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EventThe Table Mountain cableway, one of the biggest tourist attractions in Cape Town, is inaugurated
On 4 October 1929 the Table Mountain cableway, one of the world’s biggest tourist attractions in Cape Town, was inaugurated. The official ceremony was opened…
EventBritish pop star, David Essex, claims to have been quoted out-of-context regarding his return to perform in South Africa.
British pop star, David Essex, claims he is quoted out-of-context about his return to South Africa to perform to a racially exclusive audience In an…
EventNon military national service for objectors
A Defence Amendment Bill provides for an alternative form of national service for conscientious objectors who oppose military service on religious grounds. The…
EventElephant poaching reaches an all time high
While African elephants have been hunted for several centuries, the exploitation of elephant herds on a massive scale began in the 1970s. Organized gangs of…
EventMayor of Welkom, in the Free State, is tarred and feathered
Race relations during the decline of the Apartheid regime were particularly problematic as many Whites felt threatened by the eventuality of a regime change…
EventSchools closed in the Western Cape
Carter Ebrahim, Minister of Education and Culture for the mixed race community, announced that 454 out of a total of over 900 schools were going to be closed…
EventThe French Foreign Legion is founded
The elite French Foreign Legion was founded by King Louis-Philippe as a military unit to support the conquest of Algeria, which the French had invaded the…
EventSheik Yusuf arrives at the Cape of Good Hope
Sheik Yusuf, Islamic leader and brother of the sultan of Macassar, was banished to the Cape by the Dutch East India Company (DEIC). He arrived on board De…
EventAfrica Women’s Peace Train leaves Kampala for Johannesburg
The Africa Women's Peace Train was launched in Kampala, Uganda, on 15 August in a ceremony in which a Peace Torch was received. It was destined to run through…
EventOrganisations forward applicants for amnesty to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
The African National Congress (ANC) confirmed it had forwarded 300 applications from its members to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for amnesty…
EventThe cornerstone of Cape Town City Hall is laid
Cape Towns City Hall's original foundations were laid at the turn of the 20th Century. The mayor of Cape Town, Thomas Ball, laid the corner stone of the City…
EventPresident Paul Kruger lays the foundation stone of the Raadsaal on Pretoria’s Church Square
Church Square, which was initially called Market Square, was home to the first church built in Pretoria, which burnt down in 1882. The square's current layout…
EventChristoffel Coetzee de Villiers (37), compiler of South African genealogical registers, dies
Location: back to this day in history search archive Christoffel Coetzee de Villiers was born on 10 March 1850 in Swellendam, in the Cape Colony (now Western…
EventFirst Tramway Company in Cape Town commences operations, with a horse
Public transport in South Africa commenced in Cape Town in May 1801, when a weekly coach service from Cape Town to Simon's Town was announced. Many years later…
EventChris Hani, the SACP secretary-general, is assassinated
On this day twenty five years ago, the South African Communist Party (SACP) secretary-general, Chris Thembisile Hani also known to many as Tshonyane (his clan…
EventFormer Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat is born
On 25 December 1918, Anwar al-Sadat was born at Tala District. al-Sadat was a graduate of the Royal Military Academy in Cairo. During the 1952 revolution which…
Thirty five days to rock the shop floor
Yellow, red, grey, black and white poster. Photograph of man wearing NUMSA T-Shirt and hat. Notice of NUMSA shop steward elections, February/March 1999. NUMSA…
Cuba: poster no. 10
Black, white, brown and blue poster. Coloured artwork of a man digging the ground, industry all around him. Editora Politica logo. See Folder 3845 for English…
World day of prayer and fasting for South Africa
Black poster with white lettering. Notice of day of prayer on 16th June 1986. Soweto. 10th Anniversary. Photo of black man holding black baby.
Amandla
Anti apartheid poster. White with black drawing of man with arm raised behind barbed wire and black lettering. Poem by Jacky Diale. Drawing by Natasha…
Stop apartheid: boykot Krugerrand
Red background with lettering in white and gold and imge of a man working in a mine and other mine workers. Words on poster: Stop apartheid, boykot Krugerrand.
Reject detention
Black, white, yellow and red poster. Issued by SCAG. Notice of a protest against detention on Thursday 19th May. Artwork of a man and a woman carrying…
Sydafrika invaderar Angola
Black and white poster. Photograph of a man holding up his arms to show that he has no hands. Small photograph of a tank with soldiers on it.
Chile
Red, black and white poster. Artwork of a man carrying a flag. Two black and white photographs of a hunger strike, and the other of mass deportations in 1978.
thank you, Bigbrother
Black and white photograph of a man wearing sun glasses, with a dummy in his mouth with the flag of the United States on it. Issued by Chilekommittden.
Eldos Youth Association presents a lekker di
Notice of disco at Club Memphis. Red, black and blue lettering on white background. Image of man and woman dancing. Musical notes and image of radio.
Truly, I say to you, as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me. Matthew 25 V 45
White poster with black lettering and black artwork. Artwork of a modern day man tied to a cross. Printed at C.A.P. Photographs of people living in the open.
ArticleA history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
The New Constitution was negotiated between May 1994 and October 1996 in the country's first democratically elected convention, the Constitutional Assembly…
The National Question in Post 1994 South Africa. A discussion paper in preparation for the ANC`s 50th National Conference by Z. Pallo Jordan
"The danger begins only when they make a virtue of necessity and want to freeze into a complete theoretical system all the tactics forced upon them by these…
Release Our People Rally
A2 red and black on white; graphic man bound with barred window; text: Release our People Rally Rev McCamel's temple evaton; speakers Samson Ndou, Amanda…