Nelson Mandela on the Sharpeville Massacre The Sharpeville Massacre occurred 66 years ago, on 21 March 1960, outside the police station in the Vaal township of Sharpeville, in the then…
The story of the 1960 Langa March is a powerful testament to the courage of South African youth. It is a narrative of 30,000 people moving with a single, disciplined…
On the 21st of March, The Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC), led by its founding President Robert Sobukwe, marched peacefully and unarmed to the Orlando police station in Soweto and demanded to…
Oliver Tambo: Lies Will Not Save The Racist Criminals (Excerpts from an interview with ANC President O. R. Tambo published by Mayibuye – Fortnightly Journal of the African National Congress,…
Manifesto of Umkhonto we Sizwe (Leaflet issued by the Command of Umkhonto we Sizwe, 16 December 1961) Units of Umkhonto we Sizwe today carried out planned attacks against government installations,…
Wankie Campaign – The Lupane Group Virtually Decimated On 18 August 1967, the Lupane Group, under the command of Jonathan Moyo (aka “David Madziwa”) of the Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army…
Mandela Provides Feedback on His Trip Abroad On 28 July 1962, Joe Slovo informed his wife, Ruth First, that a convergence of people working in the South African Communist Party…
Congress Alliance Debates the Armed Struggle On 2 July 1961, the night following the debate the African National Congress (ANC) had in Groutville, near Stanger, on the armed struggle, the…
The Gruesome Sharpeville Massacre The Sharpeville massacre occurred on 21 March 1960, outside the police station in the South African township of Sharpeville, in the then Transvaal. After a day…
Organise or Starve! The Inaugural Conference of SACTU On 4 – 5 March 1955, the Inaugural Conference of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) was held at the…