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ArchiveGarment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… the painful task of building a strong united union in the face of overwhelming odds - the bitter opposition of …
The International Socialist League (ISL)
… progressives saw the importance of organising the growing Black working class. However, amongst this group there was still debate over the role of the Black…
ArticleBloemfontein the Segregated city
… of decision making was governed by the state. Thus, a Black leader of a body could be appointed or relieved of his … matters, little was done within these…
ArticleBiography of Mongane Wally Serote by Matthew Williams
… that conveyed the suffering and anger of the oppressed black South African people. Despite being in exile and away … Serote, poetry, apartheid, African…
PlaceWindhoek, Capital City of Namibia
Windhoek is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Namibia. If Namibia is Africa for beginners, then Windhoek is very much its capital in more than…
PlaceThembuland
… severely curtailed the voting rights of the Thembu and all Black African citizens of the Cape. However it was the Union …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… crowd of Blacks in Newclare, Johannesburg attack a Black policeman attempting to arrest an African civilian … for unity among Africans and redefines the…
Chapter 21. Civil War in the Factories - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… a young Afrikaner woman flaunted a swastika in the face of another, who had that morning learned that her … must be made to believe that the workers were…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 90th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2002
… educator, Booker T. Washington, and said to his black audience: "I want to give you niggers a few words of … that." As the ANC was born, everywhere, wherever…
Doing Oral History
… It is typical of many places in northern KZN where black farmers were able to by land before the passing of the 1913 Land Act. The first black farmers bought…
A Marxist critique of the Freedom Charter
… of the Freedom Charter are a cover for a section of the black middle class to become junior capitalist partners of … challenging these features, ie that the…
Chapter 10 - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… for 31 March. [56] Nevertheless the desperate thirst of black working people for a lead in action produced a response … the decade. In Cape Town African…
ArticleA timeline of Zuma-Gupta issues from Nenegate to the firing of Pravin Gordhan
… said Duduzane Zuma.. Atul Gupta, travelling in his black BMW, is stopped by police on the R55 motor-way at about … did its own empowerment transaction. We…
Article by Oliver Tambo in World Marxist Review, 06 March 1980
… Africa the whites maintain their colonial rule over the black population, or the majority. The living and working conditions of the black population are…
Racism in Isolation by O. R. Tambo, World Marxist Review, March 1980
… Africa the whites maintain their colonial rule over the black population, or the majority. The living and working conditions of the black population are…
Address at the National War College Abuja, Nigeria 8 December 2003
… in Rwanda:Random House, Canada) We know that in the face of widespread murder and gruesome atrocities in Sierra … is not "enough to denounce unilateralism,…
Speech by Nelson Mandela at the Zionist Christian Church Easter Conference Moria, 20th April 1992
… Charter, that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white! It because of our devotion to, our fervent … to go into exile. It is because we…
ArticleA history of Soweto
… who alarmed the authorities by sleeping also with black mine workers. Fifteen years after the discovery of gold … to mining developments elsewhere, for…
PlaceKaaiman's River, Garden Route
The Kaaimans River, also known as 'Keerom River', it is a River in the Western Cape, South Africa. The mouth of the River lies near the Wilderness. Further…
ArticleWomen and the struggle against Apartheid
… other women who got deeply involved in fighting apartheid. Black women faced three forms of oppression in South Africa … take a stand against passes A pass…
ArticleNatal Workers’ Theatre in the 1980s
… oppression, both material, and in line with Steve Biko’s Black Consciousness , Psychological. This article looks at … express the material issues of workers,…
Archive`The struggle is my life`- Nelson Mandela press statement
… oppressed people determined to win their freedom. In the face of unprecedented intimidation by the government and … vigorously and without delay. The entire…
ArticleThe South African War 1899-1902
… The Boers lost over 34 000 people. More than 15 000 black people were killed. The British government was … First Anglo-Boer War and more battles took place…
ArticleThe Cabinet Reshuffle of 2017
… white monopoly capital, which is the primary cause of black poverty which strengthens and legitimizes the notion of a black bourgeoisie. 1. White Monopoly…
The Freedom struggle: Political mobilisation in Port Elizabeth
… The Eastern Cape is regarded by many as the cradle of Black resistance against White oppression. After the defeat … organisations. The first was the…
ArticleThe Founding of the SANNC
… beverage? • Native schools and churches. • The Black Peril and White Peril. • Native Lands and Reserves. … co-operation between the government and the…
ArticleAnglo-Zulu Wars 1879-1896
… them. The Natal Native Contingent showed reluctance to face the Zulus, some of whom were armed with rifles. In an … The British lost 52 officers, 727 white…
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
… 1921 24 May, the Smuts government took action against a black sect, the Israelites, under the leadership of Enoch … a day. They continued the strike for a…
The ANC Gauteng condemns violent protests and ongoing disruption of schools in Gauteng Province!, 7 September 2011
… protests and other acts of anarchy and ill-discipline will face the full might of the organization. Disruption of … children an opportunity to learn. Given…
Address by the Chairperson of the Non-Aligned Movement, President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, to the NAM Ministerial Meeting United Nations, New York, 23 September 1999
… and the voice of the weak and the powerless in the face of the dominant hegemony of the strong and powerful. We … having their most basic human needs met…