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ArticleAfrican Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
The African People’s Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA) was launched in Duncan Village outside East London in March 1961. The launch followed a…
Address by President Mandela at the opening of the 36th Annual World Boxing Council Convention Johannesburg, 26 October 1998
President Jose Sulaiman, Distinguished delegates to the 36th Annual World Boxing Council convention, I welcome you all to our beloved country. Perhaps the…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Opening Session of the South Centre’s Council of Representatives New York, 21 September 1998
Mr Chairman; Mr. Secretary-General; Distinguished Representatives and Guests, Thank you for honouring me with your invitation to this important gathering…
De Klerk pays tribute to Mandela’s ‘unique contribution’
Former president FW de Klerk says South Africa has lost one of its founding fathers and "greatest sons". Former president FW De Klerk said South Africa lost…
Statement by Malusi Gigaba, ANCYL President, at the funeral of Cde Wanga Sigila, late SASCO Deputy President, Cape Town 23 October 1999
"Oh dear, I can't go to the gods again with no room to offer them. Having failed in the service of the gods, I shall run to my den in the sewer pipe down by…
ArticleIndenture: A new system of slavery?
Was the system of indentured Indian labour "a new system of slavery"?as Hugh Tinker entitles his book? The answer would depend on how the reader defines the…
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
Overview Balthazar Johannes Vorster (also known as BJ Vorster or John Vorster) was the Prime Minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978, after having served…
BiographyAlbertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
Introduction Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu (née Nontsikelelo Thethiwe) was one of the prominent anti-apartheid South African leaders, widely referred to as…
ANC statement on the state of readiness for celebrations of 101 year celebration of the ANC, 9 January 2013
On Tuesday, 8th of January 2013, the African National Congress celebrated its 101 years anniversary of its existence. In this context, we send our…
David Goldblatt, TJ, 1948-2010 - review by Claire Guillot, 25 January 2011
One morning, in the middle-class suburb of Johannesburg where he lives, David Goldblatt found his camper van on bricks. "Someone had stolen the wheels during…
ArchiveOne hundred years of an air force inspired by General Smuts, by John Kane-Berman (PoliticsWeb), 18 July 2018
Last week fighter aircraft flying in formation to look like the figure "100" swooped down The Mall and over Buckingham Palace to mark the centenary of the…
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
Abstract Miriam Makeba was a South African singer, daughter, mother, and an antiapartheid activist. After she was exiled from South Africa in 1960, she used…
ArticleBoipatong massacre - 17 June 1992
On 17 June 1992 the Joe Slovo Informal settlement in Boipatong outside Vereeniging was attacked by a group of about 300 armed men from Kwa Madala Hostel in…
Challenges facing workers and unions: The role of the ANC by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
Challenges facing workers and unions: The role of the ANC 30 March 2007 Introduction The 52nd National Conference of the ANC in December 2007 will have to…
ArchiveUnomsa for African Renaissance by Thobeka Sinxo
INTRODUCTION. Unomsa, by Guybon Sinxo, is a coming of age story about a gothic heroine, Nomsa Ntobeko, who migrates from the Eastern Cape to work as a teacher…
Interview with Lulu Dube by Sbongiseni Dladla, Ohlange, JL Dube House, 21 March 2011
Sbongiseni Dladla (SD): How did you feel in hearing the street would be named after you Gogo? Lulu Dube (LD): I did not know that this street would be named…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the interfaith commissioning service for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Cape Town, 13 February 1996
The Right Honourable Rev. Desmond Tutu, Chairperson of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Members of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission; …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Annual Gold Award ceremony of the President’t award Pretoria, 25 November 1994
Minister Glover, Premiers of the Eastern Cape and Northern Transvaal; Craig Andrew; Distinguished guests; Ladies and Gentlemen; Recipients of the Gold…
Propaganda and the Pursuit of Hegemonic Goals – The Myanmar and Zimbabwe Experience by Thabo Mbeki, 29 February 2016
Much has been written about how much the so-called international community expected the new South Africa born in 1994 to lead the campaign for respect of human…
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…
Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901
Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901 1 Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen It is by no means a pleasant duty that we are performing…
Say It out Loud - Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901 1 Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen It is by…
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…
57. The Agreement does not touch the root of anti-Asiaticism
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai P. S. Aiyar, Leo R. Gopaul and 45 other Indians in…
PlaceSt Louis Catholic Church, 22 Jacobs Road, Clairwood, Durban
On 10 February 1884, Bishop Jolivet purchased a plot in Clairwood for the erection of a mission church for "Creole". A larger building was erected in 1886 to…
57. The Agreement does not touch the root cause of anti-Asiaticism
P. S. Aiyar, Leo R. Gopaul and 45 other Indians in Durban sent a 'manifesto' to the Prime Minister in March 1927. The document argued that the settlement…
ArticleThe Natives Land Act of 1913
Introduction The history of White colonial land dispossession did not begin with the passing of the Native Land Act in 1913, it spans back to the expansion…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Cultural Activities
From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede 36. "MR. LEMBEDE`S RECEPTION," INkundlu ya Bantu, August (Second Fortnight, 1946). A GOOD…
The Battle of Square Hill
Participation as combatants in the First World War was reserved for men of “European descent”. [i] According to Article 7 of the South African Defence Force…
ArticleHealth and welfare
South Africa is a country of relative prosperity, with vast resources and a modern infrastructure. In contrast to this, it is plagued by persistent and…