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On the expulsion of Communists from the ICU by The South African Worker, December 24 1926, South Africa

Why the United Front Failed: Disruptive Role of the PAC by Dr Y.M. Dadoo, March 29 1962, South Africa

To the Workers of the Bantu Race by The International, 15 February 1918, South Africa

The role of the SACP in the struggle for national liberation

The role of the SACP in the struggle for national liberation

Fight the New Fascist Bill — Defend the Cape Native Franchise - 1935

Refuse to Ship Goods to Abyssinia! Defend the Last Independent Native State in Africa from the Attacks of Italian Imperialism! by Umsebenzi, 22 June 1935, South Africa

For a United Front of the People Against Imperialism by Umsebenzi, 26 October 1935, South Africa

Heroes of our revolution: Bram Fischer (1908 -1975)

Heroes of our revolution: Bram Fischer (1908 -1975)

How to Master Secret Work by Communist Party of South Africa

First published: during the ’eighties' as a series of articles in ‘Umsebenzi’; later as a single pamphlet for undergrou...

Mandela’s membership of the Communist Party: what needs to be reassessed by Tom Lodge

The evidence that Stephen Ellis refers to about Mandela’s membership of the Communist Party is pretty definitive. It is ...

The SACP – the communist tail that wags the ANC dog and its mythical future for SA

The SACP – the communist tail that wags the ANC dog and its mythical future for SA

Sara Gon writes about the history of communism and wants to know how the South African Communist Party, which has advoca...

Trojan Horses: Liliesleaf, Rivonia (August 1962 - 11 July 1963) by Garth Canon Benneyworth, 2 November 2017

Trojan Horses: Liliesleaf, Rivonia (August 1962 - 11 July 1963) by Garth Canon Benneyworth, 2 November 2017

Marikana: The blame game - A special report by Niren Tolsi and Paul Botes

Marikana: The blame game - A special report by Niren Tolsi and Paul Botes

Introduction On August 16 2012 the South African police shot and killed 34 striking miners at the Lonmin platinum min...

Rolling up Rivonia: 1962 - 1963 by Garth Benneyworth, 15 August 2017

Rolling up Rivonia: 1962 - 1963 by Garth Benneyworth, 15 August 2017

Operation Mayibuye 1963 by Garth Benneyworth

Operation Mayibuye 1963 by Garth Benneyworth

The Colors of Resistance in Apartheid South Africa: Black Consciousness Poetry and the Racial Elusiveness of Wopko Jensma

The article analyzes Black Consciousness poetry of the 1970s and 1980s South Africa alongside the protest poetry of whit...

“A Black Rather Well-Known South African Recently Arrived in London”: Critical Responses to Todd Matshikiza’s Chocolates for My Wife

“A Black Rather Well-Known South African Recently Arrived in London”: Critical Responses to Todd Matshikiza’s Chocolates for My Wife

In Todd Matshikiza’s autobiography, Chocolates for My Wife (1961), which describes the exiled South African writer and m...

Ben Turok - a revolutionary Thought Leader until the end

The late Professor Ben Turok, one of the most outspoken revolutionaries of our time.

Namibia is showing wear and tear after 30 years under SWAPO rule

Namibia turns 30 this month. Its former liberation movement, the South West Africa People’s Organisation SWAPO, has...

Mohammed Tikly - A Tribute

John Liebenberg: masterful photographer of life and war in southern Africa

John Liebenberg: masterful photographer of life and war in southern Africa

South African photojournalist John Liebenberg is best known for his remarkable body of work in Namibia, especi...

How the EFF helps the media EFF itself, and other totalitarian holiday tales

Wow, so much screaming. Are the EFF simply a media-created shitstorm of no substance, the Twitterocracy want to know? Or...

The EFF is Malema and Malema is the EFF — what happens when he falls?

Under Julius Malema, the EFF has turned into a pseudo-revolutionary religious cult. He has alienated many in the party, ...

The Causes of the Boer War by Prof. Marius Swart

The Anglo-Boer War was an event which had a long prelude and the after effects have not completely disappeared as yet. I...

Biography of Simon Marule by Kendyl Fleury

Biography of Simon Marule by Kendyl Fleury

This article forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project

Biography of Ephraim Mthethwa by Andrew Stellin

Biography of Ephraim Mthethwa by Andrew Stellin

This article forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project

Biography of Elmon Malele by Jacob Prothr

Biography of Elmon Malele by Jacob Prothr

This article forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project

Biography of Alfred Makaleng by Lucas Martin

Biography of Alfred Makaleng by Lucas Martin

This article forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project

Biography of Samuel Malinga by Christopher Washington

Biography of Samuel Malinga by Christopher Washington

This article forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project

The Death of Tshifhiwa Muofhe by Margaret Philpott

The Death of Tshifhiwa Muofhe by Margaret Philpott

This article was written by Margaret Philpott and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership ...

Biography of Phakamile Mabija by Grace Garrott

Biography of Phakamile Mabija by Grace Garrott

This article was written by Grace Garrott and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership proj...

Biography of Ernest Moabi Dipale by Larkin Dobson

Biography of Ernest Moabi Dipale by Larkin Dobson

This article was written by Larkin Dobson and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership proj...

Making sense of decades of debate about Nkrumah’s pan-African ideas

When the flag of the newly independent Ghana was raised against the night sky of Accra 63 years ago, the whole...

Nelson Mandela’s Release – A Personal Reminiscence

24 February 2020

On 2nd February 1990, President FW De Klerk went to the South African Parliament and announced the unbanning of the ANC ...

FW de Klerk, the Democratic Party and the Democratic Alliance

21 February 2020

Dr Denis Worrall reminds South Africans here of how pivotal a role the Democratic Party, which he helped ...

FW de Klerk has so much more to apologise for

21 February 2020

 There is nothing new in former president FW de Klerk’s denialist views about the apartheid system he so faithfully...

Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act in South Africa

20 February 2020

This article was written by Brooke Lane and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership projec...

The Richtersveld Community v. Alexkor Ltd. Mining Corporation

19 February 2020

This article was written by David Smith and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership projec...

Daluxolo Luthuli

19 February 2020

This article was written by Rebecca Ward and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership proje...

19 February 2020

This article was written by Jason Owens and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership projec...