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EventJoe Slovo dies
… long battle with cancer of the bone marrow. He was a long- time National Chairperson of the South African Communist … places in the African National Congress…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around birthdays and anniversaries
… which I hope we carried reasonably well. I spent a lot of time on this day thinking of you. Every time I do, I literally glow and long to embrace you and…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Peace and Stability, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… Noting that: 46. Refugee management and control poses a challenge to the state Therefore resolve: 47. ANC structures …
Mobilise Our Black Power - Statement to the People of South Africa on the Tenth Anniversary of Umkhonto we Sizwe by O. R. Tambo, 16 December 1971
… be born, many lives will be lost. We are ready to meet the challenge. The ANC and its military wing Umkhonto we Sizwe …
XI - The Verdict
… the verdict. 'The United States Government has no right to challenge directly a court verdict in South Africa or any …
Chapter 3 - THE MOROGORO AFTERMATH
… and this presented the organisation with a difficult challenge. In fact, even though Marks was replaced by Dadoo … ushered in a new era for the Party. For…
"Attack, Advance, Give the Enemy No Quarter!" by O. R. Tambo, Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 74th Anniversary of the ANC, 8 January 1986
… the white social forces on which it rests. At the same time, the Botha regime is confronted with our mass revolt. … launch to gain some tactical advances…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 74th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1986
… for the white social forces on which it rests. At the same time, the Botha regime is confronted with our mass revolt. … launch to gain some tactical advances…
EventUgandan President Idi Amin releases political prisoners
… prisoners detained by Obote’s government. He wasted no time announcing names of 17 new cabinet Ministers. Amin overthrew his long time ally turned enemy on…
ArticleThe co-optation of the African National Congress: South Africa’s original ‘State Capture’, Sampie Terreblanche
… 1990-94 negotiation process. I have been told that at the time senior individuals attached to the Sanlam Group of … emeritus at Stellenbosch University, and…
ArticleDemocratic Alliance (DA)
… began one of the great parliamentary performances of all time, as Mrs Suzman sat alone for 13 years, the sole … de Lille became executive Mayor of Cape Town …
ArticleTutu and his role in the Truth & Reconciliation Commission
… of pervasive human rights violations while at the same time working to unite and rebuild the nation. Some Black … most notably, members of the ANC - the…
ArticleSouth African Constitution: The Bill of Rights
… Universal Declaration of Human Rights cemented the, at the time, reasonably novel idea that people have fundamental … will make it unique because it will be…
Christianity
… was and where he could be found. The Roman ruler at the time, Pontius Pilate, didn't believe that Jesus had committed … called the Acts of the Apostles that…
Judaism
… Pesach/Passover This festival takes place at the same time as the Christian celebrations for Easter. It celebrates … Hanukkah/Lights This festival takes…
Township Uprising, 1984-1985
… and did not pay much attention to black townships at this time. Some activists were aware of the UDF's standpoint, and … After the success of the stayaway,…
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament, 1983-1984
… and the UDF only played a coordinating role. At this time the UDF did not have the structures in place to play a … government's reforms and support for the…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Vietnam Institute of International Relations on the occasion of Africa Day celebrations, Hanoi
… others, Karl Marx spoke about this phenomenon during his time. In the Communist Manifesto, Marx said: "The discovery … broadcasts to hundreds of millions of…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 79th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1991
… implement these agreements, in keeping with the agreed time scales. Failure to do this will put in very serious … issues, and completing its work within a…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 11
… Natal and Dr. Dadoo in the Transvaal. The Congress at this time was divided into three groups. There was the group … was Kajee's political rival. Congress…
Whither Palestine? by Ronnie Kasrils, 19 May 2015, London
… movements in the Arab World. And likewise at the time when the armed resistance of spear and shield by tribal … entered Rhodesia from newly independent…
Forming the Federation
… the invitation to the 1954 'Women's Conference From the time I joined .the ANC we spent a long time organizing the women. When I joined there were only a … …
Document 7 - The Freedom Charter
… was the priority and support it offered to motherhood in a time of economic and social upheaval (see Gaitskell, 1983: … the mission frontier advanced in the…
EventWWII: SA troops to fight in Europe
… the British Eighth Army and the American Fifth Army. From time to time the South African troops were involved in heavy …
EventSA Olympic team leaves for Barcelona
… Olympic Committee (IOC) for its apartheid policy. At this time, the South African team was composed of members drawn from all racial groups. It competed for…
EventNP Natal Congress agrees to multiracial membership
… as the political negotiations in the country at the time were swinging in favour of the establishment of a … which implied that people of all races, for the…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 1: The Industrial Revolution in Britain and Southern Africa from 1860
… and changes in living conditions, while at the same time there was a new sense of national identity and civic … leaving the agricultural workforce and…
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… The Manifesto of uMkhonto weSizwe states that: “the time comes in the life of any nation when there remain only two choices - submit or fight. That time has…
ArticleSonghai, African Empire, 15-16th Century
… were in West Africa. These civilisations developed at a time when most of Europe was experiencing the Dark Age, after … the fertility of the soil all year…
Document 60 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa to the Communist League of South Africa, 3 March 1936
… to say that at present we do not see our way to expending time and energy on the proposed negotiations for union and … circumstances which in our opinion…