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EventGeneral Louis Botha dies
… Louis Botha, soldier, statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, died in Pretoria after a heart attack. The heart failure was preceded…
EventCongolese activist,Patrice Lumumba is briefly arrested
… Patrice Lumumba, Congolese nationalist who would be the Congo’s first Prime Minister, was briefly imprisoned following two nights of unrest on charges of…
EventCharles Taylor wins presidential election
… Cote d'Ivoire in 1989. He secured more than 70% of votes. In addition, his National Patriotic Party (NPP) won an overwhelming majority in both houses of the…
EventMaude Francis Eyston Sumner, SA painter, is born
… in Literature at Oxford University in 1925, and studied at the Westminster School of Art in London from 1926-32. Until 1938 she studied in … She returned to…
EventAlexis Preller, SA visual artist, dies
… clerk. He left for England in 1934 where he studied art at the Westminster School of Art. He returned to South Africa in 1935 before leaving … from…
ArchiveEmerge and See
… Notice of a concert at the Market Theatre on the 21st September. UDF and JODAC logos. Red, black and white poster. Artwork of a man with four arms and a gag…
ArchiveWar and peace
… Title in yellow letters. Notice of release of documentary about the history of the ANC from 1912. Multicoloured poster with people in …
EventMpho Gift Leremi, Mamelodi Sundowns soccer player, dies
… a car accident on 03 September 2007 after losing control of his car in Brackensdowns, next to Alberton. He was … from a CAF Confederation Cup game against…
EventUN Secretary General is killed in a plane crash
… was on his way to meet with President Moise Tshombe of Katanga Province in Congo in an attempt to end the fighting in Katanga. UN officials in Elisabethville…
ArchiveWe shall win
… a joint statement by ANC, ZAPU, SWAPO, PAIGC, MPLA, to the Fifth Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation for African Unity (OAU) held…
ArchiveHigher diploma for planning in developing areas
… Light brown and black poster. Photograph of a man building a shack with two children looking on. Issued by the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg,…
ArchiveEducation for barbarism: Bantu (Apartheid) education in South Africa
… The author, himself, one of the leaders in the unity movement and in the struggle for liberation, tries …
EventANC members meet with Adriaan Vlok and Gen. Magnus Malan
… Walter Sisulu, met with two government officials, Minister of Law and Order Adriaan Vlok and Defence Minister Gen. Magnus Malan in Cape Town, to explore the…
EventNatoo Babenia is born
… resisting British rule and later in South Africa against the Apartheid government, was born at Coedmore Road, Bellair, Durban. In South Africa he was a…
EventIFP makes election threat
… Officials of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) announced that they would not present their list of election candidates to the Independent Electoral Commission …
ArchiveOn trial: Archbishop Denis Hurley
… Notice of a Mass and day of fasting on Sunday 17th February at Regina Mundi. In solidarity with the trial of Archbishop Denis Hurley on February 18th at the…
EventMpush Makambi wins IBO champion title
… Boxing Champion, Mpush Makambi defeated Adrian Dodson of Britain to take the Middleweight Title Fight. He was later voted boxer of the year because of his…
ArchiveBoycott Cape and Outspan: every bite buys a bullet!
… Yellow, black and red poster. Call for boycott of Cape and Outspan products. Artwork of a hand holding half … an orange, with photograph of two soldiers in a…
ArchiveA broken landscape
… Black and white poster. Notice of an exhibition of photographs, covering South Africa from 1984 to 1986, by Gideon Mendel at The Market Photo Gallery. From…
ArchiveSpeech delivered by Comrade Mandla Dlamini
… Speech delivered by Comrade Mandla Dlamini from the United Democratic Front (Southern Transvaal) at Nelspruit Rally he felt it was a matter of great honour…
EventSamora Machel decrees an end to private ownership
… President Samora Machel of Mozambique issued a decree ending private property ownership, in accordance with the Marxist ideals of his government. He also…
EventUDF Disowns Winnie Mandela
… The UDF publicly disowns Winnie Mandela over a series of allegations that finally estranged her from her husband … Nelson Mandela. Key among some of these…
ArchiveInterview with Mr H Molooi
… his experiences as a labourer at that time. Mrs Ngcobo was the only known, living daughter of Langalibalele Dube, until 1978, when she passed on. Mrs … for…
ArchiveUDF Unites To Expose What Underlies Reform
… on white; silkscreen, graphic hand pulling up paper; text: The United Democratic Front was launched in Cape Town in Agust 1983 to unite a broad range of…
EventDjibouti and Cote d’ Ivore strengthen diplomatic ties with SA
… Following a visit to Nigeria by the state president, F.W. de Klerk, and his foreign minister Roelof "Pik" Botha a number of other African countries announced…
EventAn assassination attempt is made on first Ghanaian President, Kwame Nkrumah
… attempt was made on first Ghana President, Kwame Nkrumah. The bomb, intended to eliminate Nkrumah, exploded and killed four people, scores of whom were left…
PlaceMusgrove road, Berea
… P Piekes. Erected in 1904-05, it is an excellent example of the Natal verandah house popular at the beginning of the 20th century, and includes a finely …
EventFifth banning order for Albertina Sisulu
… Stalwart anti-apartheid campaigner of South Africa, Albertina Sisulu, wife of African National … leader Walter Sisulu, was placed under a banning order for…
ArchiveWomen fight for freedom
… Black and white poster with slash of green and yellow. ANC logo 1912-1987 : 75 years. Quote from Dora Tamana. Photograph of women running across the road…
EventProf. Sibusiso Emmanuel Bengu is born
… The first national minister of education in South Africa's Government of National Unity (GNU), Prof. Sibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel … released from his…