Oliver Tambo: The Weapon of Unity (Extracts from the Message to the ANC External Mission, delivered by ANC Acting President Oliver Tambo, January 1971). “Today, it is ever more important…
Oliver Tambo: A Call to Action “Since August 1967, our brave fighters, together with their brothers of Zimbabwe, have met the oppressor bullet for bullet in Zimbabwe, and have seen…
Celebrating Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo Month (Extracts from the Deputy President’s Message: January 1967) “The Freedom Charter is the common programme of the ANC, the South African Indian Congress, the…
ANC President OR Tambo Denies Secret Talks with Apartheid Government On 27 September 1987, the African National Congress (ANC) President, Oliver Tambo, denied that the ANC was in secret negotiations…
SACP Announces the Death of Chairman Yusuf Dadoo On the morning of 20 September 1983, the South African Communist Party (SACP) announced the passing on of its Chairman and political…
Reports on the Brutal Murder of Ruth First On 18 August 1982, South African newspapers reported that Heloise Ruth First, the wife of Joe Slovo, the Chief of Staff of…
Remembering the Marikana Massacre Yesterday we observed the 13th Anniversary of the vicious Marikana Massacre, which occurred on 16 August 2012 in a supposedly benevolent post-apartheid South Africa. Following the…
Revisiting the 60th Anniversary of the South African Communist Party “We must demonstrate with particular force that no amount of political and ideological subversion on the part of our enemies…
Remembering Florence Mophosho (1921 – 1985): Forty Years On (Obituary, “Florence Mophosho, 1921 – 1985”, Sechaba, November 1985) The South African national democratic revolution lost one of its most stout-hearted…
AUGUST 9: South African Women’s Day The history of South Africa is rich with examples of the determination of women to play their full part in the difficult struggle for…