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January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 72th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1984
… the 8th January, your organisation, the African National Congress, is 72 years old. In keeping with established … Allow me to begin by extending to you all,…
BiographyCassim Saloojee
… poor. Saloojee began his school in Sophiatown at the age of 6. He was unhappy in the beginning as his clothes were old … and here that he joined the…
BiographyA. B. Nogoya
… Born 1925. Factory worker. Joined African National Congress in 1949 and during the Defiance Campaign led a batch of 40 volunteers to defy apartheid…
BiographyJohnson Dhlwati
… He was born in the Clarkebury district of the Cape and educated at the Clarkebury Training … where he later taught boot making. Dhlwati was a secretary of…
BiographyAndries (General China) Chamile
… Johannesburg Chamile worked as a labourer. He was a member of the Newclare branch of African National Congress which he joined during the Defiance Campaign…
South African Constitution 1996
… The adoption of the South African Constitution on 8 May 1996 was one of … of generations of anti-apartheid freedom fighters and democrats who had fought for…
BiographyIsaac Osier Horvitch
… 1930s while still at school he became an active member of the Communist Party, speaking at public meetings and … newspaper, The Guardian. He studied at the…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The African Peoples Organisation and the Teachers League of South Africa
… Like their African counterparts, the organisations of the coloured elite came out strongly in support of the British war effort. They shared the same…
Chapter 6 - The Birth of SACTU
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 6 - … workers' unity, was long overdue. The South African Congress of Trade Unions,…
ArchiveArtwork of map of Africa
… Brown, orange, red, black and white poster. Artwork of map of Africa with a soldier, a farmer and a woman with a baby on … Artwork of map of Africa …
EventSuppression of Communism Act, No. 44 of 1950 approved in Parliament
… The Suppression of Communism Act, No. 44 of 1950, according to which the Communist Party of South … of liberation organizations such as the African National…
BiographyWilliam George Ballinger
… William George Ballinger was born on 21st of September in 1894 in Britain. In 1928 he was sent to South … to the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union …
Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
… Introduction MK Sabotage. This photograph was part of a sequence shot by a Rand Daily Mail photographer, two of … the National Party (NP) government. The…
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
… as BJ Vorster or John Vorster) was the Prime Minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978, after having served as … of dramatic opposition to apartheid – the…
BiographyJonas Dinous Matlou
… Jonas Dinous Matlou was born 2 June 1920 in Diepsloot north of Johannesburg. He became an early member of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at a Joint Sitting of the Houses of Parliament on the Occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Cape Town, 8 May 2006
… Madam Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly; Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP; Deputy President of the Republic, Phumzile … ago…
Launch of the ANC Volunteer Corps and Visit of the President, 19 June 2013
… The President of the African National Congress Comrade President Zuma will … Comrade Zamani Saul Provincial Secretary African National Congress NC Enquiries:…
ArchiveReport of Anti-conscription Committee
… Report of Anti-conscription Committee to the 62nd Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University … Report of Anti-conscription…
BiographyKgalabi Jafta Masemola
… Kgalabi Jafta Masemola, “The Tiger of Azania”, also popularly known as “Bra Jeff” by many … Atteridgevill township.He joined the African National Congress…
ArchiveLet us speak of freedom
… yellow, black and white poster. Black and white photograph of a woman crying. NUSAS - action for democracy poster. List of demands from "The Call to the…
BiographyKisten Moonsamy
… Kisten “Zed” Moonsamy was part of a remarkable generation of working class activists who grew from the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) to become a formidable…
Statement at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggling People of South Africa (Soweto Day), 16 June 1989
… On behalf of the South African Youth Congress, whose leadership is … for the formation of our gigantic South African Youth Congress were under way. Despite…
ArchiveThe ANC Code of Conduct
… by Comrade Nelson Miya regarding the African National Congress's Code of Conduct written in consultation with Zola Skweyiya. … The ANC Code of Conduct …
ArchiveAnalysis of the recent clampdown
… Journal article discussing: Analysis of the recent clampdown, four fighting years, building unity, Soweto Youth Congress, education for democracy, release…
BiographyBalelekeng Sam Masemola
… Masemola worked as a clerk. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1949 and helped to steer his branch in … Member of the ANC. Active in anti-pass…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 68th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1980
… Speech by Comrade President, O.R. Tambo on the occasion of January 8th, 1980, 68th anniversary of the African National Congress of South Africa. Today is…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the Constitutional Assembly on the occasion of the adoption of the new constitution
… Mandela to the Constitutional Assembly on the occasion of the adoption of the new constitution …
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the South African Communist Party
… Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the South African Communist Party …
Statement of the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, at a concert organised by the Irish Anti-apartheid Movement
… Statement of the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, at a concert organised by the …
Address by President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the World Economic Forum, Southern Africa summit
… Address by President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the World Economic Forum, …