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ArticleThabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
Historical Context to Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki 1932 Epainette Moerane (Ma Mofokeng Clan Name) Meets Govan Mbeki at Taylor Street Secondary School. 1935 …
South African Youth Revolutionary Council (SAYRCO)
The student protest that broke out on 16 June 1976 was organised and directed by the Soweto Students Representative Council (SSRC). Recent accounts of the…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 5 August 1991
POM I want to go back to one or two things that I was a bit unsure of and this was, first on the question of whether or not the government has a double…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the establishment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Celebration of National Day of Reconciliation, Freedom Park, Tshwane, 16 December 2005
Programme Director, Mongane Wally Serote Chairperson of the Board of the Freedom Park Trust, Gertrude Shope Honourable Minister of Justice and Constitutional…
Media briefing statement by ANC National Chairperson, Comrade Baleka Mbete, following the occasion of the Republic of South Sudans 9th July Independence Day Celebrations
Introduction: I have just returned from Juba, South Sudan last night. I led an ANC delegation which attended Republic of South Sudans 9th July Independence…
’I am not prepared to sell the birthright of the people to be free’
On 31 January 1985 the State President of South Africa, PW Botha, speaking in parliament, offered Mandela his freedom on condition that he 'unconditionally…
Document 21 - ANC National Consultative Conference: resolutions for the coming year
On December 2 this year, thousands of workers will gather in Durban, the birth place of COSATU, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Federation. This will…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - In the city by Emilia Potenza
From the book: All That Glitters by Emilia PotenzaBetween 1921 and 1936, the number of Africans in the cities increased from about half a million to over one…
ArchiveAssia Djebar: A Life of Resistance and Inspiration by Logan Landry
Life Fatima Zohra Imalayen was born in 1936 in the town of Cherchell, Algeria (Chronology Assia Djebar 1996). She grew up learning both Arabic and French…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Opening Address by President Jacob Zuma, Midrand, 26 June 2012
National Chairperson, Deputy President Comrade Kgalema Motlanthe, ANC Officials and Members of the National Executive Committee, ANC leadership of all…
Chapter 29. Policy and Tactics of The Union
The tremendous achievements of the union in all spheres since (928 were made possible largely by the rapid development of South African industry generally and…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the anti-racist day meeting of the Greater London Council, 21 March 1984, London
Twenty-four years ago today, March 21st, 1960, 69 Africans were brutally murdered in the black township of Sharpeville, South Africa, when police fired on…
Address to the Anti-Racist Day Meeting of the Greater London Council by O. R. Tambo, London, 21 March 1984
Twenty-four years ago today, March 21st, 1960, 69 Africans were brutally murdered in the black township of Sharpeville, South Africa, when police fired on…
ArchiveLiving in the Interregnum by Nadine Gordimer (The New York Review of Books), 20 January 1983
I live at 6,000 feet in a society whirling, stamping, swaying with the force of revolutionary change. The vision is heady; the image of the demonic dance is…
Isitwalandwe / Seaparankoe the Highest Award of Honour, 1955 - 2014
Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe is the highest honour awarded by the ANC to those who have made an outstanding contribution and sacrifice to the liberation struggle…
Remember Soweto 16 June 1976
You are cordially invited attend the conference ’#ApartheidMustFall to #RhodesMustFall?: The Soweto Uprising of 16 June 1976’, which will be held at UCL…
EventCharlotte Maxeke, politician and founder of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa, is born
Charlotte Maxeke was born on 7 April 1847 in Fort Beaufort in Cape Town. From a young age Maxeke showed musical talent. She finished primary school early and…
EventJohn Fairbairn (70), journalist and outspoken critic, dies in Cape Town
Regarded as the father of free press in South Africa, John Fairbairn left England and arrived in the Cape in1823. Soon after his arrival he founded a school…
PlaceHector Pieterson Memorial and Museum, Soweto
The museum is located on 8288 Khumalo Street, Orlando West (Soweto). The museum is named after one of the first casualties. But commerates all of those that…
EventPolitical Activist and Advocate, Dumisa Ntsebeza, is born
Born in the Eastern Cape, Dumisa Ntsebeza, like many young South Africans in the 70’s was involved in the struggle. He was arrested in the mid 70’s and served…
EventWinnie Mandela released from banning order and house arrest
Winnie Mandela was released from banning order and house arrest on this date. Surprisingly, for a brief period Winnie's banning order was not reimposed,…
EventAdelaide Tambo returns to South Africa after 30 years
Adelaide Tambo became politically active after her grandfather's arrest at the age of ten. While she attended high school, she started to work as a courier for…
EventStudents at Durban
During ongoing unrest at the University of Durban-Westville (UDW) owing to political activism and a continuing struggle between the Azanian Students' Movement …
EventBishop Tutu receives Martin Luther King Award
Bishop Desmond Tutu received the Martin Luther King Jr Award for Non-Violence for his commitment and role during the struggle against apartheid in 1986. …
EventHelen Suzman is born
Politician and Anti-Apartheid activist, Helen Suzman, was born in Germiston, South Africa. During her 36 years in Parliament she defended the right to freedom…
EventFriedrich Engels, German philosopher, dies in London
German author, political theorist and philosopher, Friedrich Engels died in London on 05 August 1895 after a long battle with a throat cancer. The son of a…
EventFour ANC members killed in an ambush near Piet Retief, eastern Transvaal
On 8 June 1988, Surendra Lenny Naidu, Lindiwe Mthembu, Makhosi Nyoka and Nontsikelelo Cothoza, all African National Congress (ANC) members were shot dead when…
EventThe United Nations adopts a resolution establishing an eleven member United Nations Council for South West Africa
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution establishing an eleven member United Nations Council for South West Africa. Their task was to…
EventBlacks in South Africa protest against segregation
On the 300 anniversary of the arrival of Jan van Riebeeck in Table Bay, the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) at a…
EventEllen Kuzwayo becomes the first Black woman to receive an honorary degree from Wits University
Nnoseng Ellen Kate Kuzwayo made history when she became the first Black woman to receive an honorary degree from the University of the Witwatersrand on 2…