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EventRestitution of Land Rights Act is signed
… The Restitution of Land Rights Act, restoring the rights of those dispossessed by discriminatory land legislation … signed into law. The Act provided for the…
ArchiveInterview with the Midland Chamber of Industries
… Oral interview with members of the Midland Chamber of Industries headquartered in Port Elizabeth. The aim was to … countrywide were at record highs. A…
EventJoseph Lekganyane of the ZCC (Dove) dies
… Joseph Engenas Matlhakanye Lekganyane, leader of the St Engenas Zion Christian Church (the Dove) with … died in Warmberg, Pietersburg district. Upon the…
EventPresidents of Mozambique and South Africa meet
… In search of peace two Southern African presidents, Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique, successor to Samora Machel who mysteriously … Botha at Songo, in Tete…
EventThousands protest the killing of Chris Hani
… Two days after Chris Hani was shot and killed, thousands of Blacks took to the streets to protest against the killing of Chris Hani, commander of Umkhonto we…
EventInternational Day of Peace Vigil is observed
… After the United Nations General-Assembly resolution 55/282 of 2001, beginning 2002, 21 September of each year is observed as the International Day of Peace…
EventAppearance of former ministers before the TRC
… Commission (TRC). The four were former Minister of Law and Order Adriaan Vlok, Foreign Minister Roelof Botha, and Deputy Ministers of Law and Order Roelf…
EventSan involvement in the Battle of Chrissiesmeer
… The Battle of Chrissiesmeer (Lake Chrissie) during Anglo-Boer War 2 … Smith-Dorrien. Botha's main aim was to cripple the advance of Smith-Dorrien into the…
50 years of forced removals under apartheid
… will end with speeches, performances and music. The aim of this occasion is to create large scale awareness of the impact of apartheid displacement and to…
EventPieter Jacobs Marais reports discovery of gold
… Pieter Jacobs Marais reports his discovery of alluvial gold in the Jukskei River on B.J. Liebenberg's … farm, Bultfontein, in 1853. The site was just north…
EventWife of detained Nigerian president is killed
… On 4 June 1996, Kudirat Abiola the wife of Moshood Abiola, the detained Nigerian President, was … investigation. In May 1996, she was detained on a charge…
ArchiveBuilders of the nation: 1: working the land
… Department of Labour poster. Multicoloured poster. History and photographs of farm labour in South Africa. Artwork of new South African flag. … Builders of…
ArchiveStatement on the assasination of David Webster
… Statement on the view of the assasination of Comrade Webster as part of the ongoing attempt to crush the freedom movement in the … Statement on the…
ArchiveThe Conference of the All-African Convention
… Draft of an article by I B Tabata, published in the January 1959 issue of Ikhwezi Lomso, about the Conference of the All-African Convention in December 1958…
EventThe Second Battle of El Alamein starts
… in July 1942, Lt.-Gen. B.L. Montgomery, the new commander of the Eighth Army in World War 2, initiated a second attack … 1942, when Montgomery finally broke…
EventAlbert Einstein introduces his theory of relativity
… has come to call the Annus Mirabilis Papers. In one of the four papers on mass-energy equivalence, Einstein … revolutionized scientific thought with new…
ArchiveThe call of Islam: Emergency mass rally
… Blue and white poster. Artwork of a pair of balanced scales. Issued by Muslims Against Oppression. Notice of a Rally at Hanover Park Civic Centre on Thursday…
ArchiveThe mixed economy of a democratic South Africa
… Paper entitled "The mixed economy of a democratic South Africa" delivered by Laurence Harris at the Lausanne Colloquium of the Institute for Social…
ArchiveThe edge of the road music show
… Grey, blue, red and white poster. Notice of a music show. Cartoon artwork of a grey and white brick wall. Blue and white artwork of a policeman. Large red…
ArchiveThe unabridged report of an international trip
… Report of a South African Council of Churches representative on a trip to London, Dar es Salaam … Zimbabwe to discuss the preparations for the return of…
ArchiveMeeting: National Womens Day: Women of S.A. r
… Notice of a meeting at New Cinema Hall on Thursday, August 9th. … Green poster with black lettering. Black shadow images of women holding placards. List of…
EventAlgerian head of state Mohamed Boudiaf assassinated
… Algerian head of state, Mohamed Boudiaf, was assassinated by military officers during a public speech at the opening of a cultural center in Annaba. The…
ArchiveReject SAIC: Reject the puppet of Apartheid
… poster, pen on white; cartoon hand cutting strings of puppet of Rajbansi, labelled SAIC; Text: Reject SAIC, Reject the puppet of Apartheid! Cut your ties…
ArchiveState of organisation and the way forward
… Paper by John Motshabi on the state of the African National Congress and the way forward. Covers military strategy, enemy infiltration, programme of action,…
EventRenewal of land acquisition programme in Zimbabwe
… that the land was never bought by the colonists. In spite of the fact that this outrageous move was likely to cause … send money as it was her own…
ArchiveResolution on the process of political settlement
… attempts to impose reformist solutions. Demands unbanning of banned organisations, release of political prisoners, and return of exiles. Published in an…
ArchiveInternational year of shelter for the homeless.
… Cream background with blue lettering. Notice of a Church Service on Sunday 6th December 1987. Coloured artwork of Mary and Joseph on a donkey with baby Jesus…
ArchiveCelebrating 50 years of South Africas Freedo
… Black, red, yellow and white poster. COSATU logo. Artwork of people protesting. 50th Annniversary poster of the signing of the Freedom Charter in Kliptown,…
ArchiveThe advent of capitalism in South Africa
… Paper by Jack Simons on the history of capitalism in South Africa. Covers the advent of capitalism globally, early societies in South Africa, … settlers in…
EventAthanase Seromba surrenders to the ICTR after being accused of participating in the slaughter of the Tutsis
… Athanase Seromba, a priest accused of partaking in the 1994 Rwandan genocide that saw over 800 000 tutsis die at the hands of Hutu militia, handed himself…