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ArchiveConformity and conflict: Afrikaner nationalist politics in South Africa
Thesis sumitted to the Faculty of Social Studies, for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the Oxford University. This thesis includes chapters on the…
EventMakhwenkwe Harrison Butshingi, trade unionist and community leader, dies
On 28 February 1980, Makhwenkwe Harrison Butshingi died in Orlando West, Soweto. Butshingi was born in the Transkei in 1906, and moved to the Transvaal in…
EventSwanepoel and Du Preez found guilty of killing soldiers
Marius Swanepoel and Hendrik Du Preez were convicted by Judge Faan Hancke for murder on two soldiers, Michael Leisanyane and Gilmore van Wyk, in an apparent…
BiographySimon Nkoli
“If you are Black and gay in South Africa, then it really is all the same closet…inside is darkness and oppression. Outside is freedom.”— Simon Tseko…
EventANC, COSATU and SACTU issues a joint statement in Lusaka
The South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the African National Congress (ANC) issued a joint…
EventWalter Sisulu and others are arrested for attending a party
Walter Sisulu, Lillian Ngoyi and Alfred Nzo were arrested after attending a party that was used as a cover up for a political meeting at the house of Lillian…
ArchiveEnvironment for a changing South Africa : Film festival and conference
Offset litho; black and green; Environment for a changing South Africa : Film festival and conference
ArchiveThe Cry of Reason AND Namibia on the Brink
The Cry of reason - a video showing the violence and oppression on Blacks in South Africa. There are also interviews and comments by politicians.
ArchiveJohannesburg Diocese Justice and Peace Commission 1989 Lenten lectures
White poster with black lettering. Notice of lectures at Cathedral Place on the 8th, 15th and 22nd March 1989. Programme and list of speakers.
Archive40 years of struggle for a living wage and conditions
Offset litho; black; 1946 -- 1986 : 40 years of struggle for a living wage and conditions : Then and Now : Mineworkers Say: Decent living conditions Not our…
ArchiveHealth and the constitutional guidlines for a democratic South Africa
Offset litho; black, red and yellow; Health and the constitutional guidlines for a democratic South Africa : Health care is our right! : Get your copy mof…
ArchiveApartheid in practice: jobs and wages in South Africa
Yellow, black and red poster. Photograph of South African farm labourers. Description of inequality between blacks and whites in South Africa. Issued by the…
ArchiveSouth African Labour Bulletin Volume 7 Number 1 and 2 September 1981
South African Labour Bulletin is a refereed journal which supports the democratic labour movement in South Africa. It is a forum for analysing, debating and…
ArchiveSouth African Labour Bulletin Volume 6 Number 2 and 3 September 1980
South African Labour Bulletin is a refereed journal which supports the democratic labour movement in South Africa. It is a forum for analysing, debating and…
ArchiveWorldwide reading for democracy and media freedom in Zimbabwe
Photograph of a black hand nailed to a tree, holding a fountain pen. Words 'Freedom of expression' crossed out. Anti Zanu PF poster.
Place'Abbakwap' a Mountain were the Fish and Orange Rivers Merge
Mountian in the Richtersveld, at the confluence of the Fish River with the Orange River. This a Khoikhoi name for 'Rooilepel', and means 'red spoon' when…
ArchiveThe doors of learning and culture shall be opened
White poster with black lettering. Initials NUSAS in red across calendar. Thin black border. Blue blocks with months on right hand side.
EventMembers of SASO and BPC held under Terrorism Act
Fourteen people, including leading members of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and the Black People's Convention (BPC) are arrested and held…
ArchiveCorrespondence between Jack Simons and Cape Town Chief Magistrate
Letter from Jack Simons to the Chief Magistrate of Cape Town requesting relaxing of banning orders. Includes request to visit his son and daughter and to…
EventRayda Jacobs, the novelist and documentary filmmaker is born
Rayda Jacobs was born in Cape Town on 6 March 1947. Her first publication was a collection of short stories called “The Middle Children”, which was published…
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…
EventMinister Kobie Coetsee on meeting between Botha and Mandela
Justice Minister Kobie Coetsee denied that Prime Minister P. W. Botha and Nelson Mandela had discussed policy matters or engaged in negotiations on 5 July, but…
EventZanzibar and Kenya are admitted to the United Nations.
Two African countries, Zanzibar (now part of Tanzania) and Kenya both became members of the United Nations on 16 December 1963. This year marks fifty years…
ArchiveDevelopment of twenty six million Rand Black Glenmore township to begin
Newspaper article on the planned development of Glenmore township for the resettlement of Black people forced to move from designated White areas