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The Changing Nature of the African Working Class: Migrant Workers, Identity and Struggles by Sithembiso Bhengu
… 50 Years Conference Abstract The history of the African working class is symbiotic with migrant labour, first … Many of the militant industrial working-class…
Message to the Seventh Congress of the South African Communist Party by O. R. Tambo, April 1989
… Comrade Joe Slovo, General Secretary of the South African Communist Party, Comrade Dan Tloome, Chairman of the South African Communist Party, Distinguished…
EventArthur Robert Ashe Jr, prominent African American tennis player and vocal protester of apartheid, dies
… Arthur Robert Ashe, a prominent African American tennis player who was born and raised in … black player to win a title-a doubles match-in the South African…
ArchiveUnited Democratic Front affiliates called upon to intensify campaign to unban the African National Congress
… affiliates called upon to intensify campaign to unban the African National Congress. … affiliates called upon to intensify campaign to unban the African…
National Education Minister Naledi Pandor launches the redesigned and updated South African History Online website.
… Naledi Pandor launches the redesigned and updated South African History Online website. … Naledi Pandor launches the redesigned and updated South African…
ArchiveFive Freedoms Forum - African National Congress Conference, July 1989: Report of Commission on Negotiations (A1)
… Report of the African National Congress - Five Freedoms Forum, Commission … Five Freedoms Forum - African National Congress Conference, July 1989: Report of …
ArchiveResponse of the South African Council of Churches to the WCC programme to combat racism
… Response of the South African Council of Churches to the WCC programme to combat … Response of the South African Council of Churches to the WCC programme to…
ArchiveStatement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the current situation
… Statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the Tri-Cameral elections and … Statement of the National Executive…
Minutes of the South African Council of Churches Consultation, Cartiony, Geneva, 22-23 October 1987
… Minutes of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) Consultation, 22-23 … Minutes of the South African Council of Churches Consultation, Cartiony, Geneva…
EventExtracts from one of South African President Thabo Mbeki's most stirring speeches
… "I am an African. I owe my being to the hills and the valleys, the … seasons that define the face of our native land. I am an African! I owe my being to the…
ArchiveLetter from Reverend Allan Boesak to the South African Law and Order Minister, Adriaan Vlok
… Letter from Reverend Allan Boesak to the South African Law and Order Minister, Adriaan Vlok announcing his … Letter from Reverend Allan Boesak to the South…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 3 - The South African Constitution: Birth Certificate of a Nation by Hassen Ebrahim
… The Constitution was the birth certificate of the South African nation. It is one of the most advanced in the world, … effect of these developments spurred…
ArchiveMemorandum submitted by the African National Congress of South Africa to the UN Decolonisation Committee
… Memorandum submitted by the African National Congress of South Africa to the UN … Memorandum submitted by the African National Congress of South Africa to…
ArchiveLetter from the South African Embassy, Paris, to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Cape Town
… Letter, written in Afrikaans, from the South African Embassy in France to the Department of Foreign … Letter from the South African Embassy, Paris, to the…
ArchiveMemorandum on the raising of affiliation fees of the National Union of South African Students
… in affiliation fees to the National Union of South African Students. The projects and expenses of the National … raising of affiliation fees of the National…
ArchiveStatement of the Controversy between the South African and Namibian Government regarding the Walvis Bay
… by Popo Molefe on the Controversy between the South African and Namibian Government regarding the Walvis Bay as a … Statement of the Controversy between the…
ArchiveMkhumbane our home African shantytown society in Cato Manor Farm, 1946-1960 by Iain Edwards
… structures of everyday life and the nature of power in the African shacklands of Cato Manor Farm. Click to read: … Mkhumbane our home African shantytown…
EventSouth African black activist and poet Benjamin Moloise is hanged for allegedly killing a police officer
… was accused of murdering a black police officer. The African National Congress claimed responsibility for the … South African black activist and poet…
EventJosiah Mutabuzi Isaya Kibira is the first African to be elected president of the LWF
… Tanzania, Josiah Mutabuzi Isaya Kibira became the first African to be elected president of the Lutheran World … Dictionary of African Christian Biography., …
EventDr Max Theiler, first South African to receive the Nobel Prize, is born in Pretoria
… being awarded the Nobel Prize. He was the first ever South African to receive the prize. Theiler retired from the … Dr Max Theiler, first South African to…
EventEdgar D. Ngoyi, South African ANC leader who spent seventeen years on Robben Island, is born.
… the Eastern Cape. Ngoyi became politically active in the African National Congress (ANC) as a member of the ANC Youth … Edgar D. Ngoyi, South African ANC…
Statement Issued by Joint Meeting of African and Indian Leaders for Closer Co-operation, February 6, 1949
… the representatives of the national organisations of the African and Indian people, representing the Executives of the African National Congress and the…
EventSouth African Students Movement leaders meet to plan protest action against the implementation of Afrikaans
… The Naledi High School branch of the South African Students Movement (SASM) held a meeting, which was … About African History , ‘16 June 1976 Student…
EventPolicewomen are enlisted as full members of South African Police Force for the first time.
… 1972, for the first time in the history of the South African Police (SAP), policewomen were enlisted as 'full … Policewomen are enlisted as full members of…
Event11 die when the South African Defence Force (SADF) opens fire on negotiators in Sebokeng
… The unbanning of the South African liberation movements on 2 February 1990 was an … 11 die when the South African Defence Force (SADF) opens fire on…
Event“Maberete” strike ends more than a decade of labour broking at the South African Post Office
… brokers reached an agreement with management at the South African Post Office (SAPO) to be employed directly. This … The Mabarete and the End of Labour…
A Matter of ‘Principle’: Corporate America and the South African Worker in the Early 1970s by Mattie C. Webb
… In the aftermath of the Durban strikes, Black South African workers and trade unionists figured prominently in … A Matter of ‘Principle’: Corporate America…
ArchiveMeeting between a South African delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable R F Botha and a United States delegation led by Dr C Crocker, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs: Pretoria, 16 November 1984
… Minutes of a meeting between a South African delegation and a United States delegation to discuss … Meeting between a South African delegation led by the…
Uncovering Josina Machel from obscurity: African women hidden in his-story by Ama Biney, 3 April 2014
… from a male perspective. Dismissive accounts may mention African female warriors, priestesses, and queens as footnotes … have become internalised by all –…
”The African Mine Workers’ Strike-A National Struggle.”flyer issued by the ANC Youth League, August 1946
… The African Mine Workers have risen in revolt against the most … and suppression on the voiceless toiling and teeming African millions. The stings of Colour…