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EventHealth Minister Tshabalala-Msimang announces that SA pledges R20 million to the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria
On 20 May 2002, South African Health Minister, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, announced at a meeting of the World Health Assembly in Geneva that South Africa was…
PlaceFort Beaufort
Initially the division of Fort Beaufort fell under the district of Albany, and was proclaimed a separate division on 8 March 1848. At that stage its area also…
EventNelson Mandela celebrates his 90th birthday.
Nelson Mandela's name resonates with the struggle for independence and social, economic, political and institutional rights of Black people. The commemoration…
EventBill Flynn, popular SA actor dies in Johannesburg
On 11 July 2007, South African actor Bill Flynn, 58, passed away, allegedly due to a heart attack. Flynn was born on 13 December 1948, and was educated at…
EventBob Woolmer, former South African coach, is found unconscious in his hotel room during the Cricket World Cup in the West Indies
On 18 March 2007, Bob Woolmer (58), the Pakistani cricket coach and former South African coach, was found unconscious in his hotel room during the Cricket…
EventBritish explorers, John Speke and J.A. Grant announce that Lake Victoria is the source of the Nile
John Speke and James Grant, on their return from an expedition in Africa announced that Lake Victoria is the source of the Nile River. The expedition was Speke…
EventForced removals at the Crossroads informal settlement
Numerous attempts were made by the local government to clear informal dwellings at Crossroads in close proximity to the Cape Town International airport. The…
Freedom Part to Host Ken Oosterbroek Legacy Exhibition
Many South Africans have heard of the ‘Bang Bang Club,’ a nickname given to four South African photographers who captured the dying years of apartheid through…
EventThe Organisation of African Unity is formed and Africa Day is declared
On 25 May, 1963, the first African organisation after independence, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was formed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The…
EventPieter-Dirk Uys, SA activist, satirist, playwright and novelist, is born in Cape Town
Pieter Dirk Uys was born in Cape Town in 1945. He studied drama at UCT from 1965 to 1965 before going to study at the London Film School. During the 1970s and…
PlaceWarriors Gate: MOTH Museum of Militaria
Warrior's Gate is situated at the Corner of Old Fort Road and Masabalala Yengwa Avenue, in Durban. In addition to its Headquarters function, Warriors Gate is…
PlaceQueens Fort Military Museum, Bloemfontein
The Queens Fort Museum fort erected in 1848, originally housed the Artillery Unit of the Free State, and depicts all major military conflicts from 1820,…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa commissioned by The Department of Education
The historical debates aside, the significant revolutionary changes in the nineteenth century provided the base on which many of the identities of South…
EventBritain proposes the sale of arms to South Africa
At the Conference of Heads of State of the British Commonwealth of Nations held in Singapore, Britain proposed a sale of arms to South Africa. The proposal was…
The Soul Of The ANC Under Attack by Frank Chikane
The Soul of the ANC is under severe attack not from external forces as we would have thought, but from its own members and leaders. At the beginning, and in…
EventReported arrest of London bomb mastermind, Rashid Aswat
The suspected mastermind of the bomb attacks in London on July 7 hid in South Africa for several weeks before being arrested in Zambia last week. Cable News…
ArchiveElections now!
Election poster. Black background with white lettering and photo of a man's face
ArchiveSandino vive
Multicoloured poster. Artwork of a man with a hat and a red scarf. OSPAAAL Logo. Nicaragua.
ArchiveHasta la Victoria Siempre
Multicoloured poster. Quote from Fidel Castro. Sketch of a man (Che Guevara?). Poster number 5.
ArchiveFor call-up headaches ... Conscription Advice Service
Blue, black and white poster. Artwork of an SADF logo falling on a man.
ArchiveUnite against detention
Black poster with white lettering. Image of cage with man hanging in it.
ArchiveCartoon image: black face
Multicoloured poster. Cartoon artwork of a man's face. Drawing of a woman holding a baby. Coloured circles.
ArchiveTake care of our kids: make sure someone is always looking after them
Multicoloured poster. Photograph of an man holding a baby. Aboriginal campaign program in Western Australia.
ArchiveWould you be more careful if it was you that got pregnant?
Black and white artwork of a pregnant man.Words 'Nothing is impossible' and initials JAC.
ArchiveCalendario Tempo 1982 Set Out
Multicoloured poster. September - October calendar 1982. Artwork of a man holding a burning torch and a rifle.
ArchiveUnion bashers
Yellow poster with image of large black and white tyre on top of a man.
ArchiveAfrican Art Week
Cream poster with black lettering. Image of man with gag over mouth. A NUSAS project.
ArchiveDo a national service: join ECC
White poster with black lettering. Artwork of a man and a women waving. ECC logo. Recruitment poster.
ArchiveOlie Boycott Zuid-Afrika
A2 yellow, red, black, graphic of people demonstrating, man dying; Text: Olie Boycott Zuid-Afrika
ArchiveHoot for a free Zimbabwe now!
Yellow border. Multicoloured poster. Photograph of a man's back after beating. SADC stop Mugabe's madness now!