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Communique of the Second National Consultative Conference of the ANC, presented by O. R. Tambo at a Press Conference, Lusaka 25 June, 1985

The Second National Consultative Conference of the ANC has taken place. It opened on June 16th, the ninth anniversary of...

Constitution of the African National Congress (South Africa), January 1958

1. NAME: The name of the organisation shall be the African National Congress hereinafter referred to as the "Congress"...

Press Conference by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 25 June 1985

Question: The ANC lays great emphasis on unity. How do you see the question of unity with such groups as PAC and other s...

Cyril Ramaphosa: Can ‘Mr Nice’ Be A Decisive President? Some say he lacks decisiveness, also in pursuit of his own interests by Liesl Pretorius (Huff Post), 21 August 2017

At first, James Motlatsi was wary of Cyril Ramaphosa. He wasn't sure if the young lawyer, who grew up in Soweto, was ge...

Address to the 21st Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the OAU by O.R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 19 July 1985

Mr. Chairman,  Honourable Heads of State and Government,  Distinguished Leaders of Delegations,  Ex...

Address to the Nation on Radio Freedom by O. R. Tambo, 22 July 1985

Compatriots, Forty eight hours ago P.W. Botha announced a state of emergency affecting the Eastern Cape, the Witwatersr...

ANC Press Statement by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 16 August 1985

Last night, the people of South Africa and the rest of the world were treated to an arrogant reaffirmation by P.W. Botha...

Statement at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggling People of South Africa (Soweto Day), 16 June 1989

On behalf of the South African Youth Congress, whose leadership is working under most precarious conditions inside South...

“Let us dream you, forbidden landscape”: the Storming project sings change, 17 July 2017

“We cannot keep digressing and hiding behind the truth, saying ‘It’ll work someday’. There’s no such thing. If we have t...

O. R. Tambo Interviewed by Anthony Heard, October 1985

HEARD: The ANC is officially portrayed in South Africa as a communist, terrorist-type organisation, almost presente...

Address by His Excellency President Jacob Zuma on the celebration of Freedom Day, 27 April 2011, Union Buildings, Pretoria

Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, Honourable Ministers, Premiers, Deputy Ministers, MECs and Mayors, Honourable Lead...

Evidence before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons by O. R. Tambo, London, 29 October 1985

CHAIRMAN: I welcome Mr. Oliver Tambo and his friends, Mr. Thabo Mbeki and Mr. Aziz Pahad, and I am glad that they have b...

Botha's British Allies by O. R. Tambo(Observer), London, 10 November 1985

When the Pretoria regime imposed new restrictions on the press a week ago, it was in the hope that by pushing the ugly r...

Statement by O. R. Tambo with other ANC Leaders Visiting Sweden, 2 February 1990

Today, Pretoria's President, F.W. de Klerk, made important announcements which go a long way towards creating a climate ...

Message to the Rally to Relaunch the ANC Women's League by O. R. Tambo, Durban, 9 August 1990

I salute you all from a land far away on this great occasion, the relaunch of the African National Congress Women's Leag...

Opening Address to the ANC National Consultative Conference by O. R. Tambo, Johannesburg, 14 December 1990

The Chairperson,  Deputy President Comrade Nelson Mandela,  Members of the National Executive Committee,&n...

Introductory Statement on the Presentation of the Statement of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 79th Anniversary of the ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1991

Compatriots, Today we mark the 79th anniversary of the formation of the African National Congress. We do so as a legal ...

Speech at the Final Conference of International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa by O . R. Tambo, London, 24 May 1991

Father Trevor Huddleston,  Your Excellencies,  Participants at the tenth and Final Conference of the Inter...

Opening Address to the ANC’s 48th National Conference by O. R. Tambo, Durban, 2 July 1991

The Chairperson,  Comrade Nelson Mandela, Deputy President of the ANC,  Members of the National Executive ...

