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ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
Introduction Following British victory in the South African War, the Union of South Africa was forged in 1910 under the British Commonwealth. The Union…
ArchiveThe Original Chris Hani Memorandum
THE ORIGINAL CHRIS HANI MEMORANDUM “We, as genuine revolutionaries, are moved by the frightening depths reached by the rot in the ANC and the disintegration…
ArchiveCuito Cuanavale, Angola 25th Anniversary of a Historic African Battle by Ronnie Kasrils (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola
Prohibited from meeting openly by South Africa’s apartheid government, the Seventh Congress of the South African Communist Party was held in Cuba in April 1989…
Address By President Mandela - Opening Of The President’s Budget Debate Cape Town, 2 March 1999
Madame Speaker; Honourable Members; Ladies and Gentlemen. It is a great honour to stand once again in this chamber in the debate on our government’s…
Say It out Loud - The 1909 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 13th April 1909
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1909 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 13th April 1909 1 The President, in formally opening the…
Document 87 - “Lessons of the All-Bantu Convention”, The Spark, 2, 2, February 1936
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 87 - "Lessons of the All-Bantu Convention", The…
"Racial Crisis in South Africa" . Address to meeting of Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, March 2, 1961
South Africa has a population of 15 million, of which 12 million are non-whites and 3 million are whites. The white people of South Africa are a settled…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Bound to strike back by Emilia Potenza
From the book: All That Glitters by Emilia PotenzaThis feature has explored the devastating changes that industrialisation brought for the majority of people…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1700 - 1799 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida 1700 Number and origin of slaves at the Cape The Dutch East India Company…
Chapter 23. How the United Party Betrayed South Africa - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
The Nationalist Party, though always claiming to have no association with Nazism, had staked everything on a Nazi victory. Hitler's defeat, therefore, weakened…
The Broederbond by Norman Levy
This article was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 3) The Broederbond Just as it was the white man’s way to think and dream for the…
ArticleThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
Relations between Russia and South Africa In the late-19th century, Russia was engaged in rivalry with the British Empire, especially in Asia, and sought to…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1930-1939
1930 The Durban Municipality was a major employer of Indian labour, employing an average of 2 000 workers through the 1930s and 1940s. Municipal workers…
Message to the Seventh Congress of the South African Communist Party by O. R. Tambo, April 1989
Comrade Joe Slovo, General Secretary of the South African Communist Party, Comrade Dan Tloome, Chairman of the South African Communist Party, Distinguished…
The values of David Goldblatt by Zachary Rosen,13 June 2017
Inseparable from the photographic images of world-renowned South African photographer David Goldblatt, are values. Values, like waves of light, are in some…
'Opening Address' at Annual Conference of the South African Indian Congress by Dr. S. M. Molema, 25 January 1952
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am deeply conscious of the signal honour it is to be asked to open this 20th conference of the South African Indian…
PlaceVredenhof Organic Farm, Somerset West
For many year seafarers sought a trade route to link Europe and the East in order to cut out the Arab middlemen who controlled the land routes. Vasco da Gama,…
PlaceWindermere
Situated beside Kensington, Windermere was a settlement situated on the N1 highway in Cape Town near the Ysterplaat airbase. The Group Areas Act of 1950…
Address as Chairperson of the Non-Aligned Movement at the Opening of the South Summit, Havana 12 April 2000
Chairperson of the South Summit, President Olusegun Obasanjo, Our esteemed host, President Fidel Castro, Your Excellency, Mr Kofi Annan, Secretary General of…
Address At The Commerce Faculty Graduation Ceremony(Media friendly) by Saleem Badat, 10 April 2015, Rhodes University
My discipline is historical sociology. Sociology looks behind and beyond everyday appearances. It tries to discover the deeper processes at work in society…
Statement by President Mandela on receiving the report of the TRC Pretoria, 29 October 1998
Chairperson of the TRC, The Most Reverend Desmond Tutu Presiding Officers of our Houses of Parliament Ministers and Deputy Ministers Leaders of Political…
Address by President Mandela on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Geneva, 19 May 1998
Director-General; Your Excellencies; Ladies and Gentlemen, Today's auspicious occasion is rich with the ironies of this latter half of the Twentieth…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at a breakfast meeting of the Foreign Correspondents Association 24 April 1995
Chairperson of the Foreign Correspondents Association; Members of the Association; Distinguished guests. I should start off by apologising for the late…
Dr. Nelson Mandela’s acceptance address at the Clark University Investiture Atlanta, Georgia, 10 July 1993
Mr. President, Distinguished members of the faculty, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a singular honour for me to stand before you today to receive this …
”Opening Address” at Annual Conference of the South African Indian Congress, by Dr. S. M. Molema, January 25, 1952
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am deeply conscious of the signal honour it is to be asked to open this 20th conference of the South African Indian…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Opening Ceremony of the Second Festival of the Cultures and Civilisations of World Deserts, Dubai: 16 April 2005.
Your Royal Highness, Crown Prince of Dubai and Minister of Defence, Sheikh Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Your Excellency, Patron of the World Deserts…
Address at the Dinner in honour of South African Olympians and Paralympians: Bryntirion Estate, Tshwane: 11 December 2004
Master of Ceremonies, Honourable Deputy President Jacob Zuma, Honourable Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Honourable Premiers, Your Worship, Mayor of Tshwane…
Address at the National Youth Day Celebrations, 16 June 2002
It has been 26 years since the youth of South Africa marched in all parts of the country on a lonely journey for a better education, a transformed South Africa…
"Opening Address" at Annual Conference of the South Afri­can Indian Congress, by Dr. S. M. Molema, January 25, 1952
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am deeply conscious of the signal honour it is to be asked to open this 20th conference of the South African Indian…
60. Congress and the Non-European Co-operation Conference, 1927
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Even though the South African Indian Congress…