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Address by President Nelson Mandela at the 5th National Congress of COSATU 7 September 1994
Comrade Chairperson, Comrade President John Gomomo, Comrade General-Secretary Sam Shilowa, Members of Central Executive Committee, Distinguished…
Address to the United Nations Security Council on the Arusha Peace Process 29 September 2000 Mr President Honourable Members of the Security Council
We are honoured by the opportunity of returning to the Security Council to report to your honourable selves and our esteemed world body on progress and the…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of Women’’s Day: Ga-Motlatla, Ditsobotla Local Municipality, North-West Province, 9 August 2008
Programme Director, Minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan, Minister of Provincial and Local Government, Sydney Mufamadi, Premier of the North West,…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of Heritage Day, Cape Town
Programme Director, MEC Whitey Jacobs (TBC), Minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan, Premier of the Western Cape Province, Ebrahim Rasool, Speaker of…
Address at the 22nd Congress of the Socialist International, 27 October 2003
Chairperson, Comrades and Friends: As has been indicated, this Panel is scheduled to discuss the topic of a new multilateralism for sustainable development…
Fourthly, as to the NATIVE QUESTION
I The Constitution of South Africa shall provide for the establishment of one sovereign state, a common South African citizenship and a democratic system of…
47. The assault on Gandhi
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Satyagraharequired that the word of the…
ArchiveCHAPTER 2 - You only win once by Howard Barrell
- Prioritising armed struggle, January 1974 - June 1976 A struggle is made up of failures essentially. It’s true. You only win once, and that’s at the end. -…
A lighthouse for African womanhood': Inanda Seminary, 1869-19451 by Heather Hughes
From the book: Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker Founded in 1869 by American Board Missionaries, Inanda Seminary was the…
Patric Tariq “de Goede” Mellet
Names: Mellet, Patric Tariq. Date of Birth: 1956 Place of Birth: …
Archive2020 - President Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 13 February 2020
Speaker of the National Assembly (NA), Ms Thandi Modise, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), Mr Amos Masondo, Deputy President David…
Term 1:THE HUNTER GATHERERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
<< back to term 1 Contents: WHO ARE THE HUNTER GATHERERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA? LIFE OF THE SAN CHANGES FOREVER: The arrival of the Europeans WHO…
ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
The participation of young people in the liberation struggle preceded the student uprising of June 16, 1976. Before the establishment of the African National…
The First Slaves at the Cape
On March 28 1658 the Dutch merchant ship the Amersfoort anchored at Table Bay with 174 Angolan slaves in her hold. These slaves constituted the first shipment…
ArticleSouth African Students Movement (SASM)
The South African Students Movement (SASM) an organisation of mainly high school students was formed to represent students, articulate grievances and foster…
His Life and Legacy - Oliver Tambo
Oliver Reginald Tambo, leader of the African National Congress in exile for thirty years, died on 23 April 1993. Yet his legacy lives on. Comrade O.R. left us…
ArchiveCHAPTER 4 - A turn to masses by Howard Barrell
- The Quest for a Political Base, October 1978 - August 1979 [I]f our own independent efforts had taught us anything in the recent period, it was that our…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Congress Youth League Activities
From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede 6. "congress youth league manifesto," Issued by the Provisional Committee of the Congress…
ArchiveSteve Mokone: the striker who broke the apartheid barrier
The first black South African footballer to play in Europe, was told whenever he scored it would be in the cause of independence. Jonathan Wilson tells of a…
ArchiveRecollections of the Resurrection of Women’s Day, 40 Years Ago by Julie Wells
My Background When I look back at those activities of 1980, I think of it as the time when I got introduced to the realm of political activism. I had first…
ArchiveSouth Africa in World War One, 31 October 2018
In the second of a series of scholarly articles leading up to Armistice Day on 11 November, Martin Plaut, journalist and senior research fellow at the…
PlaceHeilbron, Free State
Although it was a small camp, Heilbron was unusual in several respects. This area in the northern Free State might appear flat and uninteresting but, the…
ArticleTimeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected Related Pieces Legislation
1885The Asiatic Bazaar Law was passed in the Transvaal, which authorized the creation of separate districts for Indians. Its primary justification was that of…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Social Transformation, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
Report on Commissions 1. The two commissions received an input on major issues for discussion. The input took for granted that the discussion document that…
Canon Collins Memorial Lecture by Oliver Tambo, 28 May 1987, London
It is now almost five years since Canon John Collins passed away. With his departure, many of us lost a dear friend. As a people, we lost a fellow-combatant…
Statement at the 25th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 24 – 26 July 1989
Mr. Chairman, President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak, Your Excellencies, Distinguished Heads of State and Government, Esteemed Heads of Delegations, Your…
Archive1994 - President Mandela, State Of the Nation Address, 24 May 1994 (After National Elections)
Madame Speaker and Deputy Speaker, President of the Senate and Deputy President, Deputy Presidents, Chief Justice, distinguished members of the National…
Document 28 - Brian Bunting, “Problems of the Multi-Racial Conference”, Liberation, 28, November 1957
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 28 - Brian Bunting, "Problems of the Multi…
Document 4 - B.M. Kies “The Background of Segregation”, Address delivered to the National Anti-CAD Conference, 29 May 1943
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 4 - B.M. Kies "The Background of Segregation",…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 71th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1983
Today, January 8th, we mark the 71st anniversary of our organisation, the African National Congress. We are beginning a new political year. We must therefore…