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ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
After coming to power in 1948, the National Party-led government began implementing apartheid by passing a series of racist laws, notably the Population…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1940-1949
The 1940s were characterised by changes that had a profound effect on the political landscape in South Africa. There was closer cooperation between the CPSA…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 95th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2007
On the occasion of the 95th anniversary of the formation of the African National Congress, our movement salutes the people of South Africa and the world. We…
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…
Daily reflections by Virginia MacKenny, September 2002
Day 1 Arrive in Kassel by train from Frankfurt and get off at the Wilhelmstrohebahnhof bestrewn with Documenta banners. There is a welcome desk for Documenta…
Constitution of the African National Congress (South Africa), January 1958
1. NAME: The name of the organisation shall be the African National Congress hereinafter referred to as the "Congress". 2. AIMS AND OBJECTS: The aims and…
Statement at the International Conference on the EEC and South Africa by O. R. Tambo, Dublin, 27 January 1979
This Conference, organised by the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement, is of tremendous importance to the struggle for national and social emancipation of the…
Chapter 1 - The Victory of the Nationalist Party in 1948
From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 1 - The Victory of the Nationalist Party in 1948 The African National Congress (ANC) arose…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 3 - South Africa: Culture and Conflict
From the book: The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner South Africa, everyone agrees, is a profoundly unequal society. It is marked by inequality of power, of…
Chapter 2
Forunners We have already said that the All African Convention should be viewed as one further step in the political development of the African people. In…
A chronology of meetings between South Africans and the ANC in exile 1983-2000 by Michael Savage
Preface In the decade preceding the dramatic February 1990 unbanning of South Africa’s black liberatory movements, many hundreds of concerned South Africans…
Archive2019 - Cyril Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 7 February 2019
Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Baleka Mbete, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Ms Thandi Modise, Deputy Speaker of the National…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 1
From the book: A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin An early photograph of " A.I."with C.F. Andrews The main road…
ArticleUniversity of Pretoria 2015-2016 Student Protests Timeline
The University of Pretoria (UP) opened in 1908 as a new department of the Transvaal University College (T.U.C). In 1930 the University College was upgraded…
Raymond Tucker: Attorney interview with Rupert Taylor 26 January 2000, 32 St John Road, Houghton, Johannesburg
Raymond Tucker Attorney interview with Rupert Taylor 26 January 2000, 32 St John Road, Houghton, Johannesburg, 4.30-6.00pm Taylor: Maybe I should begin…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Social Transformation, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
Report on Commissions 1. The two commissions received an input on major issues for discussion. The input took for granted that the discussion document that…
ANNOUNCEMENT OF ANC CANDIDATE PREMIERS, 23 April 1999
ANNOUNCEMENT OF ANC CANDIDATE PREMIERS 23 April 1999 At a press briefing at the ANC headquarters, Luthuli House in Johannesburg, the movements Secretary…
The Military Defeat of the South Africans in Angola by Horace Campbell (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola
In Angola in the spring of 1988 the armed forces of apartheid South Africa and the US-backed mercenaries of Jonas Savimbi were defeated by the combined force…
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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…
Archive2010 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2010
State of the Nation Address By His Excellency JG Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa, at the 11 Feb 2010 Honorouble Speaker; I stand before you…
Archive1994 - President Mandela, State Of the Nation Address, 24 May 1994 (After National Elections)
Madame Speaker and Deputy Speaker, President of the Senate and Deputy President, Deputy Presidents, Chief Justice, distinguished members of the National…
Verwoerd's Grim Plot by Nelson Mandela
Verwoerd's Grim Plot By NELSON MANDELA No.36, May 1959 South Africa belongs to all who live in if, black and white." - The Freedom Charter. "All…
Chapter VIII - Treason - South African style 1
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph Six months later, in August 1958, we came to trial. The government wanted us out of Johannesburg this time, to…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 5
From the book: A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin A domestic interlude should be revealing. No man's private life…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1946-Press Reports on the Campaign
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1946 NIC Meeting, Curries Fountain, Durban There was…
Into the Fifties: Defiance by Norman Levy
From the book: The Final Prize by Norman Levy Chapter 8 Into the Fifties: Defiance Mass trials and mass action characterised the next two decades. The …
The Afrikaner Bond
The Origins of the Afrikaner Bond The Afrikaner Bond, an Afrikaner political organisation that was effectively the first political party in South Africa, was…
ArticleA history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
The New Constitution was negotiated between May 1994 and October 1996 in the country's first democratically elected convention, the Constitutional Assembly…
Grade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
Turning points in modern South African History since 1948& In 1948 South Africa held a general election which was to be decided by the white population of…