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Executive summary of the statement of the National Executive Committee of the ANC delivered by President Jacob Zuma at the 100th anniversary of the ANC, Mangaung 8 January 2012
Your Excellencies Heads of States and Government, Former Presidents of the ANC, Isithwalandwe Nelson Mandela at home and Comrade Thabo Mbeki, Former Heads of…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2012
Mangaung 8 January 2012 Your Excellencies Heads of States and Government, Former Presidents of the ANC, Isithwalandwe Nelson Mandela at home and Comrade…
ArticleSouth African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
In the 1930s various trade unions from different backgrounds ranging from conservative craft unions, white racist industrial unions, white dominated racially…
ArchiveChapter 12 Hangings by Denis Goldberg
… being in the struggle. There were songs from the 1950s and 1960s which I knew quite well and there were songs which came …
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
Barry Gilder – The ANC Musician, Soldier, and Spy Abstract Barry Gilder is one of South Africa’s most important revolutionaries that fought against the…
ArticleThe “Wind of Change” speech
"The wind of change is blowing through this continent and, whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact. We must all…
ArticleThe Transkei
Struggles against the Bantu Authorities Act were fought in the Transkei, where the resistance of the peasants culminated in the Pondo revolt which broke into…
PlaceThe Old Supreme Court Adderley Street, Cape Town
This Building has since been given over to the National Cultural History Museum. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 8 September…
ArticleGhallywood: An Evolution of Ghana’s Film Industry
Early Beginnings of the African Film Industry: During the British colonial rule over Kenya, Uganda, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland and the Gold Coast in the late…
Biography of Lindiwe Mabuza by Kayla Johansen
Born: 1939, Newcastle, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) In Summary: Poet, African National Congress Chief Representative to Sweden and United States of America,…
ArticleAnti-South African Indian Council (SAIC) Campaign
South African Indian Council (SAIC) In 1961, Indians were officially recognised as a permanent part of the South African population and the Department of…
Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
South Africa enters the War General Smuts signing the agreement at the first meeting of the UN General Assembly. Source: P. Joyce (2000), Suid-Afrika in die…
Article by Oliver Tambo in World Marxist Review, 06 March 1980
Racism in Isolation South Africa has for decades been the only country in the world which has codified the doctrine of racial superiority into a statutory…
Racism in Isolation by O. R. Tambo, World Marxist Review, March 1980
South Africa has for decades been the only country in the world which has codified the doctrine of racial superiority into a statutory system and established…
ArticleFederation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU)
The Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU) was the first South African trade union federation that organised mostly Black employees that aimed to be…
PlaceSouth African College High School
Montebello is the location of the South African College Schools (SACS)' current campus, specifically the historic Montebello Estate in Newlands, Cape Town…
The Durban Strikes of 1973 and the End of a Cycle of Struggle by Mondli Hlatshwayo
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference The Durban strikes of 1973, and the subsequent struggles waged by…
A Brief History of Mali by US Department of State updated 01 October 2015
A Grand Heritage: Malians express great pride in their ancestry. Mali is the cultural heir to the succession of ancient African empires – Ghana, Malinké, and…
A Biography of Ernest Cole by Anna Hutchinson
Names: Kole, Ernest Levi Tsoloane and Cole, Ernest Born: 21 March 1940, Eersterust, Gauteng (then Transvaal), South Africa Died: 11 February 1990, New York,…
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad 1906 - 1990
1906 The African National Congress (ANC) sends a delegation to the UK in response to the implementation of new land laws in the Orange Free State, which had…
BiographyFrank Alexander Landman
Raised in the close knit community of Dowerville, Port Elizabeth (P.E.), Frank was the youngest of three sons and the third of the six surviving children of a…
BiographyAhmed Timol
Ahmed Timol was born in Breyton, Transvaal on 3 November 1941 to Haji Yusuf Ahmed Timol and Hawa Ismail Dindar. His father came to South Africa in 1918, at the…
ArticleUnited Women’s Congress (UWCO)
As a result of parent's reactions to the 1976 uprisings and their aftermath, ex-Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) members in the Western Cape began…
ArticleDutch Reformed Church (DRC)
When the Dutch settled in South Africa in the 16th and 17th centuries they transplanted their Dutch Reformed theology to the African continent. Jan van…
ArticleIndian women workers, Durban’s clothing industry and the GWIU
By the time Harriet became General Secretary for the GWIU, Indian women started to enter the industry in significant numbers from 1960 while the number of…
ArchiveBiography of Ruth First by Cole Deal Ruth Demissie
… of the prominent resistors of apartheid in the 1950s and 1960s was a woman named Ruth First . Ruth First was a white …
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The World The Workers Made
From the book: Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos Topic So far, this feature has described how the…
PlaceKronendal, Main Road, Hout Bay.
The estate of Kronendal was part of land granted to Willem Basson in 1713, although it was only developed as a farm towards the end of the century. Its…
The Role Of The Indian People In The South African Revolution: An Interview In 1968
QUESTION: Dr. Dadoo, you have just published a leaflet which is the first public call you have made to the Indian people since you left South Africa in 1960…
ArticleTransport in the air
Ancient stories tell of people's desire to fly like a bird. The Greek myth about Icarus and Daedalus is one of the most famous stories. According to the story,…