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ArchiveGeneral History of Africa Collection
… This groundbreaking work was the first of its type to present the entire history of the African continent. The collection sheds light on the …
Chapter 10 - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 10 - Sharpeville and its aftermath In the early months of 1960 the PAC leadership…
PlaceShree Ambalavaanar Alayam Temple Complex, Cato Manor, Durban
… The original building is the first recorded public Hindu temple to have been erected on the African continent. Built in 1875, . It was declared a …
Chapter 2 - Historical Background
… The new constitution was negotiated between May 1994 and October 1996 in the country's first democratically elected convention, the Constitutional Assembly…
Interview with Oliver Tambo to New Times, 05 January 1980, Moscow
… Question : How do you assess the situation in southern Africa after the Zimbabwe Patriotic Front has signed the ceasefire agreement? TAMBO : The liberation…
O. R. Tambo Interviewed to New Times, Moscow, January 1980
… Question : How do you assess the situation in southern Africa after the Zimbabwe Patriotic Front has signed the ceasefire agreement? TAMBO : The liberation…
Chapter 5 - Preparing to negotiate
… It took nearly two years of formal talks to remove the obstacles in the path of multi-party negotiations. However, it was not … multi-party negotiations were…
Comments and Observations on Proposals for a United Nations Security Council Resolution on Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, 1963
… A. General (1) The Security Council is at present seized of the question of apartheid, following its resolution of August 7th. [1] (2) The Secretary…
Chapter 12 - Blind alley of guerrillaism
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 12 - Blind alley of guerrillaism After the May 1961 stay-at-home, Mandela wrote: "Of all…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Johannesburg
… 08 July 1897 two daughter congregations ceceded from the DR Church Johannesburg, being the DR Church Jeppestown and the DR Church Johannesburg East , Irene…
A short history of Port Elizabeth's famous Campanile
… One of the most striking buildings in Port Elizabeth is the famous Campanile. In the article below, Tennyson Smith Bodill reveals the history …
Freedom movement in South Africa: Its International impact by E.S Reddy
… out as beacons guiding and inspiring peoples all over the world and for generations. Such was the great freedom movement of Ireland, and I believe the…
54. South African Indian Congress: first annual report, 1924
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The South African Indian Congress was formed in…
Article by Oliver Tambo in World Marxist Review, 06 March 1980
… Racism in Isolation South Africa has for decades been the only country in the world which has codified the doctrine of racial superiority into a statutory…
Racism in Isolation by O. R. Tambo, World Marxist Review, March 1980
… South Africa has for decades been the only country in the world which has codified the doctrine of racial superiority into a statutory system …
PlaceSchweizer-Reneke
… On 7 August 1993, Eugene Terreblanche, the leader of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) , had just been given the freedom of the White section of the…
Memorandum from Nelson Mandela to F. W. de Klerk, 26 June 1992
… Document 23 26 June 1992 Introduction 1. The Declaration of intent which we adopted at Codesa 1 committed us to the established of a 'democratic South…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Noticias, 05 August 1983, Maputo
… Our bases are inside South Africa Question : Since the car bomb explosion in Pretoria there has been talk of a change of strategy by the ANC. Has there…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Foreword
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer The 1946 Passive Resistance against the Asiatic Land…
PlaceHangberg, Hout Bay
… is an Area in Hout Bay , Cape Town. It is situated on the Mountain slopes between Hout Bay Harbour and The Sentinel Peak and many of the residents are…
PlaceClaremont Main Road Mosque
… Introduction The Islamic community of South Africa has grown significantly since the arrival of the first Muslims to the Cape Colony in 1658. The first ……
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Preface
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer The 1946 Passive Resistance Campaign — A Resume of…
PlaceGeorge, Garden Route- Western Province
… Principal Town of the Magisterial District and Division of George, on the Garden Route - 439 km from Cape Town , 1252 km from Durban and 1213 km from…
Building A National Democratic Society by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
… South Africa has entered its Second Decade of Freedom with the strengthening of democracy and acceleration of the programme to improve the quality of life of…
I have written it by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - International Support: UNO - 1947
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents … 1947 NIC presses for Round Table Conference Perturbed by the general trend of events in…
PlaceSouth Africa
… Is the Southern most Country of Africa. It is bordered by … , Zimbabwe . It is also bordered by two Seas, namely the Atlantic Ocean and the warmer, Indian…
Hundred years of resistance, E.S. Reddy, 29 January 2012
… The African National Congress of South Africa, founded in … campaign of passive resistance against racism. E.S. REDDY The birth of the African National…
PlaceZimbabwe
… The earliest settlement of the area now known as Zimbabwe goes back about 100 000 Years. … Archaeological site in present-day Zimbabwe, just North of the…
Chapter 5
… The Significance of the All-African Convention Notwithstanding the temporary vicissitudes, which overtook the Convention, the indubitable fact remains that…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Protest and Resistence
… From the book: Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular … people continued to arrive in a steady stream. From 1914, the population of newcomers to the…