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ArchiveChurch service for detainees
… Black and white with image of a person walking through prison bars or gate. Notice of a Church service to be held for detainees on 21 December at 4pm at St…
ArchiveSeminar on creative writing
… Black and white poster. Notice of a Seminar on creative writing at the National Museum, Gaborone, on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th November. Artwork of a…
PlaceTerrace houses, 46, 48 and 56 Barnet Street, Gardens
… The three double-storey units form an integral part of a row of similar late-19th century terraced houses with fine …
EventSA Boeing 707 crashes in Namibia
… Pretoria, a Boeing 707 of South African Airways (SAA), en route to London and only … and exploded shortly after take-off from Windhoek airport. Of the 129…
ArchiveOASSSA National Conference
… Notice of a conference on Mental Health, Struggle and Transformation at Shepstone 1, University of Natal, Durban. On the 9 - 10 September 1988. Black top…
ArchiveAIDS is a union issue
… by National Aids Program NPPHCN and their logo. Artwork of people holding placards against AIDS discrimination. Cartoon strip of discrimination in the…
ArchiveFoodworkers demand a healthy and safe workplace
… one English. Demands for a reduction in noise levels in the workplace. Cream and black poster. mages of silos in background and artwork of a person holding…
ArchiveOne Christ, One country, One person, One vote
… elections on May 6th. White block in centre with artwork of Jesus on a tree. Red drawings of person voting and policeman beating a person on the ground. YCS…
EventVuminkosi Zulu, S.A. sculptor is born in Mapumulo, Natal
… and wood carvings. His famous woodcarving work titled the Battle of Isandlwana won him praise and a sculpture award. Zulu had the ability to capture emotions…
EventAt Botha, SA artist, is born.
… At Botha is one of South Africa’s most renowned artists. He was born in Kroonstad on 23 December 1949. Botha studied drama at the Potchefstroomse…
EventPresident Barack Obama visits South Africa
… first visit to South Africa since he was elected President of the United States of America. He and his family visited Cape Town, where they … , [ Accessed:…
ArchiveStreets: exhibition
… Multicoloured poster. Issued by the District Six Museum Foundation, Cape Town. Notice of an exhibition from 10th December to 24th December 1994, re-tracing…
Mass debate: conscription
… Red, white and green poster. Notice of a debate on conscription at Great Hall on Thursday, 2nd August. Artwork of a man with outstretched arms holding scales…
ArchiveChildrens festival
… outlined in black on red balloon held by red stick image of child. List of attractions. Festival on 1st June at Central Methodist Church, Pritchard Street…
EventRichard Mzamane Mabaso is born
… carving without any instruction and worked for a variety of firms until 1985, when he became a guest artist at the AIA (African Institute of Art) at Funda…
ArchiveNon Violence News, Third quarter, 1985
… Includes issues on increasing levels of obvious violence and blood strife, and the concern that leaders opposed to apartheid seem to be … non-violence…
EventWinnie Mandela convicted
… On this day, the anti-Apartheid struggle stalwart was found guilty of a string of fraud and theft offences. She was sentenced to five years …
ArchiveExcerpts from long interview given by President O R Tambo to Associated Press correspondent, Mr Nicky Hanks on 7th June 1980 in Lusaka
… Nicky Hanks on 7th June, 1980 in Lusaka. Discusses actions of Gatsha Buthelezi and his stance on school boycotts, malnutrition in South Africa and the…
EventVasco da Gama dies
… who discovered a sea route from Europe to Asia around the southern point of Africa, died on his final voyage to India as Portuguese viceroy. He fell ill,…
EventAfrikaans linguist H J Terblanche is born
… Dr Hendrik Josephus Terblanche, compiler of several dictionaries and grammar books, is born in Aberdeen in the Eastern Cape. Dr Terblanche was a pioneer of…
ArchiveRemember June 16 1976
… banners; text: Remember June 16 1976; 1976 was a year of tears, a year of blood and death, but it was also a turning point in our … text) From Mobilisation…
Bible quote from Isaiah 61
… from Isaiah 61 - 'Yahweh has sent me to bring good news to the poor, to bind up hearts that are broken, to proclaim liberty to captives'. Artwork of a woman…
EventIdi Amin dies
… where he had lived in exile for many years. Amin died at the age of 78 as a result of multiple organ failure. His eight-year rule in Uganda had … Kaufman, T…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Abbreviations by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and … National Congress (South Africa) FSAW ”” Federation of South African Women PAC ”” Pan-African…
ArchiveAddress at 46664 Concert, by Nelson Mandela, 27 June 2008, London United Kingdom
… which called for our freedom. Your voices carried across the water to inspire us in our prison cells far away. … freedom for all ... We say tonight, after…
EventNigerian Political Scientist Professor Claude Ake is born
… political science. Ake died in a plane crash in 1996 when the airplane that he was travelling in crashed into a lagoon in a mangrove jungle 25 miles…
EventChris Hani is elected SACP Secretary
… commander, Chris Hani, was elected as secretary-general of the South African Communist Party (SACP) at its first … 1990. He took over from Joe Slovo, who…
EventFlorence Josephine Zerffi, SA still life and landscape painter, dies
… to Cape Town in 1916 after studying art in London and at the Arts and Crafts Academy in Berlin. In South African, Zerfifi joined the South African Society of…
EventNovelist and historian Bessie Head is born
… Bessie Amelia Head was born in Pietermaritzburg. Being the daughter of a White mother (who was disowned by her parents when she … started writing extensively…
EventJustin Alexander (Alex) La Guma, SA novelist, short story writer and political activist, is born in Cape Town
… Town on 20 February 1925. His father, Jimmy La Guma was of Cuban descent, which made him mixed race in South Africa … was also a talented writer and wrote…