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Article20 Years of Democracy (1994 - 2014) - Profiles of the Presidents
South Africa’s advent to democracy was ushered through the 1993 Interim Constitution, drawn up through negotiations among various political parties,…
Statement at the International Conference on the EEC and South Africa by O. R. Tambo, Dublin, 27 January 1979
… that bind our people with those of the community of nations in order that we should become easy prey for the … should demand a more comprehensive and…
A Biography of Ernest Cole by Anna Hutchinson
… at Drum Cole had learned about the existence of the United Nations and the Afro-Asian Bloc. In a documentary filmed in … in South Africa. Initially he…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 29 July 1990
… how do you see Zulus as being different from the other nations or the other people's of South Africa, or the rest of … life of the people. We were quite…
ArchiveApartheid Super Spy, Craig Williamson’s Trails of Death and Destruction: The Scandinavian Connection, (Responses to recent exposures in Jyllands Posten) by Prithiraj Dullay
… obtaining arms for S Africa in contravention of the United Nations arms embargo. The assassination of Swedish premier … that was a breach of the one of the…
Document 53 - M. Harmel, “Observations on Certain Aspects of Imperialism in South Africa”, Viewpoints and Perspectives, 1, 3, February 1954
… and Perspectives, 1, 3, February 1954 [....] TWO NATIONS [....] On the one hand the most superficial observer … the will of the people. In a word: there are…
ArticleDebating Stellenbosch University’s Language Policy
In March 2015 students at the University of Cape Town (UCT), Western Cape, launched a student movement, namely #Rhodes Must Fall which focused on the…
The Storming: Insurrections Ensemble by Dilip Menon, Centre for Indian Studies in Africa, University of Witwatersrand, June 2017
… our histories are premised on territorial entities: nations, states and their institutions. And territories come …
Farewell Speech On Eve Of Imprisonment, February 29, 1948
… what our Prime Minister preached before the United Nations Assembly. He claimed before the world's assembly that …
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
… by the UN Secretary-General, as agreed by the United Nations General Assembly, as the new UN High Commissioner for …
47. The assault on Gandhi
… These are not common even in Englishmen. Some nations have more of these [qualities], others have less. …
ArticleSouth Africa’s 2019 General Election - Post Analysis
South Africans went to the polls on 8 May 2019 in a general election considered the most important since the dawn of democracy in 1994. The ruling African…
Archive2005 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2005
… country more in line with other successful emerging-market nations. "...The current economic upswing, which began in … the African Union, the Caribbean…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Second Joint Sitting of the Third Democratic Parliament Cape Town: February 11 2005
… country more in line with other successful emerging-market nations. "”¦The current economic upswing, which began in … the African Union, the Caribbean…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… Year of the Youth, as proclaimed by the United Nations (UN)- the UDF also concentrates organisation building …
Document 47. Minutes of the Annual Conference of the ANC, December 15-19, 1949
… at 5.20.p.m. in order to allow the Congress Youth League to hold their own Conference for the rest of that … consultation. The session then was devoted to…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 4 - Participatory Democracy
… First, the existence of a strong party, the Communist League, may limit the reality of participation. The League certainly does not play the same…
ArticleIndentured Indian labourers and their struggle for citizenship in South Africa by Dr Brij Maharaj
… issue when it was raised repeatedly in the United Nations’ General Assembly from 1946. A consistent policy of …
Document 119 - Non-European United Front of South Africa, Minutes of Conference held in City Hall, Cape Town, 8 to 10 April 1939
… by Councillor Mrs. Z. Gool (President, National Liberation League of S.A.) , Mr. Ahmed Ismail (President, Cape Indian … of their policy." Mr. B. Lakey …
ArticleRemembering the Battle of Adwa
The year 1896 signifies an important moment in African history. In that year, on 1 March 1896, a historic battle between invading Italian forces and a strong…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 79th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1991
… Assembly. But, as visualised in both the Harare and United Nations Declarations dealing with the peaceful resolution of … its place as an equal member among…
Chapter 3 - Exploring the feasibility of negotiation
… of the Organization of African Unity. The United Nations also discussed the Harare Declaration, which must … for another reason: it took place while the…
ArchiveThe 16th of December in South Africa by Wolfram Kistner
… on the rule of God’s chosen people in relation to “heathen nations”. Exodus 17:15 reads as follows: ‘And Moses built an …
EventZANU-PF under Robert Mugabe wins the first free elections in Zimbabwe and Robert Mugabe becomes president
On 4 March 1980, Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) won Zimbabwe's first free elections, securing 57 of the 80 common…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Debating Socialist Lineages. Convenors Shahid Vawda and Lungisile Ntsebeza
Webinar Programme: Debating Socialist Lineages. Convenors: Shahid Vawda and Lungisile Ntsebeza The Making of the Trotskyist Tradition in South Africa: A…
ArchiveDemocracy
Democracy 25 years of freedom 1994 to 2019 Democracy Ubuntu One rainbow nation A rising sun An African Sunset Democracy The elegance of the Blue…
ArchiveBiography of Ellen Kuzwayo by Laura Wilson, 3 May 2018
… admission of women followed by the birth of the Women’s League and the Youth ANC in 1944, she returned to …
ArchiveAppendix 2 The Political Landscape of Cape Town, by Dr Z. Pallo Jordan
… Organisation of South Africa (FIOSA), the Teachers League of South Africa (TLSA), the Springbok Legion and a …
13 notable women in Cape Town’s history, 6 August 2015
… 1897 – 1 July 1963) founded the National Liberation League (NLL) in 1936 and served as the organisation’s first …
Chapter 27. The Police State in Action
… in the activities of the organisations called CIVIL RIGHTS LEAGUE SOUTH AFRICAN PEACE MOVEMENT FREEDOM OF THE PRESS …