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"If I were Prime Minister": Article by Albert Luthuli, 2 December 1961
… Many problems face the emergent Black States in this continent. Among these … Workers would have the right to strike, for even if strikes might be costly and…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 69th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1981
… Statement. Compatriots and Comrades, Fellow-fighters for the liberation of the motherland, Once more a New Year is … of education. The apartheid regime tried…
Archive2015 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 12 February 2015
… State of the Nation Address by His Excellency Jacob G Zuma on the … of the Constitution in every school. From this year, schools must also practise the…
ArchiveClass Consciousness and Migrant Workers by David Hemson (University of Warwick)
… Durban. PhD thesis, University of Warwick. This thesis is the product of exile but it was developed in the hothouse of … the structures of apartheid leading…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… Introduction The strike by some 76,000 black miners in 1946 was one of the … Union (AMWU), miners engaged in a series of spontaneous strikes against poor…
BiographyDr Kwame Nkrumah
… September 1909, was raised in a rural village, Nkoful, in the then Gold Coast, Nzema region. After attending a Catholic … Assini, Nkrumah went on to train…
Chapter 1 - The Promise of the Impossible Revolution: The Cape Town Industrial Socialist League, 1918 - 1921
… From: Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris … trade union movement in the Cape, and the organising of…
BiographyJames la Guma
… Province). A trade unionist and political activist, was the elder of two children born to an itinerant cobbler, Arnold, and his wife Jemima. While the…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1980s
… 1980 is declared the Year of the Charter, marking the 25th anniversary of the … up until November 1980. 1980 Attendance at African schools increased by 89%…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… After coming to power in 1948, the National Party-led government began implementing … discuss a joint campaign of civil disobedience and general strikes…
BiographyWalter Ulyate Sisulu
… Walter Ulyate Max Sisulu was born in the village of Qutubeni in the Engcobo district of the Transkei on 18 May 1912. Sisulu was born out of wedlock. … South…
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
… By the early 1980s, the Congress movement was becoming … a boy in Schoonard, the youth resolved to close all the schools, and organised a mass protest on 3…
Archive2013 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 14 February 2013
… State of the Nation Address by His Excellency Jacob G Zuma, President … huge backlogs in that province, especially electricity, schools, clinics, roads and…
SAHO Milestones
… as a not-for-profit Section 21 organisation 30 August - The Lives of Courage campaign was launched by SAHO in Durban. … 2005 September - The Nkosi Albert…
ArchiveCHAPTER THREE: The Emergence Of Grassroots Politics, 1979-1981 by Kumi Naidoo
… This chapter comes from the book … CHAPTER THREE: The Emergence Of Grassroots Politics, 1979-1981 by Kumi Naidoo …
ArchiveAppendix 1: Time Line of South African history by Denis Goldberg
… times South Africa was occupied by Khoisan people in the west and Bantu speaking people in the east. 1652 Jan van … the first modern call for universal human…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… 1984-1990:- The people armed Introduction Numerous factors characterised … uprising surpassing that of 1976. Students boycotted schools. Communities…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 3 - Politics and Consciousness in Cape Town Communities, 1980-1985 by Sean Field
… From the book: Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned … the building of sustainable antiapartheid organisations in schools and communities. They…
Chapter 3 - Politics and Consciousness in Cape Town Communities, 1980-1985
… Anti-dangerous work. This organisation happened in the context of people living in their racial or cultural … the building of sustainable antiapartheid…
Chapter 4 - ‘SASO on the Attack’ : Organisation, Mobilisation and Collective Action
… there are no hard and fast boundaries between many of the activities. Thus, SASO's initiatives around publishing … for domestic chores at conferences,…
Zarina Maharaj Biography by Sarah Rahimi
… This article was written by Sarah Rahimi and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … as she had already started taking part in…
ArticleInanda Seminary and its Influence on Education in South Africa by Claire Wilt
… This article was written by Claire Wilt and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … all-girls missionary school, played a…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the Occasion of the 106th Anniversary of the African National Congress presented by ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa, 13 January 2018
… Fellow South Africans, The African National Congress turns 106 years this year. We … the African continent. - It is 45 years since the Durban strikes, which…
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
… Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo played an outstanding role in the South African liberation movement for over half a century - in persuading the Indian community to…
BiographyJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
… at Nkandla in northern Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal ). He is the first born of five children of his father Nobhekisisa … His mother had three sons with his…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
… Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959 1950 January 6-8, The Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) holds its last … discuss a joint campaign of civil…
Address by ANC President, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, at the opening of the 37th congress of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies Carlton Hotel, Saturday, 21 August 1993
… Mr. Chairman, Distinguished leaders of the South African Jewish Community Ladies and Gentlemen, … It is a matter of record that our peaceful mass protests -…
Article2014 South African platinum strike: longest wage strike in South Africa
… In democratic South Africa, the government allows citizens to express dissatisfaction … Workers are also allowed by legislation to embark on strikes when…
Interview with Harry Gwala conducted by Tony Karonat, January 1989, Dambuza Pietermaritzburg
… could you tell us about your history and how you came into the struggle? Harry Gwala: Well, my history is maybe … were you therefore, ANC... HG: For a month…
ArchiveCHAPTER FOUR: The Revival Of Alliance Politics, 1982-1984 by Kumi Naidoo
… This chapter comes from the book … CHAPTER FOUR: The Revival Of Alliance Politics, 1982-1984 by Kumi Naidoo …