Speech on the Occasion of Installation as the Chancellor of the University of Fort Hare and on being Awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws by O. R. Tambo, 19 October 1991

The Chairman of the Council,(2)  Mr. Vice-Chancellor,(3)  Members of the University Council,  Membe...

Address by Deputy President Jacob Zuma at the 40th Anniversary of the Execution of Vuyisile Mini and five others, 6 November 2004

Programme Director, The Premier of the Eastern Cape, Nosimo Balindlela, Members of Parliament and the Provincial Legisla...

Input by Secretary General Gwede Mantashe on ANC Policies and the NDP at Wits University, 25 July 2013

Good evening Comrades, Ladies and gentlemen Once more, let me extend my gratitude to the Wits leadership of the Afric...

African National Congress President, Comrade Jacob Zuma, delivers the Peter Mokaba Memorial Lecture, Mankweng Village, Polokwane, Limpopo, 6 June 2010

Programme Director, The Family of Comrade Peter Mokaba, ANC Youth League President, Cde Julius Malema, National Execu...

Roseberry Sonto interviewed by David Bailey, Cape Town, 2007

Rose Sonto describes student organizing in his high school in Malteno, in the Eastern Cape, in 1969, well before the Sow...

Zweli Mkhize slams Zuma in hard-hitting statement, 01 April 2017

Cape Town - ANC treasurer general, Zweli Mkhize, says the ANC leadership should have been consulted on President Jacob Z...

Zweli Mkhize denies Redi Tlhabi’s book allegations, says he hasn’t read it, 18 - September - 2017

The presidential contender says he saw Jacob Zuma as an older brother and treated Khwezi as he would a daughter. Presid...

How Zweli ‘misled’ Khwezi, 17 September 2017

A new book reveals how ANC presidential hopeful Zweli Mkhize tried to manipulate President Jacob Zuma’s rape accuser int...

13 notable women in Cape Town’s history, 6 August 2015

Strike a woman, strike a rock, as we all know. Yet some rocks who have also played crucial roles in making Cape Town the...

An evening with FW de Klerk – the full event by Alec Hogg (Biznews London Forum), 15 September 2017, (interview transcript)

It’s 28 years ago that FW became leader of the National Party and he won against Barend du Plessis. Has Barend du Plessi...

Audio - An Evening with FW de Klerk – the Full Event by Alec Hogg (Biznews London Forum), 15 September 2017

To fully reconcile The Boer War is to fully understand the ‘Black’ Concentration Camps by Peter Dickens (The Observation Post),

Two different current Narratives refugeesTo many Afrikaans speaking white people in South Africa the narrative of what ...

Timol Inquest: He was murdered but culprits are dead, court rules

A packed courtroom clapped after Judge Billy Mothle ruled that in 1971 the SACP’s Timol was pushed by members of the Sec...

Insurrections at Poetry Africa 2014

The legacy of Oliver Reginald Tambo

Hugh Masekela: the horn player with a shrewd ear for the music of today, not yesterday, 29 October 2017

When trumpeter, flugelhorn-player, singer, composer and activist Hugh Ramapolo Masekela cancelled his appearance at the ...

What Kind...? A film by Peter McKenzie & Sylvie Peyre

Pan-Africanism was Peter Abrahams’ Country by Tyler Flemming (Africa is a Country), 13 February 2017

On January 18, the world lost an icon. Only much of the world did not know it. South African-Jamaican writer Peter Abrah...

Third Mafika Gwala Annual Lecture 5 October 2017 Video

A Celebration of Queerness: Zanele Muholi receives a French knighthood

A Celebration of Queerness: Zanele Muholi receives a French knighthood

The French Embassy was due to present the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et de Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and L...

Chapter 13 A negotiated release by Denis Goldberg

Chapter 13 A negotiated release by Denis Goldberg

I had some idea that there were negotiations going on for my release and I had some sense that somehow my daughter was i...