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EventUgandan President Idi Amin releases political prisoners
… threat to his administration. In 1972 he savagely attacked the Israelis and the British who previously had been his close foreign allies. The reason for…
EventAhmadou Kourouma, Ivorian novelist dies in France
… writing. His first novel, Les soleils des indépendances (The Suns of Independence, 1970) was a stern criticism of the government of an independent CÁ´te d…
ArchiveMandela 'Only hope to control youths' from Saldru Archive
… Nelson Mandela is probably the only recognised leader of SA's black community capable of instilling some discipline into the kids in the townships, Helen…
PlaceAlbert Falls, near Pietermaritzburg
… Waterfall in the Umgeni River, 22 km North-East of Pietermaritzburg. Probably named after the consort of Queen Victoria, Prince Albert. It is also the name…
PlaceAbbey Mountain, Lesotho Border
… Mountain on the Lesotho Border, 40 km South-West of Bergville. The name is in keeping other Mountains in the Area; such as Monk's Cowl. (An Abbey is occupied…
ArchiveAfrican National Congress Conference Rally Kings Park 7 July 1991
… A rally held by the ANC following one of the greatest political conferences held in South Africa. It was attended by representatives from 50 countries. The…
ArchiveDraft transcripts of United Democratic Front
… The launch of the UDF on 20 Auqust 1983 marked a dramatic leap forward in the struqqle for freedom in South Africa . It brouoht over …
ArchivePress statement: Death of Japhta Masemola
… Press statement by Popo Molefe of the United Democratic Front regarding the death of Japhta Masemola who sacrificed twenty-six years of his life to rid our…
ArchiveNatives Resettlement Board: Annual Report 1958/59
… Report of the Natives Resettlement Board for the year ended 31st March 1979, reporting on the forced removals of black people from Sophiatown, …
ArchiveSharpeville 21 March 1960
… Article regarding the Sharpeville 21 March 1960. 5 000 people gathered at the Sharpeville police station near Johannesburg to start the Pan Africanist…
ArchiveLetter from Moses Mabhida, General Secretary (SACP) to Jack Simons
… from Moses Mabhida to Jack Simons asking him to study the South African Communist Party Programme and suggest changes if necessary. Also suggestion for the…
ArchiveGerman unionist visits Transvaal Alloys
… A worker representative on the board of directors of Nord-Deutsche Affinerie, a … recently came out to South Africa to investigate the anti-union activities…
ArchiveDurbans bread strike
… Huddled in cardboard boxes to keep out the cold, some 800 workers at the B B Bread Bakery in Durban's Sydney Road kept up their night-long vigil to prevent…
ArchiveBlackness versus nihilism
… speaking of Blackness in South Africa, by choosing to use the term "Black" as a people indicated that Black people did not accept the use of the term " non…
ArchiveMyths of debt - 3: being in debt is not as bad as being in poverty
… Black and white poster. Photograph of the Marcos couple from the Philippines. One third of the Philippines debt has been appropriated by them. Catholic …
Inner-Party Bulletin
… Bulletin produced by the South African Communist Party Central Committee for … only. Issue covers a draft discussion document issued by the Political Bureau…
ArchiveWhat can I do? A guide to action against apartheid
… ANC booklet published in cooperation with the World Assembly of Youth as an appeal for assistance in the campaign for economic and diplomatic sanctions, an…
ArchiveTelegram van H Leer
… Telegram, bearing the stamp of the Secretariate, State Security Council, Pretoria, about … South Africa, with numbers of unrest incidents reported in the…
ArchiveWhere to now White students
… Paper presented at the April 1972 National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) seminar which discusses the background to NUSAS and analyses the dilemma…
ArchiveInternational Childrens Day
… top and one child with paint tin and brush having painted the words 'ask the children' on the wall. …
PlaceCarlton Centre, Johannesburg
… The Carlton Centre is a skyscraper and shopping centre … Johannesburg, South Africa. At 223 metres, it has been the tallest office building in Africa since…
ArchiveMandelas moment of truth at CODESA
… CODESA (Convention for a Democratic South Africa - even the name belies its function) has come to pass; and for the oppressed the only truthful statement…
ArchiveUnited Democratic Front statement on national detainees day
… Front statement on national detainees day in support of the call by the Detainees Parents Support Committee for 12 March to be a national day of protest…
Summary notes of a meeting between a South African and a United States delegation: Geneva, 20 April 1986
… a South African and a United States delegation in which the South African government's position on influx control was discussed, reluctance to negotiate with…
COSATU Calendar
… depicting men; women with their children working in the fields and in the mines, protesting at meetings, and at the bus boycotts. …
ArchiveForward to unity and commitment
… of two women hugging one another. Celebration of the life of Dorothy Nyembe, political prisoner, sentenced to 15 years in prison. Released in 1984 - The Year…
ArchiveANC galan: musik mot apartheid
… drawing of a man with a stick holding another man around the neck. Notice of a concert on the 16-17 November, in aid of the ANC. List of performers. …
EventCiskei is granted ‘independence’
… Ciskei becomes the fourth Black homeland to be granted 'independence' by the South African Government. Chief Lennox Sebe is elected President by the National…
ArchiveProgramme of Mass Action against Natal violence continues
… Press statement regarding the programme of mass action against Natal violence and the organisations are determined to continue with their programme of mass…
ArchiveTGWU Congress
… poster. Title in red letters outlined in black. Words "The people shall share in the wealth of the country" in black letters, in a circle around a red …