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EventThe Motsuenyane Commission finds the African National Congress (ANC) guilty of abuse in its camps
Human rights abuses were common in South Africa during the apartheid era and the liberation struggle was aimed at bringing these abuses to an end. When…
EventThe ship São Bento (St Benedict) is wrecked on the Transkei coast
Though the date on which the São Bento was shipwrecked is under dispute (some sources claim the ship was wrecked on the 22 April 1554), the reason for the…
EventUS Secretary of State Colin Powell is heckled by activists on the closing day of the World Summit.
Secretary of State Colin Powell was heckled by activists on the closing day of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in, South Africa. The Summit took…
EventKing Moshoeshoe II, the paramount chief of Lesotho, is killed in an accident
King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho died in a car accident shortly after he reclaimed his royal throne in 1995. The car he was travelling in rolled down a cliff on a…
EventWomen protest against passes in the Free State
The first protest of women against the carrying of passes by women took place in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now Free State), where there was a large…
EventChief of the Zondi, Bambata is killed
In the Mpanza valley in the Umvoti district, a minor chief of the Zondi, Bambatha ka Mancinza Zondi (also spelt Bambada, Bhambada), flatly refused to collect…
PlaceAlexandra, Township in Johannesburg
A Township 13 kilometeres from North-East Johannesburg. The development of Alexandra Township dates back to 1912. Sometimes thought to be named in honour of…
EventThe First Anglo-Boer War: Boers defeat the British at the Battle of Majuba
The poverty and vulnerability of the South African Republic (Transvaal) prompted Disraeli's Conservative government to annex it in 1877. This was an important…
EventThe last French troops pull out of Rwanda
Rwanda, much like the rest of the African continent, was ruled by colonial powers that left a legacy of ethnic and class divisions. The Tutsi had been the…
Archive2016 - President Zuma: State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2016
The Speaker of the National Assembly, The Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces; Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Deputy Chairperson of…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the occasion of the eighth anniversary of the Triumph of the Sandinista Revolution, 01 July 1987, Managua
Comrade Daniel Ortega, President of the Republic of Nicaragua and Coordinator of the Executive Commission of the National Directorate of the Sandinista…
Burundi: The ambiguous coup by Simon Allison (Daily Maverick), 14 May 2015
While President Pierre Nkurunziza was stuck in Dar es Salaam tweeting up a storm, his former intelligence chief was busy taking over the country. Many welcomed…
Cosatu march: For Who, for What? by Simelane and Nicolson (Daily Maverick), 8 October 2015
At 9:00 on Wednesday morning, only a few people in union T-shirts sat in the shade in Johannesburg's Mary Fitzgerald Square, the listed starting point in the…
!U’S STORY - Photographs 1 - 8
see photos !U's story Part 1: Our home is the Kalahari. We are the !Kung of Nyae Nyae. The Kalahari is a very big desert which takes up almost a third of…
ArchiveCHAPTER EIGHT: Indian Resistance Politics In Transition, 1990-1996 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
First National Consultative Conference: Report on the Strategy and Tactics of the African National Congress, 26 April 1969, Morogoro
The struggle of the oppressed people of South Africa is taking place within an international context of transition to the Socialist system, of the breakdown of…
ArchiveLiving in the Interregnum by Nadine Gordimer (The New York Review of Books), 20 January 1983
I live at 6,000 feet in a society whirling, stamping, swaying with the force of revolutionary change. The vision is heady; the image of the demonic dance is…
Apartheid - A Crime Against Humanity: The Unfolding of Total Strategy 1948-1989
The content of this article was taken from the book A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman, (Cape…
Conflict among civic organisations
Civic organisations in the Western Cape, particularly in Cape Town did not share the same ideological stance, interests and outcomes. One of the major…
Margaret Thatcher's role in SA's transformation by FW de Klerk, 5 December 2016
Speech by Former President FW de Klerk to the Margaret Thatcher Centre It is a great pleasure for me to be able to address the Margaret Thatcher Centre Gala…
40. 1903 reviewed by Indian Opinion
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai M. K. Gandhi founded Indian Opinionin June 1903…
ArchiveAn Interview With F.W. De Klerk, the Last Apartheid President of South Africa by Nicolas Rossier
21 years ago, leading anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was released by South African President F.W. de Klerk after spending 27 years in prison. His…
ArticleA Charge of Treason by Norman Levy
This article was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 12) A Charge of Treason When detectives invaded the Congress of the People on 26…
PlaceGreatmore Studios
Greatmore Studios was established in 1988 but only registered as an NPO in 2007. It is an artist residency and centre with studios and exhibition space in…
New Year Message to U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations by O. R. Tambo, 29 December, 1964
We wish, Sir, to place on record that the United Nations has this year shown a new firmness and determination in the handling of the South African question…
ANC statement on Zimbabwe, 26 May 2000
The African National Congress wishes to reiterate its position on Zimbabwe as per the discussions and decisions of its last National Executive Committee (NEC)…
EventDulcie September's 's life commemorated at Athlone High School
Dulcie September was born on 20 August 1935. From her early years of activism she chose the path of resistance against the apartheid regime. She was a member…
EventCourt verdict made on the sinking of the SS Mendi
Following the sinking of the SS Mendi troopship, from which 616 South Africans lost their lives, there was an official and legal investigation done into the…
PlaceLittle Lions Head, Mt. Above Llandudno
Little Lions head is nestled in between Llandudno, Sandy Bay and Hout Bay and is basically a smaller version of Lions Head as they look almost identical. "…
EventMandela smuggled out the country and appears in Addis Ababa
Early in 1962, Nelson Mandela was smuggled across the borders of South Africa. He was granted an Ethiopian passport by Haile Selassie, and classified as a…