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ArchiveB S M 1982
… block on left hand side with white circle with fist in the middle and cross on bottom on circle with word ISLAND, with the words Kahle Agget written on the…
ArchiveBolt Number 5 1971
… Ploughing, Christopher Mann; Agapi, Elicos Eliades; The Colossus of Rhodes, Stephen Gray; Four Poems, Ruth Keech; L.a.y.e. Fiona Morphet; The Borough Fringe,…
EventBhawani Sannyassi Dayal dies
… rights in SA, died in Ajmer, India. Dayal was one of the organisers of the Indian strike led by Mohandas Gandhi at Newcastle in 1913, and was a…
EventSA Prime Minister,P.W. Botha visits Europe
… Austria, Italy and Switzerland. He was accompanied by the then Minister of Foreign Affairs, 'Pik' Botha. South Africans viewed the tour as a diplomatic…
EventNeil Aggett dies in detention
… Neil Aggett , Transvaal organiser for the Food and Canning Workers Union and African Food and … while in detention by hanging himself with a scarf. He is…
EventUN investigative team visits SA
… South Africa from 9 to 10 June to meet representatives of the Government, political parties and organisations. The delegation aimed to gather factual…
EventSRC president Ngwako Ramalepe dies
… Ngwako Ramalepe, president of the Student Representative Council (SRC) at Modjadji Teacher … in police custody after first being assaulted by police at the…
EventKing Hassan II of Morocco dies
… who ruled Morocco for 38 years, died of heart failure at the age of 70 at the Avicenne hospital in Rabat. Hassan's death was announced … Television. Hassan…
EventExpelled ANC leader abandons court action
… he was abandoning a Supreme Court action aimed at forcing the African National Congress (ANC) to reinstate him as a … instead to organise a national…
EventSamuel Marks (77) dies in Johannesburg
… Sammy Marks was a diamond buyer of Kimberley, founder of the African and European Investment Company and Senator in the Parliament of the Union of South…
ArchiveClothing Workers Union: we demand jobs and a living wage for all
… in green and black. Cartoon on unemployment; words from the Bible: "Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit His kingdom?…
ArchiveToys are for cuddling not for killing
… words "would you buy your child a war toy to celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace?" and "buy toys for peace!". Issued by the End Conscription Campaign…
ArchiveBiography of Bavumile Herbert Vilakazi
… Herbert Vilakazi was born on 12 June 1955 in Evaton, the fifth son of a family of five boys, his politisation … began at an early age he was living in…
EventAlbert Nzula dies in Moscow
… Albert Nzula, teacher, journalist and leader of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), died of pneumonia … in Moscow, USSR. He left SA in 1931 to study…
ArchiveLetter from Stanley Mabizela to Dear Comrade
… Handwritten letter from Stanley Mabizela regarding the situation in Swaziland. Thanks ANC for the visit from Thabo Mbeki. Reports that Comrades Monare and ……
ArchivePaper on National Civic Movement delivered at UDF National General Conference held in 1 to 3 March 1991
… Conference held in 1 to 3 March 1991. It deals with the role of UDF in building the Civic Movement, role of Civic Movement in transition … of civics,…
ArchiveMkhumbane our home African shantytown society in Cato Manor Farm, 1946-1960 by Iain Edwards
… This study is concerned with all the material structures of everyday life and the nature of power in the African shacklands of Cato Manor Farm. Click to read…
PlaceApiesrivier, a River Which Flows Through Pretoria
… River which has its source in the Fountains Valley and flows through Pretoria. Said to have been named after the large population of Vervet monkeys that…
ArchiveInterview with Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe
… (1924 to 1978), who was elected Founding President of the Pan Afticanist Congress in April 1959, jailed for several years as a result of the PAC anti-pass…
ArchiveRemember June 16: victory is certain
… mound at bottom. Notification of a meeting to be held at the Methodist (Church) at 2pm on Saturday. Text at the bottom of the poster, reads: Issued by /COSAS…
PlaceGoudini Health Spa
… Positioned beautifully on the mountainside as you go along to Worcestor, is a health resort! This region in the Worcester district is noted for its medicinal…
An evaluation of South African novelist Nadine Gordimer (1923-2014) by Sandy English (World Socialist Website), 30 September 2014
… meat, children refuse to go to school. No one knows where the end of suffering will begin.” – Burger’s Daughter South African writer Nadine Gordimer, winner…
EventColdest day in Pretoria
… The Coldest day in Pretoria in recent history was on 12 June 1963. The temperatures plummeted to a minimum of -3, 6 and a … that low and it has never been as…
EventSA Sculptor Thomas Lehupela is born in Thaba ‘Nchu
… sculptor, was born in Paradys Location, Thaba 'Nchu in the Orange Free State (now Free State Province). In 1984 … Lehupela met Father Frans Claerhout, who…
EventSA artist Vuminkosi Zulu is born
… Former graduate of the famous Rorke's Drift School of Art, South African artist … Zulu became a world-renowned artist and his depiction of the 'The Battle of…
EventDieter and Ruth Gerhard are detained
… The South African government announced at a special press … with alleged espionage. Gerhardt was commanding officer at the strategically important Simonstown…
EventUS ambassador Andrew Young visits SA
… The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Andrew Young, paid a two day visit to South Africa at the invitation of mining magnate Harry Oppenheimer…
EventHelen Joseph dies
… human rights activist, Helen Beatrice May Joseph , died at the age of 87 in Johannesburg , South Africa. She came to SA … 1931 and, with Lilian Ngoyi and…
EventEuropean Community observers arrive in SA
… The first group of European Community (EC) observers, … between fighting supporters of two political parties, the African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha…
EventSA architect Gerard Moerdijk is born
… Leendert Pieter Moerdijk, of Dutch descent, was born in the Waterberg district, Transvaal (now Limpopo Province). He was one of the first Afrikaans…