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Excerpts from Chief Luthuli’s evidence at the treason trial dealing with his understanding of a non-violent liberation struggle
… expressed any views yourself in regard to the advantages or disadvantages of a non-violent struggle? Well, I have … say that it is always better for one to…
Say It out Loud - The 1909 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 13th April 1909
… He would ask them when he used the term Coloured person " or " person of colour " to understand that he meant everyone … it is necessary nowadays to fight…
Document 22 - Report of the first National Conference of Women held in the Trades Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa, 17 April 1954
… would: 1. embrace all women, irrespective of race, colour or nationality 2. help to strengthen, build, and bring … many different women's organisations -…
Document 87 - “Lessons of the All-Bantu Convention”, The Spark, 2, 2, February 1936
… the unscrupulous trick of not allowing any addition or alteration to the resolutions. When the Convention dared … Are they ashamed of the results of the…
"What I would do if I were Prime Minister" by Albert Luthuli, 5 February 1962, Chicago
… in a state where all adults - regardless of race, colour or belief - are voters. Nothing but such a democratic form of … is trust land (government land),…
Women’s liberation by Zanele Dhlamini (Mbeki)
… by women under all Western bourgeois democracies. One or two serve in the White racist parliament and probably in … they have been recruited and trained for…
From retirement to parliament
… of residence and no right of freedom to purchase land or fixed property from anyone and anywhere. Under the guise … this matter so that they can declare…
Acceptance speech by President Jacob Zuma on the occasion of being awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters in recognition of his contribution to education at Texas Southern University Houston, Texas, 23 September 2011
… I had an ambition then to become a teacher, pastor or a lawyer but was then prevented by circumstances. However, … opened to all South Africans, regardless…
ArchiveAppendix 8 Sam will never see his favoured son free of the traitor’s brand by Denis Goldberg
… after his death. I cannot tell you what he said to me or anyone about anything at any time. But Barney Simon, … him and Dennis Goldberg is made public. This…
Address At The Commerce Faculty Graduation Ceremony(Media friendly) by Saleem Badat, 10 April 2015, Rhodes University
… processes at work in society that maintain and reproduce, or/and erode and transform social relations, institutions, … universities as natural, feel very…
PlaceKalk Bay, Southern Suburbs- Cape Town
… stone stairways while families used them to visit friends or the market. During the apartheid era, when movement was … of a few old-fashioned Dutch houses ,…
EventHerero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising
… "Within the German borders every Herero, whether armed or unarmed, with or without cattle, will be shot. I shall not accept any more women or children. I…
Document 69 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 22 March 1937
… the workers on these terms: either we will force up wages or else we will seek other jobs. Some of the workers refused … Not one penny was received from the…
Education for Service
… and security for all irrespective of race, colour, sex or creed; a country free from apartheid or any other form of discrimination or domination; 2. to work…
ArchiveAfrican Women`s Resistance to the Pass Laws in South Africa 1950-1960, by Elizabeth S. Schmidt
… No other campaign was carried out on such a massive scale or was sustained over as many years. No other campaign struck … Cape Town, January 8, 1953 Ken…
National Arts Festival 2017
… always been open to all regardless of race, colour, sex or creed. As no censorship or artistic restraint has ever been imposed on works …
18. Narayanan searches for his wife and child
… day I am ignorant of the whereabouts of my wife and child, or as to whether they are living or dead. I have often enquired, week after week, from my …
Umberto Eco on the Merits of Studying History (and the Terrors of Losing It) by Charles Chu (The Polymath Project), 24 September 2017
… not. Until recently, I didn’t know what they were. Or what they did. Unit 731 was a Japanese military unit … know how to define historical characters such as…
ArchiveAt the Pompidou by Jeremy Harding, 26 April 2018
… record the varying circumstances of Afrikaners, rich or poor, with or without pretensions to a ‘European’ lifestyle in the era … there is no worker in sight:…
PlaceClaremont, a Suburb of Cape Town
… a central hub of economic and social activity in Harfield or Lower Claremont, and was populated with small, independent … visiting neighbours. Many homes had…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Bridging two worlds by Emilia Potenza
… of everybody living in Southern Africa. By the 1920s, one or more members of nearly every family spent some time every … as wage labourers on white-owned…
Challenges facing workers and unions: The role of the ANC by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
… process and not even the largest economies can match or outperform the global system. This means that an isolated … economy seek to isolate their national…
PlaceHangberg, Hout Bay
… Peak and many of the residents are employed in the fishing or other industries, relating to the Harbour. It was … people living in Hangberg self-identify as…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The Early Years at the Rand
… living in transport as ricksha runners, transport riders or cab drivers. Others worked the clay to produce and sell … constant building taking place in the…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 1 - The Necessity of Utopian Thinking
… of movement open to us; we can go around a mountain, or over it, but not through it-although in a pinch we could … institutions. We can pay our employees…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter I - The Missionary Movement where it came from
… Khoikho, Baviaans-Kloof, later known as Genadendal or Vale of Grace. But the main missionary movement, led by … the true nature of events behind sentimental…
A reply by Albert Luthuli to Mr. Jordan K. Ngubane`s attacks on the African National Congress, 5 June 1956
… for his arguments that Congress is taking a wrong course, or is going to Moscow, or is moribund, or inactive. I find it my duty to expose the incorrectness…
The State of Art in South Africa Conference
… and the agency of the artist as either its functionary or its revolutionary opponent. Art was postulated as …
Durban an Overview
… first Lientenant-Govenor, the population of Durban, or Port Natal as it was also known, had risen to about 500 …
ArticleThe Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) 1995
… Act); Establishing and making known the fate or whereabouts of victims and restoring the human and civil …