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ArticleTransport on land
The first form of transport on land was, of course, WALKING! Content Animals Carts, wagons and coaches The bicycle The steam engine and the train …
The people armed, 1984-1990
Introduction 1985, Desmond Tutu, armed only with the bible under his arm, confronts the SA forces during their attempts to break up a demonstration…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
1984-1990:- The people armedIntroductionNumerous factors characterised the intensification of the freedom struggle against the National Party government in the…
Uncovering Josina Machel from obscurity: African women hidden in his-story by Ama Biney, 3 April 2014
Josina Mutemba Machel was a revolutionary Mozambican fighter for FRELIMO who like thousands of women fought for independence for her country until she died at…
GEAR and Neo-Liberalism (Part 2) by Thabo Mbeki, 28 March, 2016
V During the whole period when GEAR has been challenged “from the left”, the assertion was made that GEAR sought to replace the RDP. I am certain that there…
Chapter 10 - Sharpeville and its aftermath
From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 10 - Sharpeville and its aftermath In the early months of 1960 the PAC leadership launched…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to The Joint Sitting of Parliament, Palais Du Parliament, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, 1 December 2005
Your Excellency, Speaker of the National Assembly, Jean-Pierre Thystere-Tchicaya,Your Excellency, Speaker of the Senate, Ambroise NoumazalayeHonourable…
Address to the Botswana National Assembly, Gaborone, 11 March 2003
Honourable Speaker, Your Excellency, President Festus Mogae and Mrs Mogae, Your Excellency, Vice President Ian Khama, Honourable Leader of the House, …
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…
PlaceDullstroom, Mpumalanga in the Emalaheni Municipality District
Dullstroom dates back to the 1880’s and was name after its Dutch founder, Wolterus Dull, and the many Rivers found in the Area, hence the suffix- ‘stroom’,…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1930 - 1939
1930 October 5, The Asiatics Land Tenure (Amendment) Bill imposes segregation on Indians in the Transvaal. The South African Indian Congress meets at an…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Introduction
From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede On Easter Sunday 1944 a group of young political activists gathered at the Bantu Men's…
The Life and Politics of Steve Biko by Yunus Momoniat, November 2014
Steve Biko was not alone in forging the Black Consciousness Movement, he was nevertheless its most prominent leader, who with others guided the movement of…
ArchiveJordan Ngubane – forgotten founding member of the Congress Youth League by Sbonelo Radebe (Mail and Guardian), 10 January 2023
When the story of the founding of the Congress Youth League (CYL) — the forerunner of the ANC Youth League — is told, usually it is only Anton Lembede, AP Mda…
ArchiveSouth Africa in World War One, 31 October 2018
In the second of a series of scholarly articles leading up to Armistice Day on 11 November, Martin Plaut, journalist and senior research fellow at the…
10 YEARS PROJECT
close Document 6 Africans' claims in South Africa 16 December 1943 (Including 'The Atlantic Charter from the Standpoint of Africans within the…
Die Eerste Vryswartes Van Stellenbosch - 1679-1720 by Prof. J.L. Hattingh, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, 1981
[THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF SECTION 3 OF THE ABOVE PUBLICATION, CONCERNING LOUIS VAN BENGALE - NOT A PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATION] THE FIRST FREE BLACKS OF…
Black ViewPoint - Kwa-Zulu Development by Chief M.G. Buthelezi
From the book: Black ViewPoint by Ndebele, Ndamse, Buthelezi, Khoapa Chief M.G. Buthelezi is the Chief Executive Councillor of the KwaZulu Legislative…
Some of Gandhi’s Early Views on Africans Were Racist. But That Was Before He Became Mahatma by E.S Reddy (The Wire), 18 October 2016
It is important to remember that the early Gandhi had little contact with Africans and did not understand their sensitivities. The recent agitation at the…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE SA FREEDOM DAY CELEBRATIONS Upington, 27 April 1997
(Original Version. See below for English Translation) Master of Ceremonies; Premier of the Northern Cape; Minister of Arts &Culture, Science &Technology; …
73. The Congress of the People, June 1955
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The African National Congress, the S.A. Indian…
ArchiveBiography of Dorothy Nyembe by Thomas Boatman
An Unmistakable Figure In late December 1931, Dorothy Nomzansi Nyembe was born and she would become one of the premier freedom fighters in the…
ArticleSita’s story
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…
ArchiveInterview with Shaeera Kalla, former SRC president at Wits University, interviewed by Kyla Mc Nulty
Firstly, thank you again for your time and consideration in corresponding with us. Please briefly introduce your schooling and political background: I…
ArticleSouth Africa’s 2019 General Election - Post Analysis
South Africans went to the polls on 8 May 2019 in a general election considered the most important since the dawn of democracy in 1994. The ruling African…
ArchiveChapter 7 - Planning for people's war `Blow on the embers and it will catch alight', January 1983 - March 1984 by Howard Barrell
It was...a way in which we could give real meaning to people's involvement; to once and for all take away this myth that MK is their highly trained,…
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…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
Introduction Following British victory in the South African War, the Union of South Africa was forged in 1910 under the British Commonwealth. The Union…
ArchiveChapter 17 Affairs of the heart and Community H.E.A.R.T.
Nelson Mandela was sworn in as President on 10 May 1994. All over the world the ANC closed the offices of its Representatives and new Ambassadors replaced…
Full speech - Mamphela Ramphele: Rekindling the South African dream
Fellow South African citizens, I am here today to invite you to join me on a journey to build the country of our dreams. I ask those of you of my generation:…