocities against the Black majority. A number of brutal measures were adopted by the regime to deal with … organisations. The proscribing of the…
EventThe ANC Youth League is re-established at Orlando stadium in Soweto
… The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) was re-established at Orlando stadium in Soweto after an absence of thirty years from the political arena…
ArchiveThe Chairman and Comrades ANC SA Consultative Conference ...
… Address by leader of the South African Congress of Trade Unions to the African National Congress Conference in Morogoro, Tanzania. Speaks about the …
Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s
… late 1970s witnessed increased labour unrest in the region of the Western Cape. For instance, the Fattis and Monis … The federation was formed after the…
ArticlePassive Resistance Campaign Timeline
… 1906 11 September, A mass meeting of Indians took place at the Empire Theatre in Johannesburg … would also not be allowed to enter. 26 April, Natal Indian…
The African Women`s Demonstration in Natal: Report by Albert Luthuli to the Natal People`s Conference, 6 September 1959
… Since the middle of June 1959 to date, August 31st, 1959, Natal has been … among women at local level; they show how far and fast the Congress spirit of…
ArchiveCircular to all SACP regions
… Circular sent by the National Congress Organising Committee of the South African Communist Party (SACP) to Regional … on representation of structures and…
ArchiveLetter from Potlako K Leballo to Oliver Tambo
… Potlako K Leballo, Acting President and National Secretary of the Pan Africanist Congress to Oliver Tambo, Acting President of the African National Congress,…
ArchiveOn the eve
… EIGHTEEN months after the Queenstown Conference of the African National Congress, which gave birth to the idea, the Congress of the People of South Africa to…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… moment in women’s history. On 9 August 1956, thousands of South Africa women – ranging from all backgrounds and … the first meeting of the South African…
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… The first leader of the National Party (NP) became Prime Minister as part of … on his inclusion in the cabinet at the SAP Free State Congress, while the…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 4
… the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin One of the immediate effects of the split over Sir Raza Ali's … to hold up certain negotiations between…
ArchiveMeeting between Cosatu/UDF and ANC held in Harare on December 1 - 3, 1988
… Report of a meeting between the Congress of South African Trade … the United Democratic Front and the African National Congress in Harare, December 1-3, 1988…
The Mountain Committee
… A vast popular movement of resistance arose amongst the people in March 1960, and … they were held just the same and attended by thousands of peasants, who…
ArchiveNotes on meeting between PMC and UDF/COSATU Delegation
… Notes on a meeting between the African National Congress, the United Democratic Front and the Congress of South African Trade Unions, mainly about Inkatha. …
SACTU press release in ‘New Age’, 22 November 1962
… K. & Wall, B. (1980). Organize or Starve! The History of the South African Congress of Trade Unions , New York: International … The context of this statement…