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EventNigerian women occupy ChevronTexaco oil terminal
On this day, approximately 600 Itsekiri women began a peaceful occupation of ChevronTexaco's Escravos oil terminal in the Niger Delta, demanding jobs for their…
EventAfrican Mineworkers' strike starts
A week long strike by African mineworkers, led by John Beaver (JB) Marks, leader of the African Mineworkers' Union, started on this day. The strike was…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the plenary meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, 09 November 1982, New York
… appreciates the efforts deployed by the United Nations Organisation and the international community to put maximum … coming period we shall require even more…
72. The Defiance Campaign, 1953
… of the South African Congress of Democrats, an organisation of the Europeans, which stands for equal rights for all, regardless of race or colour. This…
Speaking Notes for the President of the African National Congress, President Jacob Zuma, during the MKMVA National Conference, 12 October 2012
… exactly that, working for unity and also to renew the organisation and restore its core values. The task is ongoing … vigilant at all times!" The unity and…
Document 89 “People’s Front and the Cry for Unity in South Africa”, The Spark, 2, 4, April 1936
… and, when the Italo-Abyssinian War broke out, a subsidiary organisation of this League sprang up with a fine-sounding … you must consider the advantage of…
Address by Selby Msimang, President, Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of South Africa, July 23, 1921
… but such mistakes were inevitable with such a young organisation. "And yet, as an old Scotsman had put it," went … naked truth that we have been compelled…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew
… basis for the Programme of the Fourth International Organisation of South Africa", Workers' Voice, 1, 1, July … 1946 Document 137 - Letter from the Fourth…
Document 46 - D. Tloome, “The Origin and Development of Non-European Trade Unions”, lecture delivered to the Johannesburg Discussion Club on 27 February 1953, Viewpoints and Perspectives. L 1,21 February 1953
… DISCUSSION Mrs. Lipman. If it is a fact that the organisation of Non-European Trade Unions will never really … class conscious and this fact must affect the…
Archive”I am Albertina Sisulu”, Interview from Blue Portraits
… and we closed the schools. We thought of forming an organisation that will put all the women together, so that at … will be easy if we speak with one voice…
72. The Defiance Campaign, 1952
… of the South African Congress of Democrats, an organisation of the Europeans, which stands for equal rights for all, regardless of race or colour. This…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1960 - 1969 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… with the aims of opposing the Group Areas Act The organisation was founded by hnap 'Abdullah Haron. 1962 … students. The Islamic character of the Movement…
ArticleThe South African Communist Party and Mozambique
The South African Communist Party and Mozambique Introduction The Mozambique Liberation Front, popularly known by its Portuguese acronym, FRELIMO (Frente…
PlaceLamu, Kenya
Lamu Island is a Port, City, an Island just off the shore of Kenya in the Indian Ocean approximately, 150 miles from Mombasa. Lamu Old Town is the oldest and…
Mobilise Our Black Power - Statement to the People of South Africa on the Tenth Anniversary of Umkhonto we Sizwe by O. R. Tambo, 16 December 1971
… is the day when we pause and reexamine ourselves and our organisation. Are we living up to what is expected of members of a revolutionary and fighting…
Links & Partnerships
… South African History Online, a not-for profit section 21 organisation. Claremont Historries - Memories, Stories and … Pan African Congress of Azania (PAC),…
Address by the Chairperson of the Non-Aligned Movement, President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, to the NAM Ministerial Meeting United Nations, New York, 23 September 1999
… or have we allowed ourselves to be transformed into an organisation comprising governments that periodically speak … accountable and transparent governance…
SAHO Timeline and Milestones
… great marketing and networking opportunities for the organisation. 2010 One City, Many Histories SAHO launched its … Education (DBE). Minister Angie…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… South African Indian Congress (SAIC) , African People’s Organisation (APO), ANC Youth League, Council of Non-European … FRAC is invited as an observer since…
The Politics of non-Collaboration: The Campaign to Boycott the Tricameral Elections
… created greater possibilities for civic and trade union organisation. As we saw in chapters three and four, during … opened up significant possibilities for…
Statement of the Alliance Political Council, 13 October 2009
… Trade Unions (COSATU) and the South African National Civic Organisation (SANCO), held its ordinary meeting yesterday, …
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Zimbabwe Television (ZTV), 05 August 1983, Harare
… he questioned. The ANC President said that members of the organisation could go from Beitbridge to Cape Town, but if …
EventSA’s Fifa membership reinstated
… by threatening that it would be suspended from the organisation if it does not stop intervening in football. In …
How the “Long walk to Freedom” began by E.S. Reddy
… in our rooting out all impurity and indiscipline from our organisation and making it the bright and shining instrument …
EventSASO founder and Black Consciousness leader, Steve Biko dies in detention
… Bantu Steven Biko , leader of the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) and pioneer of the Black …
EventBenjamin Magson Kies, political activist & lawyer, is born
… a factory worker, was active in the African Political Organisation (APO) where Mohammed Adhikari (1993:181) reports …
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 80th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1992
… This found expression in the Defiance Campaign, organisation and mobilisation for the Congress of the People … development of the ANC into the truly non…
ArchiveBiography of Ruth First by Cole Deal Ruth Demissie
Ruth First: An Ally of the Struggle Throughout the history of apartheid, freedom fighters were subjects of legal repression by the apartheid government who…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Foreign Relations during Apartheid, 1948
… Commonwealth of Nations as a result of criticism from this organisation, and the Foreign Minister was criticized for his … and other policies and statements…
Lives on the Line: An Invitation to a Gripping True Story
… spies infiltrated and dismantled the violent urban terror organisation, Pagad G-Force. What to expect: An Unforgettable …