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EventRobert Sobukwe is sentenced to three years' imprisonment
… Founding member and president of the Pan Africanist Congress, Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for incitement of Blacks…
ArchiveBiography of Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin by Victoria Sedeno
… for her work in the underground ANC during the height of the anti-apartheid struggle reveal the excessively brutal and inhumane treatment of Africans by the…
“Peoples of the world united against apartheid, for a democratic South Africa”, Closing speech by Oliver Tambo at the ANC conference, Arusha, 4 December
… Peoples of the world united against apartheid, for a democratic South Africa The time has come for all of us to leave this friendly city which has been our…
Document 54 - K. A. Jordaan, “What are the National Groups in South Africa? A Contribution to the Symposium”, Forum Club, Cape Town, May 1954
… Forum Club, Cape Town, May 1954 In analysing a subject of this nature [... ] it is necessary to warn against a … approach to the national question and the…
Archive"Isikhumbuzo" (Memorial): Self-authored obituary by Petros Sipho Mkhize, dedicated to Getruth Ndlovu, written while awaiting execution, Pretoria Central Prison, circa 1967
… Ndlovu." On it he recorded, in his own hand, the key dates of his persecution: his arrest on 14 September 1966, his … his determination to be remembered on…
PlaceMokopane also known as Potgieterus
… as Potgietersrus. This is a Town in the Limpopo Province , of South Africa. The Town was established in 1852 by the … In 2003 the name was changed to…
PlaceMokopane- also known as Potgietersrus
… Potgietersrus . This is a Town in the Limpopo Province , of South Africa. The Town was established in 1852 by the … In 2003 the name was changed to Mokopane…
EventFormer ANC President, Oliver 'OR' Tambo, is born
… Cape). During the 1940s, he enrolled at the University of Fort Hare where he became active in politics. Tambo was … student boycott at Fort Hare, calling for…
EventStart of the Muslim community's Tana Baru Cemetery Uprising
… The first arrival of Muslims in South Africa took place in the 17th century, … were brought to the Cape. This was followed by the arrival of free Muslims and…
82. The President’s Council
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … Council was appointed in September 1980 with the task of…
GEAR and Neo-Liberalism (Part 2) by Thabo Mbeki, 28 March, 2016
… once GEAR was adopted it abandoned the pursuit of the RDP objectives. The 1996 GEAR document as approved by … Reconstruction and Development Programme. In…
SEME by Richard Rive and Tim Couzens
… Years - Richard Rive The Mount Hermon School File Product of Moody School How Congress Began - R V Selope Thema … in the Pretoria district prior to the…
Documentary Photography and Awakening the International Community, 1976-1994
… is not encouraged because I think it threatens the core of what this country is about. It’s a very powerful medium, … while Reagans smiles and Thatcher grins…
Message to the Rally to Relaunch the ANC Women's League by O. R. Tambo, Durban, 9 August 1990
… from a land far away on this great occasion, the relaunch of the African National Congress Women's League. I should … my spirit is with you. We are together…
ArticleSouth Africa in the 1970s
… Richard Turner inspired students who used the integration of Christian ethics and Marxist theory to demonstrate how the vision of the historical Jesus…
PlaceDefence Force HQ, Pretoria- Artillery Barracks
… The first annexation of the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek by Sir Theophilus Shepstone in 1877 led to the establishment of a military camp on the present…
ArticleThe Empty Land Myth
… this theory. Despite evidence to the contrary a number of parties in South Africa, particularly right-wing nationalists of European descent, maintain that…
Burundi: The ambiguous coup by Simon Allison (Daily Maverick), 14 May 2015
… Many welcomed the coup, celebrating in the streets of Bujumbura, but it’s far from clear who (if anyone) … to run for a third term in office, in apparent…
ArchiveTrafalgar High School, Cape Town, marks 100 years
… Thursday sees Trafalgar High School, located at the foot of District Six, marking 100 years of existence and according to school principal, Nadeem … others,…
!U’S STORY - Photographs 1 - 8
… story Part 1: Our home is the Kalahari. We are the !Kung of Nyae Nyae. The Kalahari is a very big desert which takes up almost a third of southern Africa…
Tribute to Prof Meer on her 80th birthday by Ari Sitas, 23 August 2008
… spanned four critical generational cycles: a cycle of hope when she was a young sociologist a cycle of isolation and discrimination as the Apartheid state ……
ArchiveThe South African Art Collective That Imagined the End of Apartheid by Keenan Teddy Smith, 27 August 2019
… in 1969, was arrested that same year under the Terrorism Act, the infamous piece of legislation used to imprison Nelson Mandela and silence … 42 days, and…
PlaceObservatory
… Observatory was a residential suburb of Cape Town , and derived its name from the Royal … quirky restaurants, easy-going bars, live music and lots of hippies…
Economic Transformation for a National Democratic Society by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
… 30 March 2007 Introduction The 52nd National Conference of the ANC will provide an important opportunity for our movement to engage with the challenges of…
Chapter 4 - Removing the obstacles
… during this period ensured that obstacles in the way of substantive negotiation were removed. The Groote Schuur … plummeted and hundreds emigrated. There was…
Covert operations
… From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman Up to this point … question (the National Council with…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Socialism, Culture and Networks. Convenor: Omar Badsha
… the question about the role played by the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA/SACP) in shaping SA’s culture of liberation. This issue has been under…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the SA-USA Business and Finance Forum, Roosevelt Hotel, New York, 23 September 1999
… Al Gore, US Vice President, Mr Jim Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank, Ministers here Present, Excellencies … to cast their votes. They voted for the…
62. Congress defends its stand on the colonisation scheme
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … decided to participate in an enquiry into the possibility of…
Address to the Commonwealth Club, World Affairs Council and US/SA Business Council Conference, 24 May 2000
… in his book 'Future Positive', captures the essence of the dilemmas of the current economic relations between the rich and poor … Many developing countries…