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STRIKES AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIONS
… A strike teaches workers to understand what the strength of the employers and what the strength of the workers consist in: it teaches them not to think of…
Press statement by Oliver Tambo in Moscow, 06 November 1986
… We are currently in Moscow as a delegation of the African National Congress which is here to hold discussions with the leadership of the Communist Party of…
Archive”Native Union”. Article by Pixley ka Isaka Seme, in October 24, 1911
… to write a full and concise statement on the subject of the South African Native Congress, so called. I feel, … the pretentious title and write on the simple…
PlaceNigeria
… claim that little is known about the earliest history of Nigeria. By 2000 B.C. most of Nigeria was thinly occupied by people who had a basic knowledge of…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the South African Reserve Bank’s 75th anniversary banquet Pretoria, 28 June 1996
… Dr Stals; Ministers of the Cabinet; Governors and other representatives of the central banks of the member countries of the SADC; Distinguished guests; …
PlaceLesotho
… Two-thirds of the Country of Lesotho consists of Mountains. The highest Peak, Mount Ntlenyana , is 3,482 … it-extension-a-lifeline-for-basotho-workers-facing…
PlaceLadysmith
… Ladysmith is one of the most important industrial and commercial centres of the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. Furthermore, it is also a town with…
PlaceGeorge, Garden Route- Western Province
… Principal Town of the Magisterial District and Division of George, on the Garden Route - 439 km from Cape Town , 1252 … Line from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth…
ArchivePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… Introduction We are not dealing with sets of statistics. We are talking about people of flesh and blood, who laugh and cry, who love and hate, who … South…
Tell no Lies, Claim no easy Victories by Thabo Mbeki, 4 April 2016
… Last year on December 15, Max Boqwana, the CEO of the Thabo Mbeki Foundation (TMF), posted a Notice on this … that starting in January this year, we would…
Chapter 1 - Striking a balance between Tribalism and Christianity
… GUMEDE’S BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD Josiah Gumede, who for much of his formative years offers no apology for his close … there. It dates back to a historical period…
A tribute to international solidarity support for Southern Africa
… greetings from His Excellency Dr Sam Nujoma, President of the Republic of Namibia and the Honourable Theo-Ben Gurirab, Minister of Foreign Affairs, who both…
Chapter 17. Afrikaner Nationalism and the Workers - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… political conflicts and problems without an understanding of Afrikaner Nationalism, which for over a century has played a major role in the life of the…
Chapter 14. Rebuilding the Union-Constitution
… to South Africa in March 1933, I found the stillness of the grave in the union office. The mass of workers in the factory section had lost interest in the ……
Document 26 - S. P. Bunting, Statement on the Kuusinen Thesis1 , presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 20 August 1928
… But we may first consider the more theoretical basis of the formula. This is stated in a draft resolution … based upon the agrarian question, lies at the…
Black ViewPoint - Kwa-Zulu Development by Chief M.G. Buthelezi
… Chief M.G. Buthelezi is the Chief Executive Councillor of the KwaZulu Legislative Assembly. In South Africa, this is one of those rare occasions where people…
Message by Albert Luthuli, 1 May 1955
… "Prepare for congress of the people" On June 25 and 26, only five weeks from now, … in Kliptown, near Johannesburg, people from all corners of South Africa…
Say It out Loud - The Coloured People and the Franchise, 1906
… the Franchise , 1906 On Tuesday 31st July the principles of the Constitution to be granted to the Transvaal and Orange … South Africans will be mainly…
Document 8 - S. P. Bunting, The “Colonial” Labour Front, 23 October 1922
… The "Colonial" Labour Front, 23 October 1922 "The policy of the Communist International on national and colonial questions must be chiefly to bring about a…
Chapter 10. Cleaning Up the Clothing Industry - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… Bad as conditions were in factories, the evil of homework was even worse. The worker who is compelled to … his home into a workshop usually belongs to the…
PlaceWynberg, Southern Suburbs
… Wynberg is certainly one of the most interesting Areas in Cape Town. It is home to one of the oldest Schools in the Country (Wynberg Boys), with its ……
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the Press, 16 November 1984, Addis Ababa
… The delegation of the African National Congress is very happy to have participated in the 20th Summit meeting of the OAU which in our view, will go down as…
Statement to the Press by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 16 November 1984
… The delegation of the African National Congress is very happy to have participated in the 20th Summit meeting of the OAU which in our view, will go down as…
Message by President Nelson Mandela on National Reconciliation Day, 16 December 1995
… But then there are few nations with our history of enforced division, oppression and sustained conflict. And … transition to reclaim their humanity. We, the…
Document 24 - “Wreckers at Work”, (Editorial), Liberation. 18, April 1956
… in any organisation when people freely express their point of view." -President A. J. Luthuli It is always necessary to distinguish between constructive…
Chapter 13. General Strike, 1932
… association before the agreement expired in the middle of August 1932, but these proved futile. The employers again demanded a reduction of the workers'…
O. R. Tambo Interview with Mayibuye on the Current Situation in South Africa and Southern Africa in General 1984
… Question: At the end of August, the regime conducted its "elections" to the … exercise turned out to be farce, rejected by the majority of these communities…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Mayibuye on the current situation in South Africa and Southern Africa in general, 01 March 1984
… Question : At the end of August, the regime conducted its "elections" to the … exercise turned out to be farce, rejected by the majority of these communities…
EventThe Angolan government announces a unilateral ceasefire
… After the death of Jonas Savimbi, leader of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), the Angolan government announced a …
Class, Consciousness and Organisation:Indian Political Resistance in Durban, South Africa, 1979 - 1996 by Kumi Naidoo
… deals with political resistance amongst South Africans of Indian descent in the city of Durban. The variables of race, class, gender, religion and ethnic…