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EventSouth Africa's first democratic elections
Following a series of tense negotiations and years of liberation struggle, the first democratic election was held in South Africa on the 27th April, 1994. This…
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…
ANC ‘Military High Command’ Leader Interviewed
From the "Focus on Africa" program BBC World Service 4th July 1986 South African police today launched a campaign to fight a spate of urban bombs. There have…
EventPresident Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the State of the Nation address
On 16 February 2019, Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his first State of the Nation Address at the parliament as the newly elected president of South Africa. This…
Chapter 7 - 1957-58: The Movement in a Crucial Phase
From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 7 - 1957-58: The Movement in a Crucial Phase By 1957 any relative lull in the mass…
PlaceThulamela Local Municipality
This Municipality is dedicated to the Local People and providing a better life for their people. There motto being: "WE SERVE WITH DEDICATION". Mission: …
Address at the Opening Session of the ANC Conference "Peoples Of The World United Against Apartheid, For A Democratic South Africa" by O. R. Tambo, Arusha,1 December 1987
As we meet here today, an important conference is taking place in Addis Ababa. This is the Extraordinary Summit Meeting of OAU Heads of State and Government…
PlaceNamibia
Namibia, a former German colony, is situated towards the north west of South Africa. It is predominately covered by the Namib Desert. The Orange River marks…
Address by Oliver Tambo at the opening session of the ANC Conference, Arusha, 1 December 1987
As we meet here today, an important conference is taking place in Addis Ababa. This is the Extraordinary Summit Meeting of OAU Heads of State and Government…
THE LIBERATION STRUGGLE IS ON IN EARNEST, Durban, 12 December 1959
Presidential Address to the 47th Annual Conference of the African National Congress Durban, 12 December 1959 The Annual Report of the Secretary-General and…
A Future Free of Exploitation - Address to the First Congress of MPLA by O. R. Tambo, Luanda, December 1977
Comrade President Agostinho Neto, Comrade Members of the Presidium of the Congress, Comrades Militants and Combatants of MPLA, Comrades and Friends: …
Address at the AGM of the SADC Electoral Commissions Forum Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania 27 September, 1999
Your Excellency, President Benjamin Mkapa Chairperson of the Forum, Justice Lewis Makame Chairperson of the Electoral Commissions of Southern Africa …
ArticleNamibian Timeline
Late Pleistocene (Early and Middle Stone Age) 800 000 years Artefacts in a…
The Colors of Resistance in Apartheid South Africa: Black Consciousness Poetry and the Racial Elusiveness of Wopko Jensma
The article analyzes Black Consciousness poetry of the 1970s and 1980s South Africa alongside the protest poetry of white South African poet Wopko Jensma. It…
ArticleCape Schools Join the Revolt
The school students in Cape Town reacted to the news they heard of events in Soweto. A teacher at one of the Coloured schools was later to write: 'We haven't…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
A cartoon illustrating the process of getting to the idealised “American Dream" Image Source Introduction Like communism in Russia, American capitalism…
ArticleStrong and Unnoticed: The Women of the UDF by Reid Arnold
Abstract The UDF was an umbrella organization that was founded to unify the hundreds of Anti-Apartheid movements occurring in the 1980s. Female leaders such…
ArticleYoung Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA)
The history of the Young Communist League (YCL) dates back to 1921, although the organisation observes 25 May 1922 as the date of its official formation…
ArticleThe 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike
Introduction: Background to the Strike The formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 was a development that had vastly different consequences for the…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
On 16 December, 1961, Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) was launched as an armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). The formation of the MK Umkhonto…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
1948 May 26, The National Party (NP) wins election and immediately introduces apartheid (separateness) measures against Blacks, Indian immigrants and those…
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
In aftermath of the June 16 Uprising, the government cracked down on student activists and organisations alike. On 19 October 1977 the Black Consciousness…
”South Africa - Time of Challenge” - Report to the Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, October 1973
"South Africa - Time of Challenge” - Report, on behalf of the Secretariat, to the Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party…
Interview with Sunny Singh by C de Vos, Durban, 28 May 2002
UNIVERSITY OF DURBAN – WESTVILLE DOCUMENTATION CENTRE ORAL HISTORY PROJECT "VOICES OF RESISTANCE” INTERVIEWEE SUNNY SINGH INTERVIEWER C DE VOS DATE 28…
EventThe International Labour Organisation calls for South Africa's withdrawal at the Geneva Conference
On 29 June 1961, during its plenary conference in Geneva, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) adopted a resolution condemning the racial policies of…
EventSADF's 31 Battallion is disbanded
The South African Defence Force's (SADF) 31st Battalion was disbanded at a public ceremony in the Cape Province. This Battalion was composed primarily of the…
EventPAC leader, David Sibeko shot dead in Dar-es-Salaam
Former Pan African Congress (PAC) director of Foreign Affairs and representative to the United Nations, David Sibeko, was murdered by a militant stance faction…
Archive2004 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 21 May 2004 (After National Elections)
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the first joint sitting of the third democratic Parliament, Cape Town 21 May 2004 (Embargoed:…
EventSouth West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) is founded to oppose South African rule
The South West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) was founded in Windhoek, South West Africa (presently Namibia) on 19 April 1960 by Herman Toivo Ya Toivo…
Document 61 - A. Mon [M. N. Averbach] 4 , “A Comment on Trotsky’s Letter to S.A.”, Worker’s Voice, 1, 3, July 1945 […]
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 61 - A. Mon [M. N. Averbach] 4 , "A Comment on…