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ArchiveA despot’s time to face democracy by Niren Tolsi
Contempt. This is what former president Jacob Zuma apparently felt for democratic South Africa’s foundational document, the Constitution, and the vision and…
Whither Palestine? by Ronnie Kasrils, 19 May 2015, London
WHITHER PALESTINE ? Ronnie Kasrils, Middle East Monitor, London 19 May, 2015. 1. INTRODUCTION: It is an honour to have been invited to present this…
PlaceCape Town City Hall, Darling Street
The mayor of Cape Town, Thomas Ball, laid the cornerstone of the City Hall on 29 August 1900, but the Hall was only opened in 1905. It was designed by…
2018 - Cyril Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 16 February 2018
Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Baleka Mbete, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Ms Thandi Modise, Deputy Speaker of the National…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 3 - The South African Constitution: Birth Certificate of a Nation by Hassen Ebrahim
From the book: Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education Much of the research for this contribution has been…
ArticleThe Contentious Relationship Between Ngqika And Ndlambe
Introduction King Ngqika and Prince Ndlambe led the Rharhabe people of the Amaxhosa in the early 19th century. Their relationship is of significance regarding…
ArticleWomen’s resistance in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermath
As the 1950s gave way to the 1960s the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) both announced plans to tackle the pass laws for…
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
1824 The Glasgow Missionary Society founded the school of Lovedale at Alice in the Tyume valley in 1824. 1877 The first biography ever written…
ArticleSudan’s Revolution
In December 2018, protesters took to the streets in response to austerity measures[i] imposed by then Sudanese president Omar al Bashir. Bashir had…
Upington, Northern Cape
Upington is the chief City in the Northern Cape Region, of South Africa. It was formed by uniting Christian Schroder's 1871 Mission Station, 'Olyvenhoutsdrift'…
ArticleAhmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017
1919 Mohamed Kathrada and his wife Hawa, immigrants from India, arrive in Schweizer Reneke, a small town in the Western Transvaal (now Gauteng), where they…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1700s
1700 The first "placaat" (ordinance or statute) restricting the importation of Asian slaves is promulgated. Dlamini chiefdoms move south from Delagoa Bay…
Opening address by Albert Luthuli to the Twenty-second Biennial Conference of the South African Indian Congress, 19 October 1956, Gandhi Hall, Johannesburg
A spirit that refuses to submit to Tyranny Once again another biennial Conference is upon you. It is my good fortune to be privileged once more to open your…
Statement by Oliver Tambo, on behalf of the Southern African Liberation Movements, at the closing session of the seventh summit meeting of the Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African states, 02 December 1988, Arusha
Your Excellency, President Ali Hassan Mwinyi, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Vice-Chairman of Chama Cha Mapinduzi and Current Chairman of PTA…
Statement, on Behalf of the Southern African Liberation Movements, at the Closing Session of the Seventh Summit Meeting of the Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African States, Arusha by O. R. Tambo, 1 - 2 December 1988
Your Excellency, President Ali Hassan Mwinyi, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Vice-Chairman of Chama Cha Mapinduzi and Current Chairman of PTA…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at a press conference in Addis Ababa, 11 July 1973
Prisoners of apartheid July 11, 1973, marked the passage of ten years since the leadership of the South African liberation movement was arrested at Rivonia. …
Selfless Biko 40 Years On by Barney Pityana (City Press), 10 September 2017
While he was being detained in jail in Port Elizabeth, Barney Pityana read in a newspaper about Stephen Biko’s death. Forty years later, he recalls the shock…
Prisoners of Apartheid - Statement at a Press Conference in Addis Ababa by O. R. Tambo, 11 July 1973
July 11, 1973, marked the passage of ten years since the leadership of the South African liberation movement was arrested at Rivonia. Three months later the…
Address to the 21st Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the OAU by O.R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 19 July 1985
Mr. Chairman, Honourable Heads of State and Government, Distinguished Leaders of Delegations, Excellencies, On behalf of the National Executive…
Document 141 “Apartheid Spells Disaster”, Report of the Central Committee of the Communist Party to the Party’s National Conference, Johannesburg,6 to 8 January 1950,2y Freedom, New Series 15 December, 1949
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 141 "Apartheid Spells Disaster", Report of…
Address of Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress on receiving a Honorary LLD degree at the University of the Witwatersrand 6 September 1991
Mr. Chancellor, Mr. Vice-Chancellor, Distinguished members of the university council and senate, Members of the university staff and students, Friends…
Say It out Loud - The 1906 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1906
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1906 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1906 1 Dr Abdurahman rose to deliver his…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki on the Occasion of His Inauguration and the 10th Anniversary of Freedom, Pretoria, 27 April 2004
Your Majesties Your Royal Highnesses Your Excellencies Heads of State and Government and Leaders and Members of delegations Chairpersons of the African Union…
Address at The Youth Day Rally, Witbank, 16th June 2003
Premier of Mpumalanga, Ndaweni Mahlangu, Our traditional leaders, MP's, MEC's, MPL's and Councillors, Leaders of our youth and young South Africans, People…
Address on Freedom Day, 27 April 2003
Premier Popo Molefe, Minister Ngubane, Ministers and Deputy Ministers, MP's, MECs, MPL's, Mayors and Councillors, Traditional Leaders, Distinguished…
Address to The 3rd Summit of The ACP Heads of State and Government Nadi, Fiji, 18 July 2002
Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, Vice President of the Dominican Republic, Madame Ortiz Bosch, Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Ministers and…
Archive”I am Albertina Sisulu”, Interview from Blue Portraits
I am Albertina Sisulu. Metetiwe. Born in the Transkei, in the district of Tsomo on twenty-first October 1918. Educated in a lower primary school in my district…
Domestic work
Mr Speaker, Members of Parliament. THE GENERAL ELECTIONS on September the 6th, 1989, placed our country irrevocably on the road of drastic change. Underlying…
Chapter 1. The South African Trade Union Movement- Historical Background - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
GUNS AND GALLOWS In outward appearance South Africa is a calm, peaceful land, spacious and sunny; its peoples-Black, White and Coloured-are fundamentally…
1. The Way to Fox Street
Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana was born in 1899 in Witzieshoek (now known as Qwa Qwa), a tiny African reserve squeezed into a valley on the south-eastern border of…