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Address to the National Assembly of the Republic of Hungary Budapest, 3 May 1999
… of a people who achieved liberation with your help. In our time of need we were inspired by the international … matter of great pride that the international…
Document 120 - Draft Programme of the Communist Party of South Africa (c. 1940)41
… for the absolute freedom of the Non-European peoples in the political, economic, and cultural spheres of South … between the workers and oppressed peoples…
Document 2 - Against the C.A.D. for Full Democratic Rights [1943]
… for Full Democratic Rights [1943] PURPOSE OF THIS PAMPHLET In this pamphlet the "Anti-C.A.D. Committee" is going to tell … people, and so that you will…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the tenth anniversary of the Soweto uprising, 16 June 1986
… of Soweto, Mamelodi, Gugulethu and other areas rose united in response to a massacre unprecedented in its nature and scale. On the occasion of the tenth ……
"The Count-Down has Started": Statement on the Tenth Anniversary of the Soweto Uprising by O. R. Tambo, 16 June 1986
… of Soweto, Mamelodi, Gugulethu and other areas rose united in response to a massacre unprecedented in its nature and scale. On the occasion of the tenth ……
If we want to understand African history, we need to understand the Battle of Adwa by Hannah Giorgis (Pambazuka News), 02 Mar 2016
… place my grandfather called home. It’s a small market town in the Tigray region, home to several churches where … slipping into Tigrigna (one of the…
“Let us dream you, forbidden landscape”: the Storming project sings change, 17 July 2017
… But it’s sometimes tempting to ask where his successors in that respect are, because we rarely hear or read about … of media creates the illusion we can…
Document 93 S. B., “Unite Against Reaction and Oppression: United Front Against National Oppression and Fascism”, Umsebenzi, 23 May 1936
… with the effects and possibilities of the united front in European countries and now we must analyse the methods and chances of a united front here. The…
Extracts from a press conference, 11 February 1990
… I have committed myself to the promotion of peace in the country, but I've done so as part and parcel of the … whatsoever. There is not a single political…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence with family
… contact they had lost. At night their bodies slumped in sleep through sheer exhaustion. The work routine repeated itself in the endless rising and setting of…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Report on Delegations, Publications and Organisations of the PRC
… public opinion of the injustice of colour bar laws in South Africa, particularly the "Ghetto" Act, and to advise … the Joint Council to proceed to the United…
54. South African Indian Congress: first annual report, 1924
… Pachai The South African Indian Congress was formed in 1923 to fight the 'principle of segregation' embodied in the Class Areas Bill. The first move to form…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Communications and the Battle of Ideas, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… re-affirmed the ANC's commitment to freedom of expression in society, including the media, within the context of the … rights, such as the right to human…
Marikana and the New Politics of Grief, 20 August, 2012 - Jon Soske
… In July 1981, 1,700 workers at the Penge asbestos mine in the Northwestern Transvaal struck after a bitter, two year … living compounds attached to the mine…
The Freedom Charter
… Black poster with copy of Freedom charter in white block with black lettering, in English with small parts in African languages. Copies of the Freedom…
ArchiveChapter 9 Emotional desert: Prison, 1963 to 1985 by Denis Goldberg
… about it. When I entered prison after being sentenced in the Rivonia trial I was still quite optimistic. I … we slept on mats on the hard floor. There were…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at a breakfast meeting of the Foreign Correspondents Association 24 April 1995
… - especially when one is dealing with a profession in which timing is as important as content. As Scott MacLeod … But I should also commend you for one thing…
Speech of the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, at the rally to relaunch the SACP Johannesburg, 29 July 1990
… Chairman, Comrades and friends. This is an important day in the political history of our country. It is a day which should give comfort and hope to everybody…
Chapter 12 - Certification of the final constitution
… the process of testing the adopted text was dealt with in the same open manner as the drafting. The test of … text. It was as important to the ANC, who had…
Constitution of the ANC
… (a) To protect and advance the interest of all Africans in all matters affecting them. (b) To attain the freedom of … work for the unity and co-operation of…
”Report on Talks between the PAC and the OAU liberation Committee Sub-committee” by Potlako K. Leballo, Dar es Salaam, November 20,1968
… At their 13th Ordinary session in Algiers, last July, the OAU Committee of Eleven adopted … unity has been restored to the Movement. (Their emphasis). In the…
ArchiveReport on Talks between the PAC and the OAU liberation Committee Sub-committee by Potlako K. Leballo, Dar es Salaam, November 20,1968
… At their 13th Ordinary session in Algiers, last July, the OAU Committee of Eleven adopted … unity has been restored to the Movement. (Their emphasis). In the…
ArchiveThe Congress of the people
… happening at that time, and some very good things too. In 1955 a very great thing happened. We organized the … the Indian Congress and the Congress of…
PlaceZonderwater
… Situated in the Highveld of Gauteng, just outside Cullinan near … of war camps by the Allies! Zonderwater was set up in 1941, during World War II,…
PlaceDutch Reformed Mission Institute, Cape Town
… South African Missionary Society, established a ministry in Wagenmakersvallei in 1796 and ministered to slaves and to detribalised Khoikhoi … people who…
EventPatrice Emery Lumumba, first Prime Minister of an independent Congo, is born
… of the Tetela ethnic group, Patrice Emery Lumumba was born in the Katakokombe region of the Kasai Province of Belgian Congo. Lumuba became involved in…
EventCongolese activist,Patrice Lumumba is briefly arrested
… two nights of unrest on charges of inciting riots in Stanleyville. He was then set free in time to attend the Round Table Conference in Brussels, where his…
EventSouth African artist Fikile Magadledla is born
… Fikile Magadlela was born on 13 December 1952 in Newclare, Johannesburg. He was a self- taught artist, who … was Harold Jeppe, who introduced him to art…
EventThe official launch of the SABC
… In 1934, General James Barry Munnik (JBM) Hertzog, prime … an official investigation into all aspects of Broadcasting in South Africa. The investigation…
EventPresident John Vorster resigns
… On retiring as prime minister after twelve years in office, B.J. Voster was elected to the unprecedented … honorary position of State President. However, his…