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Racists Humiliated - O. R. Tambo Interviewed by Michael Wolfers, Sechaba, March 1976
"The MPLA has always had the closest relations with the ANC - for well over ten years - and together with FRELIMO of the People's Republic of Mozambique, PAIGC…
’I am not prepared to sell the birthright of the people to be free’
On 31 January 1985 the State President of South Africa, PW Botha, speaking in parliament, offered Mandela his freedom on condition that he 'unconditionally…
How Zweli ‘misled’ Khwezi, 17 September 2017
A new book reveals how ANC presidential hopeful Zweli Mkhize tried to manipulate President Jacob Zuma’s rape accuser into dropping the charges against him. …
PlaceEersteling Monument, Polokwane
The Eersteling gold mine, the site of the first commercial gold mining activity in South Africa’s modern History, has, in many instances, been relegated to…
Address on disturbances in Bloemfontein location, by I. J. Nthatisi, March 4, 1919
At the request of the leaders of the location, the Resident Magistrate, Mr. J. Ashburnham, and the Mayor of Bloemfontein Mr. D. A. Thomson, motored out to…
Draft Declaration by ANC, 20 December, 2012, 53rd ANC Annual Conference, Mangaung
We, the five thousand delegates to this 53rd National Conference of the African National Congress, gathered at the University of the Free State, united in the…
Professor Terence Ranger: An Obituary by Trevor Grundy
Trevor Grundy writes on the life of the historian and political activist At a dinner party in Salisbury (Harare) in the late1950s when white rule in Rhodesia…
Baroness Castle of Blackburn opened an exhibition on the history of the Anti-Apartheid Movement at the opening session of the Symposium
I don't know why I should have been honoured in this way by being asked to open this exhibition; awhole stream of people have done far more than I have been…
Chapter 20. Malan’s Road to a New South Africa - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
Round about 1940 the propaganda committee of the Nationalist Party issued a pamphlet under the title, The Road to A New South Africa, in which the party's…
Black Power by Richard (Rick) Turner
This paper is an attempt to work out what seems to me to be some of the implications of the concept "Black Power". It covers a vide range of problems, and is…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 1 - State Formation in Nineteenth-century South Africa by Yonah Seleti
The nineteenth century in South Africa is noted for the revolutionary processes that resulted in the formation of new states. State formation in nineteenth…
The diary of Maria Tholo - Augusts 25 - September 3 by Carol Hermer
From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer Maria's Diary, Sunday, August 29 Things are hotting up again. We haven't seen much happening here…
Chapter 8 - The politics of Congress in the late 1950s
From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 8 - The politics of Congress in the late 1950s Writing in Liberation (June 1956), Nelson…
PlaceWestern Sahara
The flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, which was adopted in February 1976, is composed of three horizontal stripes in black, white and green colours…
Adapted from De Rietfonteyn: Founding of Grahamstown By Elron Kleinhans
Q: How did we get a place called Grahamstown? A: Before there was a town, the place was called Egume by the local people. Then the British came and named it…
ArticleThe Roots of Segregation: 1860-1910
By the 1860s, subjugation of African people in the immediate vicinity of the Cape had been achieved. Other than a small, enfranchised minority who owned land,…
A new class struggle
While historians are generally in agreement that the main anti-Indian feeling in South Africa was directed towards the merchant class, these sentiments were…
68. Passive resistance 1946-1947
The passive resistance campaign was launched on 13 June 1946 and finally suspended on 31 May 1948. The report of the Passive Resistance Council, reproduced…
Chapter One - From Abbotsdale to Kimberley
From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson South African history can legitimately be described as the…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 7 - Participatory Democracy for South Africa
From the book: The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner South Africa is an unequal society. The inequalities are the result of the skilful use of power in…
Reciprocal Bases of National Culture and the Fight for Freedom by Frantz Fanon, 1959
Colonial domination, because it is total and tends to over-simplify, very soon manages to disrupt in spectacular fashion the cultural life of a conquered…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the Celebration the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Charter, Kliptown, Johannesburg, 26 June 2005
Director of Ceremonies, Veteran volunteer organisers of the Congress of the People, Deputy President of the Republic, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Our dear…
Chapter VII - Democracy?
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph In January 1957 we were back again in the Drill Hall. The cage had been removed and our seats were now numbered. I…
ArchiveThe sad secret kept by the trailblazing South African Steve Mokone
When the Dutch journalist Tom Egbers first decided to find out what happened to his father’s footballing hero, he could never have imagined where it would lead…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 22 April 1976 during the Prime Minister’s Vote
During April 1976 the Prime Minister's visit to Israel gave a new dimension to South Africa's foreign policy. The formal agreement concluded on economic co…
II - The Life of Steve Biko
From the book: No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa Stephen Bantu Biko was born in King William's Town, in the Cape Province of South…
Zonal Centenary Memorial Lecture on the Life and Times of David Bopape, presented by David Makhura, ANC Gauteng Provincial Secretary, 21 June 2012, Tsakane
Programme Director; Members of the families of Bopape, Dlephu and Motloung; Members of the PEC and REC; The Executive Mayor and Councillors; The…
Keynote address on the launch of Mafika Gwala’s Collected Poems Howard College, UKZN, 6 October 2016 by Mandla Langa
“The ‘baasskap’ cookie must crumble” Mafika Pascal Gwala and the quest for a humane society If Mafika Pascal Gwala, the combative, quiet, loud, tender,…
ArchiveBiography of Ellen Kuzwayo by Laura Wilson, 3 May 2018
Ellen Kate was the name given to her by her biological mother and father. While important people in her life, they separated while she was still young, and so…
PlaceGhana
Before March 1957 Ghana was called the Gold Coast. The Portuguese who came to Ghana in the 15th century found so much gold between the rivers Ankobra and the…