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Broadcast to South Africa by OR Tambo on the 8th Anniversary of Umkhonto we Sizwe, 16 December 1969
Comrades-in-arms and fellow fighters in the struggle for freedom: On December 16, 1961, a national army - Umkhonto we Sizwe - was born to resume the armed…
Capture the Citadel. Broadcast to South Africa on the eighth Anniversary of the Formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe by O. R. Tambo, 16 December 1969
Comrades-in-arms and fellow fighters in the struggle for freedom: On December 16, 1961, a national army - Umkhonto we Sizwe - was born to resume the armed…
Curry and the South African Revolution by E. S. Reddy
Dr. Yusuf Dadoo once told me that Nelson Mandela had Indian friends in college and used to visit Indian homes. He would not accept the food they offered until…
Dunbar, Thibedi, Sigamoney: Three figures in the IWW in South Africa by Red Jack (libcom.org), 08 January 2012
The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, the Wobblies) was the main influence on the radical left in South Africa in the early twentieth century. But who were…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) Johannesburg, 21 November 1997
Directors of the Bank; Dr. Goldin and staff of the DBSA, When the Development Bank was founded it took its place, whatever the intentions of its leaders, as…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the ANC’s manifesto launch 24 August 1995
1. A better South Africa 1.1 It is with great pride and optimism that I stand before you today. Last year, we, the people of South Africa voted for freedom…
PlaceEthiopia
Ethiopia, formerly Abyssinia, is a landlocked country in the East of Africa. It shares one of its borders with Somalia, to the East. Sudan to the West, South…
Address by Nelson Mandela to the National Consultative Conference, 14 December 1990
Comrade President, Comrades, members of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, Comrades leaders of the South African Communist Party, COSATU and the…
Statement by Mrs. Gertrude Shope at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa and Namibia, 11 August 1981
On behalf of the Women`s Section of the African National Congress and in the name of the entire oppressed and struggling people of South Africa, I wish to…
EventSouth Africa's TRC begins its formal hearings into Human Rights Violations
On 15 April 1996, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), under Chairman Archbishop Desmond Tutu, began its first formal hearings in East London City…
The Life and Politics of Steve Biko by Yunus Momoniat, November 2014
Steve Biko was not alone in forging the Black Consciousness Movement, he was nevertheless its most prominent leader, who with others guided the movement of…
Chapter 9 - People’s Education and People’s Power: Mobilisation and Collective Action
In this chapter my concerns are with SANSCO's mobilisation of students and its collective actions, and especially the form and content of mobilisation and…
Input by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the Farewell service for former President Nelson Mandela, Waterkloof Airforce Base, 14 December 2013
The directors of the programme, fortunately for me you did not say how much I must speak. This is a mourning and a celebration of our leader and don`t you dare…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - New Workers, New Unions
From the book: Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos Topic NEW FACTORIES, NEW WORKERS described how rapid…
EventAllan Boesak's plea for the acquittal on fraud charges is rejected and the case is postponed to the following year
Allan Boesak graduated from the Belville Theological Seminary and worked as a pastor in Paarl between 1967 and 1970. After received his PhD from a university…
ArticleGayle: The Language of Apartheid South Africa’s Gay Underground
The socio-political landscape of Apartheid South Africa was a challenging one for members of the LGBTQI+ community. Under the former National Party (NP),…
Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa Background and Focus of Grade 8- Term 2: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa The Mineral…
EventGertrude Shope, former president of the ANC Women's League, is born
Gertrude Shope was born in Johannesburg, but grew up in Zimbabwe. She was trained as a teacher and went on to teach in Natal and Soweto. When she was 29 years…
EventSouth Africa's first multiracial elections start
Four years after the unbanning of the liberation movements and release of political prisoners, SA held its first multi-racial elections. The elections resulted…
Archive1997 - President Mandela, State of the Nation Address, 7 February 1997
Madame Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly; Honorable Chairperson and Deputy Chairpersons of the National Council of Provinces; Honorable…
ArchiveWhere did all the masks go? by Dewald van Rensburg (22 May 2020)
In the first quarter of this year South Africa’s normally staid and insignificant mask industry exploded. Like its peers across the globe it had orders…
EventSouth African Soccer legend Lucas Radebe was born
Lucas Radebe was born in Diepkloof in Soweto. He comes from a big family of six boys and four girls. The ‘chief’, as he was affectionately known started his…
PlaceOppermansgronde, Free State Province
It all began on 5 July 1825, Frederick Salomon Opperman and his 4 daughters were sold at a slave auction in Graaff-Reinet. His wife and his son were not sold…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 90th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2002
Fellow South Africans: On the occasion of the 90th Anniversary of the African National Congress, we extend our greetings and best wishes to you, to the…
Archive2014 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 17 June 2014 (after National Elections)
The Speaker of the National Assembly, The Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces; Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Deputy Chairperson of…
PlaceRwanda
Rwanda is a land-locked Country located in the Eastern part of Africa. People began settling in the area as early as 10.000BCE[i]. After several successive…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at the World Conference on Sanctions Against Racist South Africa: Victory is within our grasp, 16 June 1986, Unesco House, Paris
Mr. President, Your Excellency Mr. Perez de Cuellar, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Your Excellency President Abdou Diouf, President of Senegal and…
Victory is Within our Grasp: Statement at the World Conference on Sanctions against Racist South Africa by O. R. Tambo, UNESCO House, Paris, 16 June 1986
Mr. President, Your Excellency Mr. Perez de Cuellar, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Your Excellency President Abdou Diouf, President of…
Opening Address to the ANC National Consultative Conference by O. R. Tambo, Johannesburg, 14 December 1990
The Chairperson, Deputy President Comrade Nelson Mandela, Members of the National Executive Committee, Regional Convenors and members of the Regional…
A Tale of Political Conspiracy and Incomprehensible Judicial Imaginings by Thabo Mbeki, 15 February 2016
On 12 September 2008, Justice Chris Nicholson, Judge in the then Natal Provincial Division of the High Court of South Africa, granted the order that: “It is…