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ArticleThe South African general elections: Introduction
… The South Africa Act passed by the British Parliament in 1909 combined … and the Orange Free State into the Union of South Africa. The Act, which served as…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1866-1909
… Colony with 48 delegates to discuss a draft of the South Africa Act. March, A Native Congress is held in the Cape with …
EventZimbabwe announces it has severed diplomatic relations with South Africa, but will maintain a trade mission in Johannesburg.
… announced it had severed diplomatic relations with South Africa, but would maintain a trade mission in Johannesburg . … announces it has severed diplomatic…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of Heritage Day, Cape Town
… I send our warmest greetings to all the people of South Africa. I am also delighted to welcome the Lord Mayor Provost … of the City of Edinburgh, Leslie…
ArticleA history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
… dispensation was not new, and was in fact as old as South Africa itself. The Constitution was not a product solely of … War and laid the basis for the…
EventA UN report estimates the number of people who have HIV/AIDS in Africa at 50,000
… report estimates the number of people who have HIV/AIDS in Africa at 50,000. The report came five years after the Centre … introduced to humans in the 1940s…
South African Prime Ministers from the National Party
… United States, and the office of Prime Minister of South Africa was abolished (see State President below). P. W. Botha … the transition to majority rule in…
EventGhanaian President Kwame Nkrumah calls on world leaders to impose “total economic and political sanctions” on South Africa
… Kwame Nkrumah, was a leader who strived for a united Africa. Nkrumah was one of the founders of the Organisation … called on world leaders to impose…
Document 28 - Letterfrom E. R. Roux to the Central Executive, Communist Party of South Africa, 25 September 1928
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … R. Roux to the Central Executive, Communist Party of South Africa, 25 September…
ArticleNational Union of South African Students (NUSAS)
… in Commonwealth countries to follow suit and South Africa was no exception. Leo Marquard, who was fortunate … participation of the ANC in finding a solution…
Dunbar, Thibedi, Sigamoney: Three figures in the IWW in South Africa by Red Jack (libcom.org), 08 January 2012
… was the main influence on the radical left in South Africa in the early twentieth century. But who were the South … and capitalism. This led to the…
"Apartheid - the Indictment": Paper Presented to the International Conference for Sactions agains South Africa by O. R. Tambo, April 1964
… has been the failure of the ruling white minority in South Africa to discard policies which have nothing but destruction … is basic to the policy of…
South Africa: Basic Education Hosts 2016 Inkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Programme, 4 to 7 October
… South Africa: Basic Education Hosts 2016 Inkosi Albert Luthuli Oral …
BiographyRissik Haribhai "Barney" Desai
… 10 April 1932 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa. According to South Africa’s Apartheid race classification laws, he was … African Coloured…
The ANC’s attempt to become the sole legitimate representative of the people of South Africa by Martin Plaut
… the “sole legitimate representative of the people of South Africa.” It was a title which had been given to SWAPO of … Nations, fed up with the endless…
Federation of South African Cultural Organisations (FOSACO)
… of all the different cultures of and within South Africa. They also rallied communities and organisations to …
ArticleFederation of South African Women by Skylar Jayes
… that women played in the fight against apartheid in South Africa is often forgotten. For centuries the South African … who never forgot their vision of what…
BiographyMargaret Nash
… on 1 March 1929. In 1931, her family moved to South Africa and settled in Durban , Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal ), … Cape Town. In 1960, Nash joined the Liberal…
Refuse to Ship Goods to Abyssinia! Defend the Last Independent Native State in Africa from the Attacks of Italian Imperialism! An Appeal to the Harbour Workers of South Africa
… to Abyssinia! Defend the Last Independent Native State in Africa from the Attacks of Italian Imperialism! An Appeal to the Harbour Workers of South Africa …
Banned, but never silenced by Glyn Williams (Editor - The Daily Dispatch), 6 September 2012, Eastern Cape, South Africa
… become increasingly concerned about the future of South Africa – more and more he left the day-to-day running of the … was a watershed day for him, as well…
African Minds Higher Education Dynamics Series Vol. 2 - Student Politics in Africa Representation and Activism, edited by Thierry M Luescher, Manja Klemenčič and James Otieno Jowi
… Education Dynamics Series Vol. 2 - Student Politics in Africa Representation and Activism, edited by Thierry M …
Statement by the President of the African National Congress of South Africa,on the occasion of the launching of the international year against apartheid
… by the President of the African National Congress of South Africa,on the occasion of the launching of the international …
‘The coolies will elbow us out of the country’: African reactions to Indian immigration in the Colony of Natal, South Africa, by Heather Hughes
… to Indian immigration in the Colony of Natal, South Africa, by Heather Hughes …
Speech by Mr. S.M. Krishna, External Affairs Mminister, at the High-Level Symposium of South Africa’s contribution to the fight against racism and xenophobia.
… Affairs Mminister, at the High-Level Symposium of South Africa’s contribution to the fight against racism and …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Launch of the African Leadership Initiative, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, 13 July 2006
… Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Launch of the African Leadership …
The role of the SACP in the transition to democracy and socialism by Central Committee of South African Communist Party, May 1993, South Africa
… of South African Communist Party, May 1993, South Africa …
EventDr. Essop Goolam Pahad, former Minister in the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa is born
… former Minister in the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa was born in Schweizer-Reneke, Western Transvaal (now … former Minister in the Presidency of…
ArticleSouth African Students Movement (SASM)
… its documents. We were just trying for ourselves in South Africa to work out what it meant to be African.’ …
ArticleMandela and the South African Communist Party
… of an armed struggle occurring in certain parts of South Africa. Various types of armed resistance spread to urban … was quoted as saying that they had ‘sent…
The Relevance of Black Theology in Post-Aparthied South Africa by Abraham O. Adebo
… The Relevance of Black Theology in Post-Aparthied South Africa by Abraham O. Adebo …