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”On the Organisations of the African People”, from I. B. Tabata to Nelson Mandela, June 16, 1948
80 Harrington Street, Cape Town. 16th June, 1948 My dear Mandela, Now to the discussion on the question of organisation, which is every day assuming greater…
ArchiveFor freedom without hunger: aspects of the South African Congress of Trade Unions with reference to the Western Cape
Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the Degree of BA Honours in Economic History at the University of Cape Town by Barbara Sudano,…
ArchiveRegional mini-conference report, Lusaka
Report on an African National Congress mini-conference held in Lusaka, Zambia, April 1985. Discussed strengthening the underground, the armed struggle,…
EventDerek Hanekom is born
Derek Hanekom, former minister of the Department of Agriculture and Land Affairs was born in Cape Town. He was apponited Agricultural ministry by South Africa…
ArchiveChallenge to the churches: report of a consultation on the church and the liberation of Southern Africa, held at Mindolo, Kitwe, Zambia
Report of a consultation held at Mindolo, Zambia on November 25-30 1979, to discuss the role of the church in the struggle for liberation and includes papers…
ArticleHistory of the Rape Crisis Trust in Cape Town
International feminism was a catalyst for South African feminist organisation to address violence against women. In 1975, Anne Mayne, a survivor of both…
Message by Albert Luthuli to the National Peace Convention, 4 October 1956, Johannesburg
[Extract] Peace is indissolubly interwoven with the question of freedom, for peace without freedom is a mockery Freedom cannot flower to its best except in a…
ArchiveTransport and General Workers Union
A2 red, yellow, black, blue silkscreen; graphic of workers with flag (TGWU logo); text: We fight for Good Wages; a safe and healthy workplace, no unjust…
EventANC Matthews Mapumolo dies in police custody
Matthews Mapumolo, an African National Congress (ANC) member, dies in police custody after he had been confronted at home in Swaziland by a group of armed men…
Recorded message by Albert Luthuli to meeting in London in support of South African Leaders arrested on charge of Treason, 1 February 1957
[Extract] Chief Lutuli spoke of the "unprecedented human suffering being brought about by apartheid" and said: "But yet we are not despondent. We are…
ArchiveJoint Communique of the African National Congress, Natal Indian Congress, the Transvaal Indian Congress and members of the Indian community of South Africa
Joint Communique of the African National Congress, Natal Indian Congress, the Transvaal Indian Congress, and members of the Indian community of South Africa,…
Isizwe
Isizwe = The Nation, the journal published by the United Democratic Front to stimulate discussion, debate and training within their ranks, consisted of…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the tenth anniversary of the Soweto uprising, 16 June 1986
On June 16, 1976, as we all know, the children of Soweto, Mamelodi, Gugulethu and other areas rose united in response to a massacre unprecedented in its nature…
"The Count-Down has Started": Statement on the Tenth Anniversary of the Soweto Uprising by O. R. Tambo, 16 June 1986
On June 16, 1976, as we all know, the children of Soweto, Mamelodi, Gugulethu and other areas rose united in response to a massacre unprecedented in its…
Document 120 - Draft Programme of the Communist Party of South Africa (c. 1940)41
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew TREASURER'S REPORT The Treasurer's Report (annexed…
ArchiveCHAPTER SEVEN: Resistance Politics In Retreat: Cablism, The ANC Underground And Gandhi, 1985-1989 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
Negotiations: a strategic perspective
Statement by the African National Congress on negotiations as adopted by the National Executive Committee on 25 November 1992. Covers shifts in the balance of…
ArchiveStatement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the announcement by FW de Klerk concerning the release of Walter Sisulu and other political prisoners
Statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the announcement by FW de Klerk concerning the release of Walter Sisulu and…
EventA full scale police search, headed by a specially trained anti-terrorist unit is launched
A full scale police search, headed by a specially trained anti-terrorist unit was launched following a shoot-out between police and suspected nationalist…
EventJoseph Lekganyane of the ZCC (Dove) dies
Joseph Engenas Matlhakanye Lekganyane, leader of the St Engenas Zion Christian Church (the Dove) with support spanning rural and urban areas, died in Warmberg,…
ArchiveMemorandum to the Government of Swaziland on the agreement between Swaziland and the Pretoria regime on Ka-Ngwane and Ngwavuma
ANC National Executive Committee memorandum to the Swaziland government on the agreement between Swaziland and the Pretoria regime on Ka-Ngwane and Ngwavuma…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the 47th Anniversary of the formation of Umkhonto We Sizwe, Honouring of Luthuli Detachment and Conferment of Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe Award on Chris Hani, 16 December 2008, Mangaung, Bloemfontein
National leadership of the ANC and the Alliance, ANC Provincial Chairperson, Comrade Ace Magashule and the provincial leadership, Leadership of uMkhonto we…
Address by President at the official opening of the new bridge over the Limpopo River at Beit Bridge Beit Bridge, 24 November 1995
Your Excellency President Robert Mugabe; Distinguished guests; Ladies and gentlemen. The people of South Africa and Zimbabwe share a long history going…
A City within a city: Vestiges of the socio-spatial imprint of colonial and apartheid Durban, from the 1870s to 1980s by Leonard Glenn Rosenberg
Parts of it have been referred to as the "Imperial Ghetto" (Badsha: 2001) or the "Duchene" and "Casbah" (Hassim: 2009) or simply "town" by the many who have…
In search of the good society: Social policy in South Africa after twenty years of democracy
Invitation The HSRC Seminar Series In search of the good society: Social policy in South Africa after twenty years of democracy Speaker: Ndangwa Noyoo ,…
SACTU press release in ‘New Age’, 22 November 1962
Quoted in Luckhardt, K. & Wall, B. (1980). Organize or Starve! The History of the South African Congress of Trade Unions, New York: International Publishers, p…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - NOSIPHO MAJEKE: A Biographical Note
From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke Nosipho Majeke was the pen-name of Dora Taylor. She worked in the liberatory…
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
By 1980, the Black Consciousness organisations were in a gradual decline and struggling to avert state repression. Congress-inspired traditions were also re…
ArchiveStatement
Statement by Alfred Nzo, Secretary General of the ANC National Executive Committee, on the current situation in South Africa. The regime over the past few…
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 1: Dont vote!
This pamphlet aims to plead to those involved in the liberatory movement to consider carefully before taking the decision to vote or to boycott for their new…