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ArchiveBiography of Nawal El Saadawi by Sierra Hussey
Nawal el-Saadawi has been creative her entire life. As a young girl, she imagined becoming a singer or a dancer. Her dreams of becoming an artist were opposed…
Nelson Mandela’s address to rally in Durban 25 February 1990
Text in italics indicates where the address was delivered in Zulu. Friends, comrades, and the people of Natal, I greet you all. I do so in the name of peace,…
Passive resistance in South Africa by Oliver Tambo, 2 June 1966
Oppressed people in South Africa have always associated the history of the United States with the great name of Abraham Lincoln. There was an issue involving…
"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…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the Budget Vote of the Presidency: National Assembly, Cape Town, June 7, 2006.
Madam Speaker and Deputy Speaker, Deputy President, Honourable Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Honourable Members, Distinguished Guests, Fellow South…
Public announcement of the ANC National Disciplinary Committee hearings of Comrades Julius Malema, Ronald Lamola, Pule Mabe, Sindiso Magaqa Kenetswe Mosenogi and Floyd Shivambu, 10 November 2011
10 November 2011, Chief Albert Luthuli House, Johannesburg PREAMBLE The ANC Constitution requires public announcement of the outcome of a disciplinary…
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…
Speech at the Meeting of Representatives of the Parties and Movements Participating in the Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the "Great October Socialist Revolution" by O. R. Tambo, Moscow, November 4-5, 1987
Comrade Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the CPSU, The delegation of the African National Congress shares the views of all the foreign delegations…
South African Tragedy: Jail Part Lovers by Joseph Lelyveld (New York Times), 5 January 1983
She and Neil Aggett had been a couple for the better part of a decade. In that time, they both became doctors, then followed separate paths into welfare and…
Chapter 6. Conclusion by Frantz Fanon, 1961
Come, then, comrades; it would be as well to decide at once to change our ways. We must shake off the heavy darkness in which we were plunged, and leave it…
PlaceTunisia
Tunisia is bounded by Algeria to the west and southwest, by Libya to the southeast, and by the Mediterranean Sea to the east and north. Used as a Roman, Arab,…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on being awarded an honorary doctorate University of Zululand, 30 May 1998
Mr. Chancellor; Mr. Vice-Chancellor, Members of Council and Senate, Members of the University, Your Majesty, Premier, Distinguished Guests, And…
I - Introduction
From the book: No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa This is the year, which people will talk about This is the year which people will…
81. The People’s Candidates Party and the Lenasia Management Committee
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The People's Candidates Party participated in…
"Apartheid - the Indictment": Paper Presented to the International Conference for Sactions agains South Africa by O. R. Tambo, April 1964
One of the biggest failures of any group of people this century has been the failure of the ruling white minority in South Africa to discard policies which…
Paper Presented to the International Conference for Sanctions Against South Africa, 1 April 1964, London
"Apartheid - the Indictment" One of the biggest failures of any group of people this century has been the failure of the ruling white minority in South Africa…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the1940s by Mohamed Adhikari
From the book: Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education Three documents, fundamental changes that…
Chapter 4
Why the "Compromise"? What is the explanation of the wholesale reversal on the part of the leaders? It is not enough to say that they "sold out". This is a too…
ArchiveCHAPTER TWO: Class, Consiousness and Organisation inthe Political Development of Indian South Africans, 1860 - 1979 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
PlaceDorkay House (1952)
Dorkay House, a building at the south end of Eloff Street in downtown Johannesburg, functioned as the headquarters for the Union of South African Artists,…
A Dialogue in Partnership with Kaya FM - MyConstitution Exhibition
South Africa’s Constitution - admired and respected around the world for its pioneering approach to human rights - is the symbol of a remarkable negotiated…
ANC welcomes Cde Mac Maharaj appointment as President Zuma`s spokesperson, 7 July 2011
The African National Congress welcomes the appointment of Cde Mac Maharaj, a veteran and stalwart of our movement, as President Jacob Zumas spokesperson. As…
Letter from Oliver Tambo to Ayatollah Khomeini, 13 February 1979, Iran, Maputo, People`s Republic of Mozambique
His Excellency Ayatollah Khomeini, Teheran Islamic Republic of Iran On behalf of the African National Congress and the oppressed masses of South Africa we…
Christmas and New Year Message by O. R. Tambo, Distributed Illegally in South Africa, December 1973
Brothers and Sisters! I send you warm greetings from the African National Congress on the occasion of Christmas and New Year. Let us make the festive season…
EventSouth African historian Charles van Onselen is born.
Charles van Onselen was born on 14 August 1944, in the South African town of Boksburg, Gauteng (then Transvaal).[i] van Onselen has become one of the most…
ArchiveChurch and State relations: the story of Bophuthatswana and its independence from 1977 to 1994
A dissertation submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Theology in the subject History at the University of South Africa…
ArchiveThe ANCs first armed military operation: the
A mini-thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of History, University of the Western…
EventSpringboks beat New Zealand in Rugby Wold Cup final match
History was made at Ellis Park Stadium on 24 June 1995, where the South African Rugby team (famously known as the Springboks) beat New Zealand in a mouth…
PlaceRoodepoort Town School, Rex Street
The Roodepoort Town School was established in the 1890s and its premises, including a School Building and a Hall, were opened on 8 October 1913. In 1914 the…
EventAnti-apartheid activist, Norman Levy is born
Norman Levy and his twin brother, Leon Levy were born in Johannesburg to Mary and Mark Levy, immigrants from Lithuania. Levy attended the Yeoville Boys’…