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GANDHI THE PRISONER
A comparison of prison experiences and conditions of Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela in South Africa1 by Nelson Mandela Gandhi threatened the South…
PlaceAngola
Angola has a long and rich history, and is home to some of the largest historical kingdoms in Africa such as the Kingdom of Kongo or the Kingdom of Ndongo. The…
ANC NGC – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly by Marius Strydom (News24 Voices), 12 October 2015
ABOUT two years ago, Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba found himself facing an angry television audience at a recording of The Big Debate, the popular TV…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the ANC National Conference on Reconstruction and Strategy NASREC, Johannesburg, 21 January 1994
Comrade Chairperson, Esteemed members of the Diplomatic Corps, Fellow members of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, Leaders of our allied…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the workshop for Human Rights Education Durban, 21 September 1994
Mr. Chairman, Members of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights, Judges of the Supreme Court, Vice-Chancellors, Delegates to this Workshop on…
Minutes of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, February 1-2, 1947
SATURDAY - 1st FEB. 1947, 8 P.M. PRESENT: Dr. A.B. Xuma (in the chair) Messrs. J.B. Marks, C.S. Ramohanoe, R.G. Baloyi, J.E. Malepe, L.K. Ntlabati, A.M…
Esau Mokhethi reburial speech by AZAPO President Cde. Koti Dikobo
Programme Director, Cde. Nelvis Qekema, Jwarra!!! Pastors who are present; Pastor Letshelega, Prof. Masango, Rev. Raboroko and Rev. Vilakazi The family of…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki on the Occasion of the Celebration of Workers Day, Swellendam, Western Cape, 1 May 2006
Today is Workers Day. It is a day when workers should relax and enjoy themselves; and not spend too many hours in public meetings. I am not going to be long…
Bishop Tutu’s 1999 interview on NewsHour
RAY UAREZ: We start with some background on this crusader against apartheid in South Africa, including a reprise of several of his appearances on this program…
The diary of Maria Tholo - February 16 by Carol Hermer
From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer Maria's Diary, Wednesday, February 16 What a welcome change. On Sunday a week ago we heard the happy…
A reply by Albert Luthuli to Mr. Jordan K. Ngubane`s attacks on the African National Congress, 5 June 1956
Mr. Ngubane has written most voluminously in several issues of the Indian Opinion making scathing and unjustified remarks about the African National Congress…
Chapter IV - Becoming an activist
From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph I remember well that first meeting with the redoubtable Solly Sachs, when I flew to Johannesburg for the interview…
The Treason Trial: Foreword by Chief Albert Luthuli to a book by Helen Joseph, 1963
`What are Kingdoms without Justice but large robber bands?` St. Augustine Mrs. Helen Joseph has made an important contribution to the literature of the…
David Goldblatt: Intersections by Matt Damsker
Published 2005 by Prestel. Essays by Christoph Danelzik-Bruggemann, Michael Stevenson, and an interview with the photographer by Mark Haworth-Booth. 124 pages;…
ArchiveAppendix 5 Notes on Palestine and Israel by Denis Goldberg
I made notes in November 2002 for use in future speeches on Palestine and Israel, nearly 9 years later they are equally valid: We in SA know about racial…
ArchiveAppendix 4 Manifesto of Umkhonto we Sizwe by Denis Goldberg
Leaflet issued by the Command of Umkhonto we Sizwe, 16th December 1961 Units of Umkhonto we Sizwe today carried out planned attacks against government…
PlaceDiepkloof, Soweto
Diepkloof covers an Area of approximately 2,50218 square kilometres and houses a Population of approximately 104 098 persons (2001 Census). It is located on…
ArchiveGetting to know Omar from the inside out by Robyn Sassen, February 19, 2019
THE ROOM IS deeply silent, but robustly populated. All eyes are focused on the speaker, who is out of your line of sight. In this 1989 photograph of a trade…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at a Luncheon hosted by Prime Minister Tomichi Murayama Tokyo, 5 July 1995
Your Excellency, Mr. Tomichi Murayama, Prime Minister of Japan; Excellencies; Ladies and Gentlemen. Since we arrived in your beautiful country, we have…
Address by President Mandela at the Seoul University Seoul, 6 July 1995
President of the Seoul National University; Distinguished staff and students; Ladies and Gentlemen. It is barely three hours since we landed in the…
Document 42 - Leon Trotsky, “Closer to the Proletarians of the Colored’ Races!”, The Militant, 2 July 1932
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 42 - Leon Trotsky, "Closer to the Proletarians…
Mandela and his three wives - Evelyn, Winnie and Graca by Sapa-AFP, 6 December 2013
In sharp contrast to Graca Machel and his feisty second wife Winnie, Mandela's first wife was a demure country girl who kept well away from politics. Like him…
Enuga S Reddy: Notes on meeting with Dr. Cassim Jadwat -1997
[Dr. Jadwat is from Natal; probably from Isipingo and later Durban. He was a student at Sastri College in Durban. [A.I. Kazi, leader of the Natal Indian…
Document 37 - “Communist Election Policy Defined: National Conference Decision”, The Guardian, 8 January 1948
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 37 - “Communist Election Policy Defined:…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Glossary
From the book: Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education acolyte– an assistant or follower ad hoc– formed only…
ArticleInsurrections Ensemble
Can you create music that can find a home on both sides of the Indian Ocean beyond the cliché of “fusion”? Are Indian forms compatible with their African…
ArticleThe Cape Coloured Corps and the First World War
In September 1915, the Union Government offered to raise an infantry battalion of Cape Coloured men for service in the First World War. A strict selection…
A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
GANGEN-GEORGE PONNEN - SPEAKS OF HIS LIFE AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE TRADE UNION, POLITICAL AND NATIONAL LIBERATION MOVEMENTS IN HIS COUNTRY, SOUTH AFRICA. I was…
Chapter 3 - Gumede’s role in NNC and SANNC Politics, 1909 – 1919 ‘We pray that the people be allowed to live in peace in their own land’.
JT Gumede - Lloyd George, 1 December 1919 .INTRODUCTIONAn important thrust of this chapter concerns the struggles within Black politics over methods used to…
77. The South African Indian Council: an assessment from within, 1978
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In 1966, the Government appointed a National…