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… Money screams in Katanga …

… Screams in the night …

… Political detainees in Algeria …

… radiation which could cause mutations and damage in human, animal and plant cells. In 1974 scientists published their first scientific … the ozone layer. The Vienna convention signed on 22 March 1985 is a multilateral environmental agreement in which … of the Ozone Layer, to which SA is a signatory, is signed in Vienna …

… In a telephonic interview Brigadier Gabriel Ramushwana of the … probably not be ready to keep peace during the elections in April. However, he refused to give the nature of the problems that the special force was faced with. In spite of the fact that nothing official was said, a report …

… photographer for the Daily News took a picture of rioting in Cato Manor, Durban which was immediately published around the world. The riots were sparked by the apartheid government's attempt to forcibly remove black … continued to be part of the life of newspaper readers in Durban for at least 45 years. He worked as a photographer …

… James Philips was born in Sophiatown into a working class family on 11 December … Phillips was forced to work as a waiter and garden boy in order to pay for his education at Lovedale College. He … The funeral was attended by the Congress members, anti-apartheid activists, Communists, Labour Party members, …

… after completing Standard 6 because he was ‘too old’. In 1954, he went to Durban looking for employment. When he first arrived in Durban in 1954, he went to Lakhani House, where the trade … the United Democratic Front (UDF). After the collapse of apartheid in 1994, Mpanza continued to work for the ANC. He …

… Dora Taylor was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1899. At the age of six her mother died of tuberculosis. … there was a possibility that she would be arrested by the Apartheid government. Thus, she never came back to South … C, (2002), ‘Dora Taylor: South African Marxist’.  English in Africa , Vol 29, No 2, pp5-27. …

… dominant fact of our day: "THE LIBERATION STRUGGLE IS ON IN EARNEST" in our own South Africa and in the rest of … Party Government has extended and tightened its apartheid paralysing squeeze on seemingly hitherto untouched … their ministry among Africans in urban and rural areas by apartheid laws and regulations. In the Western world church …

… was born on 19 July 1879 at the Noodsberg Mission Station in the County of Victoria, Colony of Natal (now … his primary education at the Sidumbini Mission Station in the Colony of Natal and his secondary schooling at the … was to preserve and protect his remains from the notorious Apartheid regime’s bitterness towards him while still alive.  …

… Racism in Isolation South Africa has for decades been the only … and the majority of the people. It expresses itself in apartheid, a system legalising what the racists would like to … enslavement of the majority of the people perpetual. The apartheid regime retains its essential characteristics. …

… Text in italics indicates where the address was delivered in Zulu. … desperately and urgently needed in this region. In Natal, apartheid is a deadly cancer in our midst, setting house … reaffirm a single united stand against the oppression of apartheid. We have gathered here to find a way of building …

… the so-called coloured township of Williston Village in the Upper Karoo, best you not be hung-over. That's … might turn the corner and encounter the Williston Brigade in its full, blaring, marching, joyous glory, waking saints … Sak River, which began life as a Rhenish Mission station in 1845. It was named after the wild almond tree where the …

… worked as a cook at Tolstoy Farm and Thambi Naidoo was in charge of marketing and sanitation. As she grew up, her … used to tell her stories of the struggle for freedom in South Africa. He took her to meetings to protest … African Indian Council , a puppet body created by the Apartheid regime,and the imposition of the a new racist …

…  A Village in the Albany District, some 42 km West of Grahamstown. Named … the reception of the 'Resort Hotel'. The Town was named in honour of Mrs. Alice Slessor, the Wife of the Engineer in charge of construction of the Railways … Alicedale a Village in Albany District …

… The International Olympic games, which were held in Athens, Greece, came to an end with a spectacular closing … China, which is set to host the next Olympic competitions in 2008, with 63 medals. South Africa managed to win six … Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge, praised Athens in a closing speech for the well organised Games.   …

… Evaton, Sebokeng and Sharpeville, five Black townships in the area known as the Vaal Triangle exploded into what … of the Vaal Triangle, Kuzwayo Jacob Dlamini, were killed in mob violence on this day. In the weeks following the killings five men and one woman …

… 1999, a team of AngloGold mineworkers at the Mponeng mine in Carletonville accidentally drilled into a pocket of flammable methane gas in the rockface. They were lengthening a tunnel to a working … clean bill of health. The rescuers found seventeen bodies in the 2 700 meters shaft and continued to search in poorly …

… Madagascar, a mountainous large island in the Indian Ocean, consists of many rivers and high … to India and Ceylon. On 4 May 1942 British troops landed in the Bay and Bay Ambararata Mail, just west of the port of … and handed it over to the Free French to control in order to consolidate their own routes to the East safely …

… Announcement of a public meeting to take place in London, about the revolutionary struggle in South Africa. … Revolutionary struggle in South Africa …

… About 400 workers at Carlton Paper in Wadeville recently staged a sit-in as management had refused to pay any attention to their … Paper workers hold sit-in …

… Offset litho; Black and yellow; Work in Progress 56/57 : 1988. On sale now. A poster advertising an issue of the journal Work in Progress. … Work in Progress 56/57 …

… Article in underground leaflet 'Freedom' issued by the South African Communist Party in November 1967 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the … Article in underground leaflet Freedom …

… South African Indian Council (SAIC) In 1961, Indians were officially recognised as a permanent … and the movement of Indians between provinces. Anti-apartheid organisations such as the South African Indian … the NIC, the Anti-SAIC committees, trade unions and sports organisations, met in Durban. The main speakers at the …

… B Tabata on industrial unrest and strikes by Black workers in South Africa. Provides a brief history of the rise of capitalism in South Africa and a perspective on the South African … Industrial unrest in South Africa …

… Johannes Mashego (26) died in police custody in Parys, OFS (now Free State Province). His relatives … A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. 246. … Another death in police custody …

… Black poster. White and yellow lettering. Number 54 in yellow letters in top right hand corner. Image of a miner, wearing a hard … Work in progress: COSATU congress …

… media reports of a Cuban troop and equipment build-up in Angola; national conciliation requirements as a key issue to peace in Angola and the implementation date for the withdrawal of … Discussions in Brazzaville: 6-9 September 1988 …

… A curfew, which was imposed in the independent Venda homeland as a result of the … to normality. Ravhele's forced resignation culminated in the six weeks of widespread demonstrations and strikes by … A curfew is lifted in Venda …