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ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
In 1959 the Africanists broke away from the ANC and formed the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). The histories of these two organisations are inextricably linked…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
Turning points in modern South African History since 1948& In 1948 South Africa held a general election which was to be decided by the white population of…
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
The reaction of the outside world to the development of apartheid was widespread, and by the 1980s posed a sustained challenge to the South African regime,…
BiographyGeorge Gangen Ponnen
Gangen George Ponnen was born on 1 June 1913 in the district of Rooikopjes near Durban, in the then Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). His father Ponnen, born in…
"We have Decided to Liberate Ourselves": Address to the Royal Commonwealth Society by O. R. Tambo, London, 23 June 1986
Mr. Chairman, Your Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Exactly eight months ago to the day, in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, Heads of State and…
Archive"Racism, Apartheid and a New World Order": Speech in Acceptance of the Third World Prize on Behalf of Nelson and Winnie Mandela by O. R. Tambo, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, 5 May 1986
The most senior leaders of the oppressed people of South Africa have been in prison for almost a quarter of a century now. They, who would have…
From retirement to parliament
(Including 'The Atlantic Charterfrom the Standpoint of Africans within the Union of South Africa' and 'Bill of Rights,' adopted by the ANC Annual Conference.)…
Address by Nelson Mandela at the Funeral of Adelaide Tambo, 10 February 2007
Once more this morning we come to pay our last respects to a member of our generation of freedom fighters and patriots. Over these last few years we have with…
ArchiveZuma rape case judge stands down (BBC News),13 February 2006
The judge presiding over the rape trial of South Africa's former Deputy President Jacob Zuma has said he is stepping down to protect the judiciary. Defence…
Circular Letter To Organisations Concerning The Arrest Of J. N. Singh Under The Immigration Act, November 9, 1946
Dear Sir/Madam, The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Bill has become law. The already so weak and feeble democratic structure of South Africa has…
Circular Letter To Trade Unions, Progressive Organisations, Democrats And Anti-Fascists by Yusuf Dadoo, June 10, 1946
Dear Sir/Madam, The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Bill has become law. The already so weak and feeble democratic structure of South Africa has…
Appeal For United Front, July 1948
[A joint appeal to all "suppressed" people in South Africa, whether European or Non-European, to form a United Front to fight for full democratic rights, was…
Will the real PAC please stand up? by Phumza Sokana
INFIGHTING within the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) is far from over as two factions in the party battle with each other over the legitimacy of this weekend’s…
PlaceStation Building, Point Road, Durban
The Victorian Railway Station dates from the 1890s when the Natal Government Railways experienced a surge in economic development. The wrought-iron verandah…
Document 3 - Peace Treaty of Vereeniging
Today's opening address of President Nelson Mandela to parliament will go down in the history of our country as one of the most sober analyses of the…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress On The Occasion Of the 105th Anniversary of the African National Congress Presented By President Jacob Zuma
8 January 2017, Orlando, Soweto His Excellency President Brahim Ghali, President of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, Deputy President Cyril…
Address at the AGM of the SADC Electoral Commissions Forum Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania 27 September, 1999
Your Excellency, President Benjamin Mkapa Chairperson of the Forum, Justice Lewis Makame Chairperson of the Electoral Commissions of Southern Africa …
Chapter 7
The Clarion Call-A Call to Unity "From the people comes the call to the Convention, a call for a lead. The Executive Committee of the All African Convention at…
Interview with Sunny Singh by C de Vos, Durban, 28 May 2002
UNIVERSITY OF DURBAN – WESTVILLE DOCUMENTATION CENTRE ORAL HISTORY PROJECT "VOICES OF RESISTANCE” INTERVIEWEE SUNNY SINGH INTERVIEWER C DE VOS DATE 28…
Article“Bantu Education or the Street” by Norman Levy
This article was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 11) “Bantu Education or the Street” The first half of the 1950s was the…
Americans for South African Resistance, 25 June 1982
I was very pleased to receive the invitation to make statement to the Special Committee against Apartheid on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the …
Letter from Maryland (http://www.archaeology.org/) by Julie Schablitsky
Some African Americans, however, haven’t lost touch with this past, and have found success tracing their lineages through manumission records, the wills of…
Speech by Nelson Mandela at Zionist Christian Church Easter Conference Moria, 3 April 1994
(Begin with a reading from the Gospel According to St Matthew, Chapter 5. Verses: 1 to 12.) 1. And seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain;and…
Negotiations, the ANC Vision of a New South African and the Indian Community Keynote Address by the President of the African National Congress, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Sandton Sun, 13 February 1993 Assalaam Ualaikum, Namiste and Good Evening. We are gathered here today at a time when South Africa is at the threshold of some…
Document 24 - E. R. Roux, Thesis on South Africa, presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 28 July 1928
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 24 - E. R. Roux, Thesis on South Africa,…
AAM and UN: partners in the international campaign against apartheid
I think of the 'anti-apartheid movement' as a coalition of anti-apartheid organisations and individuals, as well as a growing number of governments, which in…
Address by His Excellency President Jacob Zuma on the celebration of Freedom Day, 27 April 2011, Union Buildings, Pretoria
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, Honourable Ministers, Premiers, Deputy Ministers, MECs and Mayors, Honourable Leaders of political parties represented in…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the anniversary of the SOWETO Uprising on 16 June 1976 16 June 1994
Master of Ceremonies Honourable Ministers of the Government of National Unity Honourable Provincial Premiers and cabinet members Leaders of political…
Chapter 2. The Early History of the Garment Workers - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
Although I had been active in the labour movement since the days of my youth, my election to the position of general secretary the union was purely fortuitous…
ArticleDavid Goldblatt Timeline
1930 Born in Randfontein, South Africa, in 1930, the third son of Eli Goldblatt and Olga Light, both of whom came to South Africa as children with their…