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ArticleThe History of Al-Shabaab
Origins The organisation known as Al-Shabaab originally emerged from the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) movement in Somalia. The ICU began as a loose grouping of…
Nelspruit the Segregated city
Contents Nelspruit the Segregated city Homelands as Labour reserves Kanyamazane Introduction Until the demise of apartheid, Nelspruit remained a small…
Indian South Africans timeline 1950-1959
Indian South Africans Timeline: 1950-1959 1950 A.K.M. Docrat, a popular activist, was named under the Suppression of Communism Act. He was jailed for thirty…
ArchiveWe the SSRC condemn..., handwritten statement
This handwritten statement of condemnation contains eight points including that of the detentions of BPA members and the violent actions of the police force.
ArchiveProtest note to Mocambique
A note from the Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF) to Mozambique to register protest at planned aggressive actions against the Republic of South…
ArchiveLetter from Barry Streek, Secretary General, NUSAS, to NUSED Executive and others
General circular letter from Barry Streek, NUSAS, with an outline of the history of university apartheid in South Africa and the Acts and other Government…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2012 submissions
Alexandra Damianos Alexandra is from Westport, Connecticut. She attends Southern Methodist University studying history and art history and hopes to work…
ArchiveCongress warns Rembrandt
FOSATU has condemned the Henkel company's anti-union policies and actions and has given its full support to the consumer boycott of Henkel products called by…
ArticleElizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan
Elizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole MorganAbstractElizabeth Davenport has been an integral part of the Black Sash movement from…
ArchiveCHAPTER SIX: The Politics Of Non-Collaboration: The Campaign To Boycott The Tricameral Elections by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
The Politics of non-Collaboration: The Campaign to Boycott the Tricameral Elections
… information about fraudulent behaviour and pursuing legal action. This needed the co-operation of people who were … non-Indian resistance organisations such…
ArchiveWork in Progress 73 March/April 1991
Contains the following articles: Creating mass power: beyond the cannon of Mamelodi, Unity and the Freedom Charter, Power and democracy: defining working-class…
ArchiveWork in Progress 58 March 1989
Contains the following articles: Creating mass power: beyond the cannon of Mamelodi, Unity and the Freedom Charter, Power and democracy: defining working-class…
BiographyPeter Henry Abrahams
Peter Henry Abrahams Deras (Peter Abrahams) was born in Vrededorp, Johannesburg’s largest Coloured and Asian slum, on 19 March 1919. Abrahams is a 'Coloured'…
ArchiveMunicipal Police in the Eastern Cape: Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1987
Municipal Police in the Eastern Cape: Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference on 13 March 1987 discussing assaults by police, torture, human…
ArchiveEmergency Convocation of Churches in South Africa: package of preparation material
The Emergency Convocation of Churches in South Africa was decided upon to work on and develop effective non-violent actions to pressure the government to the…
ArchiveTelex from Col Sergio Vieira, Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique, to His Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cape Town
Translation of a telex sent from the Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, South Africa, with regard to the alleged…
PlaceRwanda
… reconciliation between Hutu and Tutsi people. Affirmative action programs and limiting political actions were … Foreign businesses were however exempted from…
EventThe IPI appoints Joel Mervis
The International Press Institute (IPI) appointed an official observer in South Africa, Joel Mervis, to report on matters affecting the conduct and freedom of…
ArchiveExcerpts from long interview given by President O R Tambo to Associated Press correspondent, Mr Nicky Hanks on 7th June 1980 in Lusaka
Excerpts from long interview given by President O R Tambo to Associated Press correspondent, Mr Nicky Hanks on 7th June, 1980 in Lusaka. Discusses actions of…
ArchiveEmergency convocation of churches in South Africa: package of preparation material
An Emergency Convocation of Churches was decided upon to work on and develop effective non-violent actions to pressure the government to the negotiation table…
Statement by Mfanafuthi Makatini in the Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly, 27 November 1981
… the apartheid regime, who are to be charged for any armed action that has taken place in the country regardless of … it deserves, and to take appropriate…
Archive2010 - President Zuma, Response to the State of the Nation Address, 16 February 2010
… so that we can see faster results in this year of action. Honourable Members, As we debate in this chamber, and … and development together. We want to make…
Document 61 - A. Mon [M. N. Averbach] 4 , “A Comment on Trotsky’s Letter to S.A.”, Worker’s Voice, 1, 3, July 1945 […]
… struggle the task of translating this emphasis into action, is also facilitated by the fact that the colour bar, … few lines have played in developing the…
Document 45 - Ray Alexander, “Trade Unionism in South Africa”, Discussion, 1, 6, 1952
… and deported nine trade union leaders without trial. The action of the Government was criticised by judges. Parliament … the Indemnity Act to give them…
Address to the National Council Of Provinces, 11 November 2003
… to help prevent and fight fires. Through the heroic action of a Working on Fire team, 22 people in KwaZulu-Natal … contract that unites the majority of our…
VIII - The Pathologists
… of a person falling forward there is an automatic reflex action whereby a person stretches out his hands to save … with that movement to dive into the floor…
45. Mass meeting at the Empire Theatre, Johannesburg, 1906
… approached the British Agent, who approved of our action and ultimately secured justice for us. Now that … did not hold out a threat, but showed that the…
Uncovering Josina Machel from obscurity: African women hidden in his-story by Ama Biney, 3 April 2014
… 1980s, nor when I became active in the London based Black Action for the Liberation of Southern Africa (BALSA). The …
In the Belly of the Beast - Speech at Conference of the International Committee against Apartheid, Racism and Colonialism in Southern Africa (ICSA) by O. R. Tambo, Stockholm, April 1980
… by another great conference, the World Conference for Action against Apartheid in Lagos. We have all made advances